Comedy, Drama
Set in Belfast against the backdrop of the 1986 World Cup, Shooting for Socrates tells the story of a momentous time in Northern Ireland's football history through the eyes of players, fans and the media. The film also follows the lives of passionate football supporter Arthur and his son Tommy from East Belfast. The lead up to a momentous day in the life of a young boy (his 10th birthday) mirrors the build up to the big day for the Northern Ireland football team as they play the greatest match of their lives.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Firmin
My Name Is Lenny
Sunset Park
Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story
Change
Amateur Life
HAIKYU!! VS the Little Giant
HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle
Wildcats
Rhubarb
Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games
Prefontaine
They Made Me a Criminal
Personal Best
No Cheating, Darling
The Soccer Nanny
Tragedi Bintaro
Greased Lightning
North Dallas Forty
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
SIMILAR MOVIES
Firmin
IMDB 5.3 | Feb , 2007
After almost thirty years, Germaine, Firmin's great love, suddenly returns to her hometown. Firmin is overjoyed and determined to win Germaine's heart back, but Germaine rejects his advances. Then Mohammed Boutrous, a young and talented boxer, seeks out Firmin. He wants Firmin to train him. Firmin accepts, hoping to regain his honor and the love of his life...My Name Is Lenny
IMDB 5.8 | Jun , 2017
The life story of one of Britain's most notorious bare-knuckle fighters, Lenny McLean, also known as "The Guv'nor".Sunset Park
IMDB 6.1 | Apr , 1996
A school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story
IMDB 5.7 | May , 1985
The film details the life of Ray Mancini, a World Boxing Association world lightweight champion boxer from 1982 to 1984, Hollywood actor and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.Change
IMDB 10 | Jul , 2022
The movie is set in Nis, Serbia. A girl from Pittsburgh called Sophia, who lives and works as a designer in an international construction company in Nis, decides to change her bad habits and her life for the better, after hearing an advertisement on the radio and applying for a huge international casting for top models. Until the day of the casting, Sophia is working on herself and is making changes in her life that she never imagined she would. However, after the casting and the CEO Marc’s decision, as well as the decision of his assistant Jenny and the whole ‘Markofit’ team, Sophia is faced with true disappointment and goes back to her old ways. Nonetheless, this soon changes after one conversation with Jenny, the assistant. The movie ‘Change’ was created with a goal to show support to all the people around the world, who do not believe in themselves and lack motivation. The film puts forth the idea that anything is possible in life if we are willing to make changes.Amateur Life
IMDB 0 | Aug , 2022
Ayhan Varol, Turkey's best football player, missed the flight of a camp he was supposed to attend. While his manager, Sadi, was angry at this situation and was going to arrange a private plane for him, he said that he would catch up with his luxury car and took off. On his way out, he crashes into a tree and loses his memory to avoid hitting a cow that gets lost in his way.HAIKYU!! VS the Little Giant
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2025
HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle
IMDB 7.6 | Feb , 2024
Shoyo Hinata joins Karasuno High's volleyball club to be like his idol, a former Karasuno player known as the 'Little Giant'. But Hinata soon learns that he must team up with his middle school nemesis, Tobio Kageyama. Their clashing styles form a surprising weapon, but can their newfound teamwork defeat their rival Nekoma High in the highly anticipated 'Dumpster Battle', the long awaited ultimate showdown between two opposing underdog teams?Wildcats
IMDB 6.2 | Feb , 1986
High school track coach Molly McGrath knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite snickers from fellow staff members and her former husband.Rhubarb
IMDB 5.5 | Aug , 1951
Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money and a pro baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons. When the team protests, publicist Eric Yeager convinces them Rhubarb is good luck. But Eric's fiancée Polly seems to be allergic to cats, and the team's success may mean new hazards for Rhubarb.Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games
IMDB 8.4 | Jul , 2012
Shaggy is selected to participate in the World Invitational Games in London, England.Prefontaine
IMDB 6.6 | Jan , 1997
It's the true-life story of legendary track star Steve Prefontaine, the exciting and sometimes controversial "James Dean of Track," whose spirit captured the heart of the nation! Cocky, charismatic, and tough, "Pre" was a running rebel who defied rules, pushed limits ... and smashed records ...They Made Me a Criminal
IMDB 6.1 | Jan , 1939
A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.Personal Best
IMDB 5.9 | Feb , 1982
Young sprinter Chris Cahill is having difficulty reaching her potential as an athlete, until she meets established track star Tory Skinner. As Tory and her coach help Chris with her training, the two women form friendship that evolves into a romantic relationship. Their intimacy, however, becomes complicated when Chris' improvement causes them to be competitors for the Olympic team.No Cheating, Darling
IMDB 4 | Jul , 1973
For some time now, the residents of the placid little village of Sonnenthal talk only about one topic: Football! The ambitious mayor wants to promote the Sonnenthal team to the district league at any price because this success would also boost his own popularity. But he did not expect the resistance of the new head of school, Barbara, who is heavily annoyed by the one-sided focus. To bring Sonnenthal′s men and the mayor in particular to their senses, Barbara sets up a women′s football team that soon turns out to be a serious competition for the men′s team.The Soccer Nanny
IMDB 3.8 | Jun , 2011
A woman hires a Norwegian soccer player to be a male au pair and help her raise her two sons. It deals with personal loss and how a soccer ball can change sadness into laughter.Tragedi Bintaro
IMDB 3 | Oct , 1989
It was inspired by the real event of a train crash in Bintaro that claimed many victims. The story begins with Minah (Roldiah Matulessy) who lives in a dense Jakarta village with five of her grandchildren. Parents of children who have to divorce, to Minah who accept their burden. Everyday Minah earns a living as a clothes washer and a massager. His second grandson, Juned (Ferry Octora), in addition to going to school, has been looking for money by selling newspapers. Minah wants to move her granddaughter to move to the village. The dream was destroyed, the compilation of the train they were riding in a collision. Most films try to redraw the crash event. Grandma Minah became a victim. The only survivor is Juned, while his left must be amputated.Greased Lightning
IMDB 6.3 | Jul , 1977
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.North Dallas Forty
IMDB 6.7 | Aug , 1979
A semi-fictional account of life as a professional football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
IMDB 7.1 | Nov , 1996
A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 was the 25th anniversary of the first tournament named after him.