Movies Like Dogtown and Z-Boys (2002)

Dogtown and Z-Boys is a 2002 documentary film from Stacy Peralta with a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Lords of Dogtown and This Ain't California.

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Lords of Dogtown

2005

The radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of sports forever. Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva and Jay Adams are the Z-Boys, a bunch of nobodies until they create a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby becomes a business, the success shreds their friendship.

7.1

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This Ain't California

2012

A retrospective look at the youth cultures born in the German Democratic Republic. A celebration of the lust for life, a contemporary trip into the world of skate, a tale on three heroes and their boards, from their childhood in the seventies, through their teenage rebellion in the eighties and the summer of 1989, when their life changed forever, to 2011.

6.5

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Mur Murs

1981

Venturing from Venice Beach to Watts, Varda looks at the murals of LA as backdrop to and mirror of the city’s many cultures. She casts a curious eye on graffiti and photorealism, roller disco & gang violence, evangelical Christians, Hare Krishnas, artists, angels and ordinary Angelenos.

7.4

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The Outside Man

1972

A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed.

6.2

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Squatters

2014

A wealthy couple from the Pacific Palisades discovers homeless young lovers have moved into their home.

6.0

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Girl Lost

2018

Girl Lost tackles the issue of underage prostitution as told through the eyes of a wayward teen. Groomed by her own mother to work in the underbelly of Los Angeles, the young girl struggles to survive in this dark world.

5.8

MagicScore

Cisco Pike

1971

A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 kilos of confiscated marijuana in one weekend.

5.6

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Floundering

1994

John Boyz lives close to where they film "Baywatch", but you'd never know it. His life is full of bizarre friends, sweaty sex, pistol wielding gangsters, bungling bureaucrats, police fanatics, revolutionaries, and weirdos. All John wants is a little peace of mind and a little piece of the action, but in "Floundering" it wont come easy.

4.9

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Bones Brigade: An Autobiography

2012

When six teenage boys came together as a skateboarding team in the 1980s, they reinvented not only their chosen sport but themselves too – as they evolved from insecure outsiders to the most influential athletes in the field.

7.9

MagicScore

#10

Minding the Gap

2018

Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship.

7.7

MagicScore

#11

Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off

2022

A wide-ranging, definitive look at Hawk’s life and iconic career, and his relationship with the sport with which he’s been synonymous for decades, featuring unprecedented access, never-before-seen footage, and interviews with Hawk and prominent figures in the sport including Stacy Peralta, Rodney Mullen, Mike McGill, Lance Mountain, Steve Caballero, Neil Blender, Andy MacDonald, Duane Peters, Sean Mortimer, and Christian Hosoi.

7.6

MagicScore

#12

All This Mayhem

2014

A searing account of what happens when raw talent and extreme personalities collide. In this unflinching, never-before-seen account of drugs and the dark side of professional skateboarding, brothers Tas and Ben Pappas' intense bond and charisma take them from the pinnacle of their sport into a spiraling world of self-destruction.

7.4

MagicScore

#13

Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine

2017

A look at the rise and fall of the subversive skateboarding magazine Big Brother, which rose to prominence in the mid-1990s and had a profound effect on the skating subculture with its unfiltered approach.

7.1

MagicScore

#14

kid 90

2021

As a teenager in the '90s, Soleil Moon Frye carried a video camera everywhere she went. She documented hundreds of hours of footage and then locked it away for over 20 years.

7.1

MagicScore

#15

The Motivation

2013

Go inside the lives and training regimes of eight of the world’s gutsiest professional skateboarders. These fearless stars face unique obstacles on the way to the Street League Championship and the coveted title of best skateboarder in the world.

6.9

MagicScore

#16

CKY2K

2000

The second entry in the CKY series of skateboarding programs and extreme stunts: it includes a very chaotic trip to Iceland, some rather disgusting fecal footage, some furniture surfing on the highway, and a demonstration of how to destroy a rental car and get off scot free.

6.9

MagicScore

#17

CKY 3

2001

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.

6.7

MagicScore

#18

Landspeed presents: CKY

1999

The first entry in the CKY series of skateboarding programs and extreme stunts, directed by Bam Margera and featuring Margera, Brandon DiCamillo, Ryan Dunn, Chris Raab and Rake Yohn.

6.6

MagicScore

#19

Beautiful Losers

2008

This documentary follows the lives and careers of a collective group of do-it-yourself artists and designers who inadvertently affected the art world.

6.4

MagicScore

#20

CKY 4: The Latest & Greatest

2002

Fourth and final entry in the CKY series, directed by Bam Margera, featuring the CKY crew and the Margera family.

6.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Dogtown and Z-Boys?

The top films similar to Dogtown and Z-Boys by MovieMagicScore are Lords of Dogtown (7.1), This Ain't California (6.5), Mur Murs (7.4). Each shares documentary themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Dogtown and Z-Boys worth watching?

Dogtown and Z-Boys holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10 from 158 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Dogtown and Z-Boys?

Dogtown and Z-Boys (2002) is a documentary film directed by Stacy Peralta, starring Jay Adams, Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta.

Where can I find more recommendations like Dogtown and Z-Boys?

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About movies like Dogtown and Z-Boys

This ranked list pairs Dogtown and Z-Boys (2002), a documentary film from Stacy Peralta, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Jay Adams take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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