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1. Old (2021)
PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A vacationing family discovers that the secluded beach where they're relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly, reducing their entire lives into a single day.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff
Votes: 162,143 | Gross: $48.28M
2. Across the Universe (2007)
PG-13 | 133 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
The music of The Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.
Director: Julie Taymor | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs
Votes: 114,404 | Gross: $51.66M
3. Surf's Up (2007)
PG | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A behind-the-scenes look at the annual Penguin World Surfing Championship, and its newest participant, up-and-comer Cody Maverick.
Directors: Ash Brannon, Chris Buck | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Zooey Deschanel, Jon Heder, Jeff Bridges
Votes: 91,264 | Gross: $58.87M
4. Soul Surfer (2011)
PG | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Bethany 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.
Director: Sean McNamara | Stars: AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Carrie Underwood
Votes: 53,021 | Gross: $43.85M
5. Kon-Tiki (2012)
PG-13 | 118 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 1947, with five loyal friends in tow, explorer Thor Heyerdahl sails a fragile balsa wood raft along an ancient path some 4,300 miles across the Pacific.
Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | Stars: Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo, Gustaf Skarsgård, Odd-Magnus Williamson
Votes: 52,097 | Gross: $1.52M
6. The Last Wave (1977)
PG | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself and premonitions.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil, Frederick Parslow
Votes: 11,069
7. The Strong Ones (2019)
Unrated | 98 min | Drama, Romance
The Strong Ones is a story of love and courage, at the end of the world, between two men in search of freedom.
Director: Omar Zúñiga | Stars: Samuel González, Antonio Altamirano, Marcela Salinas, Gabriela Fernández
Votes: 2,014
8. Blue Crush 2 (2011 Video)
PG-13 | 113 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Haunted by the memory of her deceased mother, Dana leaves Malibu behind and heads to South Africa to fulfill her mother's dream of surfing Jefferys Bay.
Director: Mike Elliott | Stars: Sasha Jackson, Lizzy Mathis, Ben Milliken, Sharni Vinson
Votes: 3,913
9. Piper (2016)
G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Family
A hungry sandpiper hatchling ventures from her nest for the first time to dig for food by the shoreline. The problem is, the food is buried in the sand where scary waves roll up.
Director: Alan Barillaro
Votes: 31,954
10. The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Posing as an insurance investigator, Tom Lawrence investigates a murder of a teacher disguised as a suicide at a women's college.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Paula Corday, Amelita Ward
Votes: 907
11. The Christian Licorice Store (1971)
R | 90 min | Drama, Comedy
A tennis champion falls in with the Hollywood crowd. He soon finds himself being corrupted by the life in the fast lane.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Beau Bridges, Maud Adams, Gilbert Roland, Allan Arbus
Votes: 136
12. Shiver Me Timbers! (1934)
TV-Y7-FV | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye, Olive, and Wimpy stumble across a ghost ship. They climb aboard, and it proceeds to scare them in various ways.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: William Costello, Lou Fleischer, Charles Lawrence, Mae Questel
Votes: 336
13. Is My Palm Read (1933)
Passed | 5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
For customer Betty Boop, psychic reader Prof. Bimbo conjures up an adventure on a haunted tropical island in his crystal ball.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Billy Murray, Mae Questel
Votes: 367
14. The Swimmer (2013)
16 min | Short, Drama, Horror
Perth, Western Australia. Shark attacks 10 year-old boy leaving a scar that will never heal.
Director: Giovanni Basso | Stars: Tommaso Puccini, Daniel Wilkins, Finleigh Dignam, Luca Wilkins
Votes: 52
15. Trumpet on the Cliff (2016)
102 min | Drama
Aoi studies photography at a school in Tokyo. She undergoes a heart transplant operation and goes to the island of Okinawa to recover. Her uncle lives on the island. There, she holds a ... See full summary »
Director: Sun-Hee Han | Stars: Minami Sakuraba, Nanami Sakuraba, Nene Ôtsuka, Takurô Tatsumi
Votes: 119
16. Rogue Waves (2006 TV Movie)
49 min | Documentary
Throughout history, sailors on the high seas have told stories of giant, solitary waves that came out of nowhere and sank ships. Until recently, these stories were thought to be legends or ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Froehlich | Stars: David O'Brien, James Delgado, Frank Delaney, Brian K. Haus
Votes: 22
17. Surface Tension (1968)
10 min | Short
An experimental film by Hollis Frampton documenting a man talking while a telephone rings, a tour of New York, and a goldfish.
Director: Hollis Frampton | Star: Kasper König
Votes: 445
19. Nazaré (1952)
81 min | Drama, Family, Music
The sea, often treacherous, is the only source of living of the people of Nazaré. The film tells the story of António and his family, where no dreams are allowed. There is also the mourning... See full summary »
Director: Manuel Guimarães | Stars: Virgilio Teixeira, Helga Liné, Artur Semedo, Maria José
Votes: 64
20. Surf Scene (1965)
Documentary, Short, Adventure
Director: Ron Taylor | Stars: Ward 'Pally' Austin, Tanya Binning, Kevin Brennan, Robert Conneeley
21. Swiss Cheese Family Robinson (1947)
6 min | Animation, Short
A message in a bottle alerts Mighty Mouse to the plight of three mice shipwrecked on an island, which is overrun by cannibal cats.
Director: Mannie Davis
Votes: 38
22. Die perfekte Welle - Big Wave Surfing in Portugal (2018 TV Movie)
30 min | Documentary, Sport
The small Portuguese coastal town of Nazaré is unique in Europe. It became the Olympus of surfing in the 2010s. Monster waves roll ashore here between late autumn and spring. They are the ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Gensthaler | Stars: Walter Chicharro, Axel Haber, Sebastian Steudtner, Joao Vitorino
23. The Language of Shadows: Murnau - The Early Years and Nosferatu (2007 Video)
53 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the early life and career of German silent filmmaker F.W. Murnau, with special emphasis on the production of Nosferatu (1922), examining its occult influences and revisiting its filming locations.
Director: Luciano Berriatúa | Stars: Thomas Lang, Eva Diekmann, David Sandberg, Helene Luckow
Votes: 98
24. TV ArtScapes: ForestScapes Volume VI (2008 Video)
Music, Reality-TV
Director: Veronica Crystal Young
25. Surfer: Mastering Turbulence (2019)
61 min | Documentary, Sport
For all people, life begins in the water, in the protective body of the mother, where they are gently rocked back and forth. After birth, life meets them again in waves. And finally they ... See full summary »
Director: Daniela Vater | Stars: Marielle Layher, Rouven Brauers, Trevor Carlson, Andrew Cotton
26.
Horizon (1964– )
Episode:
Freak Wave
(2002)
Documentary
Stars: Bernard Hill, Heinz Aye, Dai Davies, Peter De Nijs
Votes: 25
27.
Power Rangers Ninja Storm (2003–2004)
Episode:
The Wild Wipeout
(2003)
TV-Y7-FV | 22 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Tori is transported to another dimension where the Rangers are evil. She teams up with Lothor and his forces to defeat the Rangers and restore peace to the city.
Director: Andrew Merrifield | Stars: Pua Magasiva, Sally Martin, Glenn McMillan, Adam Tuominen
Votes: 70
28.
Pokémon (1997–2023)
Episode:
Legend of Surfing Pikachu
(1998)
TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Ash spends the day surfing instead of training and is saved from drowning by a man named Victor and his Pikachu, Puka. Victor is a surfer who wants to ride the great wave Humunga Dunga.
Director: Masamitsu Hidaka | Stars: Madeleine Blaustein, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Veronica Taylor
Votes: 389
29.
Super Friends (1973–1985)
Episode:
Invasion of the Fearians/The Demons of Exxor
(1978)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Legion of Doom tricks the SuperFriends into making the earth habitable for the Fearians, a race of intelligent three-headed creatures from Venus.
Directors: Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano | Stars: Jack Angel, Marlene Aragon, Lewis Bailey, Michael Bell
Votes: 73
30.
The Blue Planet (2001)
Episode:
Tidal Seas
(2001)
TV-G | 49 min | Documentary
Tidal marshes are one of the most productive parts of the world. Numerous plants support numerous animals, yet life is not easy: predators are attracted to these enormous quantities of food... See full summary »
Director: Alastair Fothergill | Stars: David Attenborough, Pierce Brosnan
Votes: 678
31.
The Mighty Mouse Playhouse (1955–1966)
Episode:
Episode dated 3 February 1962
(1962)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Action, Adventure
Votes: 12
32.
SciShow (2012– )
Episode:
6 Mysteries Geologists Can't Explain - Yet!
(2021)
13 min | Documentary, Talk-Show
You would think after living here for all of human civilization that geologists would know the Earth pretty well. But Earth is still dishing up strangeness. There are explosions, rumblings,... See full summary »
Star: Hank Green
33.
Engineering with Rosie (2020– )
Episode:
Wave Energy Converters: Engineering Challenges and Opportunities
(2020)
10 min | Documentary
Rose grabs her surfboard and heads to the ocean to talk about wave energy. There are three types of motion in a wave that can be captured to generate electricity. The challenge is building ... See full summary »
Star: Rosie Barnes
34.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Quantum Leap
(2011)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary
This program explains some of the weirdest aspects of quantum mechanics: uncertainty and entanglement. Despite the absurdity of these behaviors they have been confirmed time and again and ... See full summary »
Directors: Julia Cort, Josh Rosen | Stars: Allan Adams, Christopher Mark Chan, John Clauser, Frank Cuervo
Votes: 218
35.
North America (2013– )
Episode:
Savage Edge
(2013)
TV-PG | 48 min | Documentary, Family
Watch ALL NEW episodes of North America, Sundays at 9PM E/P on Discovery. The water's edge is America's final frontier, where human civilization and untamable wilderness collide. Witness ... See full summary »
Stars: Tom Selleck, Justin Anderson, Steve Backshall, Sonny Bass
Votes: 34
36.
Back Roads (2015–2024)
Episode:
Ceduna
(2015)
28 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Award-winning journalist Heather Ewart takes a trip to the Nullarbor frontier town of Ceduna on the Great Australian Bight, where breaking conventions is the rule.
Stars: Heather Ewart, George Baldwin, Bev Bedson, Adrian Brooks