Movies like Wacker (2025)
The best movies like Wacker (2025) are The Beautiful Game (2024), Teen Wolf (1985) and Escape to Victory (1981). If Wacker hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedPelé: Birth of a Legend (2016)7.3/10 from 1,175 votes
- NewestEleanor the Great (2025)Released 2025
The Beautiful Game (2024)
A group of advocates to end homelessness organize an annual tournament for homeless people to compete in a series of football matches known as The Homeless World Cup.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTeen Wolf (1985)
When a shy teenager's new-found powers help him score at basketball - and with the popular girls - he has some pretty hairy decisions to make.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEscape to Victory (1981)
A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGregory's Girl (1980)
A teenager falls hard for the female soccer player who has replaced him on the team and attempts to pursue her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBig (1988)
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big, he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight, but he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups, including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like this17 Again (2009)
On the brink of a midlife crisis, 30-something Mike O'Donnell wishes he could have a "do-over." And that's exactly what he gets when he wakes up one morning to find he's 17 years old again. With his adult mind stuck inside the body of a teenager, Mike actually has the chance to reverse some decisions he wishes he'd never made. But maybe they weren't so bad after all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBack of the Net (2019)
A new student at a soccer academy is determined to beat her rival's team in the national tournament.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGracie (2007)
A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEleanor the Great (2025)
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBreaking Away (1979)
Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even takes up the Italian culture, much to his friends' and parents' annoyance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
A pharmaceutical scientist creates a pill that makes people remember their happiest memory, and although it's successful, it has unfortunate side effects.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLooking for Eric (2009)
Middle-aged postman and football fan Eric Bishop struggles with his increasingly chaotic existence, but receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Éric Cantona.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSixty Six (2006)
A boy's Bar Mitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMike Bassett: England Manager (2001)
After England's football (soccer) manager has a heart attack, Mike Bassett is hired as the new manager and promptly announces the team will win the World Cup.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEighth Grade (2018)
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBelieve (2013)
A young, gifted soccer player who gets into trouble for a petty crime is brought to the attention of former Manchester United coach Matt Busby, who comes out of retirement to help the boy and his teammates.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLucas (1986)
A brilliant but socially inept 14-year-old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends – Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love – fall for each other.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCover Girl (1944)
A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPelé: Birth of a Legend (2016)
The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (2012)
An original story featuring performances by Cirque du Soleil. A young woman is entranced by an Aerialist. When they fall into the dreamlike world of Cirque du Soleil and are separated, they travel through the different tent worlds trying to find each other.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Wacker?
The closest matches to Wacker are The Beautiful Game (2024), Teen Wolf (1985) and Escape to Victory (1981). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Wacker?
Start with The Beautiful Game (2024), the closest match to Wacker.
What is the highest-rated movie like Wacker?
Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016), rated 7.3/10 by 1,175 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Wacker?
Eleanor the Great (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Wacker?
Yes: The Beautiful Game (2024), Teen Wolf (1985) and Escape to Victory (1981).
How are movies similar to Wacker chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Wacker, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.