Surfing
| Title | Year | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beach Party | 1963 | Comedy | Surfer Frankie Avalon tries to succeed on his board and with Annette Funicello, too. | |
| The Endless Summer | 1966 | Documentary | Follows surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August on a surf trip around the world, featuring many other prominent surfers of the day. | |
| Big Wednesday | 1978 | Comedy-drama | Gary Busey and Jan-Michael Vincent as California surfers during the Vietnam War years. | |
| North Shore | 1987 | Action drama | Arizona boy moves to Hawaii in attempt to become a pro surfer. | |
| Back to the Beach | 1987 | Comedy | Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon reunited for one more beach movie. | |
| Surf Nazis Must Die | 1987 | Comedy | Nonsense about rival surf gangs feuding in earthquake-struck California, and the bloody revenge taken by the mother of a victim of one of the gangs. | |
| A Scene at the Sea | 1991 | Drama | ||
| Point Break | 1991 | Action | Crime caper about an FBI agent (Keanu Reeves) and a bank-robbing surfer (Patrick Swayze). | |
| Surf Ninjas | 1993 | Family comedy | A pair of teen surfers from L.A. discover that they are actually Asian princes, and end up warring with a mysterious colonel (Leslie Nielsen). | |
| The Endless Summer II | 1994 | Documentary | Pat O'Connell and Robert "Wingnut" Weaver retrace the steps of Hynson and August from The Endless Summer while exploring the growth and evolution of surfing since the original film. Both films were directed by Bruce Brown. | |
| Blue Juice | 1995 | Drama | Romance with Sean Pertwee, Ewan McGregor, Catherine Zeta-Jones. | |
| In God’s Hands | 1998 | Action drama | Teen boys travel thousands of miles seeking the ultimate wave. | |
| 7 Girls | 2001 | Documentary | Focuses on the surfing lives of seven prominent female surfers. | |
| Blue Crush | 2002 | Drama | A young woman surfs Oahu's North Shore, meets a Pro Bowl football player. | |
| Step into Liquid | 2003 | Documentary | Director Dana Brown, son of the aforementioned Bruce Brown, explores the evolution of the sport since The Endless Summer II, including tow-in surfing. | |
| Riding Giants | 2004 | Documentary | A historical overview of the sport, focusing primarily on big wave surfing. | |
| Surf’s Up | 2007 | Animated | Mockumentary of a surfing penguin, voiced by Shia LeBeouf. | |
| Shelter | 2007 | Drama | Gay men meet, surf, hope to live together as a family. | |
| Surfwise | 2008 | Documentary | Life of the Paskowitz family. | |
| Surfer, Dude | 2009 | Comedy | Matthew McConaughey impatiently waits for a big wave to come along. | |
| Blue Crush 2 | 2010 | Drama | Sequel to 2002 film with all-new cast surfing in South Africa. | |
| Soul Surfer | 2011 | Drama | Biographical film on the life of Bethany Hamilton. | |
| Chasing Mavericks | 2012 | Drama | Biographical film on the life of Jay Moriarity. |
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