20 best movies like The Ultimate Wave: Tahiti (2010)

List of the best movies like The Ultimate Wave: Tahiti (2010): Riding Giants, Blue Crush 2, Monkey Kingdom, Chasing Mavericks, Dogtown and Z-Boys, Never So Few, Gunga Din, Titanic 2, The Cave, The Living Sea.

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Markimdb: 7.8
Genredocumentary, history, sport
CountryUSA, France

Riding Giants is story about big wave surfers who have become heroes and legends in their sport. Directed by the skateboard guru Stacy Peralta.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genremelodrama, drama, sport
CountryUSA, Germany, South Africa
Duration01:53

Haunted by the memory of her deceased mother, Dana leaves Malibu behind and heads to South Africa to fulfill her mother's dream of surfing Jefferys Bay.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredocumentary
CountryUSA
Duration01:14

A newborn monkey and its mother struggle to survive within the competitive social hierarchy of the Temple Troop, a dynamic group of monkeys who live in ancient ruins found deep in the storied jungles of South Asia.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:51

    Surfer Jay Moriarity sets out to ride the Northern California break known as Mavericks.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genredocumentary, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    This award-winning, thrilling story is about a group of discarded kids who revolutionized skateboarding and shaped the attitude and culture of modern day extreme sports. Featuring old skool skating footage, exclusive interviews and a blistering rock soundtrack, DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS captures the rise of the Zephyr skateboarding team from Venice's Dogtown, a tough "locals only" beach with a legacy of outlaw surfing.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genredrama, military
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:05

    A U.S. military troop takes command of a band of Burmese guerillas during World War II.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, adventure, military
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:57

    British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of the suppressed Thuggee cult. When Gunga Din tells the sergeants about a secret temple made of gold, the fortune-hunting Cutter is captured by the Thuggees, and it's up to his friends to rescue him.

    Markimdb: 1.6
    Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    On the 100th anniversary of the original voyage, a modern luxury liner christened "Titanic 2," follows the path of its namesake. But when a tsunami hurls an ice berg into the new ship's path, the passengers and crew must fight to avoid a similar fate.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genredocumentary, military
    CountryDenmark, Germany, France, United Kingdom, USA, Qatar, Syria

    Deep beneath the surface in the Syrian province of Ghouta, a group of female doctors have established an underground field hospital. Under the supervision of paediatrician Dr. Amani and her staff of doctors and nurses, hope is restored for some of the thousands of children and civilian victims of the ruthless Syrian civil war.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredocumentary, short
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:40

    The Living Sea celebrates the beauty and power of the ocean as it explores our relationship with this complex and fragile environment. Using beautiful images of unspoiled healthy waters, The Living Sea offers hope for recovery engendered by productive scientific efforts. Oceanographers studying humpback whales, jellyfish, and deep-sea life show us that the more we understand the ocean and its inhabitants, the more we will know how to protect them. The film also highlights the Central Pacific islands of Palau, one of the most spectacular underwater habitats in the world, to show the beauty and potential of a healthy ocean.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genreadventure, documentary, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:20

    Iconic 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 wrong-turns strike.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genredocumentary, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:15

    When National Geographic photographer James Balog asked, “How can one take a picture of climate change?” his attention was immediately drawn to ice. Soon he was asked to do a cover story on glaciers that became the most popular and well-read piece in the magazine during the last five years. But for Balog, that story marked the beginning of a much larger and longer-term project that would reach epic proportions.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genredocumentary, short
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:40

    A journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her two seven-month-old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:00

    Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama, adventure, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    This unhistorical account of pirate Captain Kidd revolves around treasure and treachery. In 1699, William Kidd, presenting himself as an honest shipmaster, dupes King William III into backing his mission to fight pirates, with a crew of condemned pirates and the promise of pardon.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreadventure, documentary
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:35

    This pulse-racing real-life adventure follows two of Australia's greatest surf legends on their quest to hunt down and ride the Pacific's biggest and most dangerous waves. With 3D cameras installed on their boards, Ross Clarke-Jones and Tom Carroll defy middle age by pushing the limits of what they — and cinema technology — can do. (TIFF)

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredocumentary, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    Uses astonishing visuals to tell the intersecting stories of George Mallory, the first man to attempt a summit of Mount Everest, and Conrad Anker, the mountaineer who finds Mallory's frozen remains 75 years later.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genreaction, drama, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    Three pro surfers - gifted Shane, once-great Mickey and rising young star Keoni travel to Madagascar, Bali and Hawaii in search for the ultimate wave.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrefantastic, drama
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration03:15

    The world has finally managed to blow itself up and only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction and a gigantic wave of radiation is floating in on the breezes. One American sub located in the Pacific has survived and is met with disdain by the Australians. The calculations of Australia's most renowned scientist says the country is doomed. However, one of his rivals says that he is wrong. He believes that a 1000 people can be relocated to the northern hemisphere, where his assumptions indicate the radiation levels may be lower. The American Captain is asked to take a mission to the north to determine which scientist is right.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrefamily, documentary
    CountryUSA, Botswana
    Duration01:28

    In Botswana's Okavango Delta, an ostracized lioness and her two cubs must fight alone to survive - overcoming all manner of hazards. Their only defense is to escape to Duba Island -- and with that, an unknown future. The setting for this epic tale is one of the last regions where lions can live in the wild. Faced with dwindling land and increasing pressure from hunting, lions - like our lone lioness and her cubs - are approaching the brink of extinction.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredocumentary
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    Described as being a film about determination, danger and the ocean’s greatest depths, James Cameron's "Deepsea Challenge 3D" tells the story of Cameron’s journey to fulfill his boyhood dream of becoming an explorer. The movie offers a unique insight into Cameron's world as he makes that dream reality – and makes history – by becoming the first person to travel solo to the deepest point on the planet.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:18

    After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genredrama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and leaves him stranded by himself on an uncharted island. Left to fend for himself, Crusoe seeks out a tentative survival on the island, until he meets Friday, a tribesman whom he saves from being sacrificed. Initially, Crusoe is thrilled to finally have a friend, but he has to defend himself against the tribe who uses the island to sacrifice tribesman to their gods. During time their relationship changes from master-slave to a mutual respected friendship despite their difference in culture and religion.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genreadventure
    CountryUSA

    On a tropical island vacation, a young boy's friendship with a playful and friendly dolphin helps him find the courage to get back in the water after the sudden loss of his mother.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genredocumentary, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    Artifact is a 2012 American documentary film directed by Jared Leto under the pseudonym of Bartholomew Cubbins, a recurring character in the Dr. Seuss universe. The film is a documentary about the making of the 30 Seconds to Mars album This Is War and the band's battle against record label EMI. Included in Artifact are several interviews, including the one with neurophysicist Daniel Levitin, author of the popular science book This Is Your Brain On Music. The film won the BlackBerry People's Choice Documentary Award at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrefantasy, adventure, family
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:52

      This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genreaction, adventure
      CountryUSA, Hungary
      Duration01:38

      Fourteen hundred years ago, a tormented soul walked the earth that was neither man nor god. Hercules was the powerful son of the god king Zeus, for this he received nothing but suffering his entire life. After twelve arduous labors and the loss of his family, this dark, world-weary soul turned his back on the gods finding his only solace in bloody battle. Over the years he warmed to the company of six similar souls, their only bond being their love of fighting and presence of death. These men and woman never question where they go to fight or why or whom, just how much they will be paid. Now the King of Thrace has hired these mercenaries to train his men to become the greatest army of all time. It is time for this bunch of lost souls to finally have their eyes opened to how far they have fallen when they must train an army to become as ruthless and blood thirsty as their reputation has become.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrethriller, drama, adventure
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Russia, USA
      Duration01:50

        A rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and desperation take control on-board their claustrophobic vessel, the increasing uncertainty of the mission causes the men to turn on each other to fight for their own survival.

        Markimdb: 3.8
        Genremusical, family, cartoon
        CountryUSA, South Korea
        Duration01:20

        Trained in the skills of sea power, Pi the fish can fight a shark, sink a squid or batter any random predator that ever threatens his friends and neighbors on the reef. Unfortunately, being the only hero in town can take its toll, especially when a group of sharks declares that the end of the reef is soon at hand.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genredrama, family, documentary
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:17

        A documentary that follows an Alaskan bear family as its young cubs are taught life's most important lessons.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genreaction, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:33

        A city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky - shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and without warning, the citizens find themselves prisoners and their town under enemy occupation. Determined to fight back, a group of young patriots seek refuge in the surrounding woods, training and reorganizing themselves into a guerrilla group of fighters. Taking inspiration from their high school mascot, they call themselves the Wolverines, banding together to protect one another, liberate their town from its captors, and take back their freedom.

        Markimdb: 4.1
        Genreaction, adventure, western, history
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:42

        In 1870s Texas, a ruthless bounty hunter and an Irish desperado flee the law with a young criminal claiming to possess a treasure more valuable than gold. Crossing paths with some of the West’s most notorious figures, the three outlaws fight for their lives in the pursuit of fame and fortune. Fueled by an ensemble cast and inspired by actual events, THE LEGEND OF HELL’S GATE blends legend and history into a Western spectacle that recounts a treacherous existence in post Civil War Texas.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genredrama, family
        CountryUSA

        After the unexpected death of his survivalist father, an eleven year old boy raised in the Alabama wilderness must learn how to make a home in the modern world.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genredocumentary, music, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration03:28

        Director Martin Scorsese profiles former Beatle George Harrison in this reverent portrait that mixes interviews and archival footage, featuring commentary from the likes of Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and Yoko Ono.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genredocumentary, biography, history, sport
        CountryUSA, Russia
        Duration01:24

        From Oscar and Emmy award winning filmmakers, Red Army highlights the Soviet Union's legendary and enigmatic hockey training culture and world-dominating team through the eyes of the team's Captain Slava Fetisov, following his shift from hockey star and celebrated national hero to political enemy. The film turns a unique lens on the social and cultural transformation of the Soviet Union leading up to the fall of Communism, mirroring the rise and fall of the Red Army team. A film by Gabe Polsky and Executive Producers Werner Herzog and Jerry Weintraub.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genreaction, thriller, crime
        CountryUSA, Japan
        Duration01:57

        In the coastal town of Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. The F.B.I. believes that the members of the gang could be surfers and send young agent Johnny Utah undercover at the beach to mix with the surfers and gather information.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genreaction, thriller, adventure, crime, sport
        CountryUSA, Canada, China, Germany, Austria, Italy
        Duration02:25

        A young undercover FBI agent infiltrates a gang of thieves who share a common interest in extreme sports. A remake of the 1991 film, "Point Break".

        Markimdb: 3.2
        Genreaction, comedy
        CountryUSA

        The stars of Starship Troopers are back in action! Mike (Casper Van Dien) decides to hit the road on his refurbished classic motorcycle along with best buddy Alex (Patrick Muldoon), but their trek takes a surprising turn when they become involved in a plan involving political blackmail, corruption, and dirty money. Carrying evidence that could get them killed at any minute, the boys are chased on the open road but turn their skills to their own advantage. William Forsythe (Raising Arizona) and Theresa Russell (Wild Things) also star in this gun-blazing, rip-roaring adventure from the director of Every Which Way But Loose you’ll never forget!

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genredocumentary, history
        CountryCanada, USA, France, Germany, United Kingdom
        Duration01:30

        Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrefamily, documentary
        CountryUSA, France
        Duration01:28

        With a team of the world's foremost historic and marine experts as well as friend Bill Paxton, James Cameron embarks on an unscripted adventure back to the wreck of the Titanic where nearly 1,500 souls lost their lives almost a century ago.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genredocumentary, military
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:25

        With unprecedented access, this documentary follows the extraordinary journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently”—a group of anonymous citizen journalists who banded together after their homeland was overtaken by ISIS—as they risk their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today.

        Markimdb: 2.6
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:21

        Jackson Slate, famous treasure hunter, is out to find the legendary Lost Gold Of Cortez in the open waters off a secluded island in the Caribbean Sea. Using dynamite to blast his way through centuries of silt, new chasms are created reaching miles below the ancient ocean floor. From here, an ancient evil is released, that quickly, savagely, and without warning, destroys Jackson s boat and kills his crew. The sole survivor of the carnage, Jackson teams up with marine biologist, Sarah, to venture back to the site and investigate the horrific events. They extract an egg from the darkest depths of the ocean and take it back to the lab to investigate. But when it hatches, they realise they have awaken a deadly prehistoric monster, the P-Rex, which will stop at nothing until the entire island is destroyed...

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genreadventure, military, history
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:15

        During World War II, Captain Cassidy and his crew of submariners are ordered into Tokyo Bay on a secret mission. They are to gather information in advance of the planned bombing of Tokyo. Along the way, the crew learn about each other as they face the enemy and some of them lose their lives.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genreaction, drama
        CountryUSA, Peru

        A young California surfer has to grow up in a hurry when he is thrown into a Peruvian political prison in 1980.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genredocumentary
        CountryFrance
        Duration01:34

        Dive into our planet's greatest mysteries with a team of international underwater cinematographers as they explore the breathtaking bond between humanity and the ocean.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genreadventure, documentary
        CountryUSA
        Duration00:40

        Born to Be Wild observes various orphaned jungle animals and their day-to-day behavioural interactions with the individuals who rescue them and raise them to adulthood. The film unfurls in two separate geographic spheres. Half of it takes place in the rain forests of Borneo, where celebrated primatologist Dr. Birute Galdikas assists baby orangutans; the other half takes place on the arid savannahs of Kenya, where zoologist Dame Daphne Sheldrick works with baby elephant calves.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genredocumentary, sport
        CountryCanada
        Duration01:14

        From the makers of All.I.Can comes the new feature film Into the Mind. Blur the lines between dream state and reality, as you perceive the world through the minds of many. Into the Mind contemplates the experiences passed between mentors and peers to paint a philosophical portrait of human kind. What drives us to overcome challenge? How do we justify risk? What forces are at the core of a mountain addiction? Unique athlete segments over a multitude of mountain sport genres depict the connectivity of Earth, and window into never-seen-before moments. Explore how we begin our perception of self, construct the foundations of confidence, and are ultimately led up the path of self-actualization.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:35

        In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right.

        Markimdb: 3.2
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:34

        In the midst of a tropical storm, the crew of an offshore oil rig must survive the rampage of a creature after invading its undersea habitat.

        Markimdb: 3.4
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
        CountryUSA

        After Air Force One goes down during a storm over the Bermuda Triangle, the United States Navy is dispatched to find the escape pod holding the President. A giant monster beneath the ocean awakens and attacks the fleet.




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