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Poll: Best Soccer Movie

Which movie best represents 'the beautiful game'?

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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.
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    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.
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    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).
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    Looking for Eric (2009)

    A football-fanatic, middle-aged father and postman gets some life coaching from Eric Cantona. Directed by Ken Loach.
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    Shaolin Soccer (2001)

    Stephen Chow stars as a shaolin kung-fu practitioner who starts a soccer team.
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    Green Street Hooligans (2005)

    An American moves to London and is introduced to the lifestyle of football hooliganism. Stars Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam.
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    Fever Pitch (1997)

    Colin Firth stars as an obsessive Arsenal supporter whose love life develops in tandem with his team's fortunes.
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    Kicking & Screaming (2005)

    Will Ferrell takes over as coach of a kids' soccer team. Robert Duvall plays his competitive father.
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    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.
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    The Damned United (2009)

    Michael Sheen plays Brian Clough, the short-lived manager of Leeds United. Directed by Tom Hooper.
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    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.
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    Gregory's Girl (1980)

    The teenager Gregory has a crush on Dorothy - who plays on his football team! Written and directed by Bill Forsyth.
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    United (2011)

    The story of the legendary Manchester United team involved in a 1958 Munich air crash.
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    The Miracle of Bern (2003)

    The stories behind the championship-winning German soccer team of 1954.
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    Gracie (2007)

    A teenage girl fights for the right to play competitive soccer. Featuring Elisabeth Shue and Dermot Mulroney.
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    There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000)

    A bullied boy becomes football hero. Featuring Robert Carlyle and Ray Winstone.
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    The Big Green (1995)

    Steve Guttenberg stars as a sheriff who helps coach of a school soccer team.
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    Offside (2006)

    Jafar Panahi's film about Iranian girls who dress as boys to watch the games at the local football stadium.
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    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)
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    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.
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    Rudo y Cursi (2008)

    Two siblings, played by Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal, rival each other inside the world of professional soccer.
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    Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001)

    Ricky Tomlinson is the unexpected choice for the position of manager for the English national team.
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    Mean Machine (2001)

    Vinnie Jones is a soccer star jailed for assault, who leads a group of inmates in a match against prison guards.
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    Sixty Six (2006)

    A boy's barmitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.
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    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.
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    The Football Factory (2004)

    Nick Love's study of British hooliganism.
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    Brother (2010)

    Two boys raised as brothers in the Venezuelan slum get the chance to play for an international talent scout.
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    Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle (2006)

    Match documentary from the perspective of Zinédine Zidane.
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    The Class of '92 (2013)

    A documentary about the rise to prominence of six Manchester United footballers, including David Beckham.
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    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.

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