Fictional Surfing Films
There haven't been many notable surfing features throughout cinema history, barely a handful. I know there are probably a lot of obscure surfing movies from the US and Australia but they are very difficult to find. Please help this list grow by suggesting any (fictional) surfing movies you may have heard of or seen that aren't on this list!
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- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsSandra DeeJames DarrenCliff RobertsonA young girl discovers surfing and love (in that order) during one transitive summer.
- DirectorHenry LevinStarsDolores HartGeorge HamiltonYvette MimieuxFour very different college girls drive to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for spring break and seek out various adventures and romance for themselves.
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsElvis PresleyJoan BlackmanAngela LansburyAfter arriving back in Hawaii from the Army, Chad Gates defies his parents" wishes for him to work at the family business and instead goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend"s agency.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsRobert CummingsDorothy MaloneFrankie AvalonA bearded anthropologist studies the habits of swingin" American teens while they enjoy the summer surfing, loving, and partying at the beach.
- DirectorDon TaylorPhil KarlsonStarsFabianShelley FabaresPeter BrownFabian and Shelley Fabares are among the "60s stars surfing their way to paradise along the famous beaches on Hawaii"s North Shore.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsFrankie AvalonAnnette FunicelloLuciana PaluzziLocal beach-goers find that their beach has been taken over by a businessman training a stable of body builders.
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsNoreen CorcoranMartin WestLinda MarshallThe girls of Alpha Beta need to raise $10,000 in two weeks to save the sorority house. Among their schemes to raise the funds are a beauty contest, a newspaper puzzle, and a baking contest. But when three guys hit the beach with love on their minds, bragging that they know the Beatles, the girls plan a concert with the Fab Four as the main attraction.
- DirectorLennie WeinribStarsEdd ByrnesChris NoelRobert LoganEdd Byrnes tries to get an ethnic-music-studies grant to buy instruments for his rock and roll group, the Wigglers. College-finance-committee members Chris Noel, Gail Gilmore, Mikki Jameson and Brenda Benet uncover the scam and tear up the check, but the Wigglers play a Long Beach, California custom-car show in drag and win first prize. The Supremes do "Come to the Beach Ball with Me" and "Surfer Boy;" the Four Seasons sing their 1964 hit "Dawn;" the Hondells sing Brian Wilson"s "My Buddy Seat;" the Righteous Brothers do "Baby What You Want Me to Do;" and the Walker Brothers cut loose with "Doin" the Jerk." Gary Kurtz of "Star Wars" fame was the assistant director.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsDana AndrewsJeanne CrainMimsy FarmerThe new owner of a motel in the California desert has a run-in with a gang of delinquent teenage hot rod drivers.
- DirectorElliot SilversteinStarsAnthony QuinnGeorge MaharisMichael ParksYoung drifters kidnap rich businessman Roc Delmonico for kicks and demand $200K for his release. But none of Roc"s relatives or Mafia associates want to part with the money. So Roc switches allegiances and plots revenge.
- DirectorStephanie RothmanStarsDeborah WalleyTommy KirkBobby PickettMale chauvinist Mike attempts to get an intelligent burgeoning feminist Delilah into his harem. When she resists, Mike then poses as his brother Herbert, but in the process falls in love with Delilah.
- DirectorChristopher FraserStarsJohn JarrattPhillip AvalonSteve BisleyThe exploits of four boys who leave Sydney and head out for a weekend of surfing and adventure. Unfortunately the fun takes a serious turn when they find themselves involved in a murder.
- DirectorJohn MiliusStarsJan-Michael VincentWilliam KattGary BuseyCharacter study about the lives of some California surfers from the early 1960s to the 1970s as the Vietnam War interrupts their carefree life.
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsNell SchofieldJad CapeljaJeffrey RhoeThe mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of Sydney.
- DirectorLyndall HobbsStarsFrankie AvalonAnnette FunicelloLori LoughlinFrankie and Annette, having grown up and put aside their beach-partying lifestyle, visit their daughter in Southern California and discover there"s still some wild times left in them.
- DirectorWilliam PhelpsStarsMatt AdlerNia PeeplesGregory HarrisonAfter learning how to surf by using the local wave tanks, Arizona resident Rick uses his winnings from a recent contest to fly to Hawaii and try to make a living for himself as a professional wave rider.
- DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsPatrick SwayzeKeanu ReevesGary BuseyAn F.B.I. Agent goes undercover to catch a gang of surfers who may be bank robbers.
- DirectorCarl PrechezerStarsSean PertweeCatherine Zeta-JonesEwan McGregorJC thinks surfing is everything. His girlfriend Chloe wants him to settle down. When he decides to go surfing one night with friends from London, she throws JC out. Surfing or Chloe?
- DirectorZalman KingStarsMatt GeorgeMatty LiuShane DorianThree pro surfers - gifted Shane, once-great Mickey and rising young star Keoni travel to Madagascar, Bali and Hawaii in search for the ultimate wave.
- DirectorSteve BoyumStarsCary-Hiroyuki TagawaBrandon BakerMary Page KellerA Hawaiian teenage surfer shows off his skills when he takes to the snow slopes in Vermont.
- DirectorJohn StockwellStarsKate BosworthMichelle RodriguezMatthew DavisAs a hard-core surfer girl prepares for a big competition, she finds herself falling for a football player.
- DirectorAsh BrannonChris BuckStarsShia LaBeoufZooey DeschanelJon HederA behind-the-scenes look at the annual Penguin World Surfing Championship, and its newest participant, up-and-comer Cody Maverick.
- DirectorS.R. BindlerStarsMatthew McConaugheyWoody HarrelsonWillie NelsonA wave twisting tale of a soul searching surfer experiencing an existential crisis.
- DirectorLance BachelderJohnny RemoStarsJustin SchwanKelsey SandersRaquel GardnerHigh school senior Luke has dreams of being a pro surfer, but his parents want him to focus on picking a college. When a spot opens on the local surf team, he sees his big chance to prove to them that he can make it as a surfer.
- DirectorSean McNamaraStarsAnnaSophia RobbDennis QuaidHelen HuntBethany Hamilton, a professional surfer, loses her left arm in a shark attack. Unwilling to pay attention to the gravity of her situation, Bethany decides to get back into the ocean and surf again.