Top 10 Extreme Sports Movies

these flicks are exciting to the extreme

welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're

counting down our picks for the top ten

extreme sports movies for this list

we're looking at movies that heavily

feature extreme sports in one way or

another racing films like Rush were not

up for consideration as they could make

the basis for another list on another

day

but documentaries are eligible we will

be talking about the plots of the films

so this is your spoiler alert that way

was huge I wouldn't have done she was

perfectly positioned on walls to really

charge it number 10 Brad

think being a student is hard try being

a student and a BMX racer that's got to

decide whether to take his SATs or to

take the chance to win fame and fortune

in the hell track qualifying races since

this list is about extreme sports movies

we're sure you can guess what choice

protagonists ku Jones makes

however thanks to the two-faced

President of the Federation of American

Bicyclists who's got a ton of obstacles

to overcome before he could finally

participate and while critics may have

hated this sports drama audiences loved

it and that's in no small part due to

the thrilling freestyle bike stunts

which rad showcases both on and off the

track number nine Blue Crush that's

pretty awesome you know perfect humanity

is capable of a great many beautiful

things but this big-screen combination

of several attractive actresses with

what might be the most spiritual of

sports may just make the top ten of such

a list

unlike many previous major motion

pictures featuring the sport this movie

took great efforts to ensure the surfing

we saw appears legitimate just be

patient don't get too anxious it's for

way of sets with 20 second intervals

take your time portraying the strengths

of everyone who tries his or her hand at

the sport and the extra uphill climb

women sometimes face in that world Blue

Crush clearly sought to get it right

that's a rail

and the fact that it doubled its budget

at the box office proved it number eight

cliffhanger it should be every

filmmakers greatest hope that he or she

can portray a fraction of the emotion

this movie's opening moments encompass

beginning with the untimely death of a

woman who depends on the aid of our hero

to ensure her survival this

action-adventure flick immediately hooks

us with the brief moment in which

sarah's glove has ripped off but she

hasn't yet begun to fall the suspense

here is utterly excruciating

and years later when Sylvester

Stallone's Gabe stands against a group

of criminals

it's his mountain climbing abilities

that set him against his adversaries go

fetch wonder dog while not perfectly

accurate to the sport cliffhanger is

engaging enough to let us overlook its

flaws as it's critical and commercial

success demonstrated number 7 whip it a

little piece of advice bliss don't fall

for your regional manager and think that

he's not going to give you crabs because

he cheated on you because it happens

Ellen Page is not the actress that

instantly comes to mind when you think

of the word extreme but in this

comedy-drama she does a magnificent job

of taking part in a sport that fits the

word perfectly congratulations you still

suck directed by Drew Barrymore in what

is Barrymore's first ever full-length

feature as a director whip-it is

evidence that the famous actress should

try her hand again in the role of

filmmaker

you've been whipped putting on a pair of

rollerskates and traveling in a

concentric circle may seem innocent

enough but after seeing these gifted

on-screen athletes we think sitting in

the spectator seats may be the more

appealing option I don't wanna beat your

asses rumors

I wanna betray us on the track in this

case number 6

Everest here my friends are following in

the very footsteps of history with a

cast including the likes of John Hawkes

Robin Wright Keira Knightley Emily

Watson and Jake Gyllenhaal it shouldn't

be surprising that this mountain

climbing film stood out

human beings simply aren't built to

function at the cruising altitude of a

747 our bodies will be literally dying

Everest is another beast all together

featuring multiple expeditions to our

planet's most famous peak which is an

amazing feat all its own this tale of

adventure soon turns into one of

survival and one that strikes at

humanity's core they see a regular guy

can follow impossible dreams maybe

they'll do the same excited by critics

for its impressive visuals Everest

arguably brought the actual sport of

mountain climbing to life better than

ever before

number five dog town and z-boys were

really living in the moment there were

no goals there were no aspirations when

the Zephyr skateboard team or z-boys was

first introduced to the skateboarding

world as a whole they brought a

rebellious and beautiful spirit to it

that hadn't been seen before they didn't

seem like they were a part of the rest

of skateboarding it seemed like they had

their own thing going on the tale of

this troubled troupe of adolescence that

changed the sport forever was adapted

into the film Lords of Dogtown in 2005

but it's this documentary dog town and

z-boys directed by one of the z-boys

preeminent members stacy peralta

that tells the story in a way only an

insider could thanks to the level of

access his peers granted him when school

riding came in you know that's a Paul

that we wanted to do number four

touching the void

included in PBS's list of the greatest

documentaries ever made this film won a

BAFTA for Best British film and beat out

far more famous movies in doing so go to

make decisions go to keep making

decisions even if they're wrong

decisions you know if you don't make

decisions you stuff by focusing on two

men who summit a mountain in the

Peruvian Andes by taking a route that

had never previously been conquered only

to find themselves in a battle of life

and death on the way down this film is

not to be missed this is just a horrible

feeling of dread by this stage I

strongly felt that Jared had been killed

the previous day and that now I was

going to die as some sort of Foreman you

know retribution climaxing when one of

the climbers is forced to choose between

risking his own survival to save his

compatriot or to cut him loose the

mountaineering movie had the stakes set

high with its rewards even greater

you're gonna be doing well if either of

us get out of this now number three the

walk

when you combine the ample acting

ability and charisma of Joseph

gordon-levitt

with truly amazing effects brought to

beautiful life in glorious 3d the

results truly amaze based on the story

of famed artist Philip curtseyed and his

tightrope walk between the World Trade

Centers Twin Towers that was previously

introduced to audiences through the men

on wire documentary this story was

ready-made for Hollywood

pulling off a feat that would terrify

nearly anyone to his or her very core

and on a very important landmark no less

robert zemeckis film is an impressive

balancing act unto itself

number two riding Giants if you make

haste in a takeoff your odds of you

making that wave are very low

another film directed by Z boy Stacy

Peralta this documentary takes all of

the skill and artistry he learned while

bringing his skating teams past to

celluloid and perfects it he wanted to

ride the biggest wave did anybody in

ever ridden

he turns photographs into moving moments

of life and brings together one of the

most entertaining stories of big wave

surfers to glorious fruition meaning

every second of this film is a treasure

so I reach around and grab my leash and

climb it back to the top back to the

surface watching an unparalleled

specimen like Laird Hamilton being towed

into cascading water of incredible

heights without flinching is tantamount

to a religious experience in August of

2000 Hamilton took another giant leap by

writing a way of so treacherous and so

outrageous that it affected the course

of big-wave surfing history whether

you're a surfboard veteran or a virgin

the danger and storytelling of riding

giants is likely to entertain everyone

today's a day before we reveal our

number one pick here are some honorable

mentions

athletes are used to winning because

they're exercising their strengths so

all the sudden when they are left

without their strength they have to

explore their weakness

number one Point Break I am going deals

surfers skydivers and bank robbers the

men in this early 90s classic may be

two-bit criminals but the lives they

lead still look plain awesome you want

the ultimate gotta be willing to pay the

ultimate price it's not tragic to die

doing what you love not pulling a single

punch throughout the cast of this action

crime thriller gives their all and the

results include some incredibly

entertaining moments such as Keanu

Reeves Johnny Utah exclaiming his FBI

status in fittingly awesome manner but

it's the moments when Bodie and his

thrill-seeking gang show off their

surfing moves by risking everything they

have with every trick and maneuver they

attempt that land Point Break in this

spot

then there's the previously mentioned

but still incredible skydiving scenes as

well as the heart pumping bank robbery

scenes and you've got a film that really

encompasses the spirit of extreme sports

and action at it's very core

100% pure adrenaline special ain't in

Utah I knew I could count on you

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