Best (Old School) Skateboarding Films
Since skateboarding has been featured on popular videogames, later becoming an olympic sport - a controversial subject - it lost much of its rebellious appeal. Things were very different back in the days. Which skateboard-themed feature film or documentary is your favorite? Discuss the poll here
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- DirectorGraeme CliffordStarsChristian SlaterSteven BauerRichard HerdA young avid skateboarder uncovers a conspiracy while investigating his adoptive brother's mysterious death.
- DirectorDavid WintersStarsJosh BrolinRobert RuslerPamela GidleyTwo skateboarding gangs battle each other for supremacy, and a member of one gang falls in love with the sister of his rival.
- DirectorStacy PeraltaStarsSean PennJay AdamsTony AlvaDocumentary about the pioneering 1970s Zephyr skating team.
- DirectorStacy PeraltaStarsChris BorstSteve CaballeroAdrian DemainThe Bones Brigade skate their way across America in search of legendary skater, Won Ton Animal Chin. The missing skater remains elusive, but the crew journey from Hawaii to Vegas and realise that Animal Chin is alive in them all.
- DirectorHelen SticklerStarsMark 'Gator' RogowskiStacy PeraltaTony HawkA documentary exploring the rise and fall of 80s skateboard legend Mark "Gator" Rogowski.
- DirectorStacy PeraltaStarsSteve CaballeroAdrian DemainTony HawkThe first of several skateboarding videos produced by the Powell Peralta company, and showcases members of the Bones Brigade skateboarding team, including Steve Caballero, Tony Hawk, Mike McGill, Lance Mountain, Rodney Mullen, Stacy Peralta, and Per Welinder.
- DirectorCatherine HardwickeStarsHeath LedgerEmile HirschVictor RasukThe film follows the surf and skateboarding trends that originated in Venice, California during the 1970s.
- DirectorChris CarmichaelStarsWayne BartholomewLarry BertlemannIan CairnsThe world's first full-length skate movie featuring pioneers of skate and surf from the golden era.
- DirectorStacy PeraltaStarsTony AlvaSteve CaballeroFred DurstWhen six teenage boys came together as a skateboarding team in the 1980s, they reinvented not only their chosen sport but themselves too - as they evolved from insecure outsiders to the most influential athletes in the field.
- DirectorScott DittrichStarsStacy PeraltaCamille DarrinRussell HowellStacy Perlata and Camille Darrin share a passion for their lifestyle of skateboarding. Camille narrates the film, and the two of them travel to various places in California with his friends.
- DirectorRobert McGinleyStarsRobert McGinleyMegan MurphySteven Jesse BernsteinSkateboarder named Orpheus and friends go to Hell to stop television signals that are brainwashing America.
- DirectorStacy PeraltaStarsRay BarbeeChris BorstJake BradleyA parade of skaters fly by - Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen, Tommy Guerrero and others.
- DirectorStacy PeraltaStarsNeil BlenderSteve CaballeroEric CastroThe second of the legendary Bones Brigade Videos. The first video caught viewers up on what had been going on in the world of skating, and Future Primitive VHS continues the story.
- DirectorGeorge GageStarsAllen GarfieldKathleen LloydLeif GarrettA Hollywood agent finds himself in debt to a powerful bookie. To make a fast buck, he creates a team of exceptionally talented skateboarders and enters them in a downhill race. If they win, they will get $20,000.
- DirectorJulian PenaStarsHuck AndressGregg AyresRay BanWhen a reporter too laid-back for his own good is told his last chance to keep his job is to get some good photos for a story on skateboarding, he seeks out a group of four boarders who agree to take him on a skateboarding tour of California. After showing extensive footage of skateboarding moves and tricks, the film then goes on to show some surfing and snowboarding. The film is also bookended by a pair of animated shorts, both about skateboard racing.