The Jersey Shore on Film

🎬 From the boardwalk to the bay, the Jersey Shore has been Hollywood's backdrop for more than 110 years — and this book is the tour.

Communication professor Marci Mazzarotto profiles more than 140 films, plus TV shows and music videos, shot along the Shore's 130 miles of coastline, from South Amboy all the way down to Cape May. Atlantic City classics like Atlantic City (1980) and Desperately Seeking Susan (1985); Asbury Park in The Wrestler (2008) and Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025); shore-shot favorites like The Amityville Horror (1979), Coyote Ugly (2000), and A Complete Unknown (2024) — plus a whole section on Red Bank's own Kevin Smith.

If you've ever watched a movie and thought "hey, I know that boardwalk," this one's for you.

• Paperback · The History Press (2026)
• 140+ films profiled, spanning 110 years of Shore filmmaking
• Written by a Georgian Court University film professor