Soccer Movies

Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine in 1981's Victory — Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine in 1981’s Victory

Want to know the best Soccer Movies? How about the worst Soccer Movies? Curious about Soccer Movies did at the box office or which Soccer Movies picked up the most Oscar® nominations and Oscar® wins? Need to know which Soccer Movies movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

This page represents part 7 in a series of pages that are trying to identify the Top 100 Sports Movies. This page will look at the top 28 Soccer movies. Movies are ranked by using a combination of box office results, reviews from audiences and critics and award recognition.

Keira Knightley in 2002's Bend It Like Beckham — Keira Knightley in 2002’s Bend It Like Beckham

Soccer Movies Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

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Sort by how Soccer Movies were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Soccer Movie received.
Sort Soccer Movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.

R	Movie (Year)	UMR Co-Star Links			Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil)				UMR Score
R	Movie (Year)	UMR Co-Star Links	Actual B.O. Domestic (mil)	Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil)	Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil)	B.O. Rank by Year	Review	Oscar Nom / Win	UMR Score	S
1	Bend It Like Beckham (2002)	Keira Knightley	32.5	60.5	142.30	81	76	00 / 00	80.8
2	The Damned United (2009)	Michael Sheen	0.4	0.6	6.00	227	83	00 / 00	71.6
3	Shaolin Soccer (2004)	Steven Chow	0.5	0.9	0.90	223	82	00 / 00	69.8
6	Victory (1981)	Michael Caine & Sylvester Stallone	10.9	42.1	42.10	72	66	00 / 00	65.8
4	Gregory's Girl (1980)	Dee Hepburn	1.2	5.2	5.20	151	76	00 / 00	64.5
5	The Cup (1999)	Orgyen Tobgyal	1.1	2.3	2.30	190	77	00 / 00	64.3
7	Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas) (2005)	Diane Kruger	1.1	1.8	1.80	209	76	01 / 00	63.2
8	Kicking & Screaming (2005)	Will Ferrell & Robert Duvall	52.8	89.0	94.40	52	49	00 / 00	63.0
8	Rudo y Cursi (2008)	Diego Lluna	1.8	2.7	16.70	193	72	00 / 00	56.4
10	The Beautiful Game (2024)	Bill Nighy	0.1	0.1	0.10	164	72	00 / 00	54.4
10	She's the Man (2006)	Channing Tatum	33.7	55.3	93.70	92	52	00 / 00	50.6
10	Those Glory Glory Days (1986)	Sara Sugarman	0.0	0.1	0.10	241	68	00 / 00	46.2
12	Sixty Six (2006)	Charlie Clark	0.2	0.4	3.10	278	65	00 / 00	41.5
13	A Shot at Glory (2002)	Robert Duvall & Michael Keaton	0.1	0.2	0.20	267	64	00 / 00	39.0
14	Hermano/ Brother (2010)	Fernando Moreno	0.0	0.1	0.10	387	64	00 / 00	39.0
15	Will (2011)	Bob Hoskins	0.1	0.1	0.20	258	64	00 / 00	38.8
16	Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016)	Vincent D'Onofrio	0.1	0.1	4.70	265	64	00 / 00	37.8
16	Gracie (2007)	Elizabeth Shue	3.0	4.6	4.80	193	60	00 / 00	31.7
17	Green Street Hooligans (2005)	Elijah Wood	0.3	0.6	0.60	252	61	00 / 00	31.5
18	Yesterday's Hero (1979)	Ian McShane	0.1	0.4	0.40	170	60	00 / 00	30.0
20	Next Goal Wins (2023)	Michael Fassbender	6.7	6.7	6.90	109	58	00 / 00	29.2
21	Goal! The Dream Begins (2005)	Kuno Becker	4.3	7.2	7.20	164	57	00 / 00	28.2
23	Fever Pitch (1997)	Colin Firth	0.1	0.1	0.10	264	58	00 / 00	25.3
23	Mad About Mambo (2000)	William Ash	0.1	0.1	0.10	265	53	00 / 00	17.7
24	Guys and Balls (2006)	Lisa Potthoff	0.0	0.0	0.00	383	53	00 / 00	16.4
24	Believe (2013)	Jack Smith	0.1	0.1	0.40	285	52	00 / 00	15.0
28	The Big Green (1995)	Steve Guttenberg	17.7	44.0	44.00	85	36	00 / 00	12.3
27	Mean Machine (2001)	Jason Statham & Vinnie Jones	0.1	0.2	13.90	280	49	00 / 00	11.9
29	Goal II: Living the Dream (2007)	Kuno Becker	0.2	0.4	6.70	271	48	00 / 00	11.0
30	The Game of Their Lives (2005)	Gerard Butler	0.4	0.6	0.70	247	45	00 / 00	8.1
29	Eleven Men Out (2007)	Björn Hlynur Haraldsson	0.1	0.1	0.10	312	43	00 / 00	5.9
31	Ladybugs (1992)	Rodney Dangerfield	14.8	38.4	38.40	78	30	00 / 00	5.4
33	Playing For Keeps (2012)	Gerard Butler & Dennis Quaid	13.1	17.7	37.70	127	29	00 / 00	1.7

Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Soccer Movies Table

Zero Soccer Movie crossed the magical $100 million mark. That is a percentage of 6.81% of his movies listed. Kicking and Screaming (2005) is the biggest box office hit when looking at adjusted domestic box office.
An average Soccer Movie grosses $9.96 million in adjusted box office gross.
Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 15 Soccer Movies are rated as good movies…or 53.57% of his movies. Highest rated Soccer movie is The Damned United (2009). Lowest rated Soccer movie is Playing For Keeps (2012).
One Soccer Movie (Joyeux Noel) received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 3.57% of the listed movies.
Zero Soccer Movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 0.00% of his movies.
An average Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score is 39.86. 0 Soccer Movies’s movies scored higher that average….or 0.00% of Soccer movies. Bend It Like Beckham (2003) got the highest UMR Score….Playing For Keeps (2012) got the lowest UMR Score.

Robert Duvall and Will Ferrell in 2005's Kicking and Screaming — Robert Duvall and Will Ferrell in 2005’s Kicking and Screaming

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12 thoughts on “Soccer Movies”

Flora Breen Robison says:

April 28, 2015 at 10:50 pm

I haven’t watched soccer films, though I do watch the World Cup.

1. Cogerson says:
  
  April 28, 2015 at 10:52 pm
  
  Hey Flora…..well thanks for checking out this soccer page anyway….it is greatly appreciated
  
Shaun says:

April 28, 2015 at 10:49 pm

Soccer movies? The only one I have even heard of is the Stallone one.

1. Cogerson says:
  
  April 28, 2015 at 10:50 pm
  
  Hey Shaun….for a movie that did not do very well at theaters….seems almost everybody has seen Victory.
  
Steve Lensman says:

April 28, 2015 at 10:46 pm

Bend it like Beckham no.1 soccer movie? Dear lord no, I’d much rather watch John Hustons worst movie, Victory, or Escape to Victory as it’s known here.

Loved Shaolin Soccer, so much fun and totally ridiculous.

1. Cogerson says:
  
  April 28, 2015 at 10:47 pm
  
  Hey Steve…..let’s see…..I think I would vote for Bend it like Beckman over Victory(and I am a huge Caine fan)…but to tell the truth I do not know if I have ever willing watched any soccer movie.
  
Kelly E says:

April 28, 2015 at 10:46 pm

Let me comment on this page. I have seen one of the soccer movies, Gracie. Other than that I have only heard of a few of these movies.

1. Cogerson says:
  
  April 28, 2015 at 10:48 pm
  
  Thanks for commenting….even if you have only seen one Soccer movie
  
Casey Wright says:

April 28, 2015 at 10:45 pm

I love your lists! Great job

1. Cogerson says:
  
  April 28, 2015 at 10:47 pm
  
  Thanks for the compliment Casey J. Winters…and thanks for checking out this page

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Soccer Movies Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

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