Movies Like Phat Beach (1996)

Phat Beach is a 1996 comedy, drama film from Doug Ellin with a MovieMagicScore of 5.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Side Out and Girls on Top.

Comedy Drama

Side Out

1990

A law student comes to California for the summer and ends up playing professional volleyball.

5.2

MagicScore

Girls on Top

2001

The adventures of three teenage girls - Inken, Vicky and Lena - and their quest to have their first orgasm.

5.2

MagicScore

Air Bud: Spikes Back

2003

Air Bud finds that he has the uncanny ability to play volleyball.

5.2

MagicScore

The Way Way Back

2013

Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park.

7.1

MagicScore

Shag

1989

Summer of 1963. Carson is getting married to her boyfriend so her friends Melaina, Pudge and Luanne take her to Myrtle Beach for one last irresponsible weekend.

6.2

MagicScore

Summer of 8

2016

Eight close friends soak up their last day of summer together on the beach before parting ways for college.

6.1

MagicScore

Age of Summer

2018

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.

6.0

MagicScore

Calendar Girl

1993

Three young men go on an end of the summer trip to Hollywood, California. Their quest: to fulfill the fantasy of meeting Marilyn Monroe.

5.1

MagicScore

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

MagicScore

#10

People on Sunday

1930

A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin, it's the first film from the later famous screenwriters/directors Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann.

7.2

MagicScore

#11

Heartless

2024

Summer 1996, north-east coast of Brazil. Tamara is enjoying her last weeks at the fishing village she lives in before departing to Brasilia for her studies. One day, she hears about a teenager nicknamed Heartless after a scar she has on her chest. Over the course of the summer, Tamara feels a growing attraction for this mysterious girl.

7.0

MagicScore

#12

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

1953

Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom.

6.9

MagicScore

#13

Beach House

1977

Summer Sunday at a small beach house at the coast of Rome. Many people and stories: women's basketball team, two sports-obsessed soldiers, two men with their girlfriends and the priest with a big secret, an elderly couple with their pregnant granddaughter, and engagemented couple wanting to have sex for the first time.

6.3

MagicScore

#14

Bergman Island

2021

An English-German filmmaking couple retreat to Fårö for the summer to each write screenplays for their upcoming films in an act of pilgrimage to the place that inspired Ingmar Bergman. As the summer and their screenplays advance, the lines between reality and fiction start to blur against the backdrop of the Island's wild landscape.

6.3

MagicScore

#15

Ava

2017

Ava, 13, is spending the summer on the Atlantic coast when she learns that she will lose her sight sooner than expected. Her mother decides to act as if everything were normal so as to spend their best summer ever. Ava confronts the problem in her own way. She steals a big black dog that belongs to a young man on the run...

6.2

MagicScore

#16

Last Summer

1969

During summer vacation on Fire Island, three young people become very close. When an uncool girl tries to infiltrate the trio's newly found relationship, they construct an elaborate plot that has violent results.

6.2

MagicScore

#17

The Door in the Floor

2004

The lives of Ted and Marion Cole are thrown into disarray when their two adolescent sons die in a car wreck. Marion withdraws from Ted and Ruth, the couple's daughter. Ted, a well-known writer, hires as his assistant a student named Eddie, who looks oddly similar to one of the Coles' dead sons. The couple separate, and Marion begins an affair with Eddie, while Ted has a dalliance with his neighbor Evelyn.

6.1

MagicScore

#18

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

2011

A group of 30-year-olds who have been friends since high school attempt to throw an end-of-summer orgy.

5.8

MagicScore

#19

Year of the Jellyfish

1984

Chris, a sexy teenager who appears mostly bare-breasted on the French Riviera, has a crush on Romain, her mother's lover. In reaction to her inability to attract his attention, she experiments with other risque affairs.

5.8

MagicScore

#20

Psycho Beach Party

2000

Chicklet is a sixteen-year old tomboy who's desperate to be part of the in-crowd of Malibu beach surfers. She's the typical American girl - except for one little problem: her personality is split into more slices than a pepperoni pizza.

5.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Phat Beach?

The top films similar to Phat Beach by MovieMagicScore are Side Out (5.2), Girls on Top (5.2), Air Bud: Spikes Back (5.2). Each shares comedy/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Phat Beach worth watching?

Phat Beach holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.0/10 from 28 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Phat Beach?

Phat Beach (1996) is a comedy, drama film directed by Doug Ellin, starring Jermaine Hopkins, Claudia Kaleem, Candice Merideth.

Where can I find more recommendations like Phat Beach?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Phat Beach

This ranked list pairs Phat Beach (1996), a comedy and drama film from Doug Ellin, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Jermaine Hopkins 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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