Football (Soccer)
| Title | Year | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Game | 1930 | Comedy | British film about fictional Manningford F.C. |
| Sportszerelem | 1936 | Comedy | |
| The Arsenal Stadium Mystery | 1939 | Crime comedy | When a player is poisoned during a match, Detective Inspector Slade must investigate. |
| Das große Spiel | 1942 | Comedy | |
| O Leão da Estrela | 1947 | Comedy-drama | This Arthur Duarte movie includes original images of the Portuguese cup final Porto - Sporting |
| The Great Game | 1953 | Comedy-drama | The chairman of a British club is penalized for approaching a player from a rival team. |
| Két félidő a pokolban | 1961 | Drama | Based on The Death Match, an unofficial match held in 1942 between a local works team in modern-day Ukraine (including many former players from Dynamo Kyiv) and a German Wehrmacht side. |
| Dhanyee Meye | 1971 | Comedy | |
| Mohunbaganer Meye | 1976 | ||
| Yesterday's Hero | 1979 | Drama | Ian McShane as a former football player turned alcoholic. |
| Escape to Victory | 1981 | War | Loosely based on The Death Match, with Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine.. Released in North America as Victory. |
| Gregory's Girl | 1981 | Romantic comedy | Scottish teen tale directed by Bill Forsyth. |
| Ultra | 1991 | Drama | Italian film. |
| Cup Final | 1991 | Drama | Israeli film about a kidnapping during the 1982 FIFA World Cup. |
| Ladybugs | 1992 | Comedy | Rodney Dangerfield as a soccer coach who makes a boy suit up as a girl. |
| Do I Not Like That! | 1994 | Documentary | |
| The Big Green | 1994 | Family Comedy | A British woman teaches soccer to Texas school kids. |
| Fever Pitch | 1997 | Romantic comedy | Colin Firth in an adaptation of Nick Hornby's book about Arsenal. |
| When Saturday Comes | 1996 | Drama | A factory worker (Sean Bean) is recruited by professional football clubs. |
| Soccer Dog: The Movie | 1999 | Family comedy | An orphan's dog has an uncanny skill at soccer. |
| Home Team | 1999 | Family comedy | A former pro soccer player (Steve Guttenberg) is sentenced to serve as a handyman at a boys' home. |
| Air Bud: World Pup | 2000 | Family comedy | Direct-to-video film in the Air Bud series. |
| There's Only One Jimmy Grimble | 2000 | Comedy-drama | A 15-year-old's goal is to play for Manchester City. |
| Shaolin Soccer | 2001 | Comedy | Hong Kong comedy about a soccer-playing monk. |
| A Shot at Glory | 2001 | Drama | A coach (Robert Duvall) tries to get his team to the Scottish Cup final. |
| Mean Machine | 2001 | Comedy-drama | An adaptation of the original version of The Longest Yard, but featuring association football instead of American football. Stars former professional footballer Vinnie Jones in the lead role. |
| Mike Bassett: England Manager | 2001 | Comedy | |
| The Game of Their Lives | 2002 | Documentary | Chronicles the seven then-surviving members of the North Korea national team that made a surprising run into the quarterfinals of the 1966 FIFA World Cup. |
| Bend It Like Beckham | 2002 | Comedy-drama | Two teenaged girls in England (Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley) try out for football. |
| The Miracle of Bern | 2003 | Comedy-drama | Set against the backdrop of the 1954 FIFA World Cup Final, which became known in Germany as the "Miracle of Bern". |
| The Other Final | 2003 | Documentary | Chronicles a match between the national teams of Bhutan and Montserrat, at the time the two lowest-ranked teams in the FIFA World Rankings, held on the same day as the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final. |
| Soccer Dog: European Cup | 2004 | Comedy | Sequel to 1999 children's film. |
| Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team | 2005 | Documentary | A history of the US women's national team. |
| Goal! | 2005 | Drama | Santiago Muñez (Kuno Becker), a Mexican youth in the U.S. illegally, gets an opportunity to play in England. |
| Kicking & Screaming | 2005 | Family comedy | Will Ferrell screwball comedy about coaching soccer. |
| Real, The Movie | 2005 | Documentary | Explores the history of Real Madrid, incorporating some fictional elements. |
| The Game of Their Lives | 2005 | Drama | Based on the USA's massive upset of England in the 1950 FIFA World Cup. |
| Goal II: Living the Dream | 2006 | Drama | Continuation of 2005 story, with Santiago switching from Newcastle to Real Madrid. |
| Offside | 2006 | Comedy | Sweden film. |
| Offside | 2006 | Drama | Iran film. |
| Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos | 2006 | Documentary | Matt Dillon narrates story of the iconic North American Soccer League club, featuring interviews with several former players. |
| Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait | 2006 | Documentary | Chronicles the life and career of Zinedine Zidane. |
| She’s the Man | 2006 | Romantic comedy | A soccer player (Amanda Bynes) disguises herself so she can play with the boys. |
| Gracie | 2007 | Drama | A New Jersey high-schooler in 1978, without a girls' team to play on, battles to play for her school's boys' team. Loosely based on the early life of Elisabeth Shue, who co-produced the film and also played the mother of the titular character. |
| Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal | 2007 | ||
| Her Best Move | 2007 | Romantic comedy | Teen girl has a shot to make the US national team. |
| Maradona by Kusturica | 2008 | Documentary | A look at the career of Diego Maradona. |
| Kicking It | 2008 | Documentary | Colin Farrell narrates a look at the Homeless World Cup. |
| Soccer Mom | 2008 | Comedy | TV family movie starring Missi Pyle. |
| Football with a cause | 2009 | Documentary | The Académica Coimbra team story and its resistance against Portuguese dictatorship, shown to the world in their cup final against Benfica in 1969 |
| The Damned United | 2009 | Drama | A fictionalized version of Brian Clough's tenure as manager of Leeds United. |
| Goal! 3: Taking on the World | 2009 | Drama | Direct-to-video third part of trilogy involving a Mexican player's experiences in Europe. |
| Offside | 2009 | Romantic comedy | Story about rival footballers in Australia. |
| A Time for Champions | 2009 | Documentary | Made for TV. Explores the history of soccer in St. Louis, focusing especially on the dominance of Saint Louis University in the 1960s and early 1970s. |
| One Night in Turin | 2010 | Documentary | Chronicles England's run in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. |
| The Two Escobars | 2010 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Explores the lives of footballer Andrés Escobar and drug lord Pablo Escobar, the links between football and drug money in their country of Colombia in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and the connections between the murders of both men. |
| For the Glory | 2011 | Drama | |
| Egaro | 2011 | Historical Drama | Film based on the historical event of the Indian Bengali team Mohun Bagan winning the 1911 IFA Shield defeating the mighty British team East Yorkshire Regiment in Calcutta to become the first Indian club to win the Shield under the background circumstances of Partition of Bengal of 1905. |
| Will | 2011 | Drama | After tragically losing both his parents, heartbroken 12 year-old Will journeys across Europe to honor his father's wishes to witness the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final, which features their beloved football club Liverpool. |
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Famous quotes containing the word football:
“People stress the violence. That’s the smallest part of it. Football is brutal only from a distance. In the middle of it there’s a calm, a tranquility. The players accept pain. There’s a sense of order even at the end of a running play with bodies stewn everywhere. When the systems interlock, there’s a satisfaction to the game that can’t be duplicated. There’s a harmony.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)