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Plot Summary:
On a small stretch of coastline as powerful as a man's will, Rick Kane came to surf the big waves. He found a woman who would show him how to survive, and a challenge unlike any other.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: epic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, inspirational, romantic, unusual plot structure, melancholic, harsh, talky
Best tv shows and movies like North Shore (1987):
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SPF-18 (2017)
Plot Summary:
18-year-old Penny Cooper spent years pining for Johnny Sanders Jr., but when a mysterious musician shows up on the beach, Penny is torn.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, light, sincere, cult classic, cult film
Similar in 88%
Breath (2017)
Plot Summary:
A pair of teenagers in Western Australia looking to escape the monotony of life in a small town take up surfing lessons from a guy named Sando.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: exciting, sincere, captivating, melancholic, independent film
Similar in 80%
Rip Girls (2000)
Plot Summary:
A teen-age girl and her father come to an island on Hawaii, they find a closer relationship to each other and think about changing the island. During her adventures, Sydney finds friends, a new hobby with her fantastic photography, and the truth about her mother.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: inspirational, captivating, colorful, teen, colourful
Similar in 81%
Extremedays (2001)
Plot Summary:
As four lifelong friends, Will, Bryan, Matt, and Corey, are on the road trip they've been planning their whole lives, Corey's beloved grandfather unexpectedly dies. When going to claim Corey's inheritance, the gang meets Matt's beautiful cousin Jessie and embark on a hilarious, extreme sports-filled adventure.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting, independent film, realistic
Similar in 87%
Age of Summer (2018)
Plot Summary:
A determined teenage boy struggles to find acceptance within the Jr. Lifeguards of Hermosa Beach while juggling relationships and challenges in the summer of 1986.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, independent film, teen
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Ride the Wild Surf (1964)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends go to Hawaii during the height of surfing season, to compete with other surf bums and find girlfriends along the way.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 779
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, psychotronic
Similar in 89%
Johnny Tsunami (1999)
Plot Summary:
A Hawaiian teenage surfer shows off his skills when he takes to the snow slopes in Vermont.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, scenic, teen
Similar in 88%
Under the Boardwalk (1988)
Plot Summary:
It is the final weekend of summer and a group of Californian teenagers are looking forward to an upcoming surf contest. Rival gangs the 'Vals' and the 'Lowks' are confident that they will take home the trophy, but things become complicated when Reef Yorpin - leader of the Lawks - discovers his sister Allie has fallen in love with 'Val' surfer Nick after meeting at a beach party.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Beyond the Break (2006)
Plot Summary:
Beyond the Break is an American drama series set in Hawaii, that debuted on The N in June 2006.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 728
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sexy, touching, serious, realistic, exciting
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Go Figure (2005)
Plot Summary:
Katelin Kingsford, an Olympic hopeful figure skater wants to train with a Russian figure skating coach. In order to go to go to the school that Natasha is at, Katelin gets a scholarship playing on the girls hockey team.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, teen, realistic
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Newcastle (2008)
Plot Summary:
17-year old Jesse lives in the shadow of his older brother Victor's failure to become surfing's Next Big Thing. Even when he's in his natural habitat of magnificent surf breaks, his blue-collar future is brought home by the coal barges that constantly line his horizon. Jesse has the natural skills to surf his way out of this reality and onto the international circuit but can he overcome his equally natural ability to sabotage himself? A momentous weekend away with his mates that includes first love and tragedy leads him to discover what's really important, and also to the performance of a lifetime.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Australia, Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, light, sexy, erotic, feel good, sexual, independent film, queer cinema
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Blue Crush 2 (2011)
Plot Summary:
Haunted by the memory of her deceased mother, Dana leaves Malibu behind and heads to South Africa to fulfill her mother's dream of surfing Jefferys Bay.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, serious, realistic, teen
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Big Wednesday (1978)
Plot Summary:
Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: inspirational, harsh, exciting, sentimental, serious, sincere, captivating, realistic, cult classic, intense
Similar in 76%
Airborne (1993)
Plot Summary:
Mitchell Goosen is sixteen/seventeen year old kid from California who loves to surf and roller blade. Yet, his parents, who are two zoologists were given a grant to work in Australia. The only problem was: Mitchell couldn't go with them. So, he gets sent to stay with his aunt, uncle, and cousin in Cincinnati, Ohio. When he arrives, he meets his cousin who is also his new roommate for the next six months: Wiley. Mitchell then goes to school and gets on the bad side the high school hockey players. Mitchell and Wiley end up enduring weeks of torture from the guys. Then, the big guys and Mitchell and Wiley have to learn to get along to try to beat the Central High School rivals in a competition down Devil's Backbone.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: epic, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, vintage
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Side Out (1990)
Plot Summary:
A law student comes to California for the summer and ends up playing professional volleyball.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, inspirational, funny, captivating, realistic, erotic, exciting, romantic
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Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board (2007)
Plot Summary:
Johnny Kapahala, a teen snowboarding champion from Vermont, returns to Oahu, Hawaii, for the wedding of his hero -- his grandfather, local surf legend Johnny Tsunami -- and to catch a few famous Kauai waves. When Johnny arrives, he meets his new family including "Uncle Chris" (the 12-year-old son of his new step-grandmother) who resents the upcoming marriage. Chris's only interest is to join a mountain boarding crew led by a teenage bully. When Johnny's grandfather and his new wife open a surf shop that also caters to mountain boarders, they are soon embroiled in a turf war with a rival shop owner who wants to shut their business down.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA, New Zealand, Australia, Mozambique
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, inspirational, captivating, feel good, entertaining, romantic, scenic, teen, realistic, semi serious
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Blue Crush (2002)
Plot Summary:
Nothing gets between Anne Marie and her board. Living in a beach shack with three roommates, she is up before dawn every morning to conquer the waves and count the days until the Pipe Masters competition. Having transplanted herself to Hawaii with no one's blessing but her own, Anne Marie finds all she needs in the adrenaline-charged surf scene - until pro quarterback Matt Tollman comes along.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: feel good, intense, entertaining, teen, serious, romantic, cult classic, erotic, freeze frame, realistic
Similar in 88%
Local Boys (2002)
Plot Summary:
On Skeet’s twelfth birthday his older brother Randy buys him his first surfboard. Suddenly his summer turns to the endless search for the perfect wave, wild times and beach parties and eventually, finding his own daring adventures when Randy’s attention turns to a girl. Beyond his wildest dreams, Skeet is taken under the wings of surfing legend Jim Wesley who gives Skeet first-hand lessons in hot-dogging. Meanwhile, Randy, still dealing with the loss of his father and trying to fill his shoes, is jealous of Jim’s influence on Skeet and isn’t thrilled when Jim begins a relationship with their single mom. Tangled by the conflict between his brother and his newfound father figure, Skeet retreats to his room while longing to surf.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, realistic, disturbing
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Surf School (2006)
Plot Summary:
A rag-tag bunch of seniors, complete outsiders at their surf-crazed Laguna Beach High School, decide to crash the biggest team surf contest. In order to prevail, however, they must do one important thing...learn to surf! We're taking your classic Cinderella story into the world of surfing, complete with hi-jinx and the aesthetic beauty of surf mecca Costa Rica, our spectacular set location.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, teen sex comedy, offbeat, teen comedy
Similar in 81%
Sidekicks (1992)
Plot Summary:
Barry is an asthmatic kid having trouble in life. He lives with his father, a computer programmer, in Texas. Barry is struggling to get by in life, dealing with his rough school life, bullies, as well as his health. Barry's only source of enjoyment is fantasizing that he is with Chuck Norris. Barry becomes sick of getting picked on by the bigger guys, and decides to learn karate.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, motivational, sentimental, epic, suspense, cult classic, independent film, exciting, realistic, semi serious
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Ping Pong Summer (2014)
Plot Summary:
In 1985 a summer vacation in Ocean City, Md., changes the life of a shy white teen who's obsessed with table tennis and hip-hop music.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, captivating, light, happy, touching, offbeat, semi serious, independent film, whimsical
Similar in 76%
Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)
Plot Summary:
Francis is desperate: her parents want to force her to come with them on vacation to Hawaii - just during the two weeks when her beloved "Moondoggy" is home from College. When he suggests her to go for it, she's even more in panic - doesn't he care to be with her? So she sets out for Hawaii in the worst mood. On the plane she meets the sociable Abby, who gives her the advice to forget about Jeff - and regrets it shortly after, when Francis follows the advice and steals her boyfriend Eddie, a famous dancer. But then Jeff discovers he's missing Francis.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: black and white, humorous, realistic, semi serious, psychotronic
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Her Best Move (2007)
Plot Summary:
15 year-old soccer prodigy, Sara Davis, has a chance to join the U.S. National Team, but she must juggle high school, romance, sports, and parental pressure while deciding her own priorities.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, teen
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Jump In! (2007)
Plot Summary:
Story revolves around a young boxer, Izzy Daniels, who trains to follow in his father's footsteps by winning the Golden Glove. When his friend, Mary, however, asks him to substitute for a team member in a Double Dutch tournament, the young man discovers a hidden passion for jump roping.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious, teen
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Blue Juice (1995)
Plot Summary:
JC is the hero of the Cornish surfing community. Staring thirty hard in the face, he fears that the wave that has carried him through a prolonged adolescence is heading for the rocks as his girlfriend pressures him for commitment and his friends contemplate growing up.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, realistic, entertaining, light, captivating, independent film, erotic, semi serious, romantic
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Lords of Dogtown (2005)
Plot Summary:
The film follows the surf and skateboarding trends that originated in Venice, California during the 1970s.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: intense, inspirational, stylized, teen, exciting, sentimental, cult classic, erotic, retro, epic
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The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold (2006)
Plot Summary:
Two ice skaters develop a love-hate relationship while dreaming of Olympic glory.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic, teen, romantic, saga, romantic comedy
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Soul Surfer (2011)
Plot Summary:
Soul Surfer is the inspiring true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton. Bethany lost her left arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith.Bethany (AnnaSophia Robb) was born to surf. A natural talent who took to the waves at a young age, she was leading an idyllic life on Kauai, participating in national surf competitions with her best friend Alana (Lorraine Nicholson), when everything changed. On Halloween morning, a 14-foot tiger shark came out of nowhere and seemed to shatter all her dreams.Soul Surfer reveals Bethany's fight to recover from her ordeal and how she grappled with the question of her future. Strengthened by the love of her parents, Tom (Dennis Quaid) and Cheri (Helen Hunt), and supported by her youth group leader Sara (Carrie Underwood), Bethany refuses to give in or give up, and begins a bold return to the water.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: christian film, touching, uplifting, sentimental, motivational, feel good, emotional, serious, realistic, inspirational
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Chasing Mavericks (2012)
Plot Summary:
Surfer Jay Moriarity sets out to ride the Northern California break known as Mavericks.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: inspirational, uplifting, serious, realistic, motivational, feel good, sweet, emotional, entertaining, social
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Cupid's Balls (2011)
Plot Summary:
Swedish Lucas moves from Stockholm to a small Norwegian town, and immediately falls in love with Susanne, the goal keeper of the local girls' soccer team. He becomes axquanted with the overweight, sex-fixated son of the coach. With him as a sparring partner, Lukas hatches a plan for winning Susanne's heart. But Susanne has a boyfriend, and Lucas soon comes to realize that the road to love may be paved with lies and animosity. Cupid's Balls is packed with humour, romantic summer nights and fervent conflicts both off an on the soccer field.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 973
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Norway
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, sincere, touching, realistic, semi serious