Summer movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant summer movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out feel good, humorous, captivating, realistic, teen and touching films and TV shows about / with summer, friendship, coming of age, teenager, summer vacation, youth, beach, love, adolescence and children plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, France, Italy and other countries.
summer movies
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TOP 10 movies tagged as summer: Call Me by Your Name (2017), Hot Summer Nights (2017), The Kings of Summer (2013), The Way Way Back (2013), Stand by Me (1986), The Last Summer (2019), The Florida Project (2017), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Summer '03 (2018), The Fruit Is Ripe (1977).

List of summer movies

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Call Me by Your Name (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Elio Perlman is spending the summer with his family at their vacation home in Lombardy, Italy. When his father hires a handsome doctoral student, the curious 17-year-old finds himself developing a growing attraction to the young man.
Style: touching, lgbt cinema, disturbing, independent film, sexy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, summer, gay love, love, homosexual, gay relationship, gay romance, homosexuality, first love, gay interest, father son relationship ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, 2010s, 2000s, year 2017
Place: italy, nebraska, mediterranean sea, europe
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Hot Summer Nights (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A teen winds up in over his head while dealing drugs with a rebellious partner and chasing the young man's enigmatic sister during the summer of 1991 that he spends in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Style: sexy, captivating, exciting, light, humorous ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: summer, friendship, coming of age, drug dealer, teenage protagonist, brother sister relationship, teenager, criminal, violence, cape cod massachusetts, drug dealing, party ...
Time: year 1991, 90s, 80s
Place: massachusetts, new york, boston, wyoming, nevada ...
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The Kings of Summer (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Joe Toy, on the verge of adolescence, finds himself increasingly frustrated by his single father, Frank's attempts to manage his life. Declaring his freedom once and for all, he escapes to a clearing in the woods with his best friend, Patrick, ...
Style: touching, sentimental, emotional, teen, funny ...
Audience: teens, kids, date night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, runaway, friendship, summer, lifestyle change, friendship between boys, high school, teenage runaway, rebelliousness, teenager, hospital, childhood ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: columbus ohio, usa, california, tokyo
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The Way Way Back (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Over the course of his summer break, a teenager comes into his own thanks in part to the friendship he strikes up with one of the park's managers.
Style: touching, teen, sexy, sweet, realistic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot: summer, teenager, coming of age, vacation, friendship, shyness, loneliness, teenage girl, youth, dysfunctional family, teenage boy, childhood ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: boston, usa, california
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 8.1
 482K
Stand by Me (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.
Style: sentimental, cult classic, atmospheric, emotional, feel good ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, family outing, kids, teen drama ...
Plot: childhood, friendship, coming of age, stephen king, teenager, boy, children, youth, summer, friends, courage, on the road ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1986, year 1959 ...
Place: oregon, usa, normandy
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The Last Summer (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Standing on the precipice of adulthood, a group of friends navigate new relationships, while reexamining others, during their final summer before college.
Style: thought provoking, touching, sincere, humorous, romantic comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: coming of age, fall in love, high school student, love and romance, teenage life, couples, teenager, summer, friendship, youth, sex scene, sexual attraction ...
Place: columbus ohio, chicago
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Four best friends (Tibby, Lena, Carmen & Bridget) who buy a mysterious pair of pants that fits each of them, despite their differing sizes, and makes whoever wears them feel fabulous. When faced with the prospect of spending their first ...
Style: feel good, teen, touching, romantic, cute ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, teenage girl, friendship, first love, female friendship, relationships, summer, teenager, teen romance, teenage love, love story, teenybopper ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: greece, south carolina, mexico, california
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The Florida Project (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.
Style: sincere, touching, inspirational, visually stunning, aesthetic ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: friendship, poverty, social services, mother daughter relationship, children, motel, single mother, little girl, childhood, swimming pool, eviction, female friendship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017
Place: florida, nebraska, orlando florida
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
Style: romantic, sexy, sexual, philosophical, artsy ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: artist, polyamory, love triangle, art, bohemian life, love and romance, women, love affair, painter, love, love story, couples ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: barcelona, europe, spain, catalonia, new york
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 5.5
 4K
Summer '03 (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A 16-year-old girl and her extended family are left reeling after her calculating grandmother unveils an array of secrets on her deathbed.
Style: sexy, light, humorous, romantic, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenage girl, youth, summer, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, school, couples, coming of age, death of grandmother, love, exploring sexuality, love and romance, teenager ...
Time: year 2003
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The Fruit Is Ripe (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In this sex comedy, a good-looking German girl goes on vacation in Greece, and a large number of people try to get her to go to bed with them. With a light, teasing manner, she turns all of them down, until at last she meets a boy she really likes.
Style: erotic, sex comedy, manga, raunchy comedy
Plot: female masturbation, voyeur, exhibitionist, sex, skinny dipping, public nudity, summer, vacation, female nudity, lesbian, erotica, nudity ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: greece, europe
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Staten Island Summer (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Pals Danny and Frank spend the summer after high school working as lifeguards while figuring out their future.
Style: humorous, romantic, semi serious, sex comedy, realistic ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: teenager, lifeguard, friendship, coming of age, college, workplace situations, workplace, love and romance, summer, party, beach, cousin ...
Time: 80s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, new jersey
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Stealing Beauty (1996)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Italy, UK, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to ...
Style: sexy, erotic, teen, sensual, visually appealing ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: virginity, virgin, coming of age, first sexual experience, sex scene, innocence lost, female nudity, sex, sexual awakening, nymphet, couple relations, female masturbation ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: italy, tuscany, mediterranean sea, france, europe
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Along for the Ride (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The summer before college, Auden meets the mysterious Eli, a fellow insomniac. While the seaside town of Colby sleeps, the two embark on nightly quests to help Auden experience the fun, carefree teen life she never knew she wanted.
Style: romantic, captivating, disturbing, psychological, teen ...
Audience: date night, teens, teen drama
Plot: romantic relationship, love and romance, insomnia, summer, romantic friendship, dating, teenage girl, relationships, teenager, teen romance, adolescence, teenage protagonist ...
Is relevant?
 5.6
 7K
An Easy Girl (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Naïma has just turned 16. This summer, she will have to decide what she wants from life if she doesn’t want to miss out. Then her cousin Sofia arrives, with an amazing body and a dangerously seductive lifestyle. Naïma desires only to follow her ...
Style: erotic, controversial, realistic, scenic, melancholic ...
Plot: coming of age, seaside, sea, teenage girl, sex scene, 16 year old, muslim girl, sexy girls, female protagonist, summer vacation, seductress, bare breasts ...
Place: french riviera, south of france
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Teen Beach Movie (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Cowabunga! Catch a perfect wave of fun in the sun, splashed with excitement, surprises and budding romance. Life's a beach for surfers Brady (Ross Lynch) and McKenzie (Maia Mitchell) – until a rogue wave magically transports them inside the ...
Style: teen, humorous, semi serious, feel good, light ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick
Plot: teenage life, teenage love, surfing, teenager, beach, summer, rivalry, getting home, surfer, teen romance, self confidence, disorder ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 2010s, year 1962, 21st century
Place: usa
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 4.9
 8K
MILF (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Three best friends in their forties start a relationship with younger men while on vacation.
Style: feel good, captivating, light, funny, scenic ...
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, milf, sex scene, nightclub, vacation, pelican, bare breasts, tourism, seduction, affair, women, male female relationship ...
Place: south of france, france
Is relevant?
 7.4
 23K
Tomboy (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A French family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure and 6-year-old Jeanne, moves to a new neighborhood during the summer holidays. With her tomboy ways, Laure is immediately mistaken for a boy by the local kids and passes herself off as Mickaël.
Style: serious, crying, captivating, sincere, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: childhood, gender, child protagonist, children, transsexual, friendship, youth, coming of age, society, child, sexual identity, soccer ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 90s, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, indiana, europe
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Dead of Summer (2016)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the late 1980s, school is out for the summer, and a sun-drenched season of firsts beckons the counselors at Camp Clearwater, a seemingly idyllic Midwestern summer camp, including first loves, first kisses – and first kills. Clearwater’s ...
Style: suspenseful, bleak, tense, rough, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder, camp counselor, investigation, demon, freak accident, self sacrifice, trapped, summer camp, summer, twists and turns, paranormal, lake ...
Time: 80s, 1800s, year 1989, 19th century
Place: usa, midwest
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My Father's Glory (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: French adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's memoirs of his childhood in the countryside, early in the century.
Style: sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: countryside, childhood, coming of age, children, childhood memory, country house, summer, precociousness, childhood friend, precocious child, brother brother relationship, boy ...
Time: 1900s, turn of the century, 19th century, year 1990, 20th century ...
Place: france, marseille, south of france, europe, provence ...
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The Girl and the Echo (1964)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 59 min.
Story: The movie, based on a story by Yuri Nagibin, depicts a young girl Vika enjoying the last days of summer vacations in a sea resort somewhere in the south.
Style: black and white
Plot: swimming, summer, skinny dipping, nudity, little girl, friendship, female nudity, diving, harmony, nature, betrayal by friend, holiday ...
Place: ussr
Is relevant?
 4.3
 485
Pinball Summer (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: It's a summer of fun for two teenaged boys who spend their time chasing two sisters, annoying a biker gang, and basically getting into typical sophomoric hijinks whenever they can.
Style: sex comedy, lighthearted, period piece, sexy, teen sex comedy ...
Plot: summer, teenager, love, van, summer vacation, cruise, flirting, youth culture, teen romance, light comedy, dating, small town ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
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A summer at the sea (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The story is divided into seven parts focused on holiday, sun and sea.
Style: feel good, captivating, humorous, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot: summer, family holiday, holiday, seaside, vacation, sea, beach, resort, weekend getaway, beach resort, humour, satire ...
Place: italy
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Secret Life of Boys (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Ginger Boxwell flies from Australia to the UK to spend the summer with four cousins she's never met before. What she doesn't realise is that Matt, Robbie, Ethan and Chris are just as nervous about it as she is.
Style: funny, feel good, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: summer, family relations, brothers, siblings, humour, boy, family life, teenager, living together, father son relationship, male female relationship, grownups ...
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The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island (2018)
Genre: Animation
Country: USA, China
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The continuing adventures of Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny as they spend the summer on their grandfather's private island.
Style: feel good, entertaining, captivating, light, lighthearted ...
Audience: kids
Plot: children, summer, friendship, summer vacation, family values, siblings, island, group of friends, child, friends, child protagonist, mischievous children ...
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 6.5
 1K
Animal (2023)
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Romania
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Under the hot Greek sun, animators at an all-inclusive island resort prepare for the busy tourist season. Kalia is the group leader. Paper decorations, glossy costumes and dance shows fill the stage. As summer intensifies and the work pressure ...
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating, intense
Plot: summer, group, hotel, island, mental health, burnout, resort, behind the scenes, isolation, anxiety, showbiz, exploitation ...
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 6.9
 97K
My Girl (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is ...
Style: sentimental, touching, feel good, crying, sweet ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, kids, date night, family friendly ...
Plot: coming of age, friendship, childhood, father daughter relationship, first love, children, single father, single parent, small town, kids and family, grief, teenager ...
Time: 70s, 90s, year 1972, year 1991, 20th century ...
Place: pennsylvania, usa
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 7.2
 324K
Grease (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
Style: romantic, sexy, feel good, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night, date night ...
Plot: high school, opposites attract, coming of age, dancing, dance, makeover, summer romance, teenage love, love story, first love, teenager, teenage girl ...
Time: 1950s, year 1959, year 1978, 20th century, year 1958 ...
Place: california, australia, los angeles, bronx new york city, usa ...
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A Summer's Tale (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A shy maths graduate takes a holiday in Dinard before starting his first job. He hopes his sort-of girlfriend will join him, but soon strikes up a friendship with another girl working in town. She in turn introduces him to a further young lady who ...
Style: sexy, art house, cute, sexual, anthology ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love, friendship, summer, beach volleyball, crazy love, glamour, fall in love, graduation, teenager, young man, meaning of life, vacation ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, year 1995
Place: france, brittany, europe, english channel
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 6.8
 27K
Dolphin Tale (2011)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A story centered on the friendship between a boy and a dolphin whose tail was lost in a crab trap.
Style: inspirational, uplifting, sentimental, realistic, touching ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: summer, hopes, young heroes, water, animal life, friendship, animal, youth, fish, destiny, summer vacation, child ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: florida, usa, north america
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