Best Soccer Movie
Which movie best represents 'the beautiful game'?
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- DirectorJohn HustonStarsMichael CaineSylvester StallonePeléAs allied P.O.W.s prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape.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.
- DirectorGurinder ChadhaStarsParminder NagraKeira KnightleyJonathan Rhys MeyersTwo ambitious girls, despite their parents' wishes, have their hearts set on careers in professional football.A Sikh girl, played by Parminder Nagra, rebels against her parents by joining Keira Knightley on a girls' football team.
- DirectorDanny CannonStarsKuno BeckerAlessandro NivolaAnna FrielThe extremely talented Santiago Muñez is spotted by a Newcastle United scout and given a chance at professional football.The path to football fame for the Mexican boy Santiago, with two sequels, Goal II: Living the Dream (2007) and Goal! III (2009).
- DirectorKen LoachStarsSteve EvetsEric CantonaStephanie BishopEric, a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis, receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Eric Cantona.A football-fanatic, middle-aged father and postman gets some life coaching from Eric Cantona. Directed by Ken Loach.
- DirectorStephen ChowStarsStephen ChowWei ZhaoYat-Fei WongA young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.Stephen Chow stars as a shaolin kung-fu practitioner who starts a soccer team.
- DirectorLexi AlexanderStarsElijah WoodCharlie HunnamClaire ForlaniA wrongfully expelled Harvard undergrad moves to London, where he is introduced to the violent underworld of football hooliganism.An American moves to London and is introduced to the lifestyle of football hooliganism. Stars Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam.
- DirectorDavid EvansStarsColin FirthRuth GemmellLuke AikmanA sports fan's romantic courtship clashes with his obsession with his favorite football team.Colin Firth stars as an obsessive Arsenal supporter whose love life develops in tandem with his team's fortunes.
- DirectorJesse DylanStarsWill FerrellRobert DuvallJosh HutchersonFamily man Phil Weston, a lifelong victim of his father's competitive nature, takes on the coaching duties of a kids' soccer team, and soon realizes that he's also taking on his father's dysfunctional way of relating.Will Ferrell takes over as coach of a kids' soccer team. Robert Duvall plays his competitive father.
- DirectorAndy FickmanStarsAmanda BynesLaura RamseyChanning TatumWhen her brother decides to ditch for a couple weeks, Viola heads over to his elite boarding school, disguised as him, and proceeds to fall for his school's star soccer player, and soon learns she's not the only one with romantic troubles.Amanda Bynes pretends to be a boy to play on a college soccer team. Then she falls in love with Channing Tatum.
- DirectorTom HooperStarsColm MeaneyHenry GoodmanDavid RoperThe story of the controversial Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United.Michael Sheen plays Brian Clough, the short-lived manager of Leeds United. Directed by Tom Hooper.
- DirectorDavid AnspaughStarsWes BentleyGerard ButlerGavin RossdaleBased on a true story, this film tells the tale of the 1950 U.S. soccer team, who, against all odds, beat England 1 - 0 in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Although no U.S. team has ever won a World Cup title, this story is about the family traditions and passions which shaped the lives of the players who made up this team of underdogs.The story of the US soccer team who beat England in the World Cup in Brazil in 1950. Stars Wes Bentley and Gerard Butler.
- DirectorBill ForsythStarsJohn Gordon SinclairDee HepburnJake D'ArcyGregory is a normal teen who is infatuated with a classmate. He must work to win her affection.The teenager Gregory has a crush on Dorothy - who plays on his football team! Written and directed by Bill Forsyth.
- DirectorJames StrongStarsDean AndrewsKate AshfieldNatalie BurtBased on the true story of Manchester United's legendary "Busby Babes", the youngest side ever to win the Football League, and the 1958 Munich Air Crash that claimed eight of their number.The story of the legendary Manchester United team involved in a 1958 Munich air crash.
- DirectorSönke WortmannStarsLouis KlamrothPeter LohmeyerJohanna GastdorfA young boy from a working class family in post-war Germany struggles with his estranged father returning from war captivity, while a friend of his plays for the German National Soccer Team at the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland.The stories behind the championship-winning German soccer team of 1954.
- DirectorDavis GuggenheimStarsCarly SchroederAndrew ShueElisabeth ShueGrace, a football enthusiast, fights an uphill battle to play in the boys' varsity team of her high school and gain support for women's soccer while dealing with the death of her brother.A teenage girl fights for the right to play competitive soccer. Featuring Elisabeth Shue and Dermot Mulroney.
- DirectorJohn HayStarsLewis McKenzieJane LapotaireGina McKeeJimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the confidence to succeed.A bullied boy becomes football hero. Featuring Robert Carlyle and Ray Winstone.
- DirectorHolly Goldberg SloanStarsSteve GuttenbergOlivia d'AboJay O. SandersA teacher on exchange from England is placed in an underachieving Texas school, where she coaches the students in soccer, improving their self-esteem and leading to unexpected success.Steve Guttenberg stars as a sheriff who helps coach of a school soccer team.
- DirectorJafar PanahiStarsSima Mobarak-ShahiShayesteh IraniAyda SadeqiThe struggle of women in a country that excludes them from entering stadiums.Jafar Panahi's film about Iranian girls who dress as boys to watch the games at the local football stadium.
- DirectorDragan BjelogrlicStarsMilos BikovicPetar StrugarNina JankovicA story about the Serbian football team that decided to follow a dream that takes them on a journey to the first football World Cup in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1930. A dream that allows them to become true stars and living legends.The story behind Yugoslavia's participation in the first World Cup in 1930. With the sequel See You in Montevideo (2014)
- DirectorKhyentse NorbuStarsOrgyen TobgyalNeten ChoklingJamyang LodroWhile the soccer World Cup is being played in France, two young Tibetan refugees arrive at a monastery/boarding school in exile in India. Its atmosphere of serene contemplation is somewhat disrupted by soccer fever, the chief instigator being a young student, the soccer enthusiast Orgyen. Prevented by various circumstances from seeing the Cup finals on television in a nearby village, Orgyen sets out to organize the rental of a TV set for the monastery. The enterprise becomes a test of solidarity, resourcefulness and friendship for the students, while the Lama, head of the monastery, contemplates the challenges of teaching the word of Buddha in a rapidly changing world.While the soccer World Cup is being played in France, two young Tibetan refugees arrive at a monastery in exile in India.
- DirectorCarlos CuarónStarsGael García BernalDiego LunaGuillermo FrancellaTwo siblings are rivals in the world of professional soccer.Two siblings, played by Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal, rival each other inside the world of professional soccer.
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsKevin PiperRicky TomlinsonMalcolm TerrisThe manager of England's national football unexpectedly succumbs to a heart attack, and suddenly the search is on for a replacement. Most people who seem qualified for the position have the good sense to turn it down, and so the responsibility falls to Mike Bassett, a scruffy and loud-mouthed lout whose claim to football fame is leading a previously undistinguished team to a league championship. Bassett insists that England will win the World Cup under his leadership, but that's before he replaces his star player with a once-gifted footballer who has since developed a drinking problem, and hired a one-time car salesman as his assistant. After stunning losses to Poland and Belgium, Bassett goes from a favorite of both fans and the press to one of the most hated men in England; hoping to whip his team into shape, he subjects them to the high-tech training methods of eccentric Dr. Shoegaarten, which injures more players than it helps. Despite Bassett's ineptitude, England manages to qualify for the World Cup tournament thanks to group opponents Turkey losing their final game, and he flies to Rio with his team in hopes of somehow turning their bad luck around.Ricky Tomlinson is the unexpected choice for the position of manager for the English national team.
- DirectorBarry SkolnickStarsVinnie JonesDavid KellyDavid HemmingsA football star jailed for assault leads a group of inmates in a match against prison guards.Vinnie Jones is a soccer star jailed for assault, who leads a group of inmates in a match against prison guards.
- DirectorPaul WeilandStarsCharlie ClarkNick ShirmThomas DrewsonA boy's barmitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.A boy's barmitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.
- DirectorCao HamburgerStarsMichel JoelsasGermano HaiutDaniela PiepszykA boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in 1970, when the World Cup coincides with political crackdowns by the military dictatorship.A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in the year of 1970, where both world cup and dictatorship happen in Brazil.
- DirectorNick LoveStarsDanny DyerFrank HarperTamer HassanAn insight on the gritty life of a bored male, Chelsea football hooligan who lives for violence, sex, drugs & alcohol.Nick Love's study of British hooliganism.
- DirectorMarcel RasquinStarsFernando MorenoEliú ArmasAlí RondónTwo young men who have been raised as brothers look to their soccer skills as a way of getting out of their slum. While a scout is in town, an act of violence threatens to tear them apart.Two boys raised as brothers in the Venezuelan slum get the chance to play for an international talent scout.
- DirectorDouglas GordonPhilippe ParrenoStarsDavid BeckhamZinédine ZidaneFootball match Real Madrid vs. Villareal, April 23, 2005, from the perspective of soccer superstar Zinedine Zidane.Match documentary from the perspective of Zinédine Zidane.
- DirectorBen TurnerGabe TurnerStarsDavid BeckhamNicky ButtRyan GiggsThe story of six young footballers joining the Manchester United Football Club team in 1992 and the difference they made 1992-99.A documentary about the rise to prominence of six Manchester United footballers, including David Beckham.
- 20061h 37mPG-137.3 (1.5K)67MetascoreDirectorPaul CrowderJohn DowerStarsPeléGiorgio ChinagliaMatt DillonThe rise and fall of the N.Y. Cosmos. The soccer team that brought Pele to America; against the backdrop of N.Y. City in the 70's.The rise and fall of the N.Y. Cosmos, the soccer team that brought Pelé to America.