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Kids (1995)
, 1h31Directed by Larry Clark
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Sports films, La sexualité des mineurs, HIV/AIDS in film, Films about virginity, Skateboard
Actors Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Chloë Sevigny, Rosario Dawson, Jon Abrahams, Harmony Korine
The film opens with 16-year-old Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick) and a 12-year-old girl who are making out on a bed. With no adults around, Telly convinces the girl, who is a virgin, to have sex with him. Afterwards, he meets his friend, Casper (Justin Pierce), and tells him about his sexual experience in graphic terms. They go inside a local store, where Casper shoplifts a bottle of malt liquor as Telly distracts the cashier. Looking for drugs, food and a place to hang out, they head to their friend Paul's (Sajan Bhagat) apartment, though they express dislike of him on the way there. They arrive at Paul's house, talk about sex and smoke marijuana while watching a skate video (Video Days). Casper inhales nitrous oxide out of balloons, which Telly considers dangerous. The scene intercuts with a group of girls, among them Ruby (Rosario Dawson) and Jennie (Chloë Sevigny), talking about sex—each gender contradicting what the other gender says, especially about oral sex.
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
, 1h47Directed by Catherine Hardwicke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Action
Themes Films about sexuality, Sports films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Surfing films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Skateboard
Actors Heath Ledger, Emile Hirsch, John Robinson, Victor Rasuk, Michael Angarano, Nikki Reed
Set in the Dogtown area of Venice Beach in the early 1970s, surfers Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta, and Jay Adams enjoy the life of skating and surfing the pier with board designer Skip Engblom and the other locals. One day, Skip is given polyurethane wheels for the skateboards in his shop, Zephyr Surf Shop. Teenager Sid, a friend of the boys who works in the same shop, invites Tony, Jay, Stacy and the other locals to test the new wheels. They are all amazed as the polyurethane wheels allow the skateboards to make the same carves on flat ground as surf boards on the waves. After witnessing what Todd Levy from the Eastern Shore of Maryland could now do with the wheels, Skip decides to add to his already famous surf team, a skate team, the Z-Boys. The team proves to be a success; winning many contests, Stacy, Jay, and Tony gain popularity from locals across Venice.
Grind (2003)
, 1h45Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Skateboard
Actors Mike Vogel, Adam Brody, Vince Vieluf, Joey Kern, Jennifer Morrison, Bam Margera
While the rest of his high school graduating class is heading to the same old kind of college, skateboarder Eric Rivers and his best friends, Dustin, a goal-oriented workaholic, and misfit slacker Matt have one last summer roadtrip together to follow their dream of getting noticed by the professional skateboarding world—and getting paid to skate. When skating legend Jimmy Wilson's skate demo tour hits town, the boys figure that as soon as he sees their fierce tricks, he'll sign them up for his renowned skate team immediately, right? Unfortunately, the guys are intercepted by Jimmy's road manager and they can't get their foot in the door, much less their boards. But they do get some free advice: keep skating, stay true to yourself, and stay in the game—if you're good, you'll get noticed. Following their dream—and Jimmy's national tour—Eric, Dustin and Matt start their own skate team, reluctantly sponsored by Dustin and his college fund.
Paranoid Park (2007)
, 1h25Directed by Gus Van Sant
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Sports films, Skateboard
Actors Gabe Nevins, Taylor Momsen, Scott Patrick Green, Christopher Doyle, Gus Van Sant
Alex (Gabe Nevins), a 16-year-old skateboarder, rides a freight train clandestinely with a man named Scratch (Scott Patrick Green) whom he has just met at the Eastside Skatepark, known as "Paranoid Park". While the train is moving a security guard (John Burrowes) notices the pair, chases after them, and tries to get them off by hitting Scratch with his flashlight. During the melee, Alex hits him with his skateboard and the guard, losing balance, falls onto another track into the path of an oncoming freight train which cuts him in half. Alex tries to destroy some of the evidence. For example, he throws his skateboard into the Willamette River from the Steel Bridge, and when he arrives at his friend Jared's (Jake Miller) house, he showers and disposes of the clothes he had been wearing.
Wassup Rockers (2005)
, 1h46Directed by Larry Clark
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Musical films, Skateboard
Actors Janice Dickinson, Uggie
Wassup Rockers is about a group of Guatemalan American and Salvadoran American teenagers in South Los Angeles who, instead of conforming to the hip hop culture of their gang-infested neighborhood, wear tight pants, listen to punk rock, and ride skateboards. Avoiding the violence of their dangerous home turf is an everyday challenge. Janice Dickinson makes an appearance in the film as a rich alcoholic divorcee whose Spanish-speaking maid help Los Rockers & fashion designer Jeremy Scott appears as a photographer.
Dragonslayer (2011)
, 1h48Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Sports films, Documentary films about sports, Skateboard
The film follows Josh "Skreech" Sandoval, a skateboarder living in California. It was shot in various California towns as well as Copenhagen, Denmark and Malmö, Sweden.
Trocadero Lemon Blue (1978)
, 1h30Directed by Michael Schock
Genres Romance
Themes Films about children, Sports films, Skateboard
Actors Anny Duperey, Lionel Melet, Henri Garcin, Martine Sarcey, Patrice Melennec
Philippe, un garçon de 10 ans vit une vie insouciante avec sa mère très complice. Il pratique le skateboard avec une bande de copains sur les pentes du Trocadéro. Un jour, il rencontre Caroline dont il tombe amoureux. Avec l'aide de sa mère, il va devoir se faire accepter des parents de sa dulcinée.
Skate or Die (2008)
Directed by Miguel Courtois
Origin France
Genres Action
Themes Sports films, Skateboard
Actors Antoine du Merle, Elsa Pataky, Philippe Bas, Philippe Bas, Rachida Brakni, Passi
Mickey et Idriss sont deux skaters qui assistent (et filment sur un téléphone portable), dans un parking, à l'assassinat de trois personnes à la suite d'une transaction douteuse. Malheureusement pour eux, les tueurs les remarquent et les poursuivent dans Paris. En se réfugiant dans un commissariat, les deux jeunes hommes comprennent que leurs poursuivants sont en fait des inspecteurs véreux.
West of Pluto (2008)
Genres Drama, Comedy, Documentary
Themes Sports films, Skateboard
Actors Lise Castonguay
Le film présente une journée complète dans la vie d'adolescents québécois. Du réveil en passant par l'école jusqu'à un open house, le film fait entrer le spectateur dans la peau des différents personnages en présentant une sélection de scènes typiques de la vie adolescente au Québec. On voit ainsi les adolescents faire des présentations orales en classe, fumer de la drogue, discuter de questions existentielles, tenter de sortir de la bière avant l'âge légal, critiquer l'uniformité sociale, faire la fête, faire l'amour, etc.
Dogtown and Z-Boys (2002)
, 1h31Directed by Stacy Peralta
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Surfing films, Documentary films about sports, Documentary films about cities, Skateboard
Actors Sean Penn, Henry Rollins, Stacy Peralta
Dogtown and Z-Boys, narrated by Sean Penn, begins with the history of skateboarding in Southern California and how it had been strongly influenced by the surf culture in the surrounding areas of Santa Monica and Venice, nicknamed Dogtown. Surf shop owners Jeff Ho, Skip Engblom, and Craig Stecyk established the Zephyr Skateboard Team with local teenagers from broken homes. The sport of skateboarding continued to evolve as the Z-Boys continued to bring edgy moves influenced by surfing. During one of California's record-breaking droughts, local backyard pools were emptied and became hotspots for these young skateboarders looking for places to skateboard. The members of the Zephyr team gained notability and national attention when they competed in skateboard championships and started to receive media attention for their skills as young athletes. Testimonials and commentary provided by the members and founders of the Zephyr team combined with the rock-and-roll soundtrack and vintage footage all come together in this documentary about the history and lives of the original Z-Boys and skateboarding subculture of California.
The End (2000)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Documentary
Themes Sports films, Skateboard
Actors Janine Lindemulder, Kobe Tai
There is no real plot that runs throughout this documentary. Instead, each skater was placed into their segment to showcase their skills. Some of the skaters also incorporated a short story into their segments. Some of these story lines include McCrank looking for a job, Berra being killed by an unknown attacker, Reynolds hanging out with a monkey, Kirchart and Klein's rampaging mayhem in the city and Lasek taking down Hawk so that Lasek can become the number one skateboarder.
The Smell of Us (2015)
, 1h28Directed by Larry Clark
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Sports films, Erotic films, La sexualité des mineurs, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, Skateboard
Actors Diane Rouxel, Niseema Theillaud, Dominique Frot, Valérie Maës, Larry Clark, Michael Pitt
Math, Marie, JP et d'autres sont des lycéens de la capitale. La rue est leur terrain de jeu, surtout derrière le palais de Tokyo, où ils côtoient l'art sans le voir. Planche de skate dans une main, pétards et bières dans l'autre, ils se filment et se provoquent, se touchent et se trahissent. Dans leurs pulsions les plus extrêmes, certains d'entre eux se prostituent, d'autres se droguent. Ils draguent aussi sur internet. Issus de milieux aisés, ils ne sont pas moins victimes et symboles d'une jeunesse en perdition, livrée à elle-même dans un monde où sexe et argent sont rois, gaspillés ou non, et inéluctablement liés à des trajets familiaux chaotiques...