Surfing movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant surfing movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, feel good, serious, humorous, entertaining and inspirational films and TV shows about / with surfing, friendship, beach, friends, surfer, youth, surfboard, teenage life, sport and teenager plots mostly in Drama, Sport and Family genres shot in USA, Australia, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as surfing: Soul Surfer (2011), Chasing Mavericks (2012), Beyond the Break (2006), Rip Tide (2017), Blue Crush 2 (2011), Blue Crush (2002), Ride (2014), Lightning Point (2012), Shelter (2007), Surf's Up (2007).
Best films
List of surfing movies
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Soul Surfer is the inspiring true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton. Bethany lost her left arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith.Bethany ...
Style:
christian film, touching, feel good, uplifting, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, kids, family outing ...
Plot:
surfing, christian, disability, human spirit, shark, sport, against the odds, teenager, shark attack, handicapped, surfer, volunteer ...
Time:
2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, california, usa, thailand
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Surfer Jay Moriarity sets out to ride the Northern California break known as Mavericks.
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, inspirational, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
surfing, mentor protege relationship, sport, coach, progress, lifestyle, ambition, friends, drowning, dedication, obsessive quest, youth ...
Time:
year 1987, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Beyond the Break is an American drama series set in Hawaii, that debuted on The N in June 2006.
Style:
sexy, realistic, touching, serious, exciting
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surfing, friendship, ambition, teenage love, rise to the top, teenage life, overcoming, lifestyle, youth, sport, contests and competitions, rivalry ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Australia, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
There comes a point in everyone’s life when you have to make a decision about the direction you’re going to take. For newly-18 American fashion model Cora, that time is now. She’s moved to an Australian coastal town to be with her favourite ...
Style:
romantic, colourful, light, entertaining
Plot:
surfing, love and romance, teenage girl, model, teenager, family problems, female protagonist, friends, youth, beach, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Haunted by the memory of her deceased mother, Dana leaves Malibu behind and heads to South Africa to fulfill her mother's dream of surfing Jefferys Bay.
Style:
serious, realistic, feel good, sentimental
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
surfing, beach, surfer, friendship, disorder, misfit, love and romance, lifestyle, follow your dream, ambition, hopes, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
beverly hills, south africa, africa
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Nothing gets between Anne Marie and her board. Living in a beach shack with three roommates, she is up before dawn every morning to conquer the waves and count the days until the Pipe Masters competition. Having transplanted herself to Hawaii with ...
Style:
feel good, intense, entertaining, serious, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
surfing, sport, friendship, female athlete, beach, teenager, women, coming of age, sea, cheerleading, ambition, lifestyle ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, new jersey, california, usa, oceania
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4K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A mother travels cross-country to California to be with her son after he decides to drop out of school and become a surfer.
Style:
captivating, sincere, humorous, thought provoking, light
Plot:
surfing, writers, mother son relationship, young man, beach, family relations, friendship, couples, surfer, book editor, art, chauffeur ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, pacific ocean, usa, los angeles, new york
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Genre: Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
TV show
Story:
When a spaceship carrying pretty, teen aliens Zoey and Kiki lands in the quiet Australian surf town of Lightning Point, the girls have to befriend local surfiegirl Amber and let her in on their secret. But while the duo learns about Earth, surf and ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, light, captivating
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
surfing, beach, secret identity, benign alien, alien, teenage life, alien encounter, intergalactic, youth, space and aliens, undercover, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
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23K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach works dead-end jobs to support his sister and her son. Questioning his life, he paints, surfs and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe. When Gabe's older brother returns home for the summer, Zach ...
Style:
touching, sexy, romantic, sweet, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, homosexual, surfing, homosexuality, coming out, coming of age, gays and lesbians, gay love, grownups, gay teenager, gay slur ...
Time:
70s
Place:
san francisco, canada, new jersey, california, southern california
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83K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Cody is a surfing penguin from Shiverpool who dreams of making it big and being like his idol Big Z. On his journey he discovers his talents are not all he thinks they are and he must learn to accept that their is more to surfing than fame and ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, inspirational, stylized, witty ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, girls' night, preschoolers
Plot:
surfing, sport, talking animals, animals, penguins, competition, sea, friendship, catastrophe, island, world champion, athlete's life ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
antarctica, hawaii, california, fictional island
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The film follows the surf and skateboarding trends that originated in Venice, California during the 1970s.
Style:
intense, stylized, exciting, sentimental, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
surfing, extreme sport, skateboard, coming of age, friendship, sport, fame, rise and fall, first love, rise to the top, athlete's life, follow your dream ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, new jersey, venice beach california, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Blue Water High is an Australian television drama series, broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on ABC1 and on Austar/Foxtel Nickelodeon channel in Australia and on various channels in many other countries. Each season follows the ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
surfing, beach, teenage life, school, ambition, follow your dream, youth, best friends, training, teenager, surfer, rivals ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Sport, Thriller
Country: China, Germany, USA, Austria, Italy, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A young undercover FBI agent infiltrates a gang of thieves who share a common interest in extreme sports. A remake of the 1991 film, "Point Break".
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, intense, realistic, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, extreme sports, surfing, bank robbery, skydiving, rescue, fbi, chase, sport, redemption, working undercover, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
pacific ocean, california, italy, usa, mumbai india ...
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Hawaiian teenage surfer shows off his skills when he takes to the snow slopes in Vermont.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, scenic
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
surfing, snowboard, disney, skiing, friends, radical, sport, contests and competitions, friendship, teenage life, youth, teenager ...
Time:
90s
Place:
vermont, hawaii, oceania
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136K
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An injured surfer stranded on a buoy needs to get back to shore, but the great white shark stalking her might have other ideas.
Style:
scary, exciting, tense, harsh, absurd ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
shark, survival, surfing, animal attack, shark attack, creature feature, ocean, beach, sea, killer shark, trapped, surfer ...
Time:
future
Place:
mexico, australia, tijuana mexico, texas
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5K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the 70s two brothers battle killer waves, conservative society and ruthless bikers to kick-start the modern surf industry.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, tense
Plot:
surfing, sport, friendship, brother brother relationship, family relations, family business, biker, rivalry, society, friends, siblings relations, workplace ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Summerland is an American drama television series created by Stephen Tolkin and Lori Loughlin. It is centered on a clothing designer in her 30s, Ava Gregory, raising her niece and nephews after their parents die in a tragic accident. They live in ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, emotional, sincere
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surfing, family relations, love and romance, teenage life, siblings relations, family problems, parents and children, life turned upside down, high school, beach, childhood, young adult ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two Asian-American "surfer-dude" brothers discover they are the long lost princes from a China Sea Island. Part of their inheritance are magically-induced martial arts prowess. Using their new powers they act to overthrow the island's ...
Style:
humorous, melancholic, parody, clever, splatter ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
ninja, surfing, martial arts, destiny, fistfight, brother brother relationship, surfer, teenage hero, island, adoptive father adopted son relationship, showdown, royalty ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
california, israel, southeast asia, usa, indochina ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A wave twisting tale of a soul searching surfer experiencing an existential crisis.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
surfing, ambition, buddies, tv show, friends, rise to the top, beach, sport, erotica, female nudity, blonde, premarital sex ...
Place:
usa, california, malibu california, mexico
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
On a small stretch of coastline as powerful as a man's will, Rick Kane came to surf the big waves. He found a woman who would show him how to survive, and a challenge unlike any other.
Style:
humorous, feel good, campy, inspirational, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surfing, sport, teenager, beach, coming of age, mentor, shopping, school, happy ending, finnish, hospital, fight scenes ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hawaii, california, australia, arizona, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Australia, Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
17-year old Jesse lives in the shadow of his older brother Victor's failure to become surfing's Next Big Thing. Even when he's in his natural habitat of magnificent surf breaks, his blue-collar future is brought home by the coal ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, light, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surfing, family relations, youth, gay, friendship, lifestyle, rivalry, teenage love, gay interest, brother brother relationship, accidental death, grandfather grandson relationship ...
Time:
future
Place:
australia
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Three pro surfers - gifted Shane, once-great Mickey and rising young star Keoni travel to Madagascar, Bali and Hawaii in search for the ultimate wave.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, disturbing, sincere, humorous
Plot:
surfing, travel, friendship, ambition, love and romance, rivalry, escapades, surfer, friends, sport, contests and competitions, obsessive quest ...
Place:
usa, hawaii, latin america, mexico
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In Santa Cruz for the summer, a young woman discovers the sport of surfing -- and a family secret as well.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
surfing, coming of age, self discovery, youth, escapades, teenage life, friendship, society, on the road, drugs/alcohol
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In the coastal town of Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. The F.B.I. believes that the members of the gang could be surfers and send ...
Style:
exciting, intense, surprise ending, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
manly, kids, boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, extreme sport, special agents, gang, surfer, extreme sports, surfing, gangsters, undercover, robbery, fbi, suspense ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, hawaii, australia ...
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A teen-age girl and her father come to an island on Hawaii, they find a closer relationship to each other and think about changing the island. During her adventures, Sydney finds friends, a new hobby with her fantastic photography, and the truth ...
Style:
inspirational, captivating, colourful
Audience:
girls' night, kids
Plot:
surfing, teenage girl, disney, friendship, father daughter relationship, teenage life, friends, high school, teenager, surfer, family relations, tropical island ...
Place:
hawaii, oceania
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
humorous, witty, realistic, semi serious, teen sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surfing, high school, lifestyle, ambition, teenage love, teenage life, friendship, best friends, youth, contests and competitions, rivalry, buddies ...
Place:
costa rica, california, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The sequel to the 1987 cult hit The Lost Boys takes us to the shady surf city of Luna Bay, California, where vampires quickly dispatch anyone who crosses their path. Into this dark world arrive Chris Emerson (Hilgenbrink) and his younger sister, ...
Style:
scary, absurd, stylized, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
vampire, surfing, vampire hunter, supernatural, chase, murder, zombie, gang, amateur detective, party, brother sister relationship, mind control ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
JC is the hero of the Cornish surfing community. Staring thirty hard in the face, he fears that the wave that has carried him through a prolonged adolescence is heading for the rocks as his girlfriend pressures him for commitment and his friends ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, realistic, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
surfing, friendship, coming of age, lifestyle, fish out of water, buddies, best friends, drug dealing, sport, nude, boat, british ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, england, australia, scotland, california ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.
Style:
inspirational, harsh, serious, exciting, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
surfing, coming of age, friendship, cult, adolescence, extreme sport, youth, follow your dream, americana, adolescence vs adulthood, ocean, vietnam war ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
california, vietnam, hawaii, texas, usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
On Skeet’s twelfth birthday his older brother Randy buys him his first surfboard. Suddenly his summer turns to the endless search for the perfect wave, wild times and beach parties and eventually, finding his own daring adventures when Randy’s ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, realistic, disturbing
Audience:
kids
Plot:
surfing, youth, coming of age, gang, brother brother relationship, friendship, father figure, siblings relations, teenage love, love triangle, teenage life, parents and children ...
Place:
california, usa, mexico
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