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- StarsMichael PalinCharles McKeownBarbara NewThis show is a collection of tales that make for "ripping good" television. Sir Michael Palin played a different lead character in each yarn.
- DirectorJuan Rodriguez-BrisoStarsKalusha BwalyaThe resurrection of Zambia's national football team after losing 18 players in a plane crash in Gabon in 1993. A 18-year road of reconstruction until destiny makes its move: in Gabon, Zambia becomes African Champion after a long 18 penalty-shoot-out.
- DirectorDaniel GordonStarsMargaret AspinallGraham BurtonEric CampbellA look at the events of 15 April 1989 at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England which led to the death of 96 football supporters, and the legacy of what is now known as the "Hillsborough Disaster".
- DirectorDavid DietzSonia DaugerPascal BlanchardThis documentary follows the French national team for 20 years, from 1996 to 2016. Successes and setbacks that mirrored the French Society.
- DirectorMaya ZinshteinStarsEli CohenArcadi GaydamakAriel HarushOne season and one football team in crisis, as power, money and politics fuel a club spiralling out of control.
- DirectorKate DawsonStarsMercy AkideLorrie FairRonnie Fair"Grass Ceiling" follows four professional women soccer players as they battle stereotypes and competition in the world's first professional women's soccer league. With compelling footage shot in Africa, China, Portugal and the United States, the film interweaves the stories of four talented athletes. It's a story of perseverance, strength and struggle.
- DirectorEmir KusturicaStarsErnesto CantuFidel CastroManu ChaoA documentary on Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona, regarded by many as the world's greatest modern player.
- 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.
- DirectorJohan KramerStarsMatthijs de JonghStephen BennettDinesh ChhetriDisappointed with the failure of his country's football team on their 2002 World Cup campaign, a Dutch fan decides to organize a football match between the two lowest FIFA-ranking teams - Bhutan and Montserrat. This match will take place earlier on the same day as World Cup final, and become famous as "The other final".
- DirectorCheik DoukouréStarsAboubacar Sidiki SumahAgnès SoralHabib HammoudThe story of Salif Keïta, first "Ballon d'or d'Afrique" (African Golden Ball).
- DirectorBritta BeckerStarsFatmire AlushiNadine AngererSaskia BartusiakSimilar to the very successful Documentary "Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen" this movie follows the German female national football (soccer) Team on their way winning the World Cup in 2007.
- DirectorDaniel HernándezJustin WebsterStarsAbel FolkRonaldinho GaúchoJoan LaportaFC Barcelona is the biggest football club in the world. Its 102,000 shareholder members all have seats at the Nou Camp, Europe's biggest stadium and the right, every four years, to elect the Club President the dream job for thousands of ambitious, patriotic Catalans. In 2003, thanks to poor domestic performances and a spiraling debt, the club sank into the worst crisis in its 100 year history. With the promise of root and branch reform, a new regime was ushered in under the leadership of the charismatic Joan Laporta. With unprecedented and exclusive access, directors Webster and Hernandez spent a year at the Nou Camp documenting the new boards efforts to turn an old fashioned Catalan family affair into a global football business.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorDaniel GordonStarsDaniel GordonPaul NicholsonEusébioA BBC documentary producer is given unprecedented access in North Korea to chronicle the story of the famed 1966 World Cup team from the North that advanced to the quarterfinals. The feature includes interviews with surviving members of the team, English fans and soccer pundits who saw the North Koreans upset Italy, 1-0, and go up 3-0 against Portgual before Eusebio eventually rallied the Portugeuse.
- DirectorGreg AppelStarsTony BarrellInvestigates football in the apartheid era and the continuing role on and off the field played by the legends of those days.
- DirectorCraig TannerA look behind the scenes and beyond the hype as the Rainbow Nation prepares to host the Greatest Show on Earth.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsKen HutchisonRod CulbertsonTim HealyThe true story of the First world footballing competition, won by a bunch of miners from Durham. Won it two times and beat the likes of Juventus to retain the cup in perpetuity.
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsRodney DangerfieldJackée HarryJonathan BrandisTo climb the corporate ladder to success, a guy agrees to coach the company's all-girls soccer team with the help of his secret weapon: his fiancee's son.
- DirectorHolly Goldberg SloanStarsSteve GuttenbergOlivia d'AboJay O. SandersA teacher on exchange from England is placed in an underachieving Texas school, where she coaches the students in soccer, improving their self-esteem and leading to unexpected success.
- 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.
- DirectorSéan HughesStarsVeronika HyksPeter BeckXavier BoschDocumentary examining how the three most powerful fascist dictators of the 20th Century - Mussolini, Hitler and Franco - used football's popular appeal as vehicle of propaganda. Rare archive footage, combined with evidence from historians and contributions from former stars of the game, is used to expose the cases of corruption, sabotage, intimidation and even alleged murder that affected the lives of supporters and many high-profile players alike.
- DirectorKen McGillStarsMark HallileyGraham TaylorJohn BarnesCameras follow England manager Graham Taylor and his disastrous World Cup qualification campaign.
- DirectorJean-Christophe RoséStarsPeléGarrincha
- DirectorBen TurnerGabe TurnerStarsMikey FisherSami Hall BassamJeremy LynchThe true story of five young British freestyle footballers' journey across the Americas to Argentina in the hope of meeting their hero, Diego Maradona.
- DirectorDouglas GordonPhilippe ParrenoStarsDavid BeckhamZinédine ZidaneFootball match Real Madrid vs. Villareal, April 23, 2005, from the perspective of soccer superstar Zinedine Zidane.
- DirectorVikash DhorasooFred PouletStarsVikash DhorasooGregory CoupetMickael LandreauA substitute in the french soccer team for the 2006 world cup films himself, explaining how it feels to be on a winning team and not playing.
- DirectorJohn BoormanStarsJohn BoormanSwindon Town F.C. TeamBert HeadThe story of one week in the lives of a professional football team - Swindon Town F.C.
- 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.
- DirectorJafar PanahiStarsSima Mobarak-ShahiShayesteh IraniAyda SadeqiThe struggle of women in a country that excludes them from entering stadiums.
- DirectorJim McKayStarsFernando CardonaGilberto JimenezAbel PerezA group of undocumented Mexican immigrants work long hours six days a week, and then savor their day of rest on Sundays on the soccer fields of Brooklyn.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsJack WarnerKathleen HarrisonLana MorrisA man's luck suddenly changes when he wins the football pools.
- DirectorBernard KnowlesStarsJack WarnerMarjorie FieldingYvonne OwenAn anthology of four short stories centered around the topic of honestly--or dishonestly--winning the pools in postwar Britain.
- StarsMaxine PeakeBobby SchofieldRob JarvisThe story of Anne Williams' fight for the truth of her son's death.
- DirectorJunaid AhmedStarsPresley ChweneyagaeWright NgubeniAz AbrahamsA drama about political prisoners playing soccer at Robben Island prison, where Nelson Mandela was held.
- DirectorNick LoveStarsDanny DyerFrank HarperTamer HassanAn insight on the gritty life of a bored male, Chelsea football hooligan who lives for violence, sex, drugs & alcohol.
- DirectorPedro MasóStarsRosanna YanniIngrid GarboClaudia GravyThe novelty of women's football fills in the stadia with fans of the sport, and of the beautiful legs. The women are more interested in leading their boyfriends to the church then in field tactics, but Ibericas are the champions in the end.
- DirectorAlexander H. BrowneChristopher BrowneStarsWaji AbboudMazen GhanayemEyal LachmanTells the story of the first team from an Arab town to win the Israeli Cup and represent Israel in European competition.
- DirectorEran RiklisStarsMoshe IvgyMohammad BakriSalim DawAn Israeli soldier is taken hostage by a small PLO squad in lebanon. The soldier planned to go on vacation and to fly to the world final soccer cup (mondial), he and his capturers share the love to soccer and toward the (not so happy) end a relationship is made.
- DirectorJames ErskineStarsLionel MessiPep GuardiolaJosep Maria BartomeuLionel Messi is arguably the greatest living footballer on the planet. He is a 1 in 7.2 billion miracle. A genius in football boots. Michelangelo painted frescos and Mozart composed exquisite symphonies. Messi creates his masterpieces on the canvas of the football field. This film is an immersion into the inspiring beauty of football and a quest to unveil the mystery of the Argentinian's greatness, which transcends the fields of art, science and politics. We speak to a glittering cast of characters who truly understand his talent; from legendary manager and Messi's former mentor, Pep Guardiola, the President of Argentina, the mysterious FC Barcelona analyst known as 'The Druid', a renowned statistician and a world-famous neuroscientist. This film also turns the camera on those who watch and wonder at Messi's genius across the globe. From Tel Aviv to Texas, Argentina to Gaza, Beijing to Ireland, the world unites, holds its breath and thrills to the talent of the greatest artist in one of the world's greatest games; The Classico.