Movies like Summer Rental

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Summer Rental (1985)
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Summer Rental (1985)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.
Style: feel good, humorous, funny, light, road movie, intense, scenic, colorful, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: date night, family outing, kids
Plot: sailing, summer vacation, underdog, screwball, rivalry, on the road, friendship, love and romance, couples, nothing goes right, disorder, air traffic controller, couple relations, boat, travel, summer, love, teenager, sea voyage, teen angst, seafaring, family relations, beach, restaurant, vacation ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: florida, california
Keyword: challenge, movie theatre

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Most similar movies to Summer Rental

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, realistic and funny films with plots about disorder, family relations, nothing goes right, friendship, husband wife relationship, youth and couples mostly in Comedy, Adventure and Romance genres. Some movies like Summer Rental: The Great Outdoors (1988), National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Uncle Buck (1989), Captain Ron (1992), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Great Outdoors (1988)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie's obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman ...
Style: funny, feel good, humorous, cult classic, slapstick ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: camp, family vacation, bear, wilderness, holiday, teenage girl, nothing goes right, family relations, youth, disorder, parents and children, friendship ...
Time: 80s
Place: minnesota, chicago, usa, wisconsin
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National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family on a quest to Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
Style: funny, road movie, humorous, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: road trip, on the road, vacation, youth, cross country, plan gone awry, small town, dog, couple relations, family holiday, relatives, summer ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: chicago, colorado, arizona, illinois, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
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Uncle Buck (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: As an idle, good-natured bachelor, Uncle Buck is the last person you would think of to watch the kids. However, during a family crisis, he is suddenly left in charge of his nephew and nieces. Unaccustomed to suburban life, fun-loving Uncle Buck soon ...
Style: feel good, funny, light, entertaining, touching ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: childhood, unlikely friendships, teenager, child care, parents and children, when the parents are away, babysitter, happy ending, fish out of water, respect, uncle nephew relationship, mischievous children ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: chicago, illinois, wisconsin, minnesota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
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Captain Ron (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When mild-mannered Martin Harvey finds out that he has inherited a vintage yacht, he decides to take his family on a Caribbean vacation to retrieve the vessel. Upon arriving on a small island and realizing that the ship is in rough shape, Martin and ...
Style: funny, humorous, hilarious, cult classic, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: sailing, boat, childhood, sea, female nudity, child hero, underdog, outlaw, seafaring, smoking, sea voyage, sea adventure ...
Time: 90s
Place: caribbean, fictional island, chicago, puerto rico, cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion.
Style: feel good, road movie, light, funny, humorous ...
Audience: date night, kids
Plot: road trip, thanksgiving, travel, on the road, buddy, snow, holiday, train, airplane, airport, railway, traveling salesman ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: chicago, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, illinois, new york ...
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100%
One Crazy Summer (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, colorful ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: friendship, coming of age, teenager, love, youth, eviction, summer vacation, brat pack, obsession, voice over narration, feud, greed ...
Time: 80s, year 1986
Place: usa, new england, massachusetts
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100%
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Overboard (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Heiress, Joanna Stayton hires carpenter, Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht -- and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get ...
Style: feel good, light, entertaining, sentimental, funny ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: memory loss, rich woman poor man, amnesia, love and romance, single father, father son relationship, family life, parents and children, carpenter, pretend relationship, love, dishonesty ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
What About Bob? (1991)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Before going on vacation, self-involved psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin has the misfortune of taking on a new patient: Bob Wiley. An exemplar of neediness and a compendium of phobias, Bob follows Marvin to his family's country house. Dr. Marvin ...
Style: funny, light, witty, not serious, psychological ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids
Plot: mental illness, psychiatrist, vacation, therapy, obsession, yuppie, mother daughter relationship, phobia, family vacation, psychology, sarcasm, psychiatry ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new hampshire, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Vacation (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their two sons on a cross-country road trip to the coolest theme park in America, Walley World. Needless ...
Style: funny, humorous, hilarious, realistic, not serious ...
Audience: teens, family outing, girls' night
Plot: road trip, dysfunctional family, vacation, family vacation, amusement park, highway travel, father son relationship, on the road, brother brother relationship, grand canyon, brother sister relationship, family relations ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, arizona, san francisco, memphis
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Hot Pursuit (1987)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Young Danny is following his rich girlfriend's family to the Caribbean. But suddenly he simply must make a chemistry test and cannot go with them. After they have left, he gets a leave from his professor and takes a plane to find them. But he ...
Style: feel good, road movie, entertaining, light, humorous ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: high school, chase, boat, rescue, nothing goes right, disorder, friendship, youth, teenager, coming of age, prisoner, airport ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 79K
Stripes (1981)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: John Winger, an indolent sad sack in his 30s, impulsively joins the U.S. Army after losing his job, his girlfriend and his apartment.
Style: humorous, feel good, intense, not serious, laugh out loud ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: basic training, boot camp, cold war, soldier, friendship, military, u.s. army, slacker, obstacle course, flirting, military training, military enlistment ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: czechoslovakia, italy, milan italy, kentucky, west germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 3.7
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Thinkin' Big (1986)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A group of guys takes their ice cream truck to the beach and meet some girls
Style: sex comedy, teen sex comedy, sexy, black comedy, independent film ...
Plot: woman in a bikini, summer, attraction, teensploitation, striptease, voice over narration, nudity, driving, group of friends, desire, exhibitionism, sea ...
Time: year 1986
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Maid to Order (1987)
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning but exasperated millionaire father Charles to wish he never had her, is visited by fairy godmother Stella. In an effort to save Jessie, Stella casts a spell ...
Style: melancholic, sweet, entertaining, romantic, light ...
Audience: kids, date night
Plot: friendship, fairy godmother, maid, wish come true, parents and children, switching roles, unlikely friendships, fish out of water, self discovery, curses spells and rituals, child as adult, power relations ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Fraternity Vacation (1985)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A nerd gains the friendship of two of his frat brothers when his dad offers them his condo for the week in Palm Springs, and also offers the fraternity a hot tub and jacuzzi if they can help his son find a girl. They meet two guys from a rival ...
Style: sex comedy, erotic, funny, independent film, not serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: vacation, college, friendship, prank, loss of virginity, rivalry, party, college student, deception, jail, lust, voyeur ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: palm springs california, california, usa, iowa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Well, We Were Lucky with the Weather – Again (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Almost 30 years has passed and Gösta and Gun are retired. This summer they're going on a trip to their son's wedding in Gösta's new RV.
Style: humorous, captivating, feel good, entertaining, light ...
Plot: wedding, on the road, family relations, nothing goes right, summer vacation, disorder, family life, road trip, friendship, poor, couples, house
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
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License to Drive (1988)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Teenager Les Anderson thinks his life can't get any worse after he flunks his driver's exam, but he's wrong. Even though he didn't receive his license, Les refuses to break his date with the cool Mercedes Lane, and he decides to ...
Style: road movie, light, funny, humorous, not serious ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: high school, teenager, childhood, underage drinking, love and romance, nothing goes right, family relations, teenage love, high school life, friendship, teenage life, parents and children ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Lost in America (1985)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling ...
Style: road movie, humorous, witty, talky, funny ...
Audience: date night
Plot: road trip, on the road, self discovery, motor home, fired from the job, marriage, couples, fish out of water, nothing goes right, cross country trip, married couple, promotion ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1985
Place: las vegas, arizona, nevada, new york, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
I Hate Summer (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Three families end up in the same rented house. Throughout the summer, they become friends and rediscover how to enjoy life.
Style: light, funny, humorous, feel good, not serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: family holiday, family vacation, road trip, island, family relations, father son relationship, beach, friendship, vacation, parents and children, old friend, tourist ...
Place: europe, southern italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Brewster's Millions (1985)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can successfully spend 30 million dollars in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone what he's up to... A task that's ...
Style: feel good, funny, entertaining, light, humorous ...
Audience: kids, date night
Plot: baseball, millionaire, greed, rags to riches, hotel, lawyer, heir, baseball player, african american, farce, childhood, inheritance ...
Time: 80s
Place: new jersey, new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Couples Retreat (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Four couples, all friends, descend on a tropical island resort. Though one husband and wife are there to work on their marriage, the others just want to enjoy some fun in the sun. They soon find, however, that paradise comes at a price: ...
Style: funny, tropical, sexy, humorous, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot: resort, couple relations, friendship, couples therapy, marriage, island, couples, divorce, marital problem, crumbling marriage, friends, screwball ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: tahiti, chicago
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18%
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Camping (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Plastic surgeon Michel Saint-Josse is on his way to Spain where he hopes to spend a stress-free holiday in a luxury hotel with his teenage daughter Vanessa. When his car breaks down near a camping, Michel accepts the offer of help from an extrovert ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Plot: camp, friendship, camping, beach, nothing goes right, family relations, disorder, buddies, resort, fish out of water, snobbism, husband wife relationship ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Dance 'Til Dawn (1988)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: It's prom night and the kids of Hoover High will be having a night they will never forget. Popular girl Shelley ditches her prom and ends up spending the night with unpopular Dan; Popular guy Kevin goes out with nerdy Angela because he heard ...
Style: touching, semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: prom, teenage love, youth, school, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage life, friendship, love and romance, family relations, couples, family life, parents and children ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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A Beer Tale (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: A coming of age romantic comedy centered around the lives of twin brothers Luke and Corey Frankenstein in the pivotal months following college graduation. Orphaned at the age of five, the brothers inherited their family brewery and were left in the ...
Style: humorous, captivating, feel good, light, realistic ...
Plot: beer, coming of age, family business, family relations, twins, youth, love and romance, rivalry, couples, friendship, drinking alcohol, food ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Vegas Vacation (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Griswold family hits the road again for a typically ill-fated vacation, this time to the glitzy mecca of slots and showgirls—Las Vegas.
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, light, slapstick ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gambling, dysfunctional family, obsession, family relations, farce, road trip, nothing goes right, teenage life, parents and children, desert, vacation, chase ...
Time: 90s
Place: las vegas, chicago, nevada, usa
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Neighbors (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: One man's quiet suburban life takes a sickening lurch for the worse when a young couple move into the deserted house next door. From the word go it is obvious these are not the quiet professional types who *should* be living in such a nice ...
Style: funny, surreal, cult classic, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: neighbor, new neighbor, suburbs, satire, dark humor, swamp, suburban life, drinking, house fire, neighborhood, teen angst, american dream ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 6.5
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Mousehunt (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Down-on-their luck brothers, Lars and Ernie Smuntz, aren't happy with the crumbling old mansion they inherit... until they discover the estate is worth millions. Before they can cash in, they have to rid the house of it's single, stubborn ...
Style: funny, humorous, feel good, light, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: mouse, nothing goes right, animal, family relations, inheritance, exterminator, house, factory, auction, hospital, disorder, steampunk ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
Moms' Night Out (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Yearning for an evening without their kids, some friends plan a night out. But to do this, their husbands need to watch the kids. What can go wrong?
Style: humorous, melancholic, sweet, funny, inspirational ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly
Plot: christian, parenthood, pastor, parents and children, family relations, best friend, couples, nothing goes right, comedy of errors, parent child relationship, disorder, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1991)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A girl fed up with her quirky, dysfunctional family runs away from home, causing all of them to spend time with each other.
Style: cult classic, semi serious, realistic, touching, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: family relations, coming of age, dating, dysfunctional family, divorce, family drama, road trip, estrangement, vacation, hitchhiking, camping, swimming ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: usa, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 6.0
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Grown Ups (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, buddy comedy, teen ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, teens
Plot: vacation, friendship, kids and family, friends, old friends reunited, family life, foul language, childhood, buddy, reunited friends, silly humor, breast feeding ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 2000s, year 1978, 70s ...
Place: boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A high school slacker pretends to be sick to skip school and have an exciting day off alongside his girlfriend and his best buddy through Chicago, while trying to outwit his obsessive school principal and his unconformited sister along the way.
Style: feel good, entertaining, funny, light, teen ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, teacher, teenage girl, friendship, teen angst, school, teenage angst, teenage boy, skipping school, rebel ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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