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The Best Surf Movies

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A list of the best surf movies, including documentaries about surfing, narrative surf films, and beach party movies. Surfing documentaries are entirely non-fiction, whereas narrative surf films are usually mostly fact based, but built on the spine of a fictional story. Beach Party films, popular in the 60's, are entirely fictional and geared more towards a general audience. Whether one long-boards or short-boards, there's a surf movie for everyone. The films on this list aren't for kooks (well-- most of them aren't). Enjoy!

List Criteria: Films about surfers or surfing. Fiction and documentary films are both acceptable.

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    Point Break

    1991
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    “ Genre: Narrative „
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    Blue Crush

    2002
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    The Endless Summer

    1966
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    Soul Surfer

    2011
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    Lords of Dogtown

    2005
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    Chasing Mavericks

    2012
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    North Shore

    1987
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    “ Genre: Narrative „
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    Riding Giants

    2004
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    “ Genre: Documentary „
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    Step Into Liquid

    2003
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    “ Genre: Documentary „
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    Big Wednesday

    1978
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    “ Genre: Narrative „
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    Hardbodies

    1984
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    “ Genre: Beach Party Movies „
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    The Endless Summer II

    1994
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    September Sessions

    2002
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    Scratching the Surface

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    Surf's Up

    2007
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    “ Genre: Narrative „
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    In God's Hands

    1998
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    Campaign

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    Young Guns

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    Shelter

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    Young Guns 3

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    Five Summer Stories

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    Momentum

    2003
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    One California Day

    2008
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    Storm Riders

    1982
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    Beach Blanket Bingo

    1965
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    “ Genre: Beach Party Movies „
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    Thicker than Water

    2000
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    Clay Marzo: Just Add Water

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    Ride the Wild Surf

    1964
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    “ Genre: Beach Party Movies „
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    Young Guns 2

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    Morning of the Earth

    1972
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    “ Genre: Documentary „
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    Liquid Time

    2002
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    The Show

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    Gidget

    1959
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    Gossip Girl

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    Endless Summer II

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    Blue Juice

    1995
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    Crystal Voyager

    1973
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    The Living Curl

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    Beach Party

    1963
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    “ Genre: Beach Party Movies „
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    1. Ming Acheampong
      The Best Surf Movies at 11/01/2012 6:30 AM
      yeah, this is surf movies.

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