20 best soccer movies with their posters and trailers

2. A Shot at Glory (2002)

A manager sacrifices personal issues to salvage his team

This fim my Michael Corrente starred Robert Duvall and also had Scottish player Ally McCoist in a leading role. Produced in 1999 and released in 2002, A Shot at Glory depicts the struggles of the manager of a small Scottish team who in a bid to turn around his teams sagging fortunes, ropes in a star player from Arsenal in England, who has undoubted talent but serious attitude problems.

Robert Duvall plays Gordon McLeod, the manager of Kilnockie FC, a fictional side in the Scottish second division. With his team struggling to avoid relegation, which would involve his team relocating from their quaint village, McLeod is forced by the American owners of the club to bring in a star player to revive the team.

In comes Jackie McQuillan from Arsenal, a talented player with a host of off-field issues. To compound matters further, McQuillan is McLeod’s son in law, and McLeod has a longstanding feud with his daughter. This movie traces the intricacies of human relationships while centring on a football theme.