20 movies like Surf School, ordered by similarity : Shaolin Soccer(2001), College(1927), When Jeff Tried to Save the World(2018), Wiener Dog Nationals(2013), The School of Rock(2003), Spring Breakdown(2009), Superbad(2007), Asterix and the Vikings(2006), Pup Star: Better 2Gether(2017), Dirty Deeds(2005), Mean Girls(2004), The Art of Self-Defense(2019) ...
Comedy
USA
2006
93 Minutes
Harland Williams Corey Sevier Lee Norris Sisqó Miko Hughes Eriko Ryan Carnes Taylor Negron Diane Delano Laura Bell Bundy Lin Shaye
misfit student snob hippie jock dream girl madcap hilarious offbeat outlandish costa rica laguna beach, calif. surfing competition teamwork underdog transformation 2000s
A rag-tag bunch of seniors, complete outsiders at their surf-crazed Laguna Beach High School, decide to crash the biggest team surf contest. In order to prevail, however, they must do one ... See full summary »
Comedy, Action
Hong Kong|China
2001
111 Minutes
Stephen Chow Wei Zhao Patrick Tse Cecilia Cheung Karen Joy Morris Vincent Kok Li Hui Kai Man Tin Zhang Mingming Man-Tat Ng
athlete brother rival soccer player coach hilarious heartwarming china soccer field soccer championship rivalry underdog misfits teamwork transformation underdog rivalry 2000s
A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.
Comedy
1927
65 Minutes
Buster Keaton Anne Cornwall Flora Bramley Harold Goodwin Grant Withers Buddy Mason Snitz Edwards Carl Harbaugh Sam Crawford Florence Turner Lee Barnes
scholar pretty woman jock dean coach mother madcap hilarious endearing playful college los angeles coliseum restaurant soda shop dorm river college life love triangle sports unrequited love
To impress his sweetheart (Anne Cornwall), a bookworm (Buster Keaton) goes out for baseball and crew.
Comedy
USA
2018
93 Minutes
Jon Heder Jim O'Heir Steve Berg Brendan Meyer Maya Erskine Anna Konkle Candi Milo Keith Kupferer Richard Esteras Roger Welp Robert Breuler
bowling alley manager owner high-school student janitor co-worker customer amusing hilarious lighthearted suspenseful offbeat bowling alley arcade parking lot loss of job bowling arrested development work relationships saving the day
When the manager of an old-school bowling alley discovers the owner's plans to sell, saving Winky's World means pulling himself out of the gutter, too.
Comedy
USA
2013
82 Minutes
Alicia Witt Jason London Morgan Fairchild Marque Richardson Bryan Batt Caitlin Carmichael Chris Moss Jim Metzler Laura Ann Kesling Brandon Tyler Russell Cheryl Texiera
dog family pet pet owner amusing playful lighthearted positive united states competition hall competition animal adoption family dogs adventure underdog transformation 21st century
A family adopts a runt of a dachshund from a shelter. Only time will tell if little "Shelly" and her new family are up for the challenges of entering the nation's greatest wiener dog race, ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA|Germany
2003
108 Minutes
Jack Black Joan Cusack Mike White Sarah Silverman Jordan-Claire Green Veronica Afflerbach Miranda Cosgrove Robert L. Tsai Angelo Massagli Kevin Clark Maryam Hassan
guitarist music teacher prodigy principal student roommate charming cheery offbeat spirited amusing heartwarming school upstate new york apartment music competition classroom redemption elementary school rock 'n' roll
After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band.
Comedy
USA
2009
84 Minutes
Parker Posey Amy Poehler Rachel Dratch Amber Tamblyn Seth Meyers Jane Lynch Missi Pyle Will Arnett Danny Arroyo Justin Hartley Sophie Monk
single woman friend senator daughter college student hilarious hysterical madcap south padre island beach spring break party deviant behavior debauchery sorority life boredom transformation wretched excess 2000s
Three women vacation together at a popular travel destination for college co-eds on spring break.
Comedy
USA
2007
113 Minutes
Jonah Hill Michael Cera Christopher Mintz-Plasse Bill Hader Seth Rogen Martha MacIsaac Emma Stone Aviva Joe Lo Truglio Kevin Corrigan Stacy Edwards
teenager best friend cop nerd teen girl clerk offbeat hilarious campy cool united states party virginity party drinking disaster underdog transformation quest 2000s
Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.
Animation, Comedy, Adventure
France|Denmark
2006
79 Minutes
Stefan Fjeldmark
dog viking magician airy amusing hilarious heartwarming creative charming gaul comic books magic fighting kidnapping adventure discovery underdog transformation rescue quest
The vikings come to Gaul and kidnap the chief's nephew. The chief sends Asterix and Obelix up north to get him back but the nephew has fallen in love with the viking chief's daughter v.v. What to do?
Adventure, Kids & Family, Comedy
Canada
2017
92 Minutes
dog talking dog aspiring singer singer celebrity star charming heartwarming playful creative amusing hilarious music competition celebrities animals singing career career aspirations competition adventure
The action-packed new season of the franchise continues with the story of Tiny, an adorable Yorkie pup who, after winning the 'Pup Star' TV singing competition, is suddenly launched into an adventure when she's replaced by a street Yorkie, Scrappy, and the two swap lives in a dog-filled, fish-out-of-water tale that ultimately demonstrates life truly is 'better together.'
Comedy
USA
2005
87 Minutes
Milo Ventimiglia Lacey Chabert Tom Amandes Matthew Carey Mark Derwin Charles Durning Michael Milhoan Billy L. Sullivan Zoe Saldana Arielle Kebbel Ray Santiago
high-school student dream girl younger brother jock principal police officer madcap wild playful hilarious classroom carnival funeral home bathroom stadium dares high school homecoming race against time popularity
A high school has a tradition of dirty deeds the night before homecoming (if there's any volunteer) where, to win, the person performs 10 dirty deeds in 12 hours. Will Harper make it?
Comedy
USA|Canada
2004
97 Minutes
Lindsay Lohan Rachel McAdams Tina Fey Tim Meadows Amy Poehler Ana Gasteyer Lacey Chabert Lizzy Caplan Daniel Franzese Neil Flynn Jonathan Bennett
high-school student popular girl ex-boyfriend friend parent teacher witty brash tense hilarious suburbia school evanston, ill. family home illinois classroom high school love triangle popularity clique
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
Comedy
USA
2019
104 Minutes
Jesse Eisenberg Alessandro Nivola Imogen Poots Steve Terada David Zellner Phillip Andre Botello Jason Burkey Mike Brooks CJ Rush Davey Johnson Hauke Bahr
young man sensei martial arts student mentor brutal hilarious offbeat brash amusing dojo house parking lot office music store car self-defense martial arts overcoming fears intimidation masculinity
After being attacked on the street, a young man enlists at a local dojo, led by a charismatic and mysterious sensei, in an effort to learn how to defend himself from future threats.
Comedy
USA
2002
102 Minutes
Ice Cube Anthony Anderson Cedric Kyles Sean Patrick Thomas Eve Troy Garity Michael Ealy Leonard Earl Howze Keith David Jazsmin Lewis Lahmard J. Tate
barber woman loan shark customer hilarious tender madcap lighthearted barbershop chicago business friendship family love underdog transformation 2000s
A day in the life of a South Side Chicago barbershop.
Musical, Romance, Comedy
USA
2009
111 Minutes
Aly Michalka Vanessa Hudgens Gaelan Connell Lisa Kudrow Scott Porter Charlie Saxton Tim Jo Ryan Donowho
singer-songwriter manager ex-boyfriend guitarist rock star newcomer lighthearted endearing tender amusing heartwarming charming stage competition hall garage library house school music young love
A new kid in town assembles a fledgling rock band -- together, they achieve their dreams and compete against the best in the biggest event of the year, a battle of the bands.
Comedy
Belgium|France
2018
122 Minutes
Guillaume Canet Mathieu Amalric Benoît Poelvoorde Jean-Hugues Anglade Virginie Efira Leïla Bekhti Marina Foïs Philippe Katerine Félix Moati Alban Ivanov Jonathan Zaccaï
depressed person unemployed person misfit adult synchronized swimmer teamwork uplifting heartwarming charming swimming pool home coach competition friendship synchronized swimming midlife crisis men financial troubles transformation underdog
A depressed man joins a synchronized swimming team made up of middle aged men.
Comedy
USA
1991
108 Minutes
Scott Bakula Héctor Elizondo Robert Loggia Harley Jane Kozak Larry Miller Sinbad Fred Dalton Thompson Rob Schneider Jason Bateman Andrew Bryniarski Duane Davis
football player coach college student quarterback professor girlfriend hilarious lighthearted texas college football field football team college competition sports quest transformation underdog 1990s
Due to NCAA sanctions, the Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos must form a football team from their actual student body, with no scholarships to help, to play their football schedule.
Comedy
2002
86 Minutes
David Cross Bob Odenkirk Nikki Cox E.J. De La Pena R. Lee Ermey M.C. Gainey David Koechner Suli McCullough Jill Talley
redneck ex-wife british man television producer child prison guard hilarious cheeky madcap endearing american south jail street studio mansion town celebrity reality television lawlessness unrequited love
A man (Bob Odenkirk) creates a reality-television show in which a crew follows a Georgia slacker (David Cross) who has a knack for getting arrested.
Comedy
USA
2004
92 Minutes
Vince Vaughn Christine Taylor Ben Stiller Rip Torn Justin Long Stephen Root Joel David Moore Chris Williams Alan Tudyk Missi Pyle Jamal Duff
gym owner competitor dodgeball player attorney gym member employee hilarious outlandish winsome gym sport tournament dodgeball competition training rivalry underdog 2000s
A group of misfits enter a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament in order to save their cherished local gym from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain.
Comedy
USA
1984
90 Minutes
Robert Carradine Anthony Edwards Ted McGinley Timothy Busfield Andrew Cassese Curtis Armstrong Larry B. Scott Julia Montgomery Michelle Meyrink Matt Salinger John Goodman
nerd frat boy sorority sister college student jock girlfriend cheeky hedonistic hilarious unrestrained college fraternity house sorority gym locker room bedroom college life intelligence sex drinking
At Adams College, a group of bullied outcasts and misfits resolve to fight back for their peace and self-respect.
Comedy
UK
2001
89 Minutes
Ricky Tomlinson Amanda Redman Philip Jackson Bradley Walsh Phill Jupitus Ulrich Thomsen Robert Putt Martin Bashir Chris McQuarry Geoff Bell Dean Lennox Kelly
manager star player alcoholic assistant journalist pelé hilarious offbeat england brazil soccer field soccer world cup competition new job media sports quest underdog 2000s
The manager of England's national football unexpectedly succumbs to a heart attack, and suddenly the search is on for a replacement. Most people who seem qualified for the position have the... See full summary »