Riding Giants (2004), The Endless Summer (1966), Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001), The Endless Summer II (1994), Otelo Burning (2011), Chasing Mavericks (2012), Lords of Dogtown (2005), Billabong Odyssey (2003) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Surfing movies.
Storyline: In the taut thriller The Shallows, when Nancy (Blake Lively) is surfing on a secluded beach, she finds herself on the feeding ground of a great white shark. Though she is stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of Nancy's ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude.
Plot Keywords: medical student, woman, surfer, shark, man, native, chilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Spoof of 1960s Beach Party/Gidget surfing movies mixed with slasher horror films. Florence Forrest, a not-so-innocent girl in 1960s Malibu, becomes "Chicklet", the first girl surfer at Malibu Beach. Only Florence suffers from dissociative identity disorder and, occasionally, her alter ego "Ann Bowman", a sexually aggressive, foul-speaking girl, comes out, during which time several beach goers are found murdered. The suspects include Chicklet herself, surfer Kanaka, exchange student Lars, and even Chicklet's own mother.—Matthew Patay
Plot Keywords: surfer, actress, murderer, detective, campy, madcap, beach ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Chad Gates (Elvis Presley) has just gotten out of the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surfboard, his beach buddies, and his girlfriend. His father wants him to go to work at the Great Southern Hawaiian Fruit Company, but he is reluctant. So he goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend's agency.—Pat McCurry <ccgrad97@aol.com>
Plot Keywords: surfer, singer, matriarch, girlfriend, friend, lighthearted, campy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A group of friends go to Hawaii in order to practice surfing, their favorite sport. But this is not all they do there - they also find love...—Volker Boehm
Plot Keywords: surfer, college student, romantic interest, rival, mother, friend, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Francine (Gidget) is desperate: her parents want to force her to come with them on vacation to Hawaii - just during the two weeks when her beloved "Moondoggie" is home from College. When he suggests she go for it, she's even more in panic - doesn't he care to be with her? So she sets out for Hawaii in the worst mood. On the plane she meets the sociable Abby, who gives her the advice to forget about Jeff - and regrets it shortly after, when Francine follows the advice and steals her boyfriend Eddie, a famous dancer. But then Jeff discovers he's missing Francine...—Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Plot Keywords: teenager, teen girl, surfer, father, mother, dancer, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The first of the five official American-International "Beach Party" movies. Anthropology Professor Robert Orwell Sutwell and his secretary Marianne are studying the sex habits of teenagers. The surfing teens led by Frankie and Dee Dee don't have much sex but they sing, battle the motorcycle rats and mice led by Eric Von Zipper and dance to Dick Dale and the Del Tones. Look for Big Daddy's surprise cameo.—alfiehitchie
Plot Keywords: surfer, professor, anthropologist, teenager, campy, amusing, california ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In God's Hands is the story of big wave riders that go all over the globe searching to ride bigger and bigger waves. The story mostly follows Shane Dorian and his obsession with surfing. It also follows how they train for waves like that.—<SurferChick@alloymail.com>
Plot Keywords: surfer, friend, professional, girl, father, confident, melodramatic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Nothing gets between Anne Marie and her board. Living in a beach shack with three roommates including her rebellious younger sister, she is up before dawn every morning to conquer the waves and count the days until the Pipe Masters surf competition. Having transplanted herself to Hawaii with no one's blessing but her own, Anne Marie finds all she needs in the adrenaline-charged surf scene ... until pro quarterback Matt Tollman comes along. Like it or not, Anne Marie starts losing her balance - and finding it - as she falls for Matt.
Plot Keywords: surfer, best friend, football player, love interest, sister, roommate, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In The Perfect Summer, fatherless teenager Jake (Adam Horner) is happy living in Chicago, until his mother (Sydney Penny) decides to uproot them to a small surfing town where her estranged father (Eric Roberts), Jake's grandfather, lives. The transition isn't easy for anyone and it seems everywhere he goes, Jake manages to make enemies, including the town bully, Tyler (JD Banks), who doesn't like the new interloper or his interest in young surfing prodigy, Kayla (Katie Garfield). Stuck in the beach town with no friends and no knowledge of surfing, Jake has nowhere to turn until Cody (Jason Castro), the local surf shop owner, reveals that Jake's grandfather is a surf legend. Tired of feeling like an outcast, Jake asks Lou to teach him about surfing. Jake learns to face his fears, push through inhibitions and realizes that winning the respect of his new peers - and Katie's heart - might mean facing the biggest challenge of his life.—UPTV
Plot Keywords: grandfather, girl, boy, surfer, inspiring, engaging, chicago ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Julie, a wealthy contessa managed by S.Z. Matts, wants muscle-man Flex Martin, trained by Jack Fanny, for her own - until she meets Frankie. Frankie's girl Dee Dee gets rightfully jealous and plans to avenge the Frankie-stealing contessa. Mr. Strangdour appears briefly as the king of the strongmen.—alfiehitchie
Plot Keywords: surfer, girlfriend, trainer, bodybuilder, manager, airy, playful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Brothers Johnny, an adolescent surf talent, and Adam, a preadolescent video-game addict, grow up care-free in California as adopted sons of Marines veteran Mac, inseparable friends of wacky local lout Iggy. Colonel Chi's military reign of terror culminates in their tiny birth-land, island state Patu San, off the Viet Nam coast. Former royal guards officer Zatch comes to summon the brothers to return and restore the pacific monarchy, because they are the sons of the murdered king, whom Mac took in exile for safety. They are joined on the adventurous journey by a bored Californian police detective whose attention was drawn by the ninja team that failed, thanks to Zatch, to murder the brothers in Mac's home.—KGF Vissers
Plot Keywords: surfer, brother, father, ninja, tyrant, warlord, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Steve Addington is the world's preeminent surfer - cool, laid back, stoned, shirtless and barefoot, living off endorsements for surfboards and trunks, paid in cash. In Malibu his endorsement contract has been bought by Eddie Zarno, a surfer turned businessman who wants Steve to record his moves for an electronic virtual reality game. Steve just wants to surf. While Zarno tries to change Steve's mind, the Pacific goes calm - there are no waves for days on end. Steve's attracted to Danni, recently fired by Zarno, but the lack of surfing drains him. Plus, he's low on dough. Will he sign with Zarno, get paid, and lose his self-respect?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: surfer, love interest, businessman, beach bum, mentor, manager, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The Perfect wave is a LOVE STORY, with four key pillars, a young mans love for surfing, adventure, a mothers love for her son, a young man falling in love for the first time, Gods love. The film takes the audience on a journey, as our hero searches for his 'perfect wave'. The journey has many unexpected turns, and twists, as our hero falls in-love and loses his way, but as fate would have it, jealousy ensues, and seeking to reconcile our hero travels to Mauritius where one event changes his life forever.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: surfer, love interest, best friend, emotional, cape town, danger, change ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Nick McCallum dreams of turning pro surfer but his father, wheelchair bound after a surfing accident, stands in his way - as does his own fear of the big waves. He defies his dad but is framed in a drug bust and jailed. With the help of his French girlfriend he has to find a way to face the waves he fears most.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: surfer, father, manager, girlfriend, drug dealer, spectacular, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A rag-tag bunch of seniors, complete outsiders at their surf-crazed Laguna Beach High School, decide to crash the biggest team surf contest. In order to prevail, however, they must do one important thing...learn to surf! We're taking your classic Cinderella story into the world of surfing, complete with hi-jinx and the aesthetic beauty of surf mecca Costa Rica, our spectacular set location.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: misfit, student, snob, hippie, jock, dream girl, madcap ...
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