Football (soccer) movies, ranked
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Add: "Preto contra branco"
The short film "Zimbú", from Marcos Strassburger Souza. https://youtu.be/LwQlUWs5RZc
Add: "Mario Filho, o criador das multidões": http://www.revistadocinemabrasileiro.com.br/node/1005
Add: Lúcio Branco's experimental left-wing short film with former player Nei Conceição (I give it a 6)
Add: "Preto contra branco"
The short film "Zimbú", from Marcos Strassburger Souza. https://youtu.be/LwQlUWs5RZc
Add: "Mario Filho, o criador das multidões": http://www.revistadocinemabrasileiro.com.br/node/1005
Add: Lúcio Branco's experimental left-wing short film with former player Nei Conceição (I give it a 6)
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- 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.The World Cup of 1954. The film is so good that it makes everybody root for West Germany against Hungary!
- 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".While the World Cup of would be decided in a match between Brazil and Germany, the two worst national teams in FIFA's ranking would play an unconventional match.
- DirectorSebastián BednarikAndrés VarelaStarsMilton BarretoLuis Batlle BerresRafael BayceMaracaná football stadium was built to the World Cup finals in 1950, when everyone in Brazil was certain they would win. They lost 1-2 to Uruguay and went into a national depression. Then the chance is there again, more than 60 years later.The World Cup of 1950. Amazing documentary: both Brazilians and Uruguayans will agree.
- DirectorLeo BittencourtSATELLITES is a documentary about the passion for soccer told through the points-of-view of characters who were following somehow the final match of the Brazilian Soccer Cup. The film moves the focus from the game to the field's margins, to the fans, to outside the stadium. The movie intends to capture the tension, atmosphere and charm of a final match. SATELLITES translates, based on images captured during that game, the sensation of being at the stadium watching the game with no images of the game itself.Perfect documentary to understand how was the experience of watching a match in old Maracanã stadium (before its destruction and rebuilding in FIFA's new homogeneization standards). The fans of both Flamengo and Vasco, the car parking illegal guard, the beer seller, the TV broadcasting crew, the photographers, the policemen, the bars outside the stadium: everything that surrounded the decision of Brazil Cup is shown.
- DirectorCarlos GomesStarsHelvídio MattosMaurício AzedoDirceu MarinhoAn excellent documentary (amazing interviews!) about the most popular multi-sport club in the world - especially for its football (soccer) team -, with 40 million fans.
- DirectorCao HamburgerStarsMichel JoelsasGermano HaiutDaniela PiepszykA boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in 1970, when the World Cup coincides with political crackdowns by the military dictatorship.Both football (soccer) and button football appear throughout the movie.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsSteve EvetsEric CantonaStephanie BishopEric, a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis, receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Eric Cantona.Two Erics - the ex-player and his fan - interact.
- DirectorEryk RochaIn the shadow of Rio's Maracana Stadium, a "favela league" of 14 teams compete in soccer. The film shows the importance of soccer in Brazilian culture.The slums/favelas championship in Rio de Janeiro.
- DirectorBruno BarretoStarsLuis GustavoLuana PiovaniMarco RiccaA Romeo-and-Juliet kind of love affair. The difference here is what sets the two lovers apart: their soccer teams. Being a fan of Corinthians, Romeu has to fake he really likes Palmeiras, in order to gain Julieta's heart.A great rivalry in Brazil is a fierce challenge for the love of two fans of enemy teams.
- DirectorTom HooperStarsColm MeaneyHenry GoodmanDavid RoperThe story of the controversial Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United.
- DirectorCarlos SorinStarsIgnacio BenítezCarlos Wagner La BellaPaola RotelaA young Argentine learns that soccer star Diego Maradona is ailing in a Buenos Aires hospital, and resolves to bring him a tree root he's discovered.A quest in which gifting the idol Maradona is the goal.
- 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.Beautiful and tragic story of the triumph of a country (Zambia) through its national team.
- DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsRicardo DarínSoledad VillamilPablo RagoA retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.Football (soccer) does not appear in most of the film, but a match is important for the story.
- DirectorFelipe BravoStarsJoel LindeAlex PecellinRodrigo BaltraDiego is a Uruguayan child who has just arrived in Barcelona. Andrés, the class bully, will stop him from integrating in the group. Diego will challenge him with a football match, believing in the strength of the "Garra Charrúa".An Uruguayan boy searches inside himself for the strenght of the way people in his country play football (soccer) in order to stop suffering bullying.
- DirectorJan-Dirk BouwA football hooligan feels unconditional love for his club. However, being gay, he has to hide his identity in order to survive in this world that is so precious to him.Animation short film about hooliganism, with a gay protagonist.
- DirectorKhyentse NorbuStarsOrgyen TobgyalNeten ChoklingJamyang LodroWhile the soccer World Cup is being played in France, two young Tibetan refugees arrive at a monastery/boarding school in exile in India. Its atmosphere of serene contemplation is somewhat disrupted by soccer fever, the chief instigator being a young student, the soccer enthusiast Orgyen. Prevented by various circumstances from seeing the Cup finals on television in a nearby village, Orgyen sets out to organize the rental of a TV set for the monastery. The enterprise becomes a test of solidarity, resourcefulness and friendship for the students, while the Lama, head of the monastery, contemplates the challenges of teaching the word of Buddha in a rapidly changing world.Tibetan novice monks are desperate to watch the World Cup of 1998 final.
- DirectorLexi AlexanderStarsElijah WoodCharlie HunnamClaire ForlaniA wrongfully expelled Harvard undergrad moves to London, where he is introduced to the violent underworld of football hooliganism.Fans may be violent.
- DirectorMaya ZinshteinStarsEli CohenArcadi GaydamakAriel HarushOne season and one football team in crisis, as power, money and politics fuel a club spiralling out of control.
- DirectorAdrián BiniezStarsDiego MattioliNéstor GuzziniEsteban LamotheArgentinian soccer player leaves his club for a career outside sports. During his last five matches , he struggles with the question what he will do with his life.The life of a veteran player next to his retirement.
- DirectorDragan BjelogrlicStarsMilos BikovicPetar StrugarNina JankovicA story about the Serbian football team that decided to follow a dream that takes them on a journey to the first football World Cup in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1930. A dream that allows them to become true stars and living legends.Yugoslavians dream about going to the first World Cup ever, in 1930.
- DirectorGeneton Moraes NetoStarsAdemirAmarildoAugustoJournalist Geneton Moraes Neto interviews Brazilian international players who lost to Uruguayan national team in the finals of the World Cup 1950 in Maracanã stadium.Brazilian national team, runner-up in the World Cup 1950.
- DirectorJosé Henrique FonsecaStarsRodrigo SantoroAngie CepedaAlinne MoraesA biography of the tragic life of one of Brazil's greatest soccer players, Heleno de Freitas.The tragic life of a charismatic Brazilian player.
- 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.
- DirectorEmir KusturicaStarsErnesto CantuFidel CastroManu ChaoA documentary on Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona, regarded by many as the world's greatest modern player.
- DirectorMurilo SallesStarsRoberto BaggioBebetoDennis BergkampA movie about the 1994 FIFA World Cup, played in the USA for the first time in history.Vibrant documentary about the World Cup of 1994, in the United States.