BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM (2002)

Starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley and Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Directed by Gurinder Chadha

18-year old Jesminder (Jess) lives in West London and when fellow footballer Jules sees her playing in the park, she recruits Jess to join the Hounslow Harriers – an all-girl football team. Jess just wants to play football, but as the youngest daughter of an orthodox Sikh family, her parents just want her to learn how to make chappati. So what’s a girl to do but bend the rules so she can play?

FUN FACT: The scar on Jess’s leg is real – the actress was worried that it would prevent her from getting the role, instead, it was written into the script.