Film
★ 6.9
1978
Big Wednesday
Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.
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It was a summer they would never forget.
It's the summer of 1965, and the members of the graduating class of upscale Westwood High are eager to reinvent themselves. Valedictorian Mary Beth wants to attend a liberal university. Surfer bum Stick plans to enlist to fight in Vietnam. Calvin lives in the poor Watts section of Los Angeles, which is slowly erupting in violence. As the summer nights grow long, they'll all be forced to make decisions that will affect the rest of their lives.
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Dermot Mulroney
Pirate
Rick Schroder
Stick
Kelli Williams
Sunshine
Noah Wyle
Finnegan
Lucy Deakins
Mary Beth
Jill Schoelen
Babette
Kristin Minter
Tracy
Kenneth Ransom
Calvin
Seymour Cassel
Pop
Paul Gleason
Mr. Burton
Frederick Coffin
Mr. Maran
Janet MacLachlan
Lottie
Andrew Robinson
Frank
J.E. Freeman
George
Ele Keats
Emily
Chris Ufland
Chris
Shannon Wilcox
Mattie
Sal Lopez
Chicano
Mark Ruffalo
J.D.
Brandi Burkett
J.D.'s Girlfriend
1978
Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.
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2002
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2017
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2012
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1979
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2012
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1997
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2024
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2019
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2006
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1970
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1973
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2001
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1994
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2016
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1990
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1998
In 1963 New England, a group of friends at an all-girls academy learn that they're going to be combined with a nearby all-boys institution. They concoct a plan to save their school while dealing with everyday problems along the way.
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2018
In 1990s Los Angeles, a 13-year-old spends his summer navigating between a troubled home life and a crew of new friends he meets at a skate shop.
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1991
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