Movies Like 3 Degrees (2003)

3 Degrees is a 2003 film. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Step Into Liquid and Chasing Mavericks.

Step Into Liquid

2003

No special effects. No stuntmen. No stereotypes. No other feeling comes close. Surfers and secret spots from around the world are profiled in this documentary.

7.2

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Chasing Mavericks

2012

Surfer Jay Moriarity sets out to ride the Northern California break known as Mavericks.

7.0

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Big Wednesday

1978

Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.

6.9

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Blue Crush

2002

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...

6.0

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Johnny Tsunami

1999

A Hawaiian teenage surfer shows off his skills when he takes to the snow slopes in Vermont.

5.9

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Drift

2013

In the 70s two brothers battle killer waves, conservative society and ruthless bikers to kick-start the modern surf industry.

5.8

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Surfer, Dude

2008

A wave twisting tale of a soul searching surfer experiencing an existential crisis.

4.6

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Blue Juice

1995

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.

4.0

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Surf School

2006

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

2.7

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#10

Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable

2019

One of the most fearless and accomplished athletes of her generation, Bethany Hamilton became a surfing wunderkind when she returned to the sport following a devastating shark attack at age 13. As she continues to chase waves she also now tackles motherhood.

7.8

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#11

Shelter

2007

Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach works dead-end jobs to support his sister and her son. Questioning his life, he paints, surfs and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe. When Gabe's older brother returns home for the summer, Zach suddenly finds himself drawn into a relationship he didn't expect.

7.7

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#12

Riding Giants

2004

Riding Giants is story about big wave surfers who have become heroes and legends in their sport. Directed by the skateboard guru Stacy Peralta.

7.6

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#13

Ride Your Wave

2019

Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love.

7.6

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#14

The Endless Summer II

1994

Bruce Brown, king of surfing documentaries, returns after nearly thirty years to trace the steps of two young surfers to top surfing spots around the world. Along the way we see many of the people and locales Bruce visited during the filming of Endless Summer (1966).

7.5

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#15

Under an Arctic Sky

2017

Six fearless surfers travel to the north coast of Iceland to ride waves unlike anything they've ever experienced, captured with high-tech cameras.

7.5

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#16

A Scene at the Sea

1991

A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a surf champion. Encouraged by his also deaf girlfriend, he persists against all odds.

7.4

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#17

Given

2017

A young family leaves their home on Kauai. It is time to return to the itinerant path from which all things in their uncommon lives come; beginning and ending on a remote dot in the Pacific. They nomadically trace continents to places where waves meet their edges, envoys of aloha. It is what they will learn, what they bring others, what they will pass on to their children in the hyper-expanded classroom, the lab of direct being; a legacy passed from a father to his family.

7.4

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#18

Barbie in A Mermaid Tale

2010

Barbie stars as Merliah, a surfer who learns a shocking secret: she's a mermaid! She and her dolphin friend set out for an undersea adventure to rescue her mother, the queen of Oceana.

7.2

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#19

Point Break

1991

In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Believing that the members of the gang could be surfers, the F.B.I. sends young agent Johnny Utah to the beach undercover to mix with the surfers and gather information.

7.2

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#20

The Endless Summer

1966

Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. The film documents American surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August as they travel the world during California’s winter (which, back in 1965 was off-season for surfing) in search of the perfect wave and ultimately, an endless summer.

7.1

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Frequently asked

What are the best movies like 3 Degrees?

The top films similar to 3 Degrees by MovieMagicScore are Step Into Liquid (7.2), Chasing Mavericks (7.0), Big Wednesday (6.9). Each shares themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

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What kind of movie is 3 Degrees?

3 Degrees (2003) is a film, starring Joel Parkinson, Mick Fanning, Dean Morrison.

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