Football Films
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1. There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the confidence to succeed.
Director: John Hay | Stars: Lewis McKenzie, Jane Lapotaire, Gina McKee, Ben Miller
Votes: 4,118
2. A Shot at Glory (2000)
R | 114 min | Drama, Sport
A soccer coach must lead his Scottish team to victory in the Cup despite tensions between his star player and daughter. The owner threatens to move the team to Dublin if they lose.
Director: Michael Corrente | Stars: Robert Duvall, Michael Keaton, Andy Gray, Finlay MacDonald
Votes: 2,464
3. Mean Machine (2001)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A football star jailed for assault leads a group of inmates in a match against prison guards.
Director: Barry Skolnick | Stars: Vinnie Jones, David Kelly, David Hemmings, Ralph Brown
Votes: 41,829 | Gross: $0.09M
4. Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Sport
The 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... See full summary »
Director: Steve Barron | Stars: Kevin Piper, Ricky Tomlinson, Malcolm Terris, Philip Dunbar
Votes: 7,099
5. The Game of Their Lives (2002)
80 min | Documentary, Sport
A BBC documentary producer is given unprecedented access in North Korea to chronicle the story of the famed 1966 World Cup team from the North that advanced to the quarterfinals. The ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Gordon | Stars: Daniel Gordon, Paul Nicholson, Eusébio, Il-Sung Kim
Votes: 292
6. Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two ambitious girls, despite their parents' wishes, have their hearts set on careers in professional football.
Director: Gurinder Chadha | Stars: Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher
Votes: 116,532 | Gross: $32.54M
7. Just for Kicks (2003)
PG | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Twins have their Mom as a bad Soccer coach. They get a mystery man from the neighborhood, who was soccer star, to be their coach instead.
Director: Sydney J. Bartholomew Jr. | Stars: Cole Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse, Tom Arnold, Lori Sebourn
Votes: 1,407
8. Soccer Dog: European Cup (2004)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Family, Sport
HE'S GOT THE WORLD BY THE TAIL. Imagine a mutt who can outplay Beckham on the field while turning a team of laughable misfits into a lean mean fighting machine. This pooch has got the international soccer scene by the tail.
Director: Sandy Tung | Stars: Nick Moran, Jake Thomas, Lori Heuring, Scott Cleverdon
Votes: 564
9. Goal! The Dream Begins (2005)
PG | 118 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
The extremely talented Santiago Muñez is spotted by a Newcastle United scout and given a chance at professional football.
Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel, Leonardo Guerra
Votes: 66,012 | Gross: $4.28M
10. Green Street Hooligans (2005)
R | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Sport
A wrongfully expelled Harvard undergrad moves to London, where he is introduced to the violent underworld of football hooliganism.
Director: Lexi Alexander | Stars: Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam, Claire Forlani, Marc Warren
Votes: 161,902 | Gross: $0.34M
11. Kicking & Screaming (2005)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Family 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.
Director: Jesse Dylan | Stars: Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, Josh Hutcherson, Mike Ditka
Votes: 40,788 | Gross: $52.84M
12. The Game of Their Lives (2005)
PG | 101 min | Drama, History, Sport
Based 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.
Director: David Anspaugh | Stars: Wes Bentley, Gerard Butler, Gavin Rossdale, Jay Rodan
Votes: 3,522 | Gross: $0.38M
13. Garpastum (2005)
116 min | Drama
Garpastum is a Latin word meaning ball game. Set in 1914 in St. Petersburg, the brothers Andrey and Nikolai are passionate about the matches they play on the streets. They hatch a scheme to... See full summary »
Director: Aleksey German Jr. | Stars: Evgeniy Pronin, Danila Kozlovskiy, Dmitriy Vladimirov, Aleksandr Bykovsky
Votes: 678
14. Goal II: Living the Dream (2007)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, Sport
When Newcastle United soccer star Santiago Muñez (Kuno Becker) is offered a spot with Real Madrid, he accepts, but the move - accompanied by big money and fame - tests his ties and loyalties to family, friends, and business acquaintances.
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel, Stephen Dillane
Votes: 34,082
15. Offside (III) (2006)
103 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
British soccer champion arrives to Swedish sleepy town to save their soccer team.
Director: Mårten Klingberg | Stars: Jonas Karlsson, Brendan Coyle, Anja Lundqvist, Torkel Petersson
Votes: 2,498
16. Offside (2006)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
The struggle of women in a country that excludes them from entering stadiums.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi, Mohammad Asarian
Votes: 8,614 | Gross: $0.18M
17. She's the Man (2006)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
When 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.
Director: Andy Fickman | Stars: Amanda Bynes, Laura Ramsey, Channing Tatum, Vinnie Jones
Votes: 175,907 | Gross: $2.34M
18. Sixty Six (2006)
PG-13 | 93 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A boy's barmitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.
Director: Paul Weiland | Stars: Charlie Clark, Nick Shirm, Thomas Drewson, Gregg Sulkin
Votes: 3,197 | Gross: $0.22M
19. Gracie (2007)
PG-13 | 95 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Grace, 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.
Director: Davis Guggenheim | Stars: Carly Schroeder, Andrew Shue, Elisabeth Shue, Jesse Lee Soffer
Votes: 4,328 | Gross: $2.96M
20. Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal (2007)
167 min | Drama, Sport, Thriller
Asian Southall Football Club was once a reputed club until 1984 now being used as wedding venue.Few Asians still practice out there but find the clubs lease will expire soon and will shut forever who then team up to save the club.
Director: Vivek Agnihotri | Stars: John Abraham, Arshad Warsi, Bipasha Basu, Boman Irani
Votes: 2,867
21. Her Best Move (2007)
G | 101 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Fifteen year-old soccer prodigy Sara Davis has a chance to join the U.S. national team, but she must juggle high school, romance, sports, and parental pressure while deciding her own priorities.
Director: Norm Hunter | Stars: Daryl Sabara, Leah Pipes, Lisa Darr, Jhoanna Flores
Votes: 2,383
22. Soccer Mom (I) (2008)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Family, Sport
A warm-hearted comedy about a compulsive soccer mom who masquerades as a famous Italian soccer star hired to coach her daughter's floundering soccer team, then struggles frantically to keep... See full summary »
Director: Gregory McClatchy | Stars: Missi Pyle, Emily Osment, Ellery Sprayberry, Dylan Sprayberry
Votes: 1,262
23. The Damned United (2009)
R | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The story of the controversial Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Colm Meaney, Henry Goodman, David Roper, Jimmy Reddington
Votes: 45,930 | Gross: $0.45M
24. Goal! III (2009)
PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
The heroes compete on the greatest stage of all, the FIFA World Cup Finals.
Director: Andrew Morahan | Stars: JJ Feild, Leo Gregory, Kuno Becker, Kasia Smutniak
Votes: 13,062
25. Offside (2009)
101 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Football is life... everything else is mere detail.
Director: Gian Carlo Petraccaro | Stars: Terry Rogers, Elena Carapetis, Saxon Cordeaux, Ben Darsow
Votes: 15
26. Looking for Eric (2009)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Eric, a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis, receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Eric Cantona.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Steve Evets, Eric Cantona, Stephanie Bishop, Gerard Kearns
Votes: 17,974 | Gross: $0.06M
27. For the Glory (2012)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Sport
"Golden boy" Kurt Kuykendall (Jason Burkey) has it all: good looks, a spot on his college basketball team, and hopes for playing in the Olympics. But behind the closed doors of his Bethesda... See full summary »
Director: Donald Leow | Stars: Jason Burkey, Chelsie Casagrande, Jean-Paul Chreky, Danny Cornett
Votes: 134
28. Lucky Trouble (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A school teacher from a small Russian town falls for a beautiful Moscow woman who is engaged to be married.
Director: Levan Gabriadze | Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Milla Jovovich, Ivan Urgant, Sergey Garmash
Votes: 3,395
29. United (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, History, Sport
Based 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.
Director: James Strong | Stars: Dean Andrews, Kate Ashfield, Natalie Burt, David Calder
Votes: 13,128
30. Playing for Keeps (2012)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's football team as a way to get his life together. His attempts to become an adult are met with challenges from the attractive football moms who pursue him at every turn.
Director: Gabriele Muccino | Stars: Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Dennis Quaid, Noah Lomax
Votes: 31,295 | Gross: $13.10M
31. United Passions (2014)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, History, Sport
Follows the passing of the FIFA baton through three association presidents: Jules Rimet, Joao Havelange, and Sepp Blatter.
Director: Frédéric Auburtin | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Sam Neill, Tim Roth, Fisher Stevens
Votes: 4,425
32. Ola Bola (2016)
113 min | Drama, History, Sport
It is a story set in the 1980s during tumultuous economic times, about an unlikely team of footballers whose disagreements have left them with a streak of embarrassing losses. Personal ... See full summary »
Director: Keng Guan Chiu | Stars: J.C. Chee, Luqman Hafidz, Saran Kumar, Bront Palarae
Votes: 753
33. Early Man (2018)
PG | 89 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of Dug, along with sidekick Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth and his Bronze Age City to save their home.
Director: Nick Park | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, Timothy Spall
Votes: 23,819 | Gross: $8.27M
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