The United States may be eliminated from the 2026 Men’s World Cup, but we can still follow along with the fun and watch the other, better teams advance to the World Cup Quarterfinals this week. And we can also still insist on calling it “soccer,” instead of “football,” just to be annoying.

There are still plenty of Men’s World Cup matches left to watch, including France vs. Morocco on Thursday, Spain vs. Belgium on Friday, and Norway vs. England on Saturday. That said, the pace of the matches is slowing down a bit, as more and more teams get eliminated from the bracket.

With no World Cup game on tonight, perhaps all you soccer (or, fine, “football”) fanatics out there are going through withdrawal. If you need some ball-kicking content to tide you ever, then scroll down and check out Decider’s list of the best soccer movies to watch on streaming in 2026. From comedies to dramas, there’s something for every soccer fan on this list.

1. Streaming on: Tubi (free with ads), Disney+ (subscription), Hulu (subscription), Wonder Project on Prime, or available to buy or rent on digital

   Bend It Like Beckham is the best soccer movie of all time, and no, I won’t be taking feedback on that statement at this time. This British sports comedy spins a tale of friendship between two aspiring professional football players, played by Keira Knightley and Parminder Nagra. Even though their friendship is not romantic by the end of the film, the queer community has adopted Bend It Like Beckham as an honorary lesbian rom-com all the same. Watch the movie, and you’ll understand why. These girls are clearly in love! And also, soccer.

2. Streaming on: Prime Video (subscription), or available to buy and rent on digital

   This 2006 Amanda Bynes-led comedy retold Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, by casting Bynes a teen girl, Viola, a soccer star who gets overlooked just because she’s a girl. So, she decides to cut her hair and pose as her twin brother Sebastian, in order to nab his spot on the men’s soccer team at an elite boarding school. Between Bynes and her romantic lead Channing Tatum, She’s the Man gets at a crucial part of soccer: The players are all really hot.

4. Streaming on: Netflix (subscription)

   This new Netflix original movie from Mexico stars Diego Luna, aka Cassian Andor, in a dramatization of Mexico’s bid to host the 1986 World Cup. Luna plays a fictional Mexican businessman named Martin de la Torre, who managed to grease enough FIFA palms to get the Men’s World Cup to Mexico four decades ago. In. his review for Decider, freelance film critic John Serba called the film’s “ambition is palpable, and Luna is typically entertaining.”

5. Streaming on: Netflix (subscription)

   Directed by Thea Sharrock, with a screenplay by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, this feel-good Netflix drama stars Michael Ward as a skilled soccer player named Vinny who’s fallen on hard times. Vinny meets the manager (Bill Nighy) of a football league who wants him on the team… but Vinny blanches when he realizes it’s a team for homeless players. But Mal convinces Vinny to come along as the team heads to Rome to compete in the Homeless World Cup. And yes, the Homeless World Cup is a real thing.

6. Streaming on: Prime Video (subscription)

   Look, this dick-joke-based comedy from director Peter Farelly (best known for his team-ups with his brother Bobby on broad comedies like Dumb and Dumber) doesn’t really have that much to do with soccer, in the end. But it does find Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser getting into shenanigans in Brazil, after they inadvertently ruin Brazil’s would-be game-winning shot at the Men’s World Cup. As you can imagine, those Brazilian soccer fans are not happy.

7. Streaming on: Tubi (free with ads), or available to buy or rent on digital

   Directed by Taika Waititi (What We Do In the Shadows, Thor: Ragnarok), this soccer comedy is an of the 2014 documentary of the same name. Both films tell the inspiring, and at times, comical, underdog story of the national football team of American Samoa, as they overcome their reputation as one of the worst soccer teams in the world—after an infamous 31–0 loss to Australia in 2001—to qualify for the 2014 Men’s World Cup.

8. Streaming on: Netflix (subscription)

   Paolo Sorrentino’s gorgeous, nostalgic love letter to his childhood growing up on the coast of Naples, Italy isn’t exactly about soccer. But the sport does play a significant role in the film, including the title. Much of the film takes place during the summer of 1986, when the whole city was buzzing over Diego Maradona, a top-rated soccer player who won the cup for Argentina with an illegal goal, and returned to play for his home Napoli team. Nothing gold can stay, of course. A tragedy strikes our protagonist’s family that will change the course of his life. But amid his suffering, Fabietto (Filippo Scotti) eventually finds comfort in the beauty of his city.