Highest-Rated Movies about 'Extreme Sports', Sort by Popularity

Adventures in Wild California (2000), To the Limit (2007), Steep (2007), Attention: A Life in Extremes (2014), Nitro Circus: The Movie (2012), X Games: The Movie (2009), Extreme Ops (2002) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Extreme Sports movies.

#1. Adventures in Wild California (2000)

Storyline: A virtual expedition that sends audiences careening down an icy, steep mountain face with snowboarders; twirling on thermals above the clouds with skysurfers; swimming through the oceans with otters and their surrogate human mother; excavating the very heart of a thirty-story tall Giant Sequoia with botanists and emerging from under the spray of one of California's biggest, surfable waves.

Plot Keywords: narrator, surfer, snowboarder, biologist, scientist, engaging, thrilling ...

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#2. To the Limit (2007)

Storyline: Filmmaker Pepe Danquart gives us a portrait of Alexander and Thomas Huber, two obsessive mountain climbers. Not content with climbing steep, treacherous mountainsides in a careful way, the brothers strive to break speed records. As they race recklessly up the rocky cliffs, their sibling rivalry emerges. The suicidal daring does not stop with the Hubers, however, as Danquart films the brothers pursuing their extreme hobby as he too dangles from the frightening heights.

Plot Keywords: daredevil, mountain climber, brother, documentarian, gutsy, endearing, thrilling ...

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#4. Attention: A Life in Extremes (2014)

Storyline: Three exceptional athletes in the demanding field of extreme sport are followed. They fly along cliffs, dive without oxygen into the depths of the sea and prove the capabilities of the human body during the longest endurance bike race. What motives and thoughts have made them into modern day heroes? What causes the fascination for individuals who expose themselves to exceptional risks? The movie follows these people in the attempt to find the limits of performance. We get to know their environment, their companions, but also listen to critical voices. We hear the desires and fears of the families and venture, through the inner circle of friends, into the psyche of the athletes. And what motives are important for these pursuits? Is it the lust for fame? For immortality? For the absolute life experience?—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: expert, emotional, fascinating, austria, interview, performance, extreme sports ...

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#5. Nitro Circus: The Movie (2012)

Storyline: Motorcycle stunt-riders perform death-defying tricks in state-of-the-art 3D. Risking life and limb by way of bikes, trikes, buses, motorcycles and semis-these are the things of Nitro Circus, and therefore this movie. Led by Travis Pastrana, Nitro Circus got its start back in the early 2000s when a collective of extreme sport buds started cranking out DVDs of their back-flipping, tumbling, face-in-the-dirt engine-propelled stunts.

Plot Keywords: daredevil, colleague, biker, stuntman, spirited, outlandish, track ...

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#6. X Games: The Movie (2009)

Storyline: Follows six extreme sports stars as they prepare for and then compete in the 2008 Summer X-Games in Los Angeles. Kyle Loza practices a new motocross trick, landing in a pit of foam. Can he do it in front of thousands and land safely on dirt? Travis Pastrana shifts from a bike to a rally car - in part because he's broken so many bones. Shaun White finishes his snowboard season and jumps immediately onto his skateboard. Retired motocross champion Ricky Cunningham takes up a new event. In the finale, after practicing together as friends and competitors, Bob Burnquist and Danny Way face off on the mega ramp.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: athlete, competitor, stuntman, fan, racer, fascinating, emotional ...

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#7. Extreme Ops (2002)

Storyline: A film crew travels to the Austrian Alps near the (former) Yugoslav border to film three extreme sports enthusiasts being chased down by an avalanche for a commercial. What they don't know, however, is that they're filming near the secret hideout of Slobodan Pavle, a Serbian war criminal. Accidentally catching him on film, they become locked in a life-or-death chase for their lives through the mountains that includes skiing, snowboarding, sky diving, white water rafting, helicopters, motorcycles and base jumping.—Schleppy

Plot Keywords: director, thrill seeker, daredevil, terrorist, warlord, skydiver, spectacular ...

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