Highest-Rated Movies about 'Beach'

Teen Beach Movie (2013), The Beaches of Agnès (2008), Jaws (1975), Dunkirk (2017), The Endless Summer (1966), Shelter (2007), The Endless Summer II (1994), A Summer's Tale (1996) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Beach movies.

#2. The Beaches of Agnès (2008)

Storyline: At nearly 80, Agnès Varda explores her memory - growing up in Belgium, living in Sète, Paris, and Noirmoutier, discovering photography, making a film, being part of the New Wave, raising children with Jacques Demy, losing him, and growing old. She explores her memory using photographs, film clips, home movies, contemporary interviews, and set pieces she designs to capture a feeling, a time, or a frame. Shining through each scene are her impish charm, inventiveness, and natural empathy. How do people grow old, how does loss stay with them, can they remain creative, and what do they remember? Memory, she says, is like a swarm of confused flies. She envisions hers for us.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: documentary, french cinema, memory, art, filmmaking, experimental film, personal history ...

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#3. Jaws (1975)

Storyline: It's a hot summer on Amity Island, a small community whose main business is its beaches. When new Sheriff Martin Brody discovers the remains of a shark attack victim, his first inclination is to close the beaches to swimmers. This doesn't sit well with Mayor Larry Vaughn and several of the local businessmen. Brody backs down to his regret as that weekend a young boy is killed by the predator. The dead boy's mother puts out a bounty on the shark and Amity is soon swamped with amateur hunters and fisherman hoping to cash in on the reward. A local fisherman with much experience hunting sharks, Quint, offers to hunt down the creature for a hefty fee. Soon Quint, Brody and Matt Hooper from the Oceanographic Institute are at sea hunting the Great White shark. As Brody succinctly surmises after their first encounter with the creature, they're going to need a bigger boat.

Plot Keywords: thriller, adventure, horror, suspense, disaster, survival, ocean ...

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#4. Dunkirk (2017)

Storyline: Evacuation of Allied soldiers from the British Empire, and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German Army from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk, France, between May 26- June 04, 1940, during Battle of France in World War II.

Plot Keywords: war, history, world war ii, military, survival, british, french ...

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#5. The Endless Summer (1966)

Storyline: They call it The Endless Summer the ultimate surfing adventure, crossing the globe in search of the perfect wave. From the uncharted waters of West Africa, to the shark-filled seas of Australia, to the tropical paradise of Tahiti and beyond, these California surfers accomplish in a few months what most people never do in a lifetime...They live their dream. Director Bruce Brown creates a film so powerful it has become a timeless masterpiece that continues to capture the imagination of every new generation. When it first played in theaters, audiences lined up to see it again and again, spellbound by its thrilling excitement and awesome photography. But in fact, what's most compelling about the film is the sport of surfing itself, and once you've seen it, you'll never forget why.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: surfing, documentary, adventure, travel, beach, summer, freedom ...

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#6. Shelter (2007)

Storyline: Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach spends his days working a dead-end job and helping his needy sister care for her son. In his free time he surfs, draws and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe, who lives on the wealthy side of town. When Gabe's older brother, Shaun, returns home, he is drawn to Zach's selflessness and talent. Zach falls in love with Shaun while struggling to reconcile his own desires with the needs of his family.

Plot Keywords: romance, homosexual, drama, american, indie film, youth, coming of age ...

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#7. The Endless Summer II (1994)

Storyline: Bruce Brown, king of surfing documentaries, returns after nearly thirty years to trace the steps of two young surfers to top surfing spots around the world. Along the way we see many of the people and locales Bruce visited during the filming of Endless Summer (1966).—Rick Morton <RNMorton@aol.com>

Plot Keywords: surfing, travel, adventure, documentary, beach, ocean, sunshine ...

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#9. Sonatine (1993)

Storyline: A world-weary yakuza in Tokyo is assigned to take his clan to Okinawa to help settle a dispute between two factions. He's suspicious of the assignment, but he goes, and within a couple days, his role remains unclear and several of men are dead. He retreats to a house on a remote beach to wait. The first night there , he rescues a young woman from an assault, and they develop a playful relationship. Over time, it becomes clear he's been set up, sent to Okinawa so that others can take over his lucrative territory. As his clan dwindles, he plans a revenge. But, what if he's successful? What is there to life anyway?

Plot Keywords: gangster, violence, crime, action, drama, black comedy, gunfight ...

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#10. Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953)

Storyline: Monsieur Hulot goes on a holiday to a seaside resort, but accidents and misunderstandings follow him where ever he goes. The peace and quiet of the hotel guests don't last very long with Hulot around, because although his intensions are good, they always turn out catastrophically.

Plot Keywords: comedy, french cinema, vacation, beach, slapstick, social satire, 1950s ...

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#11. Pauline at the Beach (1983)

Storyline: Fifteen year old Pauline and her older cousin, model-shaped Marion, go to the emptying Atlantic coast for an autumn holiday. Marion ignores the approaches of a surfer and falls for Henri, a hedonist who is only interested in a sexual adventure and drops her soon. Pauline's little romance with a young man (Sylvain) is also spoiled by Henri.—Otto Oberhauser <Oberhauser@cc.univie.ac.at>

Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, french film, love, summer, beach, youth ...

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#13. Point Break (1991)

Storyline: In Los Angeles, California, a gang of bank robbers call themselves The Ex-Presidents. commit their crimes while wearing masks of ex-Presidents Reagan, Carter, Nixon, and Johnson. The F.B.I. believes that the members of the gang could be surfers, and send young Agent Johnny Utah undercover at the beach to mix with the surfers and gather information. Utah meets surfer Bodhi, and gets drawn into the lifestyle of his new friend.

Plot Keywords: action, crime, thriller, surfing, bank robbery, undercover, bromance ...

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#14. The Troops of St. Tropez (1964)

Storyline: The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with persistent nude swimmers, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the harbor. He gets drawn into it when he tries to cover for her when a friend 'lends' the car of her assumed father. It turns out that the real owners of the yacht aren't exactly what they pretend to be either...—Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>

Plot Keywords: comedy, french, 1960s, police, beach, vacation, humor ...

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#15. Paradise Lagoon (1957)

Storyline: Lord Loam has modern ideas about his household; he believes in treating his servants as his equals - at least sometimes. His butler, Crichton, still believes that members of the serving class should know their place and be happy there. But when the Loam family are shipwrecked on a desert island with the self-reliant Crichton and between maid Tweeny, the class system is put to the test.—George S. Davis <mgeorges@prodigy.net>

Plot Keywords: adventure, comedy, romance, musical, survival, romantic, humorous ...

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