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Movies Like Pushing Mongo

If you liked Pushing Mongo (2020), a movie directed by Alex Phillips, 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.

  1. 1Lords of Dogtown

    Lords of Dogtown (2005)

    ★ 7.1/10

    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…

  2. 2Grind

    Grind (2003)

    ★ 6/10

    Four skaters follow their idol on his summer tour in an attempt to get noticed, get sponsored, and become stars themselves.

  3. 3The Cutting Edge: Fire & Ice

    The Cutting Edge: Fire & Ice (2010)

    ★ 6.5/10

    After her partner's career-ending injury, a former figure skater shifts gears to become an instructor. Later, she finds the strength to return to competitive skating by partnering with an unconventional and notorious…

  4. 4Mask

    Mask (1985)

    ★ 7.2/10

    A significantly deformed but highly intelligent teenage boy and his biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.

  5. 5Gleaming the Cube

    Gleaming the Cube (1989)

    ★ 6/10

    An Orange County teenager's carefree life of ditching class and skateboarding abandoned pools comes to a screeching halt when someone close to him dies. The cops rule the death a suicide, but the bereaved skater…

  6. 6The Last Black Man in San Francisco

    The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)

    ★ 7/10

    Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems…

  7. 7Skater Girl

    Skater Girl (2021)

    ★ 7.2/10

    Prerna, a teenager growing up in rural India, comes of age when she’s introduced to the sport of skateboarding. As a result, she has to fight the odds to follow her dreams and compete in the national championship.

  8. 8Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

    Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

    ★ 7.5/10

    As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most…

  9. 9Thrashin'

    Thrashin' (1986)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Corey and his band of skater buddies sometimes make mischief, but they're more interested in girls and having fun on their boards than in getting into any real trouble. Notorious enemy crew the Daggers, led by Tommy…

  10. 10Scarecrow

    Scarecrow (1973)

    ★ 7/10

    Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.

  11. 11MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate

    MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate (2001)

    ★ 5.8/10

    MVP 2 opens with the lovable Jack being ousted from his hockey team, the Seattle Simians, and having to hit the road after being falsely accused of league misconduct. Jack ends up in the city, where he's befriended by…

  12. 12Black Mirror

    Black Mirror (2011)

    ★ 7.8/10

    A nameless drifter navigates a barren landscape punctuated by satellite dishes, radio towers and droning airplanes. Stopping periodically in anonymous hotel rooms, she makes attempts to connect to an unidentified…

  13. 13Great Expectations

    Great Expectations (1946)

    ★ 7.3/10

    In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first…

  14. 14The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold

    The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold (2006)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Two ice skaters develop a love-hate relationship while dreaming of Olympic glory.

  15. 15Step Up

    Step Up (2006)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Delinquent Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with up-and-coming dancer Nora.

  16. 16Salomé

    Salomé (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10

    After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his kingdom, wanton and proud young Salomé…

  17. 17Frances Ha

    Frances Ha (2013)

    ★ 7.3/10

    An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.

  18. 18Bones Brigade: An Autobiography

    Bones Brigade: An Autobiography (2012)

    ★ 7.9/10

    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…

  19. 19Ice Castles

    Ice Castles (2010)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Young, beautiful, talented Alexis Winston comes from nowhere to become a figure skating superstar. But her rise to stardom isn’t easy. She has to push herself, reinvent herself, and most painfully of all, leave her…

  20. 20Flashdance

    Flashdance (1983)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Alex Owens, a young woman juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is her boss and lover, supports and encourages her to fulfil her dream.

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