Highest-Rated Movies about 'Sunshine'

Teen Beach Movie (2013), The Endless Summer (1966), The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), Im Juli (2000), The Endless Summer II (1994), Weathering With You (2019), Enchanted April (1991), Pauline at the Beach (1983) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Sunshine movies.

#2. 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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#3. The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)

Storyline: Delphine and Solange are two sisters living in Rochefort. Delphine is a dancing teacher and Solange composes and teaches the piano. Maxence is a poet and a painter. He is doing his military service. Simon owns a music shop, he left Paris once month ago to come back where he fell in love 10 years ago. They are looking for love, looking for each other, without being aware that their ideal partner is very close... A film whose scenario is much less important than its feeling of euphory, according to the director Jacques Demy.—Yepok

Plot Keywords: musical, french film, romance, dance, color film, 1960s, love ...

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#4. Im Juli (2000)

Storyline: Daniel is a young teacher in-spe, who in contrast to everyone else plans to stay in Hamburg for the summer. Juli, a girl at the flea-market, wants to get known to Daniel and manages to sell him a Mayan ring with a sun on it, foretelling him that he will meet a girl with a sun. One day later Daniel is already on his way across Europe. It seems the prophecy came true somehow.

Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, german film, road movie, summer, journey, encounter ...

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#5. 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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#8. 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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#10. A Good Year (2006)

Storyline: After years of no contact with his Uncle Henry, London banker and bond trader Max Skinner learns that Henry has died intestate, so Max inherits a château and vineyard in Provence. Max spent part of his childhood there, learning maxims and how to win and lose, and honing his killer instinct (at chess, which serves him well in finance). Max goes to France intent on selling the property. He spends a few days there, getting the property ready to show. Memories, a beautiful woman, and a young American who says she's Henry's illegitimate daughter interrupt his plans. Did Max the boy know things that Max the man has forgotten?

Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, love, france, country life, inheritance, self-discovery ...

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#11. Gidget (1959)

Storyline: Due to an accident while swimming in the sea, Francis meets the surfer Moondoggy. She's fascinated of his sport and starts to hang out with his clique. Although they make fun of her at first, they teach her to surf. Soon she's accepted and given the nickname "Gidget". But it's hard work to become more than a friend to Moondoggy.—Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>

Plot Keywords: youth, comedy, romance, surfing, beach, coming of age, 1950s ...

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#12. Lifeguard (1976)

Storyline: Rick is in his 30s, but still works full-time as a lifeguard on the beaches of Los Angeles, California. He enjoys the fun of it, but even more, the silent moments. However, when he meets his divorced high school girlfriend and her five-year-old son at their fifteen year class reunion, he considers switching to a more "serious" job.—Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>

Plot Keywords: action, adventure, drama, beach, 1970s, american film, youth ...

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#13. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)

Storyline: Discover Donna's (Meryl Streep, Lily James) young life, experiencing the fun she had with the three possible dads of Sophie (Amanda Seyfriend). As she reflects on her mom's journey, Sophie finds herself to be more like her mother than she ever even realized.

Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, song and dance, sequel, love, greece ...

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#14. Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

Storyline: Frances Mayes is a San Francisco-based literature professor, literary reviewer and author, who is struggling in writing her latest book. Her outwardly perfect and stable life takes an unexpected turn when her husband files for divorce. He wants to marry the woman with whom he is having an affair. Frances supported her husband financially as he was writing his own book, and he sues her for alimony despite her financial difficulties. And he wants to keep the house. Frances eventually accepts her best friend Patti's offer of a vacation, a gay tour of Tuscany which Patti and her lesbian partner Grace originally purchased for themselves before Patti found out that she is pregnant. The gift is a means to escape dealing with the divorce, from which Patti feels Frances may never recover emotionally without some intervention. Feeling that Patti's assessment may be correct in that she has too much emotional baggage ever to return to San Francisco, Frances, while in Tuscany, impulsively ditches ...

Plot Keywords: romantic, comedy, love, healing, travel, italy, female empowerment ...

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#15. Surf's Up (2007)

Storyline: This story follows a teenage rock hopper penguin named Cody Maverick from his hometown of Shiverpool, Antarctica, where all of the other penguins think he's nothing but a surfing fool, to the "Big Z Memorial Surf Off" on Pen Gu Island. Young Cody is determined to win the most important competition in the world of penguin surfing in honor of "Big Z," a deceased surfing legend whom he has idolized since childhood. But the waves in Pen Gu are different than in Shiverpool, and the competition is steep. The current champ, egotistical Tank Evans, isn't just about to let this little penguin knock him from first place without a fight. When Cody wipes out and encounters Geek, a recluse aging former surfer, living in the jungle, he learns some important lessons about life and surfing, and even teaches Geek a thing or two.

Plot Keywords: animation, comedy, family, sports, surfing, adventure, inspirational ...

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