{"id":10611,"date":"2025-05-30T01:01:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T00:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mansionbet.com\/blog\/?p=10611"},"modified":"2025-05-30T01:01:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T00:01:28","slug":"diego-on-film-5-best-maradona-documentaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mansionbet.com\/blog\/sports\/football\/diego-on-film-5-best-maradona-documentaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Diego on Film: 6 Best Maradona Documentaries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo by Flickr, CC by 2.0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the football world continues to honour the memory of its Golden Boy, what better way to celebrate Diego\u2019s legacy than by revisiting his story through the lens of filmmakers who tried to bottle that brilliance?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every flick, feint, and finish in modern football is captured in ultra-high definition, replayed from multiple angles, and analysed in real time. But football wasn\u2019t always this closely documented. For many of the game\u2019s legends, their greatest moments live only in grainy footage\u2014or in the fading memories of those lucky enough to witness them live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diego Maradona, the mercurial Argentinian who came from the streets of Villa Fiorito to conquer the world, is arguably the greatest footballer to have ever graced the pitch. Not every one of his 259 goals was filmed\u2014but those that were still shimmer. The mazy runs, the inch-perfect passes, the madness and magic\u2014it all lives on, immortalised in old footage and revived through documentaries that try, valiantly, to pin down a man who often felt more legend than flesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are six of the best Diego Maradona documentaries you need to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Hero: The Official Film of the 1986 World Cup<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Where better to start than the tournament which cemented Maradona\u2019s legendary status forever? \u2018Hero\u2019 is aptly titled, since there is no question that Diego is the star of this particular show. Narrated by Oscar-winner Michael Caine, the movie takes us through one of the best World Cups in recent memory, which was of course to prove successful for Argentina and their diminutive number 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where to watch:<\/em><\/strong> YouTube & Amazon.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Diego Maradona<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Director Asif Kapadia is responsible for the tremendous biographical documentaries \u2018Senna\u2019 and \u2018Amy\u2019 \u2013 about racing driver Ayrton Senna and singer Amy Winehouse \u2013 the latter of which won an Oscar for best documentary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turning his lens to Diego Maradona, the director focuses mainly on the turbulent years which the Argentine spent in Napoli. The documentary provides a startling insight into the pressures imposed upon the boy from the barrios, and the amount of footage made available to Kapadia makes for an engrossing watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where to watch:<\/em><\/strong> Amazon & Apple.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Maradona in Mexico<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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