Drama
Hawaiian Punch follows two young Mormons, Nick and Tor, during their time in Hawaii. The audience is privy to their lives sharing a house and their recreational activities around the island. Afternoons are spent cliff diving, cruising on their moped along palm tree-lined streets and talking about relationships and religion.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Aggression
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
The Falls: Covenant of Grace
Big Jim McLain
Hell's Half Acre
Mother Country
Princess Kaiulani
God's Army
Inheritance
The Flower of Hawaii
Brigham City
Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story
The Testaments of One Fold and One Shepherd
Six Days in August
Provo
Maui
City of Salt
Strata
Hoʻomau
The Wind & the Reckoning
SIMILAR MOVIES
Aggression
IMDB 5 | Dec , 1968
Aggression, Schroeter’s first 16mm film, is the fictive portrait of a woman who is oppressed by her (unseen) boyfriend.The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
IMDB 5.1 | Jul , 2003
A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper. Born in 1911 Newport and last heard of in 1989, Luper’s life is pieced together from the evidence found in 92 suitcases scattered across the globe. In the first of three parts, we follow Luper through three distinct episodes: as a child during the First World War; as an explorer in Mormon Utah; and as a writer in Belgium during the rise of fascism.The Falls: Covenant of Grace
IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 2016
Chris and RJ, former Mormon missionaries who fell in love seven years ago, are struggling to make their relationship work amid conflicts with their families and their faith. Determined to finally find closure and put the past behind them, the two men set in motion a quest for unconditional love that ultimately leads to the very top of the LDS leadership.Big Jim McLain
IMDB 4.9 | Aug , 1952
House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter come to post war Hawaii to track Communist Party activities even though belonging to the party was legal at the time. They are interested in everything from insurance fraud to the sabotage of a U.S. naval vessel.Hell's Half Acre
IMDB 5.3 | Jun , 1954
A woman travels to Hawaii to find out if a man in prison there is actually her missing husband.Mother Country
IMDB 6.5 | Apr , 1962
In 1919, a group of Japanese immigrants arrives in Hawaii. Among them Yoshio Inoue and his wife Kishimo and Sumi, a young woman ready to get married soon. With the soil that is hard to work and the subtropical climate, the immigrants have to cope with a hard life. But after years of hard work, Yoshio finds work as a teacher while his wife manages to open a small grocery store. But with the war around the corner, life becomes more and more complicated for the Japanese immigrants in a foreign country.Princess Kaiulani
IMDB 5.7 | May , 2010
Ka'iulani, a 19th-century Hawaiian princess, is raised in England but determined to maintain her people's independence from aggressive American businessmen. After being sent to England as a child by her Scottish father, Ka'iulani returns to Hawaii and becomes a political activist who fights to retain her throne, even though she must leave her English paramour.God's Army
IMDB 6.4 | Mar , 2000
A newly ordained Mormon missionary struggles with a tragic past and a tough mentor.Inheritance
IMDB 7.8 | Jun , 2022
At dawn, Kelsey Akioka hikes out onto the Kalapana lava fields with a camera in hand and 80 lbs of gear on his back. We observe his methodical photography process amid one of nature’s most beautiful and chaotic events. Under the shade of a pop-up tent, he sells these photos at a small makeshift marketplace to apathetic tourists. By the end of the day, Kelsey returns home, exhausted and worn, to his son and elderly father. When he learns his friend is sacrificing his passion and moving away from home to pursue a better life for his family, Kelsey begins to question his own choices. As his frustrations spill into his home life, Kelsey must confront the turmoil stirring within him.The Flower of Hawaii
IMDB 5 | Mar , 1933
An adaptation of the operetta The Flower of Hawaii by Paul Abraham. It is based on the life of the last Queen of Hawaii Liliuokalani.Brigham City
IMDB 6.4 | Mar , 2001
Wes Clayton is a lawman and a bishop in a Mormon community called Brigham. The town is shaken when a woman from California is found murdered. Clayton and his young deputy work with an FBI agent sent to investigate. As a civil and spiritual leader in the frightened town, Clayton must uncover the town's deepest secrets, find the murderer and keep Brigham from ripping itself apart.Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story
IMDB 4.9 | Sep , 2019
When a teenager reveals that she is gay to her devout Mormon parents, they decide to send her to a conversion therapy home in Utah.The Testaments of One Fold and One Shepherd
IMDB 7.1 | Mar , 2000
This film depict events from the Life and ministry of Jesus Christ as recorded in the New Testament and the Book of Mormon. The story culminates with a portrayal of the Ressurected Savior's visit to the ancient Americas as seen through the eyes of a fictional family. Jesus' ministry to the members of His fold in both the Holy Land and the ancient Americas powerfully demonstrates that He is the Good Shepherd of all who hear His voice.Six Days in August
IMDB 4.5 | Oct , 2024
The Prophet Joseph Smith is dead, killed by a mob. Enemies of the LDS Church think the church will die with Joseph. In fact, that danger is a real possibility. The crisis is undeniable, and the saints in Nauvoo are in chaos.Provo
IMDB 4 | Oct , 2022
A self-destructive ex-Mormon finds out her estranged, abusive father is on his deathbed in Provo, Utah – so she road trips across the country to reckon with her past, current friend-with-benefits in tow.Maui
IMDB 7 | Apr , 2017
A Vietnam vet suspected of murder in '71 Maui must rediscover the Hawaiian warrior within to protect his family, defend their land, and clear his father's name.City of Salt
IMDB 2.3 | Apr , 2020
A community in Zion Creek, Utah, is turned upside down when a popular high school girl disappears in the midst of her father's political campaign.Strata
IMDB 3 | Sep , 1983
The story means to develop through an uncovering of layers - strata. As writer Krumbachova stated: "With nature as a prison, an impassable barrier ... where every action is physically and psychically limited by the environment ... people are reduced to fragments of basic instinct and intelligence." Promoted as a psychological thriller, Strata provides little tension nor any real climax. The characters are ideas - not believably real.Hoʻomau
IMDB 8 | Jun , 2017
A fictional story of ancient Hawai‘i anchored in Hawaiian values, Ho'omau is the story of Lehua, a young woman of mixed ancestry, who must persist against perilous odds to defend all she holds dear when war breaks out between tribes of different origin in ancient Hawai'i.The Wind & the Reckoning
IMDB 10 | Sep , 2022
As an outbreak of leprosy engulfs 19th-century colonial Hawai'i, a small group of infected Native Hawaiians resist government-mandated exile, taking a courageous stand against the provisional government. Inspired by real-life events.