Soccer Movies

Discussion in 'Business and Media' started by mjlee22, Aug 10, 2011.

  1. mjlee22

    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
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    I did a year end summary of the soccer movies I reviewed in 2019 — about 43 films. I can’t believe I have been doing this for 8 years now. I am almost at 300 football films reviewed, but there are now 600 I haven’t seen, because the list grows so fast, and also they are still hard to find in theaters or online.
     
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    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    The short live action film Nefta Football Club is the first soccer movie that I know of to be nominated for an Oscar! You can watch it for free on Vimeo.

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    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    All the Freckles in the World (Todas las pecas del mundo) is now on Netflix but not worth your time.

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  4. mjlee22

    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    You can watch Open Up to Me (2013) on Hoopla and maybe on Amazon Prime.

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    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    The Polish drama Boisko Bezdomnych (2008) aka The Outsiders is the first fictional film I've seen about the Homeless World Cup. Usually this topic is only covered in documentaries. Now on Amazon Prime in the USA. This is my 300th soccer movie review, but now there are 600 more to watch!

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  6. mjlee22

    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    StreetKids United 2: The Girls of Rio (2015) is similar to Zebras in that it is about a team that goes to the 2014 Street Child World Cup in Brazil. I watched it on my library's Kanopy streaming service.

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  7. mjlee22

    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    Egaro: The Eleven (2011) is a piece of Indian 1911 football history. Now on Amazon Prime.

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  8. mjlee22

    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    Streetball (2010) is a homeless world cup film that has received little publicity, but in my view is the best of that genre. Now on Amazon Prime in the USA.

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    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I decided not to renew my annual subscription to ESPN+, so I watched the remaining ESPN 30 for 30 and 9 for Nine episodes that I had not already seen. Turns out that The 99ers is really excellent. If you fell in love with USWNT during their 1999 campaign, you must watch it, has a lot of Julie Foudy's personal footage.
     
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    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    The English Game from Downton Abbey's Julian Fellowes and Netflix, is wonderful escapism, a sort of soccer soap costume drama historical series.

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  11. mjlee22

    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    Footeuses (2020) is about women footballers in France. It is on youtube. From the same company that created Concrete Football.

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    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    Soccertown USA (2018) delivers the history of New Jersey soccer. Very entertaining and informative and you can watch it on youtube. (But read my review first! :))

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    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    Jada (2019) is an unconventional mix of soccer, drama, comedy, romance, and spooky suspense. Now on netflix in the USA.

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    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    Bigil (2019) is the best football film I've seen from India, but it also compares well with all the other films I've reviewed. AKA Whistle on Amazon Prime in the USA

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    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    I should have simply added Linea de Cuatro (Back Four) to my list of Amazon prime films not worth your time. But I had already done the research. But I felt sorry for the crew, so I didn't tweet my review.
     
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    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    Shooting for Socrates (2014) is streamable for free on Tubi TV, but it's a surprisingly poor film from Director James Erskine.

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    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

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    Democracia em Preto e Blanco (2014) is a great documentary on Brazilian politics, football, and rock 'n roll. Well worth your time. Rentable on vimeo. Also known as Democracy in Black and White

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    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    I don't recommend the film Ultras (2020) on netflix, but it has great visuals and there is a surprising fact about its star.

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    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    Captain (2018) is another one of those Amazon Prime soccer movies that is not worth your time. But I wrote about it anyway.

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    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    Meninos de Kichute (2010) is an excellent Brazilian film depicting life and a young boy's resiliency in 1975.

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    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    It was a slog to watch all 9.5 hours of Sunderland 'Til I Die (2018), but I learned a bit about leveraged buyouts while writing my review.

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    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    Muerte o Gloria is a nice time capsule from DCU's Barra Brava supporters group in 2013. You can watch this short docu on Amazon Prime in the USA

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    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    The Wrong Student is very wrong. Enough said.

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    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The Rhino Cup is a 52-minute documentary on how former anti-poaching ranger Matt Bracken is using football to save the rhinos at the border of Mozambique and South Africa.

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