In recent years, countless domestic and international football teams have opened their doors to some of the entertainment industry’s biggest movie and television streaming website’s production teams.
Football documentaries
Unprecedented access allows camera crews almost unlimited behind-the-scenes access to give us an extraordinary glimpse into what it’s like to be part of a men’s and women’s professional football team at the highest level.
With that in mind, here are the names of three of the best fly-on-the-wall football documentaries worth checking out right now, most of which are currently streaming either on Netflix or Amazon Prime Video.
Top 3 football documentaries to check out in 2024
As mentioned, there are countless football-inspired documentaries out there today. Over the past five years, some excellent documentaries have been released, and they are all worth checking out, especially if you enjoy football.
However, instead of listing them all, here are three of the best football documentaries you may want to check out before trying any others. They include the following hit titles:
- Documentary: Under Pressure – The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team (2023 – limited series). Streaming on: Netflix
- Documentary: Rooney (2023 – 1 hr 44 mins). Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video
- Documentary: Married to the Game (2024 – limited series). Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video
You can stream these documentaries today from any modern Wi-Fi/internet-connected smartphone, tablet, laptop, desktop computer or smart TV, and you may want to try squeezing them in before the start of the upcoming 2024/25 English Premier League campaign.
If you want Premier League odds after watching any of these top three suggestions, some of the safest sites are UK-licensed iGaming sites like Unibet, which is free to join. However, Netflix and Prime aren’t free and require a monthly or annual paid subscription fee.
In the UK, you can join Amazon Prime for £8.99 per month (or £95.00 per year, with a saving of £12.88). Netflix has three different price plans available. You can go for the Standard Package (with adverts) for £4.99, the Standard Package (without adverts) for £10.99 per month, or the Premium plan for £17.99 per month.
Which other popular football documentaries are worth watching today?
Let’s start by taking a look at what’s currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video. One of their most popular ‘Amazon Originals’ is the All or Nothing Series, which goes behind the scenes at English Premier League sides Tottenham Hotspur (2020), Arsenal (2022) and Manchester City (2018).
Some of the other popular football-inspired movies and documentaries that are also streaming right now on Prime are This is Paris: 50 Years of Passion, Raphael Varane – Destin de Champion (English subbed), That Peter Crouch Film, We Are Newcastle United, All Town Aren’t We [Grimsby Town F.C. The Comeback Kings], and Footballers Living Abroad.
Others not to miss include When Eagles Dare: Crystal Palace F.C., This Is Football, Copa del Rey 2021-2022 – Everybody’s Cup, Simeone: Living Match By Match, and Real Madrid: The White Legend.
If that’s not enough to keep you going, there’s also Rio Ferdinand: Tipping Point, Inside Borussia Dortmund, FC Barcelona – A New Era, Sergio Ramos, Argentine National Team, Road to Qatar, and Six Dreams.
That’s also not forgetting The Game of Three Halves, Making Shankly, We Must Go – The Quest for the World Cup, The Invincibles (parts 1 and 2), Arsene Wenger: Invincible, Tosh, Sonsational, Make Us Dream, Sir Alex Ferguson: never Give In, and Robbo.
Over on Netflix, don’t forget to check out Captains of the World, Together: Treble Winners, The Final: Attack on Wembley, Beckham, La Liga: All Access, Neymar: The Perfect Chaos, Pele, FIFA Uncovered, and Sunderland ‘Til I Die.
Honourable mentions
If you still want more, try The Footballer: His Wife and the Crash, The Figo Affair – The Transfer That Changed Football, Anelka: Misunderstood, Becoming Champions, Ronaldo Vs Messi: Face Off, Higuita – the Way of the Scorpion, and Maradona in Mexico.