Movies Like Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable (2019)

Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable is a 2019 documentary film from Aaron Lieber with a MovieMagicScore of 7.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with High Tide and Diana: In Her Own Words.

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High Tide

1987

A backup singer gets stranded in a small coastal town after losing her job in a band. She winds up in a caravan park only to encounter, by accident, the teenage daughter she deserted following her husband's death.

6.4

MagicScore

Diana: In Her Own Words

2017

Using home videos recorded by her voice coach, Diana takes us through the story of her life.

7.7

MagicScore

A Child of My Own

2026

Desperate for a baby and burdened by family and societal expectations, a woman fakes a pregnancy and gets tangled in a crime.

8.5

MagicScore

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

MagicScore

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

MagicScore

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

MagicScore

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

MagicScore

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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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

MagicScore

#10

Resurface

2017

A suicidal war veteran finds like-minded souls in a surf therapy program that helps traumatized soldiers heal while riding the waves.

6.8

MagicScore

#11

The Shining

1980

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

8.2

MagicScore

#12

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

2018

Fleeing the war, the immortal Maquia, graced with eternal youth, finds a baby abandoned in the forest and decides to raise it as her own child, sparking a moving story between a mortal and a being who does not age.

8.1

MagicScore

#13

Hamnet

2025

The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

7.7

MagicScore

#14

Mother at War

2020

1918. World War I rages in Europe while Erna Jensen tends to her ordinary life at home in Bramstrup, with her simple-minded son, Kalle. One day the village constable comes to enlist Kalle for military service for the German Empire – of which Southern Jutland is a part. If Erna is to save Kalle from certain death, she must follow him through thick and thin. Upon a chance meeting with a deserting solder she trades identities. Now disguised as Private Julius Rasmussen, Erna heads for the front. In her encounters with the other soldiers and in the presence of the war, unknown sides of Erna are awoken. This is the story of a woman who won’t let a war prevent her from fighting for what she loves.

7.7

MagicScore

#15

Imitation of Life

1959

In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.

7.4

MagicScore

#16

True Mothers

2020

After suffering through a long and unsuccessful series of fertility treatments, Satoko and her husband Kiyokazu make the decision to adopt a child. Six years after adopting a boy they named Asato, Satoko has quit her job to concentrate fully on her husband and son. The family lives a peaceful existence until the arrival of a stranger.

7.3

MagicScore

#17

Deaf

2025

Angela's deafness raises concerns during her pregnancy regarding connecting with her daughter. Post-delivery, partner Héctor supports her as she learns to mother in a society lacking adequate accommodations for the hearing-impaired.

7.2

MagicScore

#18

C'mon C'mon

2021

Johnny and his young nephew forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they embark on a cross-country trip to see life away from Los Angeles.

7.2

MagicScore

#19

Wasp

2003

Zoë is a single mother who lives with her four children in Dartford. She is poor and can't afford to buy food. One day her old flame drives by and asks her to go on a date with him. Scared that he doesn't want to go out with her, she lies and tells him that she is just babysitting the kids. This will be her first date in years.

7.2

MagicScore

#20

Lullaby

2022

Amaia has just become a mother, and the challenge is even more significant than she imagined. So when her partner has to leave for several weeks because of his job, she decides to spend time with her parents in a lovely coastal village in the Basque Country and hopefully share the responsibility of looking after her baby. However, she forgot that even when one becomes a parent, one never stops being a daughter.

7.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable?

The top films similar to Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable by MovieMagicScore are High Tide (6.4), Diana: In Her Own Words (7.7), A Child of My Own (8.5). Each shares documentary themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable worth watching?

Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.8/10 from 22 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable?

Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable (2019) is a documentary film directed by Aaron Lieber, starring Bethany Hamilton.

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