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, serious, semi serious, feel good, humorous and teen films and TV shows about / with surfing, surf, friendship, beach, friends, surfer, youth, surfboard, teenage life 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: Beyond the Break (2006), Rip Tide (2017), Blue Crush 2 (2011), Chasing Mavericks (2012), Ride (2014), Shelter (2007), North Shore (1987), Soul Surfer (2011), Surfer, Dude (2008), Point Break (2015).
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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, touching, realistic, serious, exciting
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
surfing, rise to the top, teenage love, friendship, ambition, contests and competitions, overcoming, teenage life, youth, rivalry, love and romance, lifestyle ...
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, light, entertaining, colorful, teen
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surfing, teenage girl, love and romance, model, teenager, female protagonist, family problems, friends, youth, beach, mother daughter relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Place:
new york, australia
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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:
realistic, serious, feel good, sentimental, teen
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
surfing, beach, surfer, friendship, hopes, rivalry, misfit, lifestyle, ambition, contests and competitions, youth, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
beverly hills, south africa, africa
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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:
inspirational, realistic, serious, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
surfing, mentor protege relationship, coach, progress, lifestyle, drowning, surfer, friends, surf, dedication, escapades, obsessive quest ...
Time:
year 2012, year 1987, 21st century
Place:
bay area, usa, los angeles, california, monterey california
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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, thought provoking, humorous, light
Plot:
surfing, writers, mother son relationship, young man, beach, surf, family relations, couples, friendship, art, motivation, water ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pacific ocean, california, usa, los angeles, new york
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24K
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, sweet, sincere, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, surfing, homosexuality, gay relationship, homosexual, gay romance, gay love, gays and lesbians, gay teenager, gay slur, grownups, first gay sexual experience ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
idaho, california, southern california
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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:
epic, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
surfing, surf, beach, coming of age, water, mentor, surfer, ship, sea, boat, violence, black ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
hawaii, arizona, usa
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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, uplifting, sentimental, motivational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
surfing, christian, disability, human spirit, shark, teenager, against the odds, surfer, shark attack, survivor, volunteer, lifestyle ...
Time:
year 2011, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa, thailand
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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, surf, beach, ambition, buddies, swimming pool, friends, rise to the top, stoner, surfer, erotica, weed ...
Time:
year 2008
Place:
california, malibu california, usa, mexico
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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, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
extreme sports, heist, surfing, skydiving, redemption, rescue, fbi, chase, bank robbery, working undercover, robbery, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
pacific ocean, italy, usa, mumbai india, utah ...
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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, twisted ...
Plot:
surfing, brother brother relationship, friendship, surf, family business, family relations, surfer, biker, rivalry, society, drowning, entrepreneur ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
australia
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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, inspirational, stylized, teen, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family friendly, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
surfing, skateboard, extreme sport, coming of age, friendship, fame, extreme sports, rise and fall, first love, athlete's life, rise to the top, follow your dream ...
Time:
70s, year 2005, y2k, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, venice beach california, usa, oregon
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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, captivating, light
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
surfing, beach, secret identity, benign alien, teenage life, intergalactic, youth, alien encounter, space and aliens, undercover, friendship, female alien ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
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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, teen drama
Plot:
surfing, beach, teenage life, school, follow your dream, ambition, teenager, best friend, youth, training, surfer, friendship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
australia
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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:
realistic, serious, captivating, light, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surfing, gay interest, friendship, family relations, youth, brother brother relationship, grandfather grandson relationship, lifestyle, rivalry, masturbation, gay son, teenage love ...
Time:
future
Place:
australia
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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, teens
Plot:
surfing, snowboard, skiing, contests and competitions, friends, radical, friendship, teenage life, youth, teenager, surf, snow ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
vermont, hawaii, oceania
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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, contemplative, psychological, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
surfing, self discovery, coming of age, youth, escapades, teenage life, surf, society, friendship, on the road, secret, woman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Is relevant ?
200K
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, suspense, cult classic, intense, neo noir ...
Audience:
kids, manly, boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, extreme sport, extreme sports, surfer, surfing, gang, robbery, gangster, undercover, bank robber, buddy, fbi ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, australia, north america
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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, sincere, emotional
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surfing, family relations, love and romance, teenage life, siblings relations, family problems, life turned upside down, parents and children, high school, beach, childhood, young adult ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
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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, teen, entertaining, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
surfing, friendship, female athlete, beach, teenager, women, coming of age, surf, sea, lifestyle, young lovers, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania
Is relevant ?
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:
colorful, captivating, inspirational, teen
Audience:
girls' night, kids
Plot:
teenage girl, surfing, friendship, father daughter relationship, surf, high school, friends, teenage life, teenager, island, surfer, tropical island ...
Place:
hawaii, oceania
Is relevant ?
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, surfer, surf, ambition, danger, escapades, rivalry, love and romance, extreme sport, friends ...
Time:
year 1998
Place:
latin america, usa, hawaii, mexico
Is relevant ?
143K
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, minimal cast, exciting, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
shark, survival, surfing, animal attack, creature feature, trapped, killer shark, shark attack, ocean, beach, sea, stranded ...
Time:
year 2016, future, 2010s
Place:
mexico, texas, tijuana mexico
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90K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada, France
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:
mockumentary, entertaining, humorous, inspirational, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
surfing, competition, talking animal, penguins, world champion, surf, sea, friendship, storytelling, catastrophe, island, athlete's life ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
antarctica, fictional island
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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:
witty, humorous, realistic, semi serious, teen sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surfing, high school, ambition, friendship, lifestyle, teenage life, teenage love, youth, rivalry, buddies, contests and competitions, love affair ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
costa rica, usa, california
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A pair of teenagers in Western Australia looking to escape the monotony of life in a small town take up surfing lessons from a guy named Sando.
Style:
captivating, exciting, sincere, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
surfing, friendship between boys, teenager, coming of age, friendship, surf, grownups, danger, ocean, mentor, adaptation, storytelling ...
Time:
70s
Place:
australia
Is relevant ?
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Cowabunga! Catch a perfect wave of fun in the sun, splashed with excitement, surprises and budding romance. Life's a beach for surfers Brady (Ross Lynch) and McKenzie (Maia Mitchell) – until a rogue wave magically transports them inside the ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, teen, light ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, chick flick
Plot:
teenager, teenage life, teenage love, surfing, summer, beach, rivalry, getting home, surfer, self confidence, disorder, teen romance ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 2010s, year 1962, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant ?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
From National Lampoon, the masters of raunchy comedy, comes a summer tale of beers, babes, and bros! In the surf town of Ventura, California, JD's surf board is stolen by a surfer from Los Angeles...a crime that cannot go unpunished. Gathering ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, sex comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
beach, surfing, high school student, fight, partner, juvenile delinquency, sexy teenager, best friend, criminal heroes, escapades, youth, follow your dream ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Is relevant ?
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, slapstick, independent film, slapstick comedy, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
ninja, surfing, martial arts, destiny, hand to hand combat, fistfight, brother brother relationship, surfer, adoptive father adopted son relationship, royalty, showdown, high school ...
Time:
year 1993, 20th century, 90s
Place:
california, southeast asia, usa, asia, vietnam ...
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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, stylized, suspenseful, serious, teen ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
vampire, surfing, vampire hunter, supernatural, chase, murder, zombie, amateur detective, gang, danger, party, mind control ...
Place:
california, usa
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