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The Endless Summer (1966)

  • Documentary
  • 91 min
  • PG age guide
  • ★ 7.2/10 from 140 ratings

Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. The film documents American surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August as they travel the world during California’s winter (which, back in 1965 was off-season for surfing) in search of the perfect wave and ultimately, an endless summer.

Directed byBruce Brown

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  1. 01

    Summer City

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    1977 · 90 min · Drama · Thriller

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    Four friends take a road trip to kick back, hit the pubs, and go surfing. Tension builds among the group between Sandy, a quiet young man who is angered by the obnoxious, womanizing Boo who seduces a teenaged girl while on their trip in one of his usual one night stands. Meanwhile, the girl's psychotic dad is also looking for Boo out of revenge for what he did to his daughter. Boo is in for a major wake up call.

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    Powaqqatsi

    Similar atmosphere

    1988 · 100 min · Documentary

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    An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.

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    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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    The Deep

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    1977 · 123 min · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

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    A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters.

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    A Scene at the Sea

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    1991 · 101 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance

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    A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a surf champion. Encouraged by his also deaf girlfriend, he persists against all odds.

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    White Water Summer

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    1987 · 90 min · Adventure · Drama

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    When the experienced guide Vic accompanies the city boy Alan and his three friends on their first wilderness experience, he not only hopes to teach the four boys lessons about the wilderness, but about themselves. Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon after alienating the boys, Vic finds himself in desperate need of help and must rely on his students in order to survive.

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  6. 08

    Arabia: Sand, Sea & Sky

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    1991 · 80 min · Documentary · TV Movie

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    Take A Spectacular Journey. It Starts Right Here... Arabia: Sand, Sea & Sky Take a stunning tour of Arabia's natural world- a land of vivid contrast and splendor. Your journey begins in the magnificent coral reefs of the Red Sea where barracuda, giant mantra rays, and sharks comb the fertile waters. Then, high in the cliffs of the great mountain barrier, you will be fascinated by the complex social behavior of a troop of baboons. As you descend into the foothills, thousands of migrating birds converge, including the flamboyant Abyssinian Roller which will dazzle you with its brilliant feathers and swooping aerobatic dives. Finally, travel by camel across the immense sculptured desert, as the Bedouins have for more than thirty-five hundred years on an expedition you will never forget in ARABIA: SAND, SEA, & SKY.

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    • substantial genre overlap
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  7. 09

    The Wrong Guys

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    1988 · 86 min · Action · Comedy

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    Five former cub scouts have a reunion and go camping on the mountain they never conquered. High jinks ensue due to their childhood enemies and a group of escaped convicts who mistake them for an FBI unit.

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  8. 10

    Baraka

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    1992 · 97 min · Documentary

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    A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life.

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    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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