wack Rent a Wave I am deathly afraid of bikini-line waxing. As a result of my fear and loathing of all things Nair-related, I'd recommend a trip to TLA Video over a trip to the Jersey Shore any day. The following are some favorite celluloid substitutes for a day at the beach, each providing healthy doses of sun, sand and surf - minus the messy chore of hair removal.   Where the Boys Are (1960) It's not all pastels and palm trees when the co-eds hit Fort Lauderdale. Director Henry Levin introduces Connie Francis as a singing field hockey player and addresses what the girls call "playing house before marriage" with what (in 1960) passed for brutal honesty. Uncharacteristically dark for a beach movie.   Beach Party (1963) Beach Party is the first in the legendary Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon series. It offers a clever selection of cameos: Brian Wilson hits the beach with Peter Falk and Vincent Price. Squeaky clean fun, but pace yourself - it's easy to overdose on all the sand and surf.   Endless Summer (1966) Bruce Brown films, edits and narrates Mike and Bob's search for the perfect wave. This documentary follows them from Senegal to South Africa to Australia (plus touts some outstanding footage of California and Hawaii). If you can stomach the tacit imperialism when Mike, the blond, teaches "natives" in Ghana to hang ten, the scenery is great. As Brown muses, "Think of the thousands of waves that have gone to waste and the waves that are going to waste right now."   Jaws (1975) Years before Jurassic Park, Steven Spielberg was already turning cheesy mass-market paperbacks into fang-toothed film thrillers. Although it'll probably scare you as much as when you first saw it as a tike, John William's score will still sends shivers down your spine.   Back to the Beach (1987) Annette and Frankie and Fishbone and Pee Wee Herman and June Cleaver. Married to Annette, the peanut-butter perfect housewife, and saddled with a rebellious punk rock teen, Frankie withstands temptation from aging bad-girl Connie Francis, and is forced to defend his "Big Kahuna" title.   Shag (1989) Coeds on spring break, once again, and this time it's Myrtle Beach. A lot of the action revolves around the dance floor of the tiki hut rather than the beach, but at least there are the obligatory convertible scenes. The cast, which includes Phoebe Cates, Bridget Fonda, Annabeth Gish and Page Hannah, is best described as extremely cute.   Point Break (1991) The wildly improbable plot is carried by the equally improbable, though absolutely authentic, waves. The combined effect is the adrenaline rush expected from a good action movie. Plus Keanu Reeves!   - Abby Salerno