Football is based not only on technical skills and physical indicators. The desire to win, the ability to work in a team, and love for one's work are also important here. That is why our selection of the 20 best football films contains films that tell about something more than just sports. We offer you dramatic, comic, historical and even romantic stories!
1. Gracie (2007)
In the family of young Gracie Bowen (Carly Schroeder), a tragedy occurred - the girl's brother died. For Gracie, such an incident becomes a serious trauma, and she decides to say goodbye to her loved one in a special way. Her goal is to get into the football team, because the girl's brother was once an excellent player.
2. Wild League (2019)
For the sake of money, Varlam (Vladimir Yaglych) gets involved in a brawl. It is not known how such earnings would have ended for the hero if he had not been noticed by Parker (Adrian Paul), who is just recruiting the first ever team of football players.
3. Play Like Beckham (2002)
Jess's parents (Parminder Kaur Nagra) promise the girl a brilliant legal future. But the plans of the young heroine are far from the dreams of her family, because Jess is crazy about football. After meeting with the eccentric Juliet (Keira Knightley), the girl's life begins to change dramatically.
4. Montevideo: Divine Vision (2010)
The humble Tirke (Milos Bikovich) communicates with the windy heartthrob Moshe (Petar Strugar). Despite the obvious difference in character, the guys are united by a passion for football. Will the friendship of young men be preserved when love intervenes in their plans and at the same time gets a chance to get into a serious team?
5. Offside (2006)
The motion picture takes place in Iran, where women are strictly prohibited from attending football games in which men's teams participate. But is this an obstacle for a group of ardent and courageous fans?
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6. Third half (2012)
Macedonia are FC with terrible match statistics and scanty chances of winning. The director of the football club turns to the German Rudolf Spitz (Richard Sammel), the last hope of the team, for help. Will the new coach be able to save the situation, especially against the backdrop of growing ethnic unrest in the country?
7. Bloody footballers (2010)
Due to family problems, little Moritz (Henry Horne) is forced to move with his mother to another city. Here, the boy fails while trying to get into the local soccer team. Then the young athlete decides to found his own club. What obstacles will stand in the way of Moritz and will he be able to overcome them?
8. Match (2012)
The plot transports viewers to the 1940s. Nikolai Ranevich (Sergei Bezrukov) is a legendary Dynamo footballer who is captured, and at the same time his whole life is rapidly crumbling. Will the hero's girlfriend be able to save him? And will Nikolai be able to enter the field again?
9. Hooligans (2004)
Matt Buckner (Elijah Wood) is a British student, future journalist, who is suspected of an offense. But the young man is not involved in it. Nevertheless, the guy is expelled from the educational institution, which is why he decides to return to London. Here Matt meets extremists - football fans who are ready to do anything to defend the honor of their beloved FC.
10. Fifth issue (2014)
Paton Bonasole (Diego Mattioli) is suspended from football for 8 games. The hero realizes that this delay can cost him his entire career. He decides to radically change his life, finish old things, find himself in a new business. But it turns out to be not so easy to do this after 15 years of life devoted to the playing field.
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11. Coach (2001)
Mike Bassett (Ricky Tomlinson) is a very unremarkable and as yet unknown coach who gets the chance to take over the leadership of a high-ranking team.However, when Mike's scheme fails and the club begins to lose points, a ton of criticism and trials falls on the man and his family. Will the coach be able to cope with such pressure?
12. The Price of Victory (2000)
Football coach Gordon Macleod (Robert Duvall) has a black streak in his life. An unpleasant story with an old colleague and quarrels with his daughter are complemented by problems with FC, which they want to transfer to Dublin. Oddly enough, but to help the hero in overcoming difficulties will be Jackie McKillan (Allie McCoyst) - a provocative scorer who has serious problems with alcohol.
13. Headbutt (1979)
Amateur footballer François Perrin (Patrick Dever) becomes an outcast in his city due to his eccentric nature. In addition, he is unjustly accused of a crime and imprisoned. But the hero will still have a chance to get out of arrest, play on the field and punish the real intruder.
14. Passing line (2008)
Four Brazilian brothers strive to break out of poverty and become professional footballers. But life has its own plans for guys. Will the heroes be able to get closer to their dreams and overcome the brink of a harsh poor existence?
15. The game of their lives (2005)
What happens if amateur and professional teams meet on the football field? It seems as if the result is obvious, but the plot of the film makes it doubtful. How will the confrontation between the Americans and the British end?
16. Dream team (2012)
Inveterate drunkard Patrick Orbera (Jose Garcia) risks losing his daughter, who is in the center of attention of the guardianship authorities. To save the situation, the man decides to return to his old occupation - football. Patrick is recruiting former players to his team who have put an end to their careers.
17. Eleven men on the sidelines (2005)
The legendary Irish footballer Ottar Thor (Björn Hlinur Haraldsson) admits to the press that he is gay, and his career begins to collapse. The player gets into an amateur gay team, and from then on his life becomes more interesting.
18. Straight Undercover (2014)
When star Israeli footballer Ami Shushan (Oshri Cohen) meets Mirit (Gal Gadot), he immediately earns himself trouble with a local criminal group. To be saved, the player will have to declare himself homosexual publicly. How will this turn out for his career?
19. Finding Eric (2009)
Ami Shushan (Oshri Cohen) indulges in marijuana in an attempt to escape the unsightly reality. Once, after another drug addiction, the hero begins to see an imaginary friend - the legendary football player Eric Cantona (playing himself). From then on, Ami's life began to change dramatically.
20. Every Sunday (1999)
FC "Sharks" is going through a serious decline. Will coach Tony D'Amato (Al Pacino) be able to rectify the situation when his best player is seriously injured, the club changes ownership, and a talented but arrogant member appears on the team?
