To Be Frank (2025)
• September 12th, 2025 • 0h 11min
Documentary
Overview
Frank Paine, is a 73-year-old South Bay icon and humble local legend whose life orbits around a two-block stretch of beach. His unforgettable mustache and magnetic spirit are what most first notice, but Frank’s layers expose a depth that might answer some questions that surfers continually ask themselves. Surfing, which, for some, becomes lost in isolation, is made whole again with Frank.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Riding Giants
Released on: 2004-07-09
Documentary
Riding Giants is story about big wave surfers who have become heroes and legends in their sport. Dir...
The Endless Summer
Released on: 1966-06-15
Documentary
Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. T...
Bustin' Down the Door
Released on: 2008-07-25
Documentary
During the winter of 1975 in Hawaii, surfing was shaken to its core. A group of young surfers from A...
The Cosmic Children
Released on: 1970-11-11
Documentary
Depicts the dynamic, space age surfers of the 1960's who 'feel the juice' of the ocean's swell's. Th...
Mondo Hollywood
Released on: 1967-06-30
Documentary
Long considered a cult classic, "Mondo Hollywood" captures the underside of Hollywood by documenting...
Maya and the Wave
Released on: 2024-09-13
Documentary
After a brush with death, Maya Gabeira makes history in the male-dominated world of big wave surfing...
Queen of the Sea
Released on: 2023-11-20
Documentary
A short documentary exploring how the ocean is an empowering space for women to connect. Told throug...
The September Sessions
Released on: 2002-12-31
Documentary
Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, and others take a trip to the coast of Sumatra, where they find themselve...
Thicker Than Water
Released on: 2000-05-12
Documentary, Drama
Chris Malloy, Emmett Malloy, and Jack Johnson got together to document the life and times of a pro s...
The Endless Summer II
Released on: 1994-06-03
Documentary
Bruce Brown, king of surfing documentaries, returns after nearly thirty years to trace the steps of ...
Billabong Odyssey
Released on: 2003-11-07
Action, Adventure, Documentary
Action sports documentary that follows the industry's best big wave surfers as they travel the world...
Follow Me
Released on: 1969-04-25
Documentary
Documentary about two boys and a girl who travel to surfing spots around the world.
Surfing Morning of the Sun
Released on: 2020-02-19
Documentary
Stunning contemporary surfing mixed with classic surfing from the 1970's. A inspirational homage to ...
The Current: Explore the Healing Powers of the Ocean
Released on: 2014-02-01
Documentary
The Current tells the story of individuals from all walks of life that have faced incredible obstacl...
Being Captain Zero
Released on: 2009-01-01
Documentary
This is a dynamic documentary about two 1970s era marijuana smugglers who were forced to separate wh...
Step Into Liquid
Released on: 2003-08-05
Documentary, Drama
No special effects. No stuntmen. No stereotypes. No other feeling comes close. Surfers and secret sp...
The Big Wave Project II
Released on: 2022-12-01
Documentary
Some of the world's most renowned surfers share their experiences as they take on the biggest and mo...
Islands in the Stream
Released on: 2004-07-21
Documentary
5 surfers travel from Tahiti to the Tuamotu atolls by boat to experience unbelievable waves by thems...
The Longest Wave
Released on: 2019-11-13
Documentary
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Joe Berlinger travels the globe with legendary windsurfer and pioneering w...
Fire On The Mountain
Released on: 2019-12-16
Documentary
From the mind of Chris Benchetler comes TGR's latest short film collaboration. Improvisation is the ...