For many years, football has been a frequent feature in domestic and foreign films. Some of them went unnoticed, and many became hits of the cinema. So that you can have fun and interesting time while waiting for the start of the FIFA World Cup, we have studied the ratings of Kinopoisk and IMDb. And made list of the best films about football... It features representatives from all genres - from comedy and action to crime drama.
10. Slaughter football (2001)
Genre: sports comedy, action
Country: China
Film Search: 6.91
IMDb: 7.30
This is one of the best soccer movies if you like a mix of kung fu, humor and sports. Even people who are far from football may like Killer Football. It is imbued with the spirit of spontaneity, and the matches themselves have turned into fantastic shows, with a mass of dizzying stunts and special effects.
9. Headbutt (1978)
Genre: sports comedy
Country: France
Film Search: 7.22
IMDb: 7.30
Another comedy on the list of the best football movies. At the center of the story is the hapless ex-footballer Francois Perrin. When a local soccer celebrity commits a crime, the city's most powerful citizens decide that someone else should take the blame. And that “someone” turns out to be François, who is sent to prison for attempted rape. But he returns to take revenge, or rather, outwit the guilty in such a way that they avenge him.
8. Certificate (1995)
Genre: crime drama
Country: Germany, UK
Film Search: 7.27
IMDb: 7.40
Is it possible to turn from a guardian of the law into a football hooligan who regularly breaks this very law? You can, as the protagonist of "Identity" proves, an undercover policeman. Having infiltrated a fan group to identify its leaders involved in crime, the hero discovers that he really likes to “break, crush and tear to pieces”.
7. Reserve player (1954)
Genre: sports comedy
Country: the USSR
Film Search: 7.41
IMDb: 7.10
Of all the best soccer films, this is the oldest. But if you decided that you can put an equal sign between the words "old film" and "uninteresting", then you were mistaken. The Reserve Player is a funny, light and witty comedy about the finest hour of the Blue Arrows football player. And in the lead role - the legendary Georgy Vitsin.
6. Damned United (2009)
Genre: biography, sports drama
Country: United Kingdom
Film Search: 7.60
IMDb: 7.60
The film is about the talented but still young coach Brian Clough and his 44-day confrontation with experienced footballers of 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 motives of decisions.
5. United. Munich tragedy (2011)
Genre: sports drama, history
Country: United Kingdom
Film Search: 7.69
IMDb: 7.50
In 1958, a plane crash occurred in Munich that killed young Manchester United footballers (they were called the "Busby Kids" by the name of their coach), club staff and journalists.The grief experienced by the families of the victims, and with them England and the entire football community, was immense. And the film shows not only the tragedy itself and the rebirth of Manchester United from the ashes, but also teaches that one should appreciate the most important thing that a person has - his one and only life.
4. Will (2011)
Genre: sports drama, family
Country: United Kingdom
Film Search: 7.69
IMDb: 6.90
Little Will Brennan lives in an English school for boys and devotes all his free time to his favorite football club Liverpool. He does not yet 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 certainly delight, as the fan brotherhood is kindly shown in this bright picture.
3. Goal (2005)
Genre: sports drama
Country: USA, UK
Film Search: 7.75
IMDb: 6.70
The son of an oligarch can become an oligarch, the son of a governor can join the army of deputies. But it's impossible to become a good footballer by birth. And the film "Goal" is about this, about how a simple guy who got out, as they say, "from the bottom", managed to make a dizzying career. Despite the obstacles that face a person who decides to get into professional sports, the hero believes in the realization of his dream. And thanks to the game of Kuno Becker, the audience believes in this dream along with the character.
2. Radio (2003)
Genre: drama, melodrama, biography
Country: USA
Film Search: 7.88
IMDb: 6.90
In the American outback there lived an autistic boy nicknamed Radio. Peers spat at him, adults pitied or despised. However, there was a man with a kind heart - the coach of the local football team - who took Radio under his wing. 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 touching movie based on real events. It shows that not all people are created to be successful. Sometimes their goal is to help others achieve success.
1. Hooligans (2005)
Genre: crime, sports drama
Country: USA, UK
Film Search: 8.03
IMDb: 7.50
The best soccer films cannot do without soccer fans themed. Not all of them peacefully watch TV at home or with friends. There are those whose sporting preferences are closely mixed with aggression and flock feeling. In the company of such hooligans, the main character of the film turns out to be an ex-student who, by the will of evil fate, ended up in London instead of the prestigious Harvard. Among football fans, where the atmosphere is saturated with adrenaline, and knocked out teeth and bruises are an integral part of the look, the former nerd is rapidly growing up.