20 best soccer movies with their posters and trailers

1. Looking for Eric (2009)

How Eric Cantona helped a postman overcome depression

Eric ‘The King’ Cantona features in this comic film from 2009, involving a football fanatic postman, also named Eric whose life falls apart due to a number of personal problems. Eric Bishop, played by Steve Evets, sees his life descend into crisis after his wife leaves him, dissatisfied with their marriage and his fanatical love for football and Manchester United. His two sons do not hold him in very high regard, and life as a postman is getting more taxing with every passing day.

A car crash lands Eric in hospital with a host of injuries. After discovering his stepson to be hiding a gun under the floorboards of their house, for a drugs baron, Eric becomes suicidal. However counselling sessions with fellow postmen and a shot at Cannabis stolen from his stepson causes Eric to hallucinate. His hallucinations bring him face to face with his footballing idol Eric Cantona. The Manchester United star discusses the philosophies of life with him, following which Eric’s life takes a dramatic upturn.