Like surfing, movies are subjective. Everyone has their favorite actors, directors and genres. Some prefer quick, funny hits, others like the long, drawn-out time warps of a Christopher Nolan film.

either through fictional or real-life accounts, there are plenty that have done it well. Here's our list, in chronological order, of the most noteworthy surfing movies.

On March 20-22 in Florianopolis, Brazil, one of the biggest new international surf film festivals will kick off their second annual gathering: The 2025 Floripa Surf Film Festival. Started by ...

The reason was, there just weren’t all that many surfers around in 1958. It was a full year before the “Gidget” movie came ...

The festival’s “signature one-of-a-kind surfing film event” will return Friday, April 25 with a Fremont Theater screening of three short surf films: “Creatures of Habit,” “Making Waves ...

While she is off earning money to keep them housed (albeit in an RV) and fed, Goat and her best friend Nate (Leandro Guedes) ...

The director of the cult classic Cornish surf film Blue Juice - which broadcast the UK's little-known surfing culture to the world - has revealed it was very nearly filmed in California.

The Surfalorus Film Festival encourages filmmakers to submit shorts, features, documentaries, and other surf-inspired films for its 14th annual event. Surfalorus showcases the finest surf films that ...

The festival’s “signature one-of-a-kind surfing film event” will return Friday, April 25 with a Fremont Theater screening of ...