Poll: Best Soccer Movie
Which movie best represents 'the beautiful game'? Discuss the list here
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Victory (1981)
Allied POWs, including Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone and Pelé, accept to play a match against a German team, hoping to use it as an escape. Directed by John Huston. -
Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
A Sikh girl, played by Parminder Nagra, rebels against her parents by joining Keira Knightley on a girls' football team. -
Goal! The Dream Begins (2005)
The path to football fame for the Mexican boy Santiago, with two sequels, Goal II: Living the Dream (2007) and Goal! III (2009). -
Looking for Eric (2009)
A football-fanatic, middle-aged father and postman gets some life coaching from Eric Cantona. Directed by Ken Loach. -
Shaolin Soccer (2001)
Stephen Chow stars as a shaolin kung-fu practitioner who starts a soccer team. -
Green Street Hooligans (2005)
An American moves to London and is introduced to the lifestyle of football hooliganism. Stars Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam. -
Fever Pitch (1997)
Colin Firth stars as an obsessive Arsenal supporter whose love life develops in tandem with his team's fortunes. -
Kicking & Screaming (2005)
Will Ferrell takes over as coach of a kids' soccer team. Robert Duvall plays his competitive father. -
She's the Man (2006)
Amanda Bynes pretends to be a boy to play on a college soccer team. Then she falls in love with Channing Tatum. -
The Damned United (2009)
Michael Sheen plays Brian Clough, the short-lived manager of Leeds United. Directed by Tom Hooper. -
The Game of Their Lives (2005)
The story of the US soccer team who beat England in the World Cup in Brazil in 1950. Stars Wes Bentley and Gerard Butler. -
Gregory's Girl (1980)
The teenager Gregory has a crush on Dorothy - who plays on his football team! Written and directed by Bill Forsyth. -
United (2011)
The story of the legendary Manchester United team involved in a 1958 Munich air crash. -
The Miracle of Bern (2003)
The stories behind the championship-winning German soccer team of 1954. -
Gracie (2007)
A teenage girl fights for the right to play competitive soccer. Featuring Elisabeth Shue and Dermot Mulroney. -
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000)
A bullied boy becomes football hero. Featuring Robert Carlyle and Ray Winstone. -
The Big Green (1995)
Steve Guttenberg stars as a sheriff who helps coach of a school soccer team. -
Offside (2006)
Jafar Panahi's film about Iranian girls who dress as boys to watch the games at the local football stadium. -
Montevideo: Taste of a Dream (2010)
The story behind Yugoslavia's participation in the first World Cup in 1930. With the sequel See You in Montevideo (2014) -
The Cup (1999)
While the soccer World Cup is being played in France, two young Tibetan refugees arrive at a monastery in exile in India. -
Rudo y Cursi (2008)
Two siblings, played by Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal, rival each other inside the world of professional soccer. -
Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001)
Ricky Tomlinson is the unexpected choice for the position of manager for the English national team. -
Mean Machine (2001)
Vinnie Jones is a soccer star jailed for assault, who leads a group of inmates in a match against prison guards. -
Sixty Six (2006)
A boy's barmitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final. -
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2006)
A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in the year of 1970, where both world cup and dictatorship happen in Brazil. -
The Football Factory (2004)
Nick Love's study of British hooliganism. -
Brother (2010)
Two boys raised as brothers in the Venezuelan slum get the chance to play for an international talent scout. -
Zidane - A 21st Century Portrait (2006)
Match documentary from the perspective of Zinédine Zidane. -
The Class of '92 (2013)
A documentary about the rise to prominence of six Manchester United footballers, including David Beckham. -
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006)
The rise and fall of the N.Y. Cosmos, the soccer team that brought Pelé to America.