Skateboard movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant skateboard movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, independent film, captivating, serious, humorous and sexy films and TV shows about / with skateboard, friendship, skater, coming of age, youth, skateboarder, teenager, teenage life, extreme sport and teenage boy plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Sport genres shot in USA, France, Brazil and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as skateboard: Mid90s (2018), Skate Kitchen (2018), Street Dreams (2009), Gleaming the Cube (1989), The Smell of Us (2014), Ken Park (2002), Betty (2020), Kids (1995), SK8 the Infinity (2021), Grind (2003).

List of skateboard movies

 7.4
 87K
Mid90s (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Stevie is a sweet 13-year-old about to explode. His mom is loving and attentive, but a little too forthcoming about her romantic life. His big brother is a taciturn and violent bully. So Stevie searches his working-class Los Angeles suburb for ...
Style: thought provoking, sexual, social, teen, humorous ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: skateboard, coming of age, skateboarder, friends, teenager, underage sex, underage drinking, dysfunctional family, self harm, adolescence, mission, youth culture ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place: los angeles, spain, france, paris france, florida ...
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Skate Kitchen (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, Brazil
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Camille's life as a lonely suburban teenager changes dramatically when she befriends a group of girl skateboarders. As she journeys deeper into this raw New York City subculture, she begins to understand the true meaning of friendship as well ...
Style: sentimental, sincere, touching, captivating, social ...
Audience: teens
Plot: skateboard, skateboarder, teenage girl, feminist, mother daughter relationship, sisterhood, social media, female friendship, coming of age, food, lgbt, rebellious youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Street Dreams (2009)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Derrick Cabrera, like all skateboarders, dreams of being sponsored one day. He has all the talent in the world to make it happen but some major roadblocks to overcome before he can make the dream a reality.
Style: captivating, exciting, disturbing, sincere, realistic ...
Plot: skateboard, rivalry, athlete's life, lifestyle, ambition, teenage life, social misfits, rise to the top, athlete and trainer, obsession, misfit, extreme sports ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ohio, usa, florida
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Gleaming the Cube (1989)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An Orange County teenager's carefree life of ditching class and skateboarding abandoned pools comes to a screeching halt when his adopted Vietnamese brother dies. The cops rule the death a suicide, but the bereaved skater believes he was ...
Style: detective, cult classic, sexual, crying, colorful ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: skateboard, murder, amateur detective, revenge, skater, organized crime, father daughter relationship, brother brother relationship, xenophobia, adopted son, father son relationship, teenage boy ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, year 1988
Place: los angeles
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The Smell of Us (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Self-destructive teens go skateboarding, use drugs and turn tricks in Paris.
Style: psychological, serious, bleak, erotic, homoerotic ...
Plot: gay, gay interest, skateboarder, teenage boy, prostitution, homoeroticism, youth, male nudity, male pubic hair, male rape, sexual promiscuity, homosexual sex ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe
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 5.8
 32K
Ken Park (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Netherlands, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Ken Park focuses on several teenagers and their tormented home lives. Shawn seems to be the most conventional. Tate is brimming with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his ...
Style: disturbing, sexual, sexy, art house, rough ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: coming of age, sex, strong sexual content, explicit sex, underage sex, older woman younger man relationship, youth, incest, teenage sex, nudity, suicide, male nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, australia
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 7.2
 3K
Betty (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A diverse group of young women navigate their lives through the male-dominated world of skateboarding in New York City. Inspired by the critically acclaimed film Skate Kitchen.
Style: motivational, touching, sentimental, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: skateboard, skateboarder, sisterhood, feminist, running away from home, teenage girl, female friendship, women, coming of age, friends who live together, runaway, platonic relationship ...
Place: new york
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 7.0
 91K
Kids (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A controversial portrayal of teens in New York City which exposes a deeply disturbing world of sex and substance abuse. The film focuses on a sexually reckless, freckle-faced boy named Telly, whose goal is to have sex with as many different girls as ...
Style: disturbing, independent film, controversial, bleak, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, aids, innocence lost, youth, drug abuse, virginity, underage sex, teenage boy, street kid, puberty, sex, teenager ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, seattle, los angeles, usa, new jersey
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SK8 the Infinity (2021)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: "S" is a dangerous, top secret, no-holds-barred downhill skateboarding race down an abandoned mine. When avid skateboarder Reki takes Langa to the mountain where "S" is held, Langa, who's never been on a skateboard in his ...
Style: anime, captivating, entertaining, intense, light
Plot: skateboard, rivals, competition, rivalry, high school student, contests and competitions, contest, battles, friendship, rookie, snowboard, all male cast ...
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 5.9
 14K
Grind (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Four skaters follow their idol on his summer tour in an attempt to get noticed, get sponsored, and become stars themselves.
Style: entertaining, humorous, funny, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: skateboard, road trip, friendship, underdog, high school, friendship between men, lifestyle, rivalry, ambition, partner, contests and competitions, college ...
Time: year 2003, y2k, 2000s, 80s
Place: london, santa monica california, tucson arizona, europe, chicago ...
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 5.5
 424
Skateboard (1978)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A Hollywood agent finds himself in debt to a powerful bookie. To make a fast buck, he creates a team of exceptionally talented skateboarders and enters them in a downhill race. If they win, they will get $20,000
Style: independent film
Plot: skateboard, competition, gambling debt, bookies, friendship, street racing, loyalty, skater, betrayal, coming of age, celebrity culture, agent ...
Time: 70s, year 1978
Place: southern california, california
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Lords of Dogtown (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The film follows the surf and skateboarding trends that originated in Venice, California during the 1970s.
Style: inspirational, teen, intense, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, family friendly, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: surfing, extreme sport, coming of age, skateboard, friendship, fame, gang, extreme sports, rise and fall, first love, follow your dream, rise to the top ...
Time: 70s, year 2005, y2k, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, venice beach california, oregon, usa ...
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 6.6
 33K
Paranoid Park (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The teenager and skateboarder Alex is interviewed by Detective Richard Lu that is investigating the death of a security guard in the rail yards severed by a train who was apparently hit by a skate board. While dealing with the separation process of ...
Style: emotional, surreal, depressing, teen, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: skateboarder, coming of age, childhood, teenager, skateboard, cheerleader, depression, paranoia, violent, high school, death, police investigation ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: portland oregon, oregon, usa
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 6.5
 6K
Thrashin' (1986)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Corey and his band of skater buddies sometimes make mischief, but they're more interested in girls and having fun on their boards than in getting into any real trouble. Notorious enemy crew the Daggers, led by Tommy Hook, get their kicks ...
Style: period piece, independent film, sentimental, colorful, serious ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: skateboard, rivalry, forbidden love, teenager, young lovers, gang, blonde, breakdance, competition, arson, brother sister relationship, street gang ...
Time: year 2016, 80s
Place: los angeles, southern california
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 5.2
 396
Dishdogz (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A coming of age story about a teenager working at an extreme sports camp as a dishwasher and his relationship with the chef, who we come to find out was a skateboarding pioneer back in the day. Set at a fully operational extreme sports camp in ...
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating, inspirational, lighthearted
Plot: skateboard, camp, teenager, adolescence, coming of age, chef, relationships, skateboarder, extreme sport, athlete and trainer, skater, teenage protagonist ...
Place: california
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 4.0
 671
Skate Or Die (2008)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Musical
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Jérôme and Benjamin are two young skateboarders whose carefree existence is turned upside down when they witness the murder of a drug dealer. Rumbled by the assassins they manage to escape. Taking refuge in a police station they then discover that ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: witnessing a crime, chase, on the run, youth, police corruption, skateboard, race against time, danger, hunt down, skater, violent content, young heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe
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 6.5
 89
Skateshop (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story: A group of Skaters band together to save their local Skateshop
Style: captivating, entertaining, semi serious, feel good, independent film ...
Audience: kids
Plot: skateboard, youth, youth culture, teamwork, skater, store, skateboarder, save the day, youth gang, ambition, sport team, teenager ...
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The Skateboard Kid (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: No one could be more bored than Zack, the new kid in town with no friends in sight. When a gang of hip, skateboarding thrashers start cruising his neighborhood, Zack hopes his luck will change. But they want nothing to do with him. Then Zack makes ...
Style: feel good, lighthearted, humorous, slapstick, independent film ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: skateboard, magical object, youth culture, coming of age, innocent, rivalry, self discovery, skater, stupid kid, family relations, roller skates
Time: 90s
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 7.2
 2K
CKY 3 (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story: The third entry in the CKY series of extreme stunts and skateboarding programs. Directed by and featuring Bam Margera and Brandon DiCamillo, starring Margera, DiCamillo and the rest of the CKY crew.
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, light, slapstick
Audience: teens
Plot: jackass, skateboard, extreme sport, trick, buddies, youth, partner, friends, disorder, prank, irreverent, young adult ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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CKY 4: The Latest & Greatest (2002)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 54 min.
Story: Fourth and final entry in the CKY series, directed by Bam Margera, featuring the CKY crew and the Margera family.
Style: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, mockumentary
Audience: teens
Plot: skateboard, jackass, friends, youth, trick, prank, extreme sport, disorder, partner, buddies, irreverent, party ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Skateboard Kid 2 (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Take a roller coaster ride full of high octane adventure as 12 year old Sammy takes to the skies. With the help of a magical flying skateboard, Sammy ends up the hottest skateboarder in town. But a group of local thrashers don't like the extra ...
Style: lighthearted, family comedy, feel good, retro, fast paced ...
Audience: kids
Plot: skateboard, children, competition, underdog, rivalry, youth culture, bullying, tournament, triumph, friendship, small town, trick ...
Time: 90s
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 4.4
 186
Hara Kiri (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A punk infused love story of two street skaters, August and Beto, and their last day on earth: they're gonna end it.
Style: touching, tense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: gay, gay interest, skateboard, suicide, couples, love and romance, youth, love, society, death, male nudity, nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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Wild Grinders (2012)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, China, Philippines
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Rob Dyrdek's Wild Grinders, also known simply as Wild Grinders, is an animated television series airing on Nickelodeon's sister channel Nicktoons. The series is created by, produced by, and loosely based on the life of professional ...
Style: humorous, realistic, not serious, light, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family friendly
Plot: friendship, youth, skateboard, best friend, silly humor, friends, skateboarder, skater, children, unhappiness, teamwork, urban ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.4
 2K
The Land (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Four teenage boys devote their summer to escaping the streets of Cleveland, Ohio, by pursuing a dream life of professional skateboarding. But when they get caught in the web of the local queenpin, their motley brotherhood is tested, threatening to ...
Style: hood, realistic, independent film, emotional, tense ...
Plot: skateboard, gang, friendship, coming of age, teenager, summer, youth culture, brotherhood, poverty, loyalty, ambition, street life ...
Place: cleveland ohio, ohio
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Bang Gang: A Modern Love Story (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Biarritz. 16 year-old George, the high-school hottie, falls in love with Alex. To get his attention, she initiates a group game with Alex, Nikita, Laetitia and Gabriel. They will discover, test, and push the limits of their sexuality.
Style: sexy, eros, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot: sex scene, teenage sexuality, virgin, skinny dipping, teenage sex, sex party, friendship between boys, sex, teenager, caught having sex, teenage girl, erotica ...
Place: morocco, europe, france
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My Name Is Baghdad (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A film from the skater world of São Paulo, where it is women who call the shots. Bagdá is surrounded by self-confident role models in her family. However, outside on the streets, in the venues and clubs, the old machismo continues to dominate. ...
Style: light, captivating, independent film
Plot: skateboard, coming of age, family relations, friendship, lifestyle, relationships, teenage life, lifestyle change, friends, drastic change of life, changing lives, skater ...
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 5.7
 1K
Furious (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Sven (15) will be director and has been busy filming. He films his friends, especially those to do free running and put the videos on YouTube. He asks Roosmarijn to work on his first feature film. They may not know that he gets a thrashing at home ...
Style: touching, serious, tense, suspense, gloomy ...
Plot: best friend, family relations, teenage life, parents and children, filmmaking, father son relationship, teenage love, skateboard, forgiveness, age difference, coming of age, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland, netherlands
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 5.9
 1K
Wasted Youth (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Harris, a 16 year old boy spends his day skateboarding aimlessly around Athens with his friends. Vassilis, a middle aged cop, is frustrated with his dead-end job and crammed in his small apartment with his family.
Style: touching, sincere, suspense, thought provoking, social ...
Audience: teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: financial crisis, unemployment, male friendship, skateboard, intergenerational friendship, drinking, teenage boy, friendship between men, midlife crisis, drinking alcohol, death of protagonist, minimalism ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: greece, europe, eastern europe, athens greece
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Shredder Orpheus (1990)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Skateboarder named Orpheus and friends go to Hell to stop television signals that are brainwashing America.
Style: surreal, independent film, psychedelic, absurd, experimental ...
Plot: skateboard, hell, dystopia, brainwashing, post apocalypse, television, counterculture, punk, satire, urban, experimental narrative, anti establishment ...
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 4.2
 22K
V/H/S: Viral (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 81 min.
Story: V/H/S: VIRAL's segments include the story of a deranged illusionist who obtains a magical object of great power, a homemade machine that opens a door to a parallel world, teenage skaters that unwillingly become targets of a Mexican death cult ...
Style: anthology, scary, stylized, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: violence, found footage, supernatural, virus, parallel universe, monster, magician's assistant, photograph, brutality, gory, violent, murder ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: tijuana mexico, usa, los angeles, las vegas, spain ...
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