Movies Like Zipa
If you liked Zipa (2019), a movie directed by Brando Pacitto, 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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Aquamania (1961)
★ 6.5/10Mr. X buys a boat and inadvertantly enters the water skiing race. With Junior driving, with no experience, he's a bit out of his league.
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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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Ciao Alberto (2021)
★ 7.4/10With his best friend Luca away at school, Alberto is enjoying his new life in Portorosso working alongside Massimo—the imposing, tattooed, one-armed fisherman of few words—who's quite possibly the coolest human in the…
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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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Surf's Up 2: WaveMania (2017)
★ 5.9/10Cody, Chicken Joe and Lani are back in their most epic adventure yet! The most radical surfing dream team, The Hang Five puts Cody and his friends to the test and teaches them the meaning of teamwork as they journey to…
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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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Ferdinand the Bull (1938)
★ 6.7/10This Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals. As luck would have it, an untimely bee reveals Ferdinand's ferocious side via…
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Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942)
★ 6.9/10Mama Buzzard wants her children to learn to bring back meat for dinner. One buzzardling is shy and has to be kicked out of the nest. He's told to at least bring back a rabbit.
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Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice (2011)
★ 7/10Lanny and Wayne are at it again! With the Big 2-5 fast approaching, Wayne and Lanny must race to recover classified North Pole technology which has fallen into the hands of a computer-hacking Naughty Kid! Desperate to…
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Sketch (2025)
★ 7/10When a young girl’s sketchbook falls into a strange pond, her drawings come to life—chaotic, real, and on the loose. As the town descends into chaos, her family must reunite and stop the monsters they never meant to…
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Seal Team (2021)
★ 6.9/10After his best friend is killed in a shark attack, Quinn, a lovable yet tenacious seal assembles a SEAL TEAM to fight back against a gang of sharks overtaking the neighborhood. But this merry band of international…
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Far from the Tree (2021)
★ 8.1/10On an idyllic beach in the Pacific Northwest, curiosity gets the better of a young raccoon whose frustrated parent attempts to keep them both safe.
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Barbie in A Mermaid Tale (2010)
★ 7.3/10Barbie 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.
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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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Rip Girls (2000)
★ 6.3/10A teen-age girl and her father come to an island on Hawaii, they find a closer relationship to each other and think about changing the island. During her adventures, Sydney finds friends, a new hobby with her fantastic…
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The Big Bad Wolf (1934)
★ 6.5/10The Big Bad Wolf torments Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.
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Reservoir Dogs (1991)
★ 7.5/10Short film made with the help of the Sundance Film Institute and serving as a proof-of-concept for the subsequent feature film.
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Sea Scouts (1939)
★ 6.4/10Donald is an admiral on a seagoing voyage with his nephews in which they encounter a ravenous shark.
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The Railrodder (1965)
★ 6.8/10After literally swimming across the Atlantic Ocean, an Englishman takes a country trip across Canada on a railcar.