Escape to Victory (1981)

Prisoners of war take on a German team, and John Huston fills the squad with real players: Pelé, Bobby Moore and Ossie Ardiles, then at the peak of his playing career, line up beside Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine. Several Ipswich Town players filled out the cast and doubled for the stars, with Kevin Beattie standing in for Caine on the ball. That is why the soccer holds up when so many films fall apart: the people kicking it could actually play. Stallone in goal is another matter, and the war story is pure Saturday matinee, but seeing Pelé on the ball in a feature film is the reason it still gets passed down from parents to kids.