Bend It Like Beckham
2002
Gurinder Chadha’s feelgood comedy was really the first film to get the hang of how to show football action on screen with loose-limbed energy and fun. Keira Knightley made her breakthrough as the up-and-coming footballing talent Jules. She befriends Jess, played by Parminder Nagra, whose dad is far from happy about her playing football.
Offside
2006
Jafar Panahi’s comedy is about female football fans desperate to defy Iran’s no-women rule and sneak in to the Iran v Bahrain qualifier for the 2006 World Cup – disguised as men. They find themselves grabbed by the police and herded into a special holding pen, being watched over by a
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