Movies Like The Miracle of Bern (2003)

The Miracle of Bern is a 2003 comedy, drama film from Sönke Wortmann with a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Mean Machine and Soccer Mom.

Comedy Drama

Mean Machine

2001

Disgraced ex-England football captain, Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan, is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. He keeps his head down and has the opportunity to forget everything and change the lives of the prisoners. When these prisoners have the chance to put one over the evil guards during a prison football match, Danny takes the lead.

6.2

MagicScore

Soccer Mom

2008

A warm-hearted comedy about a compulsive soccer mom who masquerades as a famous Italian soccer star hired to coach her daughter's floundering soccer team, then struggles frantically to keep her wacky charade going long enough to see the girls win their big tournament.

5.2

MagicScore

Kicking & Screaming

2005

Phil Weston has been unathletic his entire life. In college he failed at every sport that he tried out for. It looks like his 10-year old son, Sam, is following in his footsteps. But when Phil's hyper-competitive dad benches Sam, Phil decides to transfer his son to a new team which needs a coach. Phil steps in to be the temporary coach and immediately begins to butt heads with his dad over this new competition in their lives.

5.8

MagicScore

The Wild Soccer Bunch 2

2005

An unsupervised junior soccer team loses its ace player to the leader of a rival gang. Since only an entire team can win, they must have her back to be able to win the game against the national team. The existence of The Wild Soccer Bunch is at stake ...

5.8

MagicScore

Les yeux dans les Bleus

1998

This documentary follows the French soccer team on their way to victory in the 1998 World Cup in France. Stéphane Meunier spent the whole time filming the players, the coach and some other important characters of this victory, giving us a very intimate and nice view of them, as if we were with them.

7.4

MagicScore

Gloomy Sunday

1999

Budapest in the thirties. The restaurant owner Laszlo hires the pianist András to play in his restaurant. Both men fall in love with the beautiful waitress Ilona who inspires András to his only composition. His song of Gloomy Sunday is, at first, loved and then feared, for its melancholic melody triggers off a chain of suicides. The fragile balance of the erotic ménage à trois is sent off kilter when the German Hans goes and falls in love with Ilona as well.

7.7

MagicScore

Fateless

2005

A Hungarian youth comes of age at Buchenwald during World War II. György Köves is 14, the son of a merchant who's sent to a forced labor camp. After his father's departure, György gets a job at a brickyard; his bus is stopped and its Jewish occupants sent to camps. There, György find camaraderie, suffering, cruelty, illness, and death. He hears advice on preserving one's dignity and self-esteem. He discovers hatred. If he does survive and returns to Budapest, what will he find? What is natural; what is it to be a Jew? Sepia, black and white, and color alternate to shade the mood.

6.9

MagicScore

The Journey

1959

A Communist officer falls hard for a married woman trying to escape from Hungary.

6.3

MagicScore

8MM 2

2005

Entering a seamy underground world of peep shows, nude clubs, and live Internet sex is David Huxley, an aspiring politician who has everything to lose. Secretly filmed in a steamy three-way with his fiancée Tish and a gorgeous young model, David is desperate to find the extortionist who's demanding an exorbitant amount of money for the negatives. But when the blackmail trail ends in murder and David is kidnapped, Tish must come up with $5 million ransom or her fiancé's once-promising career, and life, may come to a dead end.

4.8

MagicScore

#10

A Mighty Team

2016

Sadoun is France’s best soccer player whose extra-curriculum pleasures are damaging his play and new contract negotiations. Dispatched by his scheming agent to his home village, he ends up reconciling with his father, relating to his fatherless niece, who dotes on him, and training his local children’s team, whom he takes to championship glory.

5.4

MagicScore

#11

Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In

2021

A look at the life and legend of Sir Alex Ferguson, from his working-class roots in Glasgow through to his career as one of the greatest football managers of all time. While recovering from a traumatic brain haemorrhage in 2018, Sir Alex intimately recounts vivid details of his life and career to his son, including his legendary 26-year tenure as manager of Manchester United.

7.7

MagicScore

#12

Land of Storms

2014

Szabolcs plays in a German football team, as does Bernard. They are roommates, best friends, inseparable. A lost match makes him reconsider his life and he goes back to Hungary in hope for more simplicity. Yet his solitude does not last long. Soon after his arrival he meets Áron and a mutual attraction between the two boys develops when suddenly Szabolcs receives an unexpected phone call from Bernard: he has arrived to Hungary...

6.3

MagicScore

#13

Children of Glory

2006

During the ill-fated Hungarian revolution of 1956, Karcsi Szabo, star player on the water polo team, is torn between his love for a revolutionary student and his training for the Melbourne Olympics.

6.8

MagicScore

#14

Sudani from Nigeria

2018

When a soccer club manager brings one of his injured foreign players home to recuperate, they form an unlikely bond despite their cultural differences.

7.3

MagicScore

#15

Hothead

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.

7.1

MagicScore

#16

Dream

2023

With hard work and dedication on lock, a group of homeless men trains to compete in a global tournament — despite a cranky coach.

6.9

MagicScore

#17

Looking for Eric

2009

A man trying to put his life back on track gets some advice from an unexpected benefactor -- the ex-footballer Eric Cantona.

6.5

MagicScore

#18

Bend It Like Beckham

2002

Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.

6.3

MagicScore

#19

Youth Without Youth

2007

Professor of language and philosophy Dominic Matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 70 to 40 in a week, attracting the world and the Nazis. While on the run, the professor meets a young woman who has her own experience with a lightning storm. Not only does Dominic find love again, but her new abilities hold the key to his research.

6.1

MagicScore

#20

The Champion

2024

Diego has just been voted best young player in Europe and at the age of 20 he is on his way to making his team, Atlético de Madrid, champions of La Liga. But his impulsive and conflictive character makes the club, fed up with his excesses, hire Álex, a withdrawn and lonely psychology professor, to improve his behaviour. The two will have no choice but to learn to understand each other.

5.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Miracle of Bern?

The top films similar to The Miracle of Bern by MovieMagicScore are Mean Machine (6.2), Soccer Mom (5.2), Kicking & Screaming (5.8). Each shares comedy/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Miracle of Bern worth watching?

The Miracle of Bern holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10 from 167 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Miracle of Bern?

The Miracle of Bern (2003) is a comedy, drama film directed by Sönke Wortmann, starring Louis Klamroth, Peter Lohmeyer, Johanna Gastdorf.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Miracle of Bern?

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About movies like The Miracle of Bern

This ranked list pairs The Miracle of Bern (2003), a comedy and drama film from Sönke Wortmann, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Louis Klamroth take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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