20 movies like Soul Surfer, ordered by similarity : Blue Crush(2002), Two Friends(1986), Whip It(2009), Local Boys(2002), Lady Bird(2017), Thirteen(2003), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants(2005), Chasing Mavericks(2012), Hera Pheri(1975), Breaking Away(1979), Dil Hai Tumhaara(2002), Whale Rider(2002) ...
7.0/10
Drama
USA
2011
106 Minutes
AnnaSophia Robb Helen Hunt Dennis Quaid Lorraine Nicholson Carrie Underwood Sonya Balmores Kevin Sorbo Ross Thomas Cody Gomes Arlene Newman-Van Asperen Irie Driscoll
teen girl surfer mother father friend uplifting endearing beach hawaii ocean shark attack surfing competition determination overcoming the odds quest transformation 2000s
Teenage surfer Bethany Hamilton overcomes the odds and her own fears of returning to the water after losing her left arm in a shark attack.
5.7/10
Romance, Drama
USA|Germany
2002
104 Minutes
Kate Bosworth Matthew Davis Michelle Rodriguez Sanoe Lake Mika Boorem Chris Taloa Kala Alexander Ruben Tejada Kaupena Miranda Asa Aquino Faizon Love
surfer best friend football player love interest sister roommate lighthearted emotional heartwarming inspiring hawaii beach house school ocean skate park competition friendship beach culture surfing
As a hard-core surfer girl prepares for a big competition, she finds herself falling for a football player.
Drama
1986
76 Minutes
Emma Coles Kris Bidenko Kris McQuade Stephen Leeder Debra May Peter Hehir Tony Barry Kerry Dwyer Arthur Faynes Kim Antonios Denise Roberts
teen girl friend mother boyfriend father sad profound sydney beach school house friendship mother/daughter relationship adolescence family coming of age divorce growing up transformation 1980s
Two Australian teenage girls (Emma Coles, Kris Bidenko) go from best friends to ex-friends in a year.
6.9/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2009
111 Minutes
Elliot Page Marcia Gay Harden Kristen Wiig Drew Barrymore Juliette Lewis Daniel Stern Landon Pigg Alia Shawkat Jimmy Fallon Zoë Bell Eve
teen girl mother father roller skater coach best friend charming uplifting texas small town coming of age sports friendship small-town life rebellion mother/daughter relationship growing up transformation 2000s
In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with small-town misery after discovering a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
6.6/10
Drama
USA
2002
102 Minutes
Eric Christian Olsen Stacy Edwards Jeremy Sumpter Giuseppe Andrews Chaka Forman Mark Harmon Lukas Behnken Archie Kao Shelby Fenner
brother boyfriend gang leader surfer mother girl emotional heartwarming engaging california beach house ocean surfing relationships family coming of age romance brotherhood growing up
Two brothers and their surfing buddies face new challenges and adventures over the course of a memorable summer.
7.4/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
94 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Laurie Metcalf Timothée Chalamet Lucas Hedges Tracy Letts Odeya Rush Jake McDorman Beanie Feldstein Lois Smith Stephen McKinley Henderson Jordan Rodrigues
mother daughter teenager high-school student best friend teacher father moving uplifting playful california high school catholic school sacramento, calif. family home university united states prom mother/daughter relationship coming of age
In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
6.8/10
Drama
USA|UK
2003
100 Minutes
Holly Hunter Evan Rachel Wood Nikki Reed Jeremy Sisto Kip Pardue Sarah Clarke D.W. Moffett Vanessa Hudgens Jenicka Carey Ulysses Estrada
teen girl best friend mother foster mother boyfriend brother disturbing raw los angeles family home school troubled youth peer pressure mother/daughter relationship drugs sexual awakening shoplifting growing up transformation temptation
A thirteen-year-old girl's relationship with her mother is put to the test as she discovers drugs, sex, and petty crime in the company of her cool but troubled best friend.
6.5/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
120 Minutes
Amber Tamblyn Alexis Bledel America Ferrera Blake Lively Jenna Boyd Bradley Whitford Nancy Travis Rachel Ticotin Mike Vogel Michael Rady Leonardo Nam
teen girl friend love interest father grandfather grandmother amusing emotional maryland south carolina mexico greece friendship family romance traveling coming of age teen angst transformation discovery
Four best girlfriends hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.
7.2/10
Adventure, Drama
USA
2012
115 Minutes
Gerard Butler Jonny Weston Elisabeth Shue Abigail Spencer Leven Rambin Greg Long Peter Mel Zach Wormhoudt Devin Crittenden Taylor Handley Cooper Timberline
surfer mentor girlfriend mother bully inspiring touching spirited santa cruz, calif. pacific ocean beach household surfing life story friendship overcoming the odds jay moriarity rise pursuit 2000s
When young Jay Moriarity discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson to train him to survive it.
6.8/10
Crime, Comedy, Drama, Action
India
1975
164 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Saira Banu Kimi Katkar Vinod Khanna Sulakshana Pandit Deepa Sahi Shilpa Shirodkar
young man young woman friend best friend father girlfriend amusing gripping thrilling intense emotional moving india city house bungalow restaurant street friendship best friends
Two friends Ajay and Vijay gets separated from each other when they discover secrets about their past in their own ways.
7.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1979
100 Minutes
Dennis Christopher Dennis Quaid Daniel Stern Jackie Earle Haley Barbara Barrie Paul Dooley Robyn Douglass Hart Bochner Amy Wright Peter Maloney John Ashton
biker friend frat boy father mother girlfriend uplifting endearing small town bloomington, ind. university bicycling class distinctions love triangle quest growing up 1970s
A small-town boy obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl.
5.3/10
Comedy, Drama
India
2002
180 Minutes
Rekha Preity Zinta Arjun Rampal Jimmy Sheirgill Alok Nath Govind Namdeo Gajraj Rao Dilip Joshi
mother businessman half sister childhood friend father emotional charming endearing melodramatic moving positive india bungalow house love mother/daughter relationship sister relationship adoption death of father love
Raising her two daughters, Saritaji "Rekha" fears that history might repeat itself when both of them fall for the same guy.
7.5/10
Kids & Family, Drama
New Zealand|Germany
2002
101 Minutes
Keisha Castle-Hughes Rawiri Paratene Vicky Haughton Cliff Curtis Grant Roa Mana Taumaunu Rachel House Taungaroa Emile Tammy Davis Mabel Wharekawa-Burt Rawinia Clarke
girl chief uncle grandmother grandfather touching inspiring passionate new zealand ocean beach tradition tribe myth coming of age feminism native people growing up quest underdog
A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
6.3/10
Drama
USA
2001
92 Minutes
Aalok Mehta Paresh Rawal Sheetal Sheth Josh Ackerman Ajay Naidu Aasif Mandvi
college student girlfriend father mother band member roommate emotional uplifting new jersey college dormitory assimilation cultural differences father/son relationship music dating competition love transformation 2000s
Sureel is a young, first generation East Indian-American. All he wants is to be like his American friends, but his strict, immigrant parents keep a tight rein on his life. Will he realize his dream of performing rock and roll music?
5.3/10
Fantasy, Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
USA
2006
103 Minutes
Sara Paxton Joanna "JoJo" Levesque Emma Roberts Jake McDorman Arielle Kebbel Shaun Micallef Tammin Sursok Dichen Lachman Julia Blake Roy Billing Claudia Karvan
teen girl best friend mermaid mother lifeguard father charming heartwarming playful beach club friendship storm secret romance transformation love growing up 2000s
Two teenage girls discover a mermaid in their beach club's swimming pool.
6.7/10
Comedy, Drama
Italy
2003
106 Minutes
Alice Teghil Sergio Castellitto Margherita Buy Carolina Iaquaniello Federica Sbrenna Claudio Amendola Galatea Ranzi Flavio Bucci Antonio Carnevale Paola Tiziana Cruciani Silvio Vannucci
teacher father mother young girl friend government official engaging spirited witty touching small town rome high school shopping mall cemetery rally father/daughter relationship new school friendship politics
Caterina, forced to leave her small town at the age of thirteen, faces the complications of living in the big metropoly of Rome.
7.4/10
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2004
96 Minutes
Michelle Krusiec Joan Chen Lynn Chen Jessica Hecht Ato Essandoh Nathanel Geng Jin Wang Guang Lan Koh David Shih Brian Yang Brittany Perrineau
mother daughter grandfather lesbian love interest emotional endearing inspiring new york city apartment mother/daughter relationship father/daughter relationship lesbianism secret pregnancy tradition love transformation 2000s
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
7.4/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2013
103 Minutes
Jim Rash Steve Carell Toni Collette Allison Janney AnnaSophia Robb Sam Rockwell Maya Rudolph Liam James Rob Corddry Amanda Peet River Alexander
teen boy teen girl mother boyfriend manager best friend winsome charming massachusetts coast water park vacation home car adolescence teen angst mother/son relationship family dysfunction friendship first love growing up
Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park.
7.4/10
Comedy, Drama
France
1974
123 Minutes
Martin Loeb Ingrid Caven Jacqueline Dufranne Vincent Testanière Roger Rizzi Anne Stroka
boy mother mother's boyfriend grandmother friend girl endearing calm tender striking south of france paris apartment school bicycle shop coming of age adolescence desire loneliness family
A study of minor events in the adolescence of a boy growing up in small towns. Daniel lives with his grandmother and, after one year of high school, has to go to live with his mother in the... See full summary »
6.7/10
Drama
Australia
2017
115 Minutes
Simon Baker-Denny Samson Coulter Ben Spence Elizabeth Debicki Richard Roxburgh Rachael Blake Miranda Frangou Jacek Koman Megan Smart Brock Fitzgerald
young boy surfer friend family member powerful inspiring emotional passionate australia ocean house truck coming of age growing up surfing friendship relationships discovery growing up love
After developing an interest in surfing, a teenage boy and his friend forge an unlikely friendship with an older surfer.
3.5/10
Drama
Australia
2003
98 Minutes
Ryan Kwanten Simone Kessell Jarrod Dean Jeremy Sims Tony Bonner Carmen Duncan Nathaniel Lees Tony Poli Abigail Bianca Shane Briant Boris Brkic
surfer father manager girlfriend drug dealer spectacular engaging sydney, australia beach gas station courtroom prison drug smuggling father/son relationship trial bitterness surfing dreams rise transformation
Nick McCallum is mechanic who trades in his wrench for a surfboard, going against the wishes of his father-- a former surfing legend who lost his ability to walk after a horrible accident on the water.
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