The Name of the Game - Football!
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Soccer, fußball, calcio, futebol, fútbol, fudbal, nogomet...
This is yet another simple list for my personal use/future reference. My humble wish is to see as many as possible films about this topic. For the memories sake (growing up was football THE thing in our lives).
So, ALL the films about (and around) the most popular sport on earth I've ever seen. And some more I haven't seen but would like to.
Caution (for possible readers)! This will take me ages to compile. My memory is faulty (and gettting worse by the day).
In rough chronological order.
With my humble rates for the ones I've seen.
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
Notes:
N/S = not seen
Cinema = cinema (big screen) viewing
TV = TV viewing
PC = download
OL = online viewing
VHS = VHS viewing
DVD = DVD viewing
R = Recommended (8-10/10)
FF = For Fanatics Only (5-7/10)
P = Pass (1-4/10)
Soccer, fußball, calcio, futebol, fútbol, fudbal, nogomet...
This is yet another simple list for my personal use/future reference. My humble wish is to see as many as possible films about this topic. For the memories sake (growing up was football THE thing in our lives).
So, ALL the films about (and around) the most popular sport on earth I've ever seen. And some more I haven't seen but would like to.
Caution (for possible readers)! This will take me ages to compile. My memory is faulty (and gettting worse by the day).
In rough chronological order.
With my humble rates for the ones I've seen.
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
Notes:
- Features, documentaries, shorts and TV movies are eligible.
- TV series (mini or otherwise) are NOT.
- My rates are (as always) based on the overall Cinematic quality (as I perceive it) and not on the content itself. Fans of particular films (and especially this very topic) should always keeep this in mind.
N/S = not seen
Cinema = cinema (big screen) viewing
TV = TV viewing
PC = download
OL = online viewing
VHS = VHS viewing
DVD = DVD viewing
R = Recommended (8-10/10)
FF = For Fanatics Only (5-7/10)
P = Pass (1-4/10)
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- DirectorSemyon TimoshenkoStarsGrigori PluzhnikTatyana GuretskayaLyudmila GlazovaA football team spots how well Anton Kandidov catches watermelons and proposes him to become their new goalkeeper.N/S.
- DirectorManuel RomeroStarsLuis SandriniMarcos CaplánLuisa VehilA town football player becomes a figure for his strange gift of gaining strength by listening to the barking of a dog.N/S.
- DirectorThorold DickinsonStarsLeslie BanksGreta GyntIan McLeanWhen a star player drops dead during a charity football match between Arsenal and amateur side the Trojans, Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard is called in to solve the crime.N/S.
- DirectorKresimir GolikStarsIrena KolesarJugoslav NalisAntun NalisFabris, a center-forward and the key player of the harbor town's football team, is a selfish individualist who is believed that he's irreplaceable in the first squad. He's also a womanizer who tries to seduce pretty Nena, a member of the working's committee and successful swimmer. However, she's emotionally close to Zdravko, who is, same like Fabris, a worthy center-forward himself.TV. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorManuel RomeroStarsEnrique Santos DiscépoloDiana MaggiMario PassanoThe film is the story of El Ñato (Enrique Santos Discépolo), a mature mechanical worker, a soccer fanatic fan, who finds the meaning of his life in encouraging, following and collaborating with the club of his loves, to the point of indefinitely postponing the marriage with his eternal girlfriend (Diana Maggi). For him "first are the colors of the club, then the love macaneos".N/S.
- DirectorIgnacio F. IquinoStarsFernando Fernán GómezIsabel de CastroSergio OrtaAfter failing as an insurance agent, Héctor Pelegrín gets a job in a school as a gym teacher. The problem is that he has no idea of physical education. To get out of the quagmire it occurs to him to organize a football match against another school. This will give him the opportunity to teach kids that football is just a game, a sport.TV. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonLeopoldo Torres RíosStarsArmando BoÓscar RovitoMiriam SucreA famous football player faces retirement, but his son is still his most faithful fan.N/S.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsJames HayterDiana DorsThora HirdThe wealthy chairman of First Division Football Club, Burnville United, makes an unethical approach to a star player of another club, and the ensuing scandal costs him his job.TV. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorSemyon TimoshenkoStarsGeorgiy VitsinVsevolod KuznetsovElena TyapkinaComedy about brothers Vesnushkin, Sasha and Vasya, who are playing for one team in a National Soccer Competition. However, Sasha falls in love with a beautiful girl and loses his confidence just before the final game, so his brother has to take the lead on the field in order to save the game.N/S.
- DirectorArturo Ruiz-CastilloStarsLadislao KubalaIrán EoryMariano AsquerinoFootball player Kubala is pressed by Hungarian agents to become a spy. He will finally find a home in Barcelona.TV. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorDavid PaltenghiStarsArthur AskeyGlenn MelvynThora HirdTwo football-loving railway workers get into trouble after racing their engine home to get to a match on time.TV. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorJosé María ElorrietaStarsFernando Fernán GómezMaria PiazzaiAntonio RiquelmeUpon the arrival at the Madrid airport, a professor at the University of Frankfurt is mistaken for a Russian football player and is received as a sport star, but the teacher ignores that everything is due to a confusion. The problems arise when, after discovering the error, they force him to impersonate the player until he appears.TV. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorJavier SetóStarsAlfredo Di StéfanoDonatella MarrosuMary LamarSoccer idol Alfredo Di Stéfano befriends a group of street kids and decides to coach them into a soccer team to keep them away from delinquency.TV. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorZoltán FábriStarsImre SinkovitsDezsö GarasLászló MárkusOn Hitler's birthday, the Germans decide to organize a soccer match between prisoners of war and Germans.PC. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorRené MúgicaStarsArturo ArcariDidi CarliCamilo Da PassanoCacho Garibaldi is the soccer player of the moment, his goals lead to delirium fans. When an eccentric millionaire named Lupus buys his transfer, he believes he has reached the pinnacle of fame.N/S.
- DirectorJoaquim Pedro de AndradeStarsHeron DominguesGarrinchaDocumentary about the most famous dribbler in Brazilian Soccer (some say in Soccer's history!) at the zenith of his career, showing classic scenes of 1958 and 1962 World Cup. Garrincha was a very original and talented player, having curved legs. Women and alcohol were his passion, and the cause of his later decadence. After a glorious career, he died in financial misery, forgotten.N/S.
Most Wanted! - DirectorBo WiderbergStarsThommy BerggrenKeve HjelmEmy StormAn aspiring young writer lives in a bleak working class block in the late 1930s.PC. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorDavid BracknellStarsBernard CribbinsSonia GrahamDermot KellyThe children of Barton United are trying to win the cup in their local football league. Nasty councillor Mr Bates doesn't like them and wants the team his son plays for to win instead so he makes life as difficult as he can for them. However, Barton United are offered help by the local professional team that just happens to be Manchester United with its manager Matt Busby.N/S.
- DirectorStanislaw JedrykaStarsJózef NalberczakRoman WilhelmiHenryk BakParagon, a young teen and the best and smartest boy on the backyard football (soccer) team, and his adventures. He escapes in a stolen canoe and doesn't drown, there's trouble with the police, his gang gets trapped by extremely dubious characters. He flees, he falls, and if he ever has a crowning glory, it will be in the final football match.TV. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorHellmuth CostardStarsGeorge BestIn this film, we follow footballer George Best over a 90-minute match against Coventry City, which took place on 12th September 1970. There is no soundtrack and no interview overlaid, just Best doing what he did best - playing football.N/S.
Most Wanted! - DirectorWim WendersStarsArthur BraussKai FischerErika PluharGoalkeeper Josef Bloch is ejected during a game for foul play. He leaves the field and goes to spend the night with a cinema cashier.Cinema. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorPál SándorStarsDezsö GarasTamás MajorLászló MárkusThe laundryman only lives for one thing: soccer. His dream is to have his team in the premier league, but for that he needs money and the only way he can do that is by selling some of his players.OL. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorMaarten de VosStarsJohan CruijffDocumentary film with and about the famous soccer player, produced by his father-in-law Cor Koster.N/S.
- DirectorBo WiderbergStarsJohan BergmanMagnus HärenstamMonica ZetterlundSix year old Johan, a.k.a. Fimpen, loves football. One day his talents are discovered. It doesn't take long before Fimpen gets to travel around with the national team. Fimpen becomes an idol and media wants a piece of him all the time. It gets hard to catch up in school.Cinema. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorLuigi Filippo D'AmicoStarsLando BuzzancaJoan CollinsGabriella PallottaA small-time soccer referee gets the chance of a lifetime when he gets to referee a major-league game. He becomes a celebrity and suddenly finds himself having to choose between his future as a referee and the temptations that come his way, especially the women, now.N/S.
- DirectorMladomir 'Purisa' DjordjevicStarsTanasije UzunovicLjuba TadicZoran VelickovicA man from a small place has become a coach of the biggest club in the country. He's coming back to his home town to buy a talented striker from a local club. A new striker immediately becomes a star in the big club. But a conflict between coach on one side and striker and manager of the club on the other occurs and results in coach leaving the club. He then becomes a coach of a big German club and in international competition has a match against his former club. In first game in Munich his former club wins which puts him in danger of losing position of coach in new club. But in the second game his team wins in Belgrade and goes trough. He once again goes to his home town and in the graveyard, at the tomb of his father, who died in war fighting Germans, asks himself what happened so he's now fighting for the Germans against a club from his own country.OL. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorJacques TatiSophie TatischeffA sports documentary short covering the soccer match for the UEFA cup of 1978, with the French Corsican team Bastia playing against the PSV Eindhoven club from the Netherlands.N/S.
- DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsPatrick DewaereFrance DougnacDorothée JemmaThe miserable football player becomes a town hero after bringing victory in extremely important game. He uses his fame for revenge to the team star for the previous mockeries.N/S.
Most Wanted! - DirectorBill ForsythStarsJohn Gordon SinclairDee HepburnJake D'ArcyGregory is a normal teen who is infatuated with a classmate. He must work to win her affection.OL. 8/10 (R).
- 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.TV. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsLino BanfiLicinia LentiniCamillo MilliTrainer Oronzo Canà is called to manage Longobarda, the team of a small town of Northern Italy, when it's promoted to the First Division. His only task is not to go back to the Second Division, but even the team's owner plays against Longobarda since the First Division is too expensive, and the young Brazilian player bought for the team is affected by deep 'saudade'.N/S.
- DirectorÜmit EfekanStarsDeniz AkbulutFigen AydogduAhmet BayseçkinIlyas is a poor gate keeper in Istanbul. One day he catches a life time opportunity, being a football player at Fenerbahce Sports Club.N/S.
- DirectorRick KingStarsJim YoungsPeléBilly WarlockThe story of an American soccer player trying to make it big who turns to Pele, the greatest soccer player of all time, for guidance.N/S.
- DirectorKarel SmyczekStarsJirí LangmajerMartin SobotkaPavel ZvaricBased on true event, football hooligans who support Sparta, are coming home after the away game and they demolished the train that they are traveling by.Orig. title: Proč?
TV. 8/10 (R). - DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsMiroslav KucharA man sits down to watch a football match, which seems to consist of the players being violently mutilated in various inventive ways.Orig. title: Mužné hry.
PC. 9/10 (R). - DirectorAlan ClarkeStarsGary OldmanLesley ManvillePhil DavisThis is the story of rival "Firms" of football supporters, and how one man has a wish to team them up for the European Championships of 1988. However, when this is discussed, the opposing leaders are not happy, as they believe this is a challenge to their authority. This Film shows how football violence has progressed from pure violence to a form of organized crime, to the extent that all the leaders know each others home phone / mobile phone numbers.PC. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJanusz ZaorskiStarsJanusz GajosMalgorzata PieczynskaMarian OpaniaChairmen of several football clubs start a co-operative. Now, thanks to corrupt referees, they are to decide the outcomes of matches.N/S.
- DirectorAndrea BarziniStarsMassimo GhiniGiuseppe CedernaFabrizio BentivoglioIt's everyone's dream to travel through the time and...what's happened! Three friends are going to meet to watch (or to re-live) on TV the important football match Italia-Germania, played in 1970's World Cup. But the football game is a pretext to recall twenty years before...N/S.
- DirectorCheik DoukouréStarsAboubacar Sidiki SumahAgnès SoralHabib HammoudThe story of Salif Keïta, first "Ballon d'or d'Afrique" (African Golden Ball).N/S.
- DirectorMaria GieseStarsSean BeanEmily LloydPete PostlethwaiteJimmy Muir,a brewery worker with talent, gets a chance to play for local club Hallam. He's offered a trial at Sheffield United but blows it due to drunkenness.He must reevaluate his choices and potential for success.N/S.
- DirectorAndrés WoodStarsArmando CavieresNora EscobarFernando GallardoThree vignettes about the lives of young Chileans and their passions and frustrations over one of the century's most important rituals.N/S.
- DirectorDavid EvansStarsColin FirthRuth GemmellLuke AikmanA sports fan's romantic courtship clashes with his obsession with his favorite football team.TV. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsSteve CooganJason IsaacsMaggie O'NeillLives of numerous football players and coaches have changed after they were accused of participating in contractual matches.N/S.
- DirectorSigi RothemundStarsFrancis Fulton-SmithChristoph WaltzAxel MilbergSeventy thousand soccer fans are heading for the stadium exits - only to find them locked. Heavily armed gangsters have robbed the cash room and, blocked in their getaway, have locked the gates and threatened to detonate a bomb.N/S.
- DirectorUgo GiorgettiStarsOtávio AugustoAdriano StuartAndré AbujamraTribute to the world of soccer in Brazil. Group of ex-soccer players gather in a bar in São Paulo to remember old stories of their prime.N/S.
- DirectorMick DavisStarsMax BeesleyRichard E. GrantJames CosmoTwo Scottish pub football teams play each other in order to resolve a century-old grudge, with the prize for the winning team being the other team's pub.TV. 6/10 (FF).
- 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.N/S.
- DirectorNeri ParentiStarsMassimo BoldiChristian De SicaDiego AbatantuonoFour different stories about italian football team's supporter.N/S.
- DirectorVuk JanicThey were called 'the golden generation', the young Yugoslavian soccer players who won the Junior World Soccer Championships in 1987 in Chile. To be sure, many of them became world-famous and today play in Rome, Milan and Madrid. But the country they represented in Chile no longer exists. Director Vuk Janic talks with soccer heroes like Zvonimir Boban and Sinisa Mihajlovic and visits the neighborhoods they grew up in. Via the soccer, he tells the story of the disintegration of his country. The supporter riots in 1990 during the match between Red Star Belgrade and Dinamo Zagreb heralded the imminent war. Shortly after, the team fell apart. Seven years later, as national players of Croatia and little Yugoslavia, they compete in two charged qualification matches for the 2000 European Championships. Soccer is not war, but the war is never far away. The first match in Belgrade has to be canceled due to NATO bombings, and the two national hymns are drowned in deafening whistles from the audience.N/S.
- DirectorGonzalo SuárezStarsCarmelo GómezMaribel VerdúAntonio ResinesRamiro Forteza, a goalkeeper in the Spanish Premier League, is forced by the rigors of the Civil War and the postwar period to earn a living in small villages, challenging the locals to score him a penalty. One night, he arrives in an Asturian village and meets Manuela, a young widow with a son, who survives by sewing for Úrsula, the wife of Andrade, the sergeant of the Civil Guard. But the exhibitions of Forteza and his relationship with Manuela attract the attention of Andrade, who will make a proposal related to the resistance movement that will involve the goalkeeper in the conflict.N/S.
- DirectorMichael CorrenteStarsRobert DuvallMichael KeatonAndy GrayA 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.TV. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorJohn ForteStarsWilliam AshMaclean StewartTim LoaneA Catholic high-school student trying to perfect his soccer timing by practicing dance falls in love with his dance partner.TV. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorMary McGuckianStarsJohn LynchIan BannenJerome FlynnPulling no punches in its depiction of soccer legend George Best's slow descent from the heights of his Manchester United career, the man once dubbed the fifth Beatle for his glamorous lifestyle and good looks.N/S.
- 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.TV. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorTomy WigandStarsUwe OchsenknechtOscar Ortega SánchezRalf RichterFor Hans Pollack and his friends, soccer is the most wonderful hobby in the world. They all worship the world-class forward Pablo Dios. Their adoration goes so far that it makes them forget the birth of a daughter, gamble away a house, "accidentally" kidnap the rich and arrogant football star, and tear apart the family. However, Pablo and Hans gradually develop an unlikely friendship...N/S.
- 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.TV. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorBarry SkolnickStarsVinnie JonesDavid KellyDavid HemmingsA football star jailed for assault leads a group of inmates in a match against prison guards.TV. 4.5/10 (FF).
- 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.N/S.
- DirectorDrazen ZarkovicStarsKresimir KanizajDrazen KuhnTeo OsarcevicTwo loyal, aging fans of a low-league amateur team look forward when shady upstart wants to invest his money, so that the side would go pro and make it to the top flight. However their enthusiasm quickly vanishes as they realize that the businessman sees only profit, without much true love for the club.Orig. title: Ajmo žuti!
TV. 5.5/10 (FF). - DirectorGurinder ChadhaStarsParminder NagraKeira KnightleyJonathan Rhys MeyersTwo ambitious girls, despite their parents' wishes, have their hearts set on careers in professional football.TV. 7/10 (FF).
- 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.TV. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMilton AlencarStarsAndré GonçalvesTaís AraújoHenrique PiresThe life of Brazilian soccer player Garrincha, considered to be one of the greatest players of all time, with his uniquely original style. He had arched legs and passions for women and booze; he had a much-discussed extramarital affair with singer Elza Soares, and he died in relative decadence. The film focuses on his zenith, from 1953 until the World Championship and the Rio Regional Championship in 1962.N/S.
- DirectorDavid SerranoStarsAlberto San JuanErnesto AlterioNatalia VerbekeA group of 30-year-old friends tries to change their sad existence by setting up a football team like when they were young to see if they finally win something in their lives.N/S.
- DirectorAnibal Massaini NetoStarsCeleste ArantesAssiriaGordon BanksDocumentary about Brazilian soccer genius, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, aka Pelé.N/S.
Most Wanted! - DirectorRamón GielingStarsXavier PitarqueGemma FolchSergi PàmiesThe story about the life of the legendary Dutch footballer Johan Cruijff.N/S.
- DirectorRadivoje AndricStarsSergej TrifunovicMarija KaranNebojsa GlogovacDuring one peculiar night, the lives of several interconnected people are changed, as they rapidly experience love, disappointment, joy, greed and remorse.Orig. title: Kad porastem biću Kengur.
TV. 6/10 (FF). - DirectorNick LoveStarsDanny DyerFrank HarperTamer HassanAn insight on the gritty life of a bored male, Chelsea football hooligan who lives for violence, sex, drugs & alcohol.N/S.
- DirectorLexi AlexanderStarsElijah WoodCharlie HunnamClaire ForlaniA wrongfully expelled Harvard undergrad moves to London, where he is introduced to the violent underworld of football hooliganism.TV. 8/10 (R).
- 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.TV. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorChristian CarionStarsDiane KrugerBenno FürmannGuillaume CanetIn December 1914, an unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front allows soldiers from opposing sides of the First World War to gain insight into each other's way of life.TV. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDanny CannonStarsKuno BeckerAlessandro NivolaAnna FrielThe extremely talented Santiago Muñez is spotted by a Newcastle United scout and given a chance at professional football.TV. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorBorja MansoStarsJavier AlbaláDavid BeckhamJessica BohlFive story strands -- some real, some fictionalized -- comprise this officially sanctioned film of Real Madrid, the second richest soccer club in the world.TV. 7/10 (FF).
- 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.TV. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorRóbert I. DouglasStarsBjörn Hlynur HaraldssonHelgi BjörnssonArnmundur Ernst BjörnssonThe star player of Icelands top football team causes a stir when he admits to being gay to his team mates and then goes on a journey to discover himself (with the help of the local press). He soon finds himself on the bench for most of his teams matches and decides to call it quits and join a small amateur team made up of men like himself - gay guys trying to play football in a straight world of Icelandic fishing culture machoism.N/S.
- DirectorJavier VázquezStarsDiego MaradonaAlejandro DolinaCharly GarcíaDiego Armando Maradona is without question one of the greatest and most revered soccer players in history. Told in his own words and those of countless fans and loved ones, LOVING MARADONA is the gripping true story of a man whose rise from the poverty of a Buenos Aires shantytown to sports star fame and fortune is as controversial as it is dramatic. Get an inside glimpse at the story behind Maradona's scandals, his seclusion in Cuba and devotion to his family, as well as amazing highlights from some of his best games.N/S.
- DirectorMartin HagbjerStarsLars BomCamilla BendixBjarne HenriksenDivorced father without custody Torben, a former pro soccer player, concentrates on his talented son David's juniors poorly performing team. When the coach suddenly accepts another position, Torben gets his change 'for the time being'. He becomes a substitute father for several of the boys. He's opposed by many parents, but finds love again with one player's single mother. Yet the greatest reward comes from David, in a twisted way.N/S.
- DirectorJoona TenaStarsMinna HaapkyläPetteri SummanenLaura MalmivaaraFC Venus is a romantic comedy about men, women and soccer.N/S.
- DirectorJafar PanahiStarsSima Mobarak-ShahiShayesteh IraniAyda SadeqiThe struggle of women in a country that excludes them from entering stadiums.TV. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorDouglas GordonPhilippe ParrenoStarsDavid BeckhamZinédine ZidaneFootball match Real Madrid vs. Villareal, April 23, 2005, from the perspective of soccer superstar Zinedine Zidane.OL. 7/10 (FF).
- 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.N/S.
- 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.TV. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorGerardo OlivaresStarsAtibou AboubacarAdalberto Jr.Ahmed AlansarA comedy about the attempts of tribal groups around the world to watch a soccer match.N/S.
- DirectorSönke WortmannStarsJürgen KlinsmannBastian SchweinsteigerLukas PodolskiA documentary on the German national team's World Cup 2006 journey, all the way from boot camp in Sardinia to the 3rd-place play-off.N/S.
- DirectorCarlos SorinStarsIgnacio BenítezCarlos Wagner La BellaPaola RotelaA young Argentine learns that soccer star Diego Maradona is ailing in a Buenos Aires hospital, and resolves to bring him a tree root he's discovered.N/S.
- DirectorUgo GiorgettiStarsDanilo AlvesSuzana AlvesPaulo ArapuâDifferent football (not soccer) stories are told in a bar.N/S.
- DirectorUte WielandStarsChristian UlmenNora TschirnerFlorian LukasThis remake of the Finnish movie FC Venus (2005) deals with a male soccer team, Eintracht Imma 95, whose players bet that they would win a match against their wives and girlfriends. Anna and Paul live together in Berlin, but suddenly his old friends from the village where he grew up ask him to help the local soccer club. Under the pretext that he would enjoy a new life in the country, they move to Imma. However, Anna, hating soccer, soon realizes Paul's real motives and has a bet with him: Eintracht Imma 95 plays against its members' wives and girlfriends. If the men win, Anna and Paul remain in the village. If the women win, they will move back to Berlin...N/S.
- DirectorMarco RisiStarsMarco LeonardiJuan LeyradoJulieta DíazThe life of the former football player Diego Armando Maradona is recreated in this film, from his childhood up to his first heart attack and his firm decision of recovering himself, passing through his stage of largest football glory when he was awarded with ten titles. This helped him to be chosen, in 2000, as the best athlete in the century, in a vote promoted by the FIFA.N/S.
- DirectorJaume Collet-SerraStarsKuno BeckerAlessandro NivolaAnna FrielWhen 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.TV. 5/10 (FF).
- 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.TV. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorEmir KusturicaStarsErnesto CantuFidel CastroManu ChaoA documentary on Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona, regarded by many as the world's greatest modern player.N/S.
- DirectorCarlos CuarónStarsGael García BernalDiego LunaGuillermo FrancellaTwo siblings are rivals in the world of professional soccer.TV. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorWolfgang MurnbergerStarsWolfgang BöckHosh KaneLukas ResetaritsSV Heidfeld is about to take the sporting oath of disclosure. Three asylum seekers from Nigeria are to help the association. Surprisingly, the likeable footballers from Africa not only score goals, they settle in perfectly in Heidfeld.TV. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorSusan KochJeff WernerStarsColin FarrellBrandon FrancisThe lives of homeless people are changed forever through an international soccer competition. This film follows six players as they set off for Cape Town, South Africa to play in the Homeless World Cup.N/S.
- DirectorElizeu EwaldStarsSuzana AbranchesBebetoTri BoyntonDocudrama about the life and career of Zico, Arthur Antunes Coimbra, one of the greatest Brazilian football players ever. An amazing journey of conquers and victories. His overcoming and perseverant spirit are a living example of the Brazilian capacity to fight all barriers of prejudice and accomplish much more than was ever expected. To become a hero.N/S.
- 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.TV. 7/10 (FF).
- 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.TV. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorTamás AlmásiStarsJózsef GyabronkaFranz BeckenbauerGyörgy BodnárThis is a spectacular, exciting and emotional portrayal of Ferenc Puskas, the kid from Kispest who became the brightest star in the footballing galaxy.N/S.
Most Wanted! - DirectorAndrew MorahanStarsJJ FeildLeo GregoryKuno BeckerThe heroes compete on the greatest stage of all, the FIFA World Cup Finals.TV. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorDragan BjelogrlicStarsMilos BikovicPetar StrugarNina JankovicA story about Serbian football team that decides to follow a dream that takes them on a journey to the First World Football Championship in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1930. A dream that allows them to become true stars and living legends.TV. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorArild AndresenStarsAsk von der HagenSusanne BoucherJostein BroxJo (13) is a smart thinker with a vivid imagination, but is bothered by classmates, and is a rather hopeless soccer goalie. He does what he has to survive this difficult time in life.TV. 7/10 (FF).