Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud has the adoration of his mother Claire and his little brother Sam, as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his sleepy Pacific Northwest hometown. But his bright future is cut short when tragedy strikes and takes his dreams with it. After high school classmate Tess returns home unexpectedly, Charlie grows torn between honoring a promise he made four years earlier and moving forward with newfound love. As he finds the courage to let go of the past for good, Charlie discovers the soul most worth saving is his own.
Directed by Burr Steers
sibling relationship
based on novel or book
sailing
ghost
young adult
Rank
#164 in 2010·#7400 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
2.9 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Zac Efron
Charlie St. Cloud
Charlie Tahan
Sam St. Cloud
Amanda Crew
Tess Carroll
Augustus Prew
Alistair Wooley
Donal Logue
Tink Weatherbee
Kim Basinger
Louise St. Cloud
Ray Liotta
Florio Ferrente
Dave Franco
Sully
Matt Ward
Connors
Miles Chalmers
Latham
Desiree Zurowski
Carla Ferrente
Adrian Hough
Ben Carroll
Crew
Burr Steers
Director
Craig Pearce
Screenplay
Lewis Colick
Screenplay
Craig Pearce
Writer
Lewis Colick
Writer
Rolfe Kent
Original Music Composer
Enrique Chediak
Director of Photography
Marc Platt
Producer
Jared LeBoff
Executive Producer
Ryan Kavanaugh
Executive Producer
Gary Archer
Prosthetics
Marny Eng
Stunt Coordinator
Popular Reviews
227 reviews
Maz
5.0★ · 02/21/26
Charlie you need to sleep
Charlie you need to sleep
Vesper
3.0★ · 02/09/26
Why was there a goose when he woke up..?
Why was there a goose when he woke up..?
Regina
9.0★ · 01/25/26
Me pone muy sentimental. Como hermana mayor, no se si pudiera salir adelante. No podría elegir a alguien más.
Me pone muy sentimental. Como hermana mayor, no se si pudiera salir adelante. No podría elegir a alguien más.
kailyn aPRO
6.0★ · 12/20/25
one of the best movies to watch if you need to cry
one of the best movies to watch if you need to cry