Movies Like Archy: Built for Speed, Born to Ride
If you liked Archy: Built for Speed, Born to Ride (2008), a movie, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Riding Giants (2004)
★ 7.6/10Riding Giants is story about big wave surfers who have become heroes and legends in their sport. Directed by the skateboard guru Stacy Peralta.
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Breath (2017)
★ 6.6/10A pair of teenagers in Western Australia looking to escape the monotony of life in a small town take up surfing lessons from a guy named Sando.
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Drift (2013)
★ 5.8/10In the 70s two brothers battle killer waves, conservative society and ruthless bikers to kick-start the modern surf industry.
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Big Wednesday (1978)
★ 6.9/10Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.
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Johnny Tsunami (1999)
★ 6.1/10A Hawaiian teenage surfer shows off his skills when he takes to the snow slopes in Vermont.
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Lords of Dogtown (2005)
★ 7.1/10The 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…
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Chasing Mavericks (2012)
★ 7/10Surfer Jay Moriarity sets out to ride the Northern California break known as Mavericks.
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Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014)
★ 6.3/10For Pablo Escobar family is everything. When young surfer Nick falls for Escobar's niece, Maria, he finds his life on the line when he's pulled into the dangerous world of the family business.
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Equilibrium (2002)
★ 7.1/10In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
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NYAD (2023)
★ 7.1/10Athlete Diana Nyad sets out at 60 to achieve a nearly impossible lifelong dream: to swim from Cuba to Florida across more than 100 miles of open ocean.
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Gold (2022)
★ 6.2/10In the not-too-distant future, two drifters traveling through the desert stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found and the dream of immense wealth and greed takes hold. They hatch a plan to excavate their…
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Bloodsport (1988)
★ 7.1/10An American Army Major goes AWOL to Hong Kong for an outlawed martial arts contest called the Kumite.
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Waterworld (1995)
★ 6.2/10In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola…
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The Master (2012)
★ 7.1/10Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion"…
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Surf's Up (2007)
★ 6.5/10With a documentary crew in tow, Cody Maverick—a young surfer from Antarctica—travels to the pacific for his first professional competition. Determined to earn respect and live up to his idol, Big Z, Cody pushes himself…
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Mad Max (1979)
★ 6.7/10In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them.
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Riddick (2013)
★ 6.3/10Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the…
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They Live (1988)
★ 7.3/10A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.
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North Sea Hijack (1980)
★ 6.3/10When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.