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.

  • Sort Soccer Movies by the star of the Soccer movie
  • Sort Soccer Movies by actual domestic box office grosses
  • Sort Soccer Movies by adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
  • 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.

Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Soccer Movies Table

  1. 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.
  2. An average Soccer Movie grosses $9.96 million in adjusted box office gross.
  3. 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).
  4. One Soccer Movie (Joyeux Noel) received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 3.57% of the listed movies.
  5. Zero Soccer Movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 0.00% of his movies.
  6. 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

  1. Hey Cogerson, considering I played indoor soccer last night i’d better mention the subject. Bend it like Beckham is one of the best all round movies ever moved on many different layers. It is about soccer, but much much more. I don’t need to explain Mr movies, as you will already know. But anyone else out there who happens to read this and hasn’t seen the movie, do so, as it is brilliant.

    The dammed united is great too, depicting Brian Clough’s 44 days as the Leeds UTD manager. A big headed, loud mouthed, ex-brilliant soccer who’s goals per game ratio would be one of the highest ever, almost a goal per game. He had to retire aged 27 due to a knee injury.

    Fever pitch, about soccer hooligans graphically demonstrates all the worst aspects of ‘so called’ soccer fans.

    1. Hey attemptedhumour….I remember that I watched Bend It Like Beckham…when I had this little crush on Keira Knightley…I was pleasantly surprised about how good the movie was…..I will have to see The Damned United as I do not think I have found a Michael Sheen movie that I did not like. I am glad you liked the hub and as always I appreciate your comments.

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