Movies Like Afterbang
If you liked Afterbang (2002), 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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The Art of Flight (2011)
★ 7.8/10Iconic snowboarder Travis Rice and friends redefine what is possible in the mountains. Experience the highs, as new tricks are landed and new zones opened, alongside the lows, where avalanches, accidents, and…
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Amateur (2018)
★ 6.4/1014-year-old basketball phenom Terron Forte has to navigate the under-the-table world of amateur athletics when he is recruited to an elite NCAA prep school.
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Beyond the Mat (1999)
★ 7.3/10A heartfelt documentary focusing on the day-to-day lives of professional wrestlers, some on the rise, some on the wane, and others fighting for their lives.
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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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Airborne (1993)
★ 6.1/10Good-natured teen surfer Mitchell Goosen finds himself staying with his aunt and uncle in Cincinnati, Ohio when his parents head to Australia for work. There he meets his cousin, Wiley, and together they try to…
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Expend4bles (2023)
★ 6/10Armed with every weapon they can get their hands on and the skills to use them, The Expendables are the world’s last line of defense and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table. But new team…
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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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The Other Zoey (2023)
★ 7/10Highly intelligent computer major Zoey Miller is uninterested in romantic love, but her life is turned upside down when Zack, the school's soccer star, gets amnesia and mistakes Zoey for his girlfriend.
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Blue Chips (1994)
★ 6.1/10Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the…
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Thunderstruck (2012)
★ 6.2/10After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.
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Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)
★ 5.9/10The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.
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Rookie of the Year (1993)
★ 6.2/10When the cast comes off his once broken arm, a 12-year-old boy can throw a 100-mile-an-hour fastball, and the Chicago Cubs want him as their new pitcher.
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6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain (2017)
★ 5.8/10An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he…
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Christmas Made to Order (2018)
★ 6.1/10When architect and Christmas amateur Steven finds himself hosting his family for Christmas, he recruits holiday coordinator Gretchen to bring holiday joy to his home. Gretchen’s expert Christmas spirit brings Steven’s…
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A Second Chance: Rivals! (2019)
★ 7/10As Maddy takes on coaching a team of young twelve-year-old gymnasts, she faces up to intense city versus country rivalry, racism, cyberbullying and her own self-doubt but eventually takes the challenge head on.
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Players (2024)
★ 6.1/10New York sportswriter Mack has spent years devising successful hook-up "plays" with her friends, but when she unexpectedly falls for one of her targets, she must learn what it takes to go from simply scoring to playing…
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Without Limits (1998)
★ 6.7/10The life of renowned runner Steve Prefontaine and his relationship with legendary coach Bill Bowerman.
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Jawbone (2017)
★ 6.1/10A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner…
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Battle of the Year (2013)
★ 6.8/10A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.
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Above the Rim (1994)
★ 7.1/10Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.