Tag: football (soccer)

  • Escape to Victory

    A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime.

  • The Street Player

    Fares, a shoe factory worker, has only one passion in life: football. He lives a humble life in a chaotic neighborhood where he plays street football to increase his income. However, neither his marriage nor his job is stable enough. He goes through a lot of problems due to his lack of self-discipline with his…

  • Kimi ga kagayaku toki

    A one armed boy wants to become a football (soccer) player.

  • Six Days in June

    A young man finds a way to spend his last few days of freedom before joining the army. Set in eastern Bosnia in summer of 1968.

  • Soccer Shoot-Out

    Italia 90 was another fascinating tournament, a melting pot of different styles, culture and technique. The biggest tournament to date, it saw the emergence of the African nations with the free-flowing Cameroon capturing everyone’s hearts. The final was tight and not for the squeamish, but the well-drilled and better-disciplined Germans prevailed 1-0 winners to claim…

  • Ladybugs

    To climb the corporate ladder to success, a businessman agrees to coach his company’s all-girl soccer team with the help of his secret weapon: his fiancee’s son.

  • North Curve

    Drinking, fighting, sex and soccer matches – on Saturday, the people in the Nordkurve have nothing but pleasure on their minds. It’s all about lust at any price, fighting with all means, intrigue, deceit and blackmail. After all, the all-important game takes place in the afternoon and 40,000 people want to be there. Everyone is…

  • Schicksalsspiel

    A Romeo-and-Juliet-tale between the soccer-clubs of St. Pauli and Rostock.

  • You Must Be 11 Friends (Professional Footballers of FC Bayern Munich)

    Documentary film on the first half of the 1992-93 season of Bayern Munich football club. Covers ordinary workdays of footballers from every possible angle. Impressions from training ground, dressing room, match days, meetings with press, Oktoberfest; interviews with players, managers, attendants, spectators.

  • I.D.

    Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to route out their leaders. For one of the four, the line between ‘job’ and ‘yob’ becomes more unclear as time passes . . .

  • The Big Green

    In a depressed Texas town, British foreign exchange teacher Anna attempts to inject some life into her hopeless kids by introducing them to soccer. They’re terrible at first, but Anna and her football-hero assistant whip them into shape. As they work overtime, the pair help kids build their self-esteem and also get involved in solving…

  • The Van

    In a working-class quarter of Dublin, ‘Bimbo’ Reeves gets laid off from his job and, with his redundancy payout, buys a van and sells fish and chips with his buddy, Larry. Due to Ireland’s surprising success at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, their business starts off well, but the relationship between the two friends soon…

  • When Saturday Comes

    Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down the pit or in a factory. But Jimmy has other ideas – he dreams of becoming a professional footballer. Confronted by a bitter and unsupportive father, hard drinking friends and a lifetime of bad habits…has Jimmy the will…

  • There’s Only One Jimmy Grimble

    Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. At school he is constantly being bullied by the other kids, and at home he has to face his mother’s new boyfriend. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the confidence to succeed and leads his school football team towards the final of…

  • My Name Is Joe

    Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.

  • The Acid House

    A surreal triptych adapted by “Trainspotting” author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor with hard-talking drama, the film reaches into the hearts and minds of the chemical generation, casting a dark and unholy light into the hidden corners of the human psyche.

  • Switching Goals

    Twin sisters Emma and Sam come up with a scheme to switch places so each can play in the soccer team they prefer.

  • Mean Machine

    Disgraced ex-England football captain, Danny ‘Mean Machine’ Meehan, is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. He keeps his head down and has the opportunity to forget everything and change the lives of the prisoners. When these prisoners have the chance to put one over the evil guards during a prison football match, Danny…

  • Shaolin Soccer

    A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.

  • Stuck on You: The Football Sticker Story

    A look at this history of sticker collecting