For my last post of 2016, I’m starting a new feature: a ranked list of all the soccer movie reviews this past year. Most of these were not released in 2016. But I figure newspaper reviewers write about what’s coming out now on DVD, so I’m recognizing the year’s best soccer movie regardless of release date. Within a numerical Rating, movies are sorted alphabetically by title.
2016 Best Soccer Film:
- Kasper Barfoed’s 2015 film: Sommeren ‘92
- Such a pleasure to watch, as I had not rated a movie as a “10” for several years.
2016 Worst Soccer Film:
- Steven Nijjar’s 1995 film: The Final Goal
- But even though I ranked it as a 4, it’s watchable.
| Title | # | YR | Genre | Origin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sommeren ’92 | R10 | 2015 | drama | DEN | |||
| La Dream Team | R9 | 2016 | comedy | FR | |||
| Trainer! | R9 | 2013 | docu | DB | |||
| Mascots | R8 | 2016 | comedy | USA | |||
| Pelé: Birth of a Legend | R8 | 2016 | drama | USA | |||
| Underdogs | R8 | 2013 | kids | ARG | |||
| Concussion | R7 | 2015 | drama | USA | |||
| Dennis Viollet: A United Man | R7 | 2016 | docu | GB-USA | |||
| In the Game | R7 | 2015 | docu | USA | |||
| Inshallah, Football | R7 | 2010 | docu | India | |||
| Lusers | R7 | 2015 | comedy | Peru | |||
| Planet FIFA | R7 | 2016 | docu | FR | |||
| Redemption Song | R7 | 2016 | docum | USA | |||
| Soccer’s Hard Men | R7 | 1992 | docu | GB | |||
| Walter Tull: Forgotten Hero | R7 | 2008 | docu | GB | |||
| No Ball Games | R6 | 2012 | short | GB | |||
| Subbuteopia | R5 | 2015 | docu | IT | |||
| The Magnificent Eleven | R5 | 2012 | comedy | GB | |||
| Walter’s War | R4 | 2008 | drama | GB | |||
| The Final Goal | R4 | 1995 | drama | CAN |
