On the Beach
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On the Beach may refer to:
Fiction
On the Beach (novel), a 1957 novel by Nevil Shute
On the Beach (1959 film), an American adaptation of Shute's novel, by Stanley Kramer
On the Beach (2000 film), an American-Australian television film based on Shute's novel, by Russell Mulcahy
"On the Beach" (ER), a 2002 TV episode
On the Beach, one of two stage plays which make up The Contingency Plan by Steve Waters (2009)
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, a 2025 video game developed by Kojima Productions
Music
Albums
On the Beach (Chris Rea album) or the title song (see below), 1986
On the Beach (Neil Young album) or the title song, 1974
On the Beach, by Phil Cohran and the Artistic Heritage Ensemble, 1968
On the Beach, by the Paragons, 1967
Songs
"On the Beach" (Chris Rea song), 1986
covered by York as "O.T.B. (On the Beach)", 1999
"On the Beach" (Cliff Richard song), 1964
"On the Beach", by Caroline Polachek for the soundtrack of Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, 2025
"On the Beach", by the Chameleons from What Does Anything Mean?
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