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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!

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Rank     Name Release Directed by Genre(s)
  1. 1
    Up 12
    2011
    Sean McNamara
    Drama, Biography, Action, Sports
    Genre: Narrative
  2. 2
    2002
    John Stockwell
    Drama, Sports, Romance Film, Teen, Romantic drama, Sports, Coming of age More
    Genre: Narrative
  3. 3
    1991
    Kathryn Bigelow
    Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Sports, Crime Fiction, Heist
    Genre: Narrative
  4. 4
    2004
    Stacy Peralta
    History, Sports, Documentary, Sports
    Genre: Documentary
  5. 5
    2003
    Dana Brown
    Sports, Documentary, Sports, Travel
    Genre: Documentary
  6. 6
    1966
    Bruce Brown
    Sports, Documentary, Travel
    Genre: Narrative
  7. 7
    1998
    Zalman King
    Drama, Action, Sports
    Genre: Narrative
  8. 8
    2008
    Jason Baffa, Mark Jeremias
    Sports, Documentary
    Genre: Documentary
  9. 9

    September Sessions

    2002
    Jack Johnson, Jack Johnson
    Sports, Documentary, Short Film
    Genre: Documentary
  10. 10
    1978
    John Milius
    Drama, Comedy, Sports, Coming of age
    Genre: Narrative
  11. 11
    Greg MacGillivray
    Documentary
    Genre: Documentary
  12. 12
    1987
    William W. Phelps
    Drama, Adventure, Sports, Romance Film, Romantic drama
    Genre: Narrative
  13. 13

    Endless Summer II

    Genre: Documentary
  14. 14
    1963
    William Asher
    Comedy, Musical
    Genre: Beach Party Movies
  15. 15

    Morning of the Earth

    1972
    David Elfick, Alby Falzon
    Genre: Documentary
  16. 16
    2007
    Ash Brannon, Chris Buck
    Comedy, Family, Animation, Adventure, Sports, Computer Animation, Mockumentary More
    Genre: Narrative
  17. 17
    1995
    Carl Prechezer
    Drama, Comedy, Sports, Romance Film, Romantic comedy, Indie
    Genre: Narrative
  18. 18
    1973
    David Elfick
    Biographical film
    Genre: Documentary
  19. 19
    1994
    Bruce Brown
    Sports, Documentary, Travel
    Genre: Narrative
  20. 20

    Liquid Time

    2002
    Genre: Documentary
  21. 21

    The Fantastic Plastic Machine

    Genre: Documentary
  22. 22

    Storm riders

    Genre: Documentary
  23. 23
    2000
    Jack Johnson, Chris Malloy, Jack Johnson
    Sports, Documentary, Travel
    Genre: Documentary
  24. 24
    1964
    Don Taylor, William Castle
    Comedy, Sports
    Genre: Beach Party Movies
  25. 25
    1981
    Bruce Beresford
    Drama, Comedy, Coming of age
    Genre: Narrative
  26. 26
    1984
    Comedy, Indie, Zombie, Parody
    Genre: Narrative
  27. 27
    2003
    James Seale
    Thriller, Science Fiction, Action, Action/Adventure, Television movie, Crime Thriller More
    Genre: Documentary
  28. 28
    2005
    Catherine Hardwicke
    Drama, Period piece, Sports, Biographical film, Teen
    Genre: Narrative
  29. 29
    Genre: Documentary
  30. 30
    1965
    William Asher
    Comedy
    Genre: Beach Party Movies
  31. 31
    1959
    Paul Wendkos
    Comedy, Romance Film, Romantic comedy, Teen
    Genre: Beach Party Movies
  32. 32
    1984
    Mark Griffiths
    Comedy, Sex comedy
    Genre: Beach Party Movies
  33. 33

    Surf Party

    Maury Dexter
    Comedy, Musical, Surf movie
    Genre: Beach Party Movies
  34. 34

    Out of Place

    Genre: Documentary

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