Over the years, football has been a frequent plot in domestic and foreign films. Some of them went unnoticed, and many became hits of the cinema. So you can have fun and interesting time while waiting for the start of the World Cup, we examined the ratings of Kinopoisk and IMDb. And made up list of the best films about football. It has representatives of all genres - from comedy and action to crime drama.
10. Slaughter football (2001)
Genre: action comedy, action
Country: China
Movie Search: 6.91
IMDb: 7.30
This is one of the best football movies if you like a combination of kung fu, humor and sports. Even people far from football might like Slaughter Football. It is saturated with the spirit of immediacy, and the matches themselves turned into fantastic shows, with a lot of dizzying tricks and special effects.
9. Headbutton (1978)
Genre: sports comedy
Country: France
Movie Search: 7.22
IMDb: 7.30
Another comedy on the list of top soccer films. At the center of the story is the hapless ex-football player Francois Perrin. When a local football celebrity commits a crime, the city’s most influential citizens decide that someone else should take the blame. And this “someone” is Francois, who is sent to prison for attempted rape. But he returns to avenge, or rather, outsmart the guilty in such a way that they avenge him.
8. Certificate (1995)
Genre: crime drama
Country: Germany, Great Britain
Movie Search: 7.27
IMDb: 7.40
Is it possible to turn from a guardian of the law into a football hooligan, who violates this law regularly? You can, as the protagonist of the "Identity Card" proves - an undercover cop. Having infiltrated a fan group to identify its leaders involved in crime, the hero discovers that he even likes to “break, destroy and tear to pieces”.
7. Reserve player (1954)
Genre: sports comedy
Country: the USSR
Movie Search: 7.41
IMDb: 7.10
Of all the best films about football, this picture is the oldest. But if you decide that you can put an equal sign between the words “old film” and “uninteresting”, then you were mistaken. The Reserve Player is a fun, light and witty comedy about the finest hour of the Blue Arrows footballer. And in the title role - the legendary George Vitsin.
6. Damned United (2009)
Genre: biography, sports drama
Country: Great Britain
Movie Search: 7.60
IMDb: 7.60
The film is about a talented but still young coach Brian Clough and his 44-day standoff with experienced soccer players from the popular English team Leeds United. The peculiarity of this picture is that the main emphasis is not on the players, as is the case in most films, but on the coach, with the disclosure of his character, inner world and decision motives.
5. United. Munich tragedy (2011)
Genre: sports drama, history
Country: Great Britain
Movie Search: 7.69
IMDb: 7.50
In 1958, a plane crash took place in Munich, in which the young players of Manchester United (they were called "Busby kids" by the name of the coach), club staff and journalists were killed. The grief that the families of the victims survived, and with them England and the entire football community, was enormous. And the film shows not only the tragedy and the rebirth of Manchester United from the ashes, but also teaches us that we must appreciate the most important thing that a person has - his one and only life.
4. Will (2011)
Genre: sports drama, family
Country: Great Britain
Movie Search: 7.69
IMDb: 6.90
Little Will Brannan lives in an English school for boys and devotes all his free time to his beloved Liverpool football club. He still does not know that he will have a difficult but very interesting journey to the other end of Europe. There, Will will see with his own eyes how his idols play.
Football lovers will surely be pleased, as a fan brotherhood is kindly shown in this bright picture.
3. Goal (2005)
Genre: sports drama
Country: USA, UK
Movie Search: 7.75
IMDb: 6.70
The son of an oligarch can become an oligarch; the son of a governor can replenish an army of deputies. But to become a good footballer by birth is impossible. And the film “Goal” is about this, about how a simple guy who got out of what is called “from the bottom” managed to make a dizzying career. Despite the obstacles that confront a person who has decided to get into professional sports, the hero believes in the realization of his dreams. And thanks to the game by Kuno Becker, together with the character, the audience believes in this dream.
2. Radio (2003)
Genre: drama, romance, biography
Country: USA
Movie Search: 7.88
IMDb: 6.90
An autistic boy nicknamed Radio lived in the American outback. Peers sprinkled him, adults felt sorry or despised. However, there was a man with a good heart - the coach of the local football team - who took Radio under guardianship. And suddenly it changed not only the boy’s life, but also the life of the entire football team, and with it the city.
A kind, very moving movie, which is based on real events. It shows that not all people are created to succeed. Sometimes their goal is to help others succeed.
1. Hooligans (2005)
Genre: crime, sports drama
Country: USA, UK
Movie Search: 8.03
IMDb: 7.50
The best films about football can not do without the themes of football fans. Not all of them peacefully watch television at home or in the company of friends. There are also those in whom sporting preferences are closely mixed with aggression and flocking feelings. In the company of such hooligans, the main character of the film turns out to be an ex-student, who turned out to be an evil fate instead of the prestigious Harvard in London. In the midst of football fans, where the atmosphere is saturated with adrenaline, and broken teeth and bruises are an integral part of the species, the former nerd is rapidly growing.
