Purely Belter
Nov 03, 2000 | IMDB 6.6
95 min Watch NowComedy, Drama
Gerry and Sewell are broke. Gerry's still at school and Sewell is unemployed. They both wish for better things in life. Owning two season tickets to their beloved football club is their biggest dream of all. The tickets cost £1000 - they're £1000 short. But they are nothing if not resourceful, and they set themselves a mission to raise the cash. While they think up increasingly outlandish money making schemes - from selling junk to shoplifting and the odd bit of housebreaking - real life begins to interfere with the pair's final scam going hilariously awry landing them in jail, only to discover that their punishment gets them exactly where they want to be!
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
When Saturday Comes
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
Fever Pitch
The Miracle of Bern
Fußball ist unser Leben
How to Steal a Million
All Stars
Kitchen Stories
Taxi
Grimsby
Gods of the Plague
Miami Supercops
The Football Factory
Small Time Crooks
Barbershop
Cradle 2 the Grave
Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II
The Wild Soccer Bunch
Hothead
Marathon Man
SIMILAR MOVIES
When Saturday Comes
IMDB 5.7 | Mar , 1996
Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down the pit or in a factory. But Jimmy has other ideas - he dreams of becoming a professional footballer. Confronted by a bitter and unsupportive father, hard drinking friends and a lifetime of bad habits...has Jimmy the will to achieve his ultimate goal?There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
IMDB 6.8 | Aug , 2000
Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. At school he is constantly being bullied by the other kids, and at home he has to face his mother's new boyfriend. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the confidence to succeed and leads his school football team towards the final of the local schools cup.Fever Pitch
IMDB 6.5 | Apr , 1997
A romantic comedy about a man, a woman and a football team. Based on Nick Hornby's best selling autobiographical novel, Fever Pitch. English teacher Paul Ashworth believes his long standing obsession with Arsenal serves him well. But then he meets Sarah. Their relationship develops in tandem with Arsenal's roller coaster fortunes in the football league, both leading to a nail biting climax.The Miracle of Bern
IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 2003
The movie deals with the championship-winning German soccer team of 1954. Its story is linked with two others: The family of a young boy is split due to the events in World War II, and the father returns from Russia after eleven years. The second story is about a reporter and his wife reporting from the tournament.Fußball ist unser Leben
IMDB 5.6 | Feb , 2000
How to Steal a Million
IMDB 7.5 | Jul , 1966
A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.All Stars
IMDB 6.9 | May , 1997
Seven young men who played soccer together since their early youth grow apart and are forced to think about the nature of their friendship. In a comic way and a very Dutch setting, All Stars is about pregnant girlfriends and homosexuality, career plans and the power of parents.Kitchen Stories
IMDB 7 | Sep , 2003
Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of Norwegian men, to optimize their use of their kitchen. Folke Nilsson (Tomas Norström) is assigned to study the habits of Isak Bjørvik (Joachim Calmeyer). By the rules of the research institute, Folke has to sit on an umpire's chair in Isak's kitchen and observe him from there, but never talk to him. Isak stops using his kitchen and observes Folke through a hole in the ceiling instead. However, the two lonely men slowly overcome the initial post-war Norwegian-Swede distrust and become friends.Taxi
IMDB 5.6 | Oct , 2004
A mouthy and feisty taxicab driver has hot tips for a green and inept cop set on solving a string of New York City bank robberies committed by a quartet of female Brazilian bank robbers.Grimsby
IMDB 6 | Feb , 2016
Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.Gods of the Plague
IMDB 5.6 | Jul , 1970
A man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing. With several women as well as the police on his tail, he sets out to find an old friend.Miami Supercops
IMDB 6.4 | Dec , 1985
In 1978, $20 million was stolen from a Detroit bank. One of the robbers was caught, one was found dead, and the third disappeared. The money was never found. Seven years later, the robber who was caught was released from jail. He immediately went to Miami, only to be found dead the next day. Now FBI agents Doug Bennet and Steve Forest have been called in to investigate the case while posing as Miami police officers. Somewhere in Miami the third robber is hiding with his $20 million, and he has a seven-year head start on the authorities.The Football Factory
IMDB 6.4 | May , 2004
The Football Factory is more than just a study of the English obsession with football violence, it's about men looking for armies to join, wars to fight and places to belong. A forgotten culture of Anglo Saxon males fed up with being told they're not good enough and using their fists as a drug they describe as being more potent than sex and drugs put together.Small Time Crooks
IMDB 6.4 | May , 2000
A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.Barbershop
IMDB 6.4 | Apr , 2002
A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.Cradle 2 the Grave
IMDB 6.1 | Feb , 2003
Gang leader Tony pulls off a major diamond heist with his crew, but cop-turned-criminal Ling knows who has the loot and responds by kidnapping Tony's daughter and holding her for ransom. Unfortunately, Tony's lost the diamonds as well. As he frantically searches for his daughter and the jewels, Tony pairs with a high-kicking government agent who once worked with Ling and seeks revenge on him.Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II
IMDB 6.8 | Jul , 2002
The last wish of the dying "Monk" is for his foster child, Harald, to find his real son, Ludvig. But the latter is currently in a Swedish prison cell...The Wild Soccer Bunch
IMDB 6.4 | Oct , 2003
The school year is over and for a diverse group of carefree kids, soccer is king! These kids believe that they are the local gold team and there is nothing they like more than improving their game. "If you want to be cool, you should be wild." However, the relentless rain turns their field into a swamp, so they have to take an unexpected break. And when the sun finally comes, a gang of older, bigger and dumber boys has just taken over the field. They won't give it back unless they lose a match against the kids.Hothead
IMDB 7.2 | Feb , 1979
François, a miserable football player, becomes a town hero after bringing victory in an extremely important game. He uses his fame for revenge on the team star for the previous mockeries.Marathon Man
IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 1976
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.