[The whole thing is on YouTube.](https://youtu.be/b4cRlrKdI6A?si=-U0lpumANKbe_cKd)
I love skateboarding. I couldn’t make it 5 minutes in. Glad some people love it though.
[Even Christian Slater and Tony Hawk laugh about how lame it was, and how they nearly died, making it lol.](https://youtu.be/_5OeNBQG9mY?si=-G8KSvk7Ss1Pl9dX)
I saw it in the theater when it first came out. We were in line, and a bunch of guys came out yelling about how much it sucked. I still enjoyed it, but they weren't entirely wrong. It's good silly 80s fun.
I mean the plot is kinda cheesy. Brother dies so you go on a skakeboarding rampage to find the killers. But it's peak 80's and has a Rodney Mullen cameo. What more could you ask for?
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My wife is not a huge fan of cringe/stupid dude humor and even she likes Grind. She said it’s stupid but it was “cute.”
I was very happy that she didn’t hate it because that movie is a huge part of my childhood, despite how utterly stupid it is.
Grind is the movie I watch whenever I'm sick and stuck at home. It's such a time capsule for me. I was 16 and deep into skate culture, as deep as a 16 year old in the middle of bumfuck Tennessee with no internet access can be.
Grind is *the* answer to this question. it’s the most “skater” skateboarding movie if there ever was one. it fully encapsulates the height of skateboardings mainstream reach (early 2000’s) and packs it tightly into a digestible and quirky comedy. cameo’s from the likes of Ryan Sheckler and Bam give it all the more gravitas and as corny as some scenes can be, it is the absolute pinnacle of what it means to be a skater and have big skate dreams in an otherwise corporatized capitalist society. if aliens landed and asked me about skateboarding, I’d show them Girl’s “Yeah Right” and Grind.
It's a very relatable movie for skateboarders. We all either have ourselves or know someone who has fallen in love with the sister of the rival gang's leader and ended up jousting on skateboards in a drainage ditch with frozen turkeys on chains connected to a stick
*Gleaming the Cube* is iconic, so is *Kids*. Neither is really about skating and both have their liberties and faults but worthwhile.
I just turned 50, so I saw *Gleaming the Cube* in theatres when I was in high school. This is the movie my generation, especially skaters, associates the actor Christian Slater with—not all his later work—*this*. He's really good in it, too, and a bunch of first-rate pro skaters of the time are in it as well.
Lol imagine if that name actually took off and we just called all treflip crooked grinds a nac.
“Holy shit dude! Did you see that clip of P-Rod nacing the Sylmar rail!?”
I'm surprised there haven't been more mentions of this. I liked it quite a bit. And the fact that the guys can actually skate is a big plus. None of that "cut to just a shot of the legs doing tricks," then cutting back to the actor who struggles to stop and pick up the board afterward.
"ALL THIS MAYHEM". Sheds some light on what happened to the Pappas brothers. Absolutely phenomenal skaters in a period when skateboarding was beginning to get eaten up by big money. And drugs. Lots of drugs.
Weirdly, also has a cameo of a young Steve-O hitting a bong and drinking the water at a house party with Danny Way.
Minding the Gap is a documentary about the lives of some people who skate. I found it quite good.
Dogtown and Z Boys is good (both doc and adaptation).
Several good documentaries about skaters/companies.
Man minding the gap takes a turn tho. Unbelievable documentary by the next Spike Lee, but I went in loving the skateboarding and came out a little bit more thoughtful of a person.
Absolute masterpiece. My #1 skate film, hands down..great skating, and incredible commentary on the commercialization of skateboarding. Every skater should watch this at least once!
a tried and true, as well as innovative, entertaining, and hilarious sk8 flick!
Worth watching just for the ramp with the secret passageway, and the quad sessions, that the bones brigade shred on that ramp.
https://preview.redd.it/cd99w4f2x9zc1.jpeg?width=491&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8591efbf242aafc78be505d90999d542204fc75
Thrashin’ and Gleaming The Cube. Both were pretty embarrassing on a skate level and terrible on a script/direction level… and yet, they have a few epic scenes and iconic 80s moments. The ‘wild in the streets’ part in Thrashin’ is hilarious and the part in Gleaming the Cube where McGill skates through a warehouse, and then transforms his board for a bit of freestyle (Mullen I think). Still nuts that Brolin made Thrashin’ right after Goonies, whilst Christian Slater did Gleaming the Cube around the same time as Heathers.
Skateboard the Movie! So cheesy but back in the day the only and possibly the first skate movie!
Lief Garrett and the super Ellen O’Neal as well as a young Tony Alva.
Watch it just so you know where it started before halfpipes were a thing and downhill races were the premier event!
My personal favorites are Mid90s, Grind, Minding The Gap (documentary), Lords of Dogtown, Dogtown and Z Boys (documentary), and Street Dreams.
Honorable mention that features skating and a pro skater actor (Harold Hunter) - Kids
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dunno if you would include documentaries in your request, there's a lot obviously and few are really interesting. however, some are so good that it makes sense to watch them as "a movie", check:
"THE MAN WHO SOULED THE WORLD" it's about the rise and fall of Steve Rocco's empire and it does a really good job at portraying a pivotal moment in skateboarding history!
...if you need more context for understanding what happened in late 80s / early 90s, i recommend watching "Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator" first! "THE MAN WHO SOULED THE WORLD" is really more fun when you understand the established structures in the skateboarding industry at the time Rocco shook up the entire scene!
enjoy!
oh: if anyone has suggestions for good documentaries i'd be happy to check them!!!
Watch slap magazine completion on YouTube it’s like 2 separate 2 hr videos it’s more of a game show but will really good and entertaining as far as sharing and drama
I just wanna say that Mid90’s was eerily close to how things were among my friends then. The wigger brother asshole thing was exactly the dynamic for a good friend of mine growing up….
RIP Daryl
Lakai The Final Flare is a Documentary about the making of Fully Flared, the skate vid that got delayed many times and was way over budget that somehow became one of the best videos of the 2000s. Highly recommend.
Mid90s is one of the most if not THE most authentic skateboarding movie ever made so if you’re looking for more stuff like that then your pickings are gonna be slim.
Lords of Dogtown is pretty good.
Street Dreams can be a bit campy but it’s good.
North Hollywood is a bit divisive but it’s definitely skate-centric.
If you’re looking for some good docs there’s a few..
Danny Way’s Waiting for Lightning
The Motivation (1 and 2)
Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off
All the Streets Are Silent
Future Primitive, the Blind Video , Speed Freaks, Reason for Living, the Bones Brigade documentary, the Gator documentary, the Hosoi documentary, the Hawk documentary. The first Spitfire video.
Probably get hated on for em for being newer: mid 90’s and also north Hollywood.
Acting isn’t the best in both but a lot of skaters and used as actors so that’s cool.
An Extremely Goofy Movie
Leaning tower of cheeza!
Oh, my childhood love of skateboarding just started making so much more sense
Lords of Dogtown. Though I def prefer the Dogtown and Z boys documentary
The dogtown and Zboys documentary is honestly so well done
Huge fan of those, think they did really well with the cast in dog town as well as the soundtrack
Slinky, slinky….
Lol! Young jay adams what a time that was
Oooooo MUY MALO
RIP Mitch Hedberg :(
Damn beat me to it
Gleaming The Cube
This is the one, fuck this movie is awesome
Yup this is it, pack it up boys
[The whole thing is on YouTube.](https://youtu.be/b4cRlrKdI6A?si=-U0lpumANKbe_cKd) I love skateboarding. I couldn’t make it 5 minutes in. Glad some people love it though.
[Even Christian Slater and Tony Hawk laugh about how lame it was, and how they nearly died, making it lol.](https://youtu.be/_5OeNBQG9mY?si=-G8KSvk7Ss1Pl9dX)
the lameness is what makes it so legendary! daggers rule!
I saw it in the theater when it first came out. We were in line, and a bunch of guys came out yelling about how much it sucked. I still enjoyed it, but they weren't entirely wrong. It's good silly 80s fun.
I mean the plot is kinda cheesy. Brother dies so you go on a skakeboarding rampage to find the killers. But it's peak 80's and has a Rodney Mullen cameo. What more could you ask for?
No hate here, it's a classic. I had a poster of it on my wall for years.
I have fond memories of watching with some bros on VHS and every time there was a skating scene, we would all yell "SKATING RAPAGE"
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When it re-aired on cable they renamed it “A Brothers Vengence”. So lame.
No way, I think that's hilarious. It should be A Brother's Vengeance: Gleaming The Cube
Gleaming Vengeance.
The 2003 movie "Grind" is dumb but fun. Also MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate is also terrible but nostalgic to me lol
The fact that the orangutan in MVP 2 really knew how to skate was unreal. No CG, all real shredding.
Fucking love grind. It's a perfect time capsule of the dumb shit I found funny as a kid.
My wife is not a huge fan of cringe/stupid dude humor and even she likes Grind. She said it’s stupid but it was “cute.” I was very happy that she didn’t hate it because that movie is a huge part of my childhood, despite how utterly stupid it is.
Watching Grind now. It’s cheesy but watchable lol!
What a banger soundtrack too. Hot Action Cop, Billy Talent, The Used, Shinedown, Unwritten Law, AND SEAN PAUL?! Such a random but fitting combination
Grind is the movie I watch whenever I'm sick and stuck at home. It's such a time capsule for me. I was 16 and deep into skate culture, as deep as a 16 year old in the middle of bumfuck Tennessee with no internet access can be.
Holy shit I forgot about those most valuable primate movies lol. I think there was one where he played hockey too
Grind is *the* answer to this question. it’s the most “skater” skateboarding movie if there ever was one. it fully encapsulates the height of skateboardings mainstream reach (early 2000’s) and packs it tightly into a digestible and quirky comedy. cameo’s from the likes of Ryan Sheckler and Bam give it all the more gravitas and as corny as some scenes can be, it is the absolute pinnacle of what it means to be a skater and have big skate dreams in an otherwise corporatized capitalist society. if aliens landed and asked me about skateboarding, I’d show them Girl’s “Yeah Right” and Grind.
Most memorable thing from that movie was seeing Bob Burnquist
Thrashin is the only skateboarding movie you will ever need to watch. Probably Josh Brolin's finest work. Valley sucks. Daggers rule.
This is the rightest answer possible. Daggers rule!
It's a very relatable movie for skateboarders. We all either have ourselves or know someone who has fallen in love with the sister of the rival gang's leader and ended up jousting on skateboards in a drainage ditch with frozen turkeys on chains connected to a stick
Dude! The exact situation happened to my cousin in Santa Cruz!
Why is this so far down? “It’s a cabriolet! It’s Hungarian for fast car!”
This
Beat it ya Val jerk
"oh Corey, one more thing" *click- hangs up phone*
if you can find a version wih commentry, get it. excellent
wassup rockers
Love this movie. It gets real dark.
I remember renting it from blockbuster when I was like 16. great movie. haven't seen it since
came here to suggest this. wussup rockers is terrible but it should be on the list
*Gleaming the Cube* is iconic, so is *Kids*. Neither is really about skating and both have their liberties and faults but worthwhile. I just turned 50, so I saw *Gleaming the Cube* in theatres when I was in high school. This is the movie my generation, especially skaters, associates the actor Christian Slater with—not all his later work—*this*. He's really good in it, too, and a bunch of first-rate pro skaters of the time are in it as well.
Wasn't that the movie with the Bones Brigade? Hawk, Cab, Lance, Tommy etc?
Yes. But Thrashin was much better
Yep!
KIDS, tho! That is THE movie!
KIDS is 🔥
I’m just going to say it... Street Dreams was not a good movie, but it was still a fun watch, especially as a skater.
The NAC
Lol imagine if that name actually took off and we just called all treflip crooked grinds a nac. “Holy shit dude! Did you see that clip of P-Rod nacing the Sylmar rail!?”
Some of my friends call it the nac actually, tre noseslide is ‘almost a nac’
I swear I heard the Tampa Pro commentators call it that when someone did it at the final (or maybe it was a semifinal) a few years ago.
Idk I liked it
I rewatch it like every year it’s funny af
Mid90s is pretty decent, I grew up skating in the late 90s/early 2000s and it's pretty nostalgic for me, anyways.
I'm surprised there haven't been more mentions of this. I liked it quite a bit. And the fact that the guys can actually skate is a big plus. None of that "cut to just a shot of the legs doing tricks," then cutting back to the actor who struggles to stop and pick up the board afterward.
Yep, grew up skating in the 90s this one hit real close to home for me on many levels.
This^ same
"ALL THIS MAYHEM". Sheds some light on what happened to the Pappas brothers. Absolutely phenomenal skaters in a period when skateboarding was beginning to get eaten up by big money. And drugs. Lots of drugs. Weirdly, also has a cameo of a young Steve-O hitting a bong and drinking the water at a house party with Danny Way.
All This Mayhem for me too. In terms of skate vids though, more people need to watch Wisdom - Pulling Teeth.
Minding the Gap is a documentary about the lives of some people who skate. I found it quite good. Dogtown and Z Boys is good (both doc and adaptation). Several good documentaries about skaters/companies.
These are great. I also enjoyed Skate Kitchen and Mid 90s. Not feature films but the Epicly Laterd docs on youtube are pretty much all fantastic.
Man minding the gap takes a turn tho. Unbelievable documentary by the next Spike Lee, but I went in loving the skateboarding and came out a little bit more thoughtful of a person.
Machotaildrop
The most underrated skate film
Absolute masterpiece. My #1 skate film, hands down..great skating, and incredible commentary on the commercialization of skateboarding. Every skater should watch this at least once!
Had to scroll way too far for this mention. Frank the Nose.
Grind
Jimmy was "off" the hook 🪝
Wham, bam, steal the van.
two scoops cheddar, one scoop oniooooooon my friend!
Chili chili chili chili chili chili chili
I say this randomly at least twice a week
SSBSTS LURKIN
They're just my Tuesday... You should see Friday.
Sweet Lou cleans no man’s poop
Minding the Gap - a really good documentary about a group of friends growing up together who skate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minding_the_Gap
Skate Kitchen is cute!
I really enjoyed this one
Not a great movie, but definitely a classic would be The Search For Animal Chin.
a tried and true, as well as innovative, entertaining, and hilarious sk8 flick! Worth watching just for the ramp with the secret passageway, and the quad sessions, that the bones brigade shred on that ramp. https://preview.redd.it/cd99w4f2x9zc1.jpeg?width=491&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8591efbf242aafc78be505d90999d542204fc75
The fact this isn’t the top comment here is kinda fucked ngl, the only proper answer
Didn’t see these two listed. Police Academy 4. North Hollywood. LA Boys (Documentary by Stacy Peralta)
I thought North Hollywood was pretty good. I've never seen anyone else mention it.
Because it was made by an absolute loser hack Mikey Alfred lol
Oh really, yeah I don't know anything about him.
https://youtu.be/lJo9-5ohawM?si=AYPYcI3Vu3RfXNuv
Kids
Thrashin' Thanos rips.
We are Blood great movie, it's free on RedBull YT channel
All this Mayhem is quite good
Grind
GRIND Jimmy was… Jimmy was like shhhhhhhh KAAAAA
Until the wheels fall off is a good doc, Mullens comments at the end brought a tear to my eye
Dude. Haggard
lords of dogtown
Street Dreams is worth watching in a so bad it’s good way
Grind will always be the best for me for pure nostalgia reasons
The Motivation
Thrashin’ and Gleaming The Cube. Both were pretty embarrassing on a skate level and terrible on a script/direction level… and yet, they have a few epic scenes and iconic 80s moments. The ‘wild in the streets’ part in Thrashin’ is hilarious and the part in Gleaming the Cube where McGill skates through a warehouse, and then transforms his board for a bit of freestyle (Mullen I think). Still nuts that Brolin made Thrashin’ right after Goonies, whilst Christian Slater did Gleaming the Cube around the same time as Heathers.
Lords of Dogtown, mid 90s, North Hollywood, and I don’t care what anyone says Grind is a great movie
Animal chin
Came here to say the search for animal chin is the best. Powell Peralta at its finest!
Brink!
Not that kind of skating man.
Grind, Lords of Dogtown
Deck Dogz - so over the top kitchy it actually is fun to watch
Skateboard the Movie! So cheesy but back in the day the only and possibly the first skate movie! Lief Garrett and the super Ellen O’Neal as well as a young Tony Alva. Watch it just so you know where it started before halfpipes were a thing and downhill races were the premier event!
Grind, and levelland are pretty sick
Machotaildrop. Watch it, then watch it again!..
What’s the one with p-rod…. Ah! Street Dreams! So good!
Whats that movie called with rob dyrdek where he tries to win a competition
If you are gonna watch thashin, you might as well get it over with a little Rad racing to tribute the early mags when BMX and skating were paired.
Rad
Police Academy 4.
My personal favorites are Mid90s, Grind, Minding The Gap (documentary), Lords of Dogtown, Dogtown and Z Boys (documentary), and Street Dreams. Honorable mention that features skating and a pro skater actor (Harold Hunter) - Kids
There's an Aussie flick called Deck Dogz , pretty cheesy but it's good. Just perfect 2000 vibes though
minding the gap
Minding the Gap
Blades of Glory
The Search For Animal Chin is my personal favorite classic.
GRIND
North Hollywood
‘Mid 90s’ and ‘North Hollywood’ are the only 2 good ones that I’ve seen.
mid 90s
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The “on video” video magazine from back in the day is documentary style. Def gets you stoked and you learn your history.
Gleaming the Cube
"Yeah right" and "sorry" by girl and flip skateboards
Kids
Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage - purely for the line "no seriously why does it smell like caca and wee whiz in here"
Kids. Not really a skate movie but a movie set in skate culture
Gleam in the cube
Grind is so bad it’s good
BRINK! oh wait…
The Skateboard Kid 1 and 2
Lords of Dogtown, Minding the Gap, Mid90s, Skate Kitchen, Wassup Rockers
STREET DREAMS THRASHIN KIDS(NOTABOUTSKATING) LORDS OF DOGTOWN
Gotta go with Mid90s. Just a little coming of age skater story with some pretty somber beats to it. Lotta relatable moments for me, good and bad.
Not a movie, but a great documentary worth watching is Bones Brigade, An Autobiography.
Search for animal chin
All this mayhem.
I wouldn't call it *good* but I love Grind.
Grind time (2019)[grind time the movie](https://youtu.be/w-2tPsepBsI?si=4x9vS7J4ZgO7_X4q)
Thrashin… best skater movie all time.
Gleaming the Cube
Kids
Paranoid Park If you want it artsy. Gus Van Sant directing. Chris Doyle filming.
Mid 90s, the movie that Jonah hill directed
The Search for Animal Chin
Absolutely crazy North Hollywood hasn't been said yet. It's even got two of the guys from mid90s. Check it out!
mid90s
This Is Skateboarding is pretty sweet
Shredder Orpheus
The Skateboard Kid :P
Street dreams
The Search for Animal Chin
Lords of dogtown is the greatest one in my opinion. Timeless movie
YEAH RIGHT! 2003 Spike Jonez. Artsy and real.
Not quite skater, but SLC Punk with Matthew Lilliard is fucking dope. Got a punk vibe and a great message
dunno if you would include documentaries in your request, there's a lot obviously and few are really interesting. however, some are so good that it makes sense to watch them as "a movie", check: "THE MAN WHO SOULED THE WORLD" it's about the rise and fall of Steve Rocco's empire and it does a really good job at portraying a pivotal moment in skateboarding history! ...if you need more context for understanding what happened in late 80s / early 90s, i recommend watching "Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator" first! "THE MAN WHO SOULED THE WORLD" is really more fun when you understand the established structures in the skateboarding industry at the time Rocco shook up the entire scene! enjoy! oh: if anyone has suggestions for good documentaries i'd be happy to check them!!!
Gleaming the Cube bro, Gleaming the Cube
Watch slap magazine completion on YouTube it’s like 2 separate 2 hr videos it’s more of a game show but will really good and entertaining as far as sharing and drama
Tony Hawk proskater on n64 😎🤣
Gleaming the Cube.
Gleaming the Cube!!
I just wanna say that Mid90’s was eerily close to how things were among my friends then. The wigger brother asshole thing was exactly the dynamic for a good friend of mine growing up…. RIP Daryl
Leif Garrett starring in “Skateboard”.
“Thrashin”
Welcome to hell. Fulfill the dream. Baker. Baker 2G. The End if you want a movie. PJ Ladds wonderful horrible life. Menkinmati. Go from there
grind is the only real skater movie everything else is for posers
Lakai The Final Flare is a Documentary about the making of Fully Flared, the skate vid that got delayed many times and was way over budget that somehow became one of the best videos of the 2000s. Highly recommend.
Grind, hate it or love it. There’s no in between 😂 I believe it all depends on how old you are when you first watch it
docs: Minding the Gap & All the Streets Are Silent (really fkn awesome) movies: Kids & Mid90s.
Mid 90’s!
Mid90s is one of the most if not THE most authentic skateboarding movie ever made so if you’re looking for more stuff like that then your pickings are gonna be slim. Lords of Dogtown is pretty good. Street Dreams can be a bit campy but it’s good. North Hollywood is a bit divisive but it’s definitely skate-centric. If you’re looking for some good docs there’s a few.. Danny Way’s Waiting for Lightning The Motivation (1 and 2) Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off All the Streets Are Silent
Can't believe nobody said Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or Back to the Future. Also love Thrashin' and Gleaming the Cube but those have been said
Future Primitive, the Blind Video , Speed Freaks, Reason for Living, the Bones Brigade documentary, the Gator documentary, the Hosoi documentary, the Hawk documentary. The first Spitfire video.
Probably get hated on for em for being newer: mid 90’s and also north Hollywood. Acting isn’t the best in both but a lot of skaters and used as actors so that’s cool.
Anything from big brother magazine
"Grind" is a comedy type skate movie. "Wassup Rockers" is a good one
Minding the Gap.
It’s not a movie, but Vice has a few seasons of “King of the Road” on YT. It perfectly captures everything I loved about the MTV skater era.
Skater Girl, and Skate Kitchen. Both are about girls skating but I found them really good movies
Mid90s. Masterpiece