Football player movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant football player movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, feel good, inspirational, entertaining and exciting films and TV shows about / with football player, football, soccer, sport team, ambition, football team, soccer coach, soccer match, rivalry and athlete's life plots mostly in Drama, Sport and Biography genres shot in USA, UK, Russia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as football player: See You Soon (2019), Pele: Birth of a Legend (2016), Varsity Blues (1999), I Am Zlatan (2021), Tigers (2020), Ted Lasso (2020), Streltsov (2020), The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), The Coach (2018), The Beautiful Game (2024).
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A U.S. soccer star suffers a career-threatening injury in the run-up to the World Cup, and during his recovery, embarks on an epic romance with a Russian single mom.
Style:
emotional, romantic, captivating, sincere, disturbing
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
lovers, love at first sight, football player, forbidden love, abusive husband, love and romance, jealousy, soccer, divorced woman, violent husband, single mother, rags to riches ...
Place:
st. petersburg russia, los angeles
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.
Style:
inspirational, serious, realistic, uplifting, factual ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
following a dream, soccer, athlete's life, rags to riches, football player, rise to the top, contests and competitions, prodigy, rivalry, soccer match, youth, father son relationship ...
Time:
50s, 1940s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
brazil, latin america, africa, sao paulo brazil
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion, 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. When star quarterback Lance Harbor suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup ...
Style:
teen sex comedy, entertaining, semi serious, sincere, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, small town, football, american football, cheerleader, high school, football player, stripper, tough girl, high school sports, stereotypes, mentor ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Coming-of-age story depicting Zlatan Ibrahimovic's upbringing in a rough Swedish suburb. Born to Balkan immigrants, football was Zlatan's release in a tough environment where his remarkable talent and self-reliance catapulted him against ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, disturbing
Plot:
football player, soccer, football, champion, professional sports, athlete's life, direction and purpose, playing football, ambition, historical character, teenager, schoolboy ...
Time:
2000s, year 1992, year 2004, year 1999, 90s
Place:
amsterdam, eastern europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Sweden, Italy, Denmark
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Super-talented footballing prodigy Martin is bought by top club Inter Milan, aged just 16. It’s the chance of a lifetime – but at what price?
Style:
disturbing, suspense, thought provoking, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
soccer, football, football player, playing football, football team, depression, professional sports, price of fame, athlete's life, self sacrifice, adulthood, soccer coach ...
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe, italy, milan italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Argentina
TV show
Story:
This gritty dramatization of the life of Carlos Tevez shows his rise to soccer stardom amid the harrowing conditions in Argentina's Fuerte Apache.
Style:
exciting, inspirational, sentimental, sincere, thought provoking ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soccer, athlete's life, football player, football, soccer coach, sport team, football team, sporting event, playing football, rise to the top, professional sports, prodigy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, latin america
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he’s hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, sitcom, sincere ...
Plot:
soccer, football team, american abroad, soccer coach, football player, professional sports, closeted homosexual, friendship, strong female character, coaching, divorce, career change ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
By the age of twenty, Eduard Streltsov has everything one can dream of: talent, fame and love. He is the rising star of Soviet football. The whole country, with bated breath, expects victory from the national team at the upcoming World Cup where ...
Style:
realistic, serious, uplifting, disturbing, factual ...
Audience:
boys' night, family outing
Plot:
soccer coach, football player, football team, obstacle, unrequited love, human spirit, sport competition, professional sports, male protagonist, ambition, sport team, sports star ...
Place:
ussr
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The film talks about a family that weathers all sorts of disasters and keeps going in spite of it all. It is noted for its wonderful assortment of oddball characters.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, offbeat, humorous, sex comedy ...
Plot:
sexualized violence, brother sister sex, dysfunctional family, incest, hotel, football player, first sexual experience, rape, airplane crash, bare butt, prostitute, forbidden love ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vienna, new england, austria, europe, usa ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An ordinary working class boy, like all his peers, he played football day and night and dreamed of being a striker. But no matter which team he played for - in the yard, at the factory, or in the army - he was inevitably put in goal. Lanky, with ...
Style:
thought provoking, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
goalkeeper, football team, football, sport team, skill, football player, triumph, athlete's life, world cup, popularity, professional athlete, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
ussr
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Contemporary Russia. After he flubs a penalty kick, a humiliated national soccer player quits the game. He flees to a small town, where he decides to coach their local team.
Style:
exciting, captivating, emotional, inspirational, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
coach, football player, soccer coach, football team, playing football, soccer, athlete and trainer, professional sports, athlete, soccer match, sporting event, redemption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
moscow russia, russia
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Advocates to end homelessness, organize an annual tournament for Homeless people to compete in a series of football matches known as The Homeless World Cup.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, sincere, inspirational
Plot:
football player, football team, football, soccer match, homelessness, world cup, soccer coach, homeless, homeless man, contest, team, professional sports ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
europe, london, south africa, rome italy, asia ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Germany, USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the third installment of the football drama trilogy Goal!, Kuno Becker returns as Mexican footballer Santiago Muñez, who, along with his best friends and England national team players Charlie Braithwaite (Leo Gregory) and Liam Adams (JJ Feild), ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
soccer, sport team, football player, soccer match, wedding ceremony, athlete's life, friends, contests and competitions, love and romance, lifestyle, buddies, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A local female football team works together to get through hard times and overcome sexual prejudice. Their strength is tested when they lose not only the games, but also their beloved coach who was the core of their team. But they work together to ...
Style:
feel good, light, humorous, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
football player, football team, sport team, ambitious woman, contests and competitions, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, football, soccer, friends, direction and purpose, lifestyle, soccer match ...
Place:
russia
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young, gifted soccer player who gets into trouble for a petty crime is brought to the attention of former Manchester United coach Matt Busby, who comes out of retirement to help the boy and his teammates.
Style:
realistic, captivating, inspirational, serious, touching ...
Plot:
football player, boy, child protagonist, sport team, rivalry, follow your dream, hopes, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, orphan, coming of age, football ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1984
Place:
england
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The life story of former Manchester United football legend, George Best.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, emotional
Plot:
football player, athlete's life, rising to stardom, ambition, rivalry, life is a bitch, sport team, celebrity culture, professional sports, football, football team, biopic ...
Time:
60s, 90s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, england, europe, northern england, manchester
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.
Style:
humorous, satirical, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
american football, satire, football player, football team, love triangle, book, hotel room, swimming pool, father daughter relationship, businessman, eccentricity, jealousy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
miami, texas
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous ...
Style:
inspirational, tense, factual, sexy, atmospheric ...
Plot:
soccer, football, discipline, soccer coach, biopic, football team, friendship, football player, ambition, mentor, training, rivalry ...
Time:
70s, year 1974, 20th century, year 2009, 60s
Place:
england, northern england, europe, mallorca, london ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two young professional soccer players share a hotel room the night before their first big game. Out of nowhere, one kisses the other. The impact of this 'pass' reverberates through the next ten years of their lives - a decade of fame and ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, touching, sentimental, melancholic, psychological ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, gay slur, gay athlete, gay love, gay lead character, football, homosexuality, closeted gay, male objectification, male homosexuality ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The story of former Bayern Munich president Kurt Landauer, a Bavarian jew ousted by the National Socialists and brought to the concentration camp of Dachau, where he survived to come back and start to rebuild his old club after World War II.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, captivating, thought provoking
Plot:
football player, soccer, football team, marriage proposal, wartime, biopic, racial slur, friendship, loss of family, nazi germany, soccer match, holocaust survivor ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1947, year 1943, year 1932
Place:
germany, bavaria, munich germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Poland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A story of passion, rivalry, love, and friendship. Jan Banas, acclaimed Silesian football player of the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to makes his dreams come true on and off the field. Stars is the story of a great love between young people torn by ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, realistic, semi autobiographical, serious
Plot:
football player, love triangle, friendship, infidelity, money, ambition, rise to the top, dream, football, sex scene, biopic, naked breasts ...
Time:
60s, 1940s, 70s
Place:
west germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Giant Killing follows a ragtag bunch from East Tokyo who are struggling in Japan's top football league. Nearing the bottom, they have lost 5 matches in a row which hasn't done much to team morale. Even with the fan's turning their ...
Style:
anime, entertaining, exciting, captivating, seinen
Plot:
football player, football team, soccer, high school football, football, soccer coach, sport team, professional sports, soccer match, playing football, athlete and trainer, ambition ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The misadventures of three young football players Mattie, Jack and Benji, at a fictional Premier League club with terrifying team hard-man Petey, mercurial Italian manager Cesare and eccentric chairman Mark Crane.
Style:
sitcom, satirical, feel good, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
football team, football, friendship, soccer, satire, football player, young man, soccer coach, athlete's life, sport team, athlete and trainer, playing football ...
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Genre: Animation, Sport, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team struggles to regroup. But what's missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Japan Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for ...
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, anime, shounen ...
Plot:
football player, football team, soccer, high school football, world cup, tournament, football, high school, school, sport team, athlete and trainer, coach ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Ashito Aoi is a young, aspiring soccer player from a backwater town in Japan. His hopes of getting into a high school with a good soccer club are dashed when he causes an incident during a critical match for his team, which results in their loss and ...
Style:
anime, semi serious, captivating, disturbing, entertaining ...
Plot:
football player, soccer, football team, tournament, football, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, slice of life, competition, coach, teamwork, playing football ...
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
The passionate story of an elementary school student whose thoughts and dreams revolve almost entirely around the love of soccer. 11-year-old Tsubasa Oozora started playing football at a very young age, and while it was mostly just a recreational ...
Style:
anime, captivating, exciting, disturbing, inspirational ...
Plot:
soccer, football team, football player, football, competition, tournament, coming of age, team, teenager, school, follow your dream, direction and purpose ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Disgraced ex-England 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. These prisoners ...
Style:
sexy, funny, inspirational, entertaining, witty ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soccer, prison, underdog, soccer match, prison life, brutality, justice, redemption, fixed match, football player, adaptation, corruption ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, 21st century
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Denmark, UK, Sweden
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The 1992 Danish football team competes for the European Championship.
Style:
sincere, tense, captivating, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
football, football player, soccer coach, football team, male objectification, soccer, sick child, sport team, cancer patient, tournament, party, drunkenness ...
Time:
year 1990, year 1992, 90s
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Sam is a former college football star whose chance to play in the NFL abruptly ends with a blown out knee. Seven years later, he finds himself alone, working a minimum wage job and weighing a deadly 413lbs. The time has come for some change! The ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot:
football player, couples, youth, relationship vs career, college, love, soul mate, gym, diet, friendship, athlete and trainer, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
High school football coach, Harold Jones befriends Radio, a mentally-challenged man who becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, South Carolina. Their friendship extends over several decades, where Radio transforms from a shy, ...
Style:
feel good, inspirational, sentimental, sweet, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, family outing, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
american football, football, disability, underdog, radio, destiny, friendship, teacher, prejudice, football team, bully, football player ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 2003, 60s
Place:
cuba, south carolina, san francisco
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