Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Endless Summer

If you loved The Endless Summer, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

🏆

Expert Review & Ratings

See our full critical analysis and audience score for The Endless Summer.

View Review →
Advertisement
#1
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends

The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends

2019★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Endless Summer for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

This documentary focuses on the actors and their journey over two summers to create the remake to the original IT, by Stephen King. The documentary originally released as bonus mat...

#2
My Octopus Teacher

My Octopus Teacher

2020★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Endless Summer for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting he...

#3
Sidney

Sidney

2022★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Endless Summer for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

This revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier—iconic actor, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. Featuring interviews with Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Halle Ber...

#4
Baraka

Baraka

1992★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Endless Summer for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

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

#5
OLIVIA RODRIGO: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film)

OLIVIA RODRIGO: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film)

2022★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Endless Summer for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Grammy® winner singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo takes a familiar road trip from Salt Lake City, where she began writing her debut album “SOUR,” to Los Angeles. Along the way, Rodri...

#6
The Deepest Breath

The Deepest Breath

2023★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Endless Summer for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Bonded by their love of freediving, a record-setting champion and a heroic safety diver try to make history with a remarkable feat, ready to risk it all....

Advertisement