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10 Best Movies Like The Surfer

If you loved The Surfer, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold

The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold

2006★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Surfer for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two ice skaters develop a love-hate relationship while dreaming of Olympic glory....

#2
Mindhorn

Mindhorn

2016★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Surfer for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with...

#3
Alone

Alone

2017★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Surfer for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Five kids wake up in a world where everybody has disappeared....

#4
A Wish for Christmas

A Wish for Christmas

2016★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Surfer for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Sara Shaw is the type of woman who prefers to sit on the sidelines at work, but when her big idea for a Christmas initiative is stolen, she makes a wish to Santa that she'll finall...

#5
The Wild Chicks and Life

The Wild Chicks and Life

2009★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Surfer for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The Wild Chicks are slowly growing out of their youthful gang years and have to face the worries of growing up on the sidelines of a big class trip before graduation....

#6
The Great Gilly Hopkins

The Great Gilly Hopkins

2015★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Surfer for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother....