Summer is the time in childhood when we have all loved the sun baked earth, free from school and studies. Walking into college life and then further entering into work, those three joyous months have been cut short into a week or two. Summers always connected with a nostalgic and adventurous feeling of hanging out with friends. Movies that are themed about summers can spike that feeling and bring a need for some fun in life. Even if you can't go out on a holiday getaway, try these top 25 summer themed movies with a good drink to get back to those old times.
25. Summer School (1987)
Mark Harmon plays the role of a teacher who has been brought in to teach a class of misfits over the summer. This fun filled comedy is about how the high school students take the whole thing easily and finally they realize their mistake and pull it up together.
24. Weekend at Bernie's ( 1989)
A comedy flick which revolves around how two employees try to make their dead boss seem alive. Larry and Richard arrive at the Hampton Island to enjoy Bernie's party and finds him dead. The movie is filled with some hilarious moments as the two struggle propping up Bernie.
23. My Girl (1991)
It is a melodramatic movie which stands apart from the fun and comedy stories. It's about a girl and the events that happen in her life over a summertime. Its displays her connections with her summer time teacher, her mother's death, her best friend Thomas and the story that spins up revolving around these.
22. Dirty Dancing (1987)
This one for the ladies looking for a summer break movie. Baby Houseman is stuck with her mom and dad in a summer vacation with nothing to do till she falls in love with the dance teacher of the resort. She offers to dance with him for the event and what follows is a heated musical extravaganza with subtle dance over the dance floor.
21. The Talented Mr Ripley (1999)
Matt Damon plays a villainous role of Tom Ripley who is entrusted with the job of persuading the multi millionaire son, Dickie to drop his vacation at the Italian cost and get back to America. Lured by the richness and comfort of Dickie's life Ripley kills him and takes up the identity of Dickie. The movie is a pure thriller.
20. Summer of 42' (1971)
The movie is set in the picturesque beauty of Nantucket Island and is not actually a romance storyline but it's more about lust, love and beautiful moments when a 15 year old boy in his summer vacation trip meets a young woman who is newlywed to a World War 2 soldier and awaits him.
19. Stand By Me (1986)
The story is set during a Labor Day weekend at Castle Rock when four friends Gordie, Chris, Teddy and Vern decide to do some adventurous hunting for a missing body of a boy. What endured is a thrilling and exciting adventure into the woods and finally they find the body and endure a fight with a local hoodlum to get the body and inform the authorities. The story is presented as a flash back by Gordie.
18. Super 8 (2011)
Its a sci-fi movie by J. J Abraham and Steven Spielberg. A group of teenagers are engaged in the making of their own Super 8 movie and at that time a train mishap releases dangerous mysterious things into the area. The friends find out later from their recording of the incident that a mysterious creature had escaped during that train derailment incident.
17. American Pie 2
After the success of the American Pie, the creators had filled some summer fun into this sequel. The friends are back home for summer vacations after their first year at college. The four of them rent a beach home and do odd jobs to pay the amount. The movie is of the sex comedy genre.
16. The Seven Year Itch (1955)
The movie is one the oldest in the list and is a must watch summer flick. A married man packs off his wife and family off for the summer vacation and fantasizes about his lost mates until the ever ravishing actress Marilyn Monroe enters the story as the neighbor next door. The movie has romance and comedy in a perfect blend.
15. The Graduate (1967)
Ben is back home after this graduation and loves to float in his dad's pool when adults kept advising him to decide about his future. When he was not actually intent in anything he falls for the seductress Mrs Robinson. The story takes a turn when he falls in love with Mrs Robinson's daughter, Elaine. Actor Hoffman was nominated for the Best Actor at the Oscar Awards that year.
14. Deliverance (1972)
Four friends who are businessmen in the city decide to take a break into the woods of Georgia. The movie has some wonderful scenes with the lake and the four on a canoe ride. The movie takes the thrill up when the friends get separated and one of them gets raped by the mountain men. They try to escape and face further troubles.
13. Summer Rental (1985)
This is a comedy movie starring John Candy as Jack Chester. Jack is given a four paid weeks off from his job as an air traffic controller and he packs up to a summer vacation in Florida. The family meets with several misadventures and the comic element has been maintained throughout the storyline.
12. Friday the 13th (1980)
The story is set at Camp Crystal Lake when it was reopened for a summer camp. With a rain one night, the happy counselor camp turns tragic with several heart rendering killings. The story was followed by several sequels later on.
11. Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
The story is set in Camp Firewood and the story is focussed on the last day of the camp along with the weird happenings. The campers and counselors are all loaded with the sexual frustration, the sorrow of separation, love triangles, adventures gone berserk and much more with the final talent show.
10. The Great Outdoors ( 1988)
This is yet another summer themed movie by John Candy which is all about the misadventures of a summer camp in the wild by the in-laws. Set in Wisconsin the summer effect has been rightly captured with the isolated lake house and fun filled comedy.
9. Little Miss Sunshine(2006)
It's a comedy drama where the family goes on a trip to help their 7 year old daughter realize her dream of winning a beauty pageant. The family of insane and different people which includes a overstressed mother, a father who inevitably aspires to become a motivational speaker, an uncle who is a homosexual and a son who is into books and keeps quiet most f the time. The drive is filled with fun, frolic and drama.
8. Vicky Christina Barcelona (2008)
Vicky and Christina are two American women who are on a summer break to Barcelona where they meet the handsome painter Juan Antonio. Christina is instantly attracted to Juan's offer of a getaway vacation while Vicky simply accompanies but later develops a love for Juan. Juan's ex wife Elena enters the story to stay with Christina and Juan. The movie develops in a very swift and unexpected manner.
7. The Parent Trap (1998)
The movie by Walt Disney is the story of two twin sisters who are identical to each other. They get separated at birth due to a fight between the parents. Fate brings them together at a summer camp and they decide to switch their places and rejoin the parents.
6. Dazed and Confused (1993)
The story is an insight into the life of a group of teenagers in the 1976 which is filled with pot smoking sessions, getting bottles of beer and keg parties to celebrate the last day of school. The activities that the teenagers indulge in leads them to dangers.
5. National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Chase is a advertisement executive and wishes to take his family to Walley Land which is an amusement park in Los Angeles. The catastrophic events begin when he pushes his family into an overflowing station wagon to LA. The family faces several issues at the theme park including Chase developing an attraction for a lady. This one is the first of the kind vacation comedy movies.
4. Some Like it Hot (1959)
Two men who are musicians by career unfortunately become witness to the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and go into a run. They dress up as females and enter a women's musical band. Problem arises when one of them falls in love with another member of the band and is not able to tell her about his gender and the other has a person head over heels on him.
3. I Know What You did Last Summer (1997)
A group of four teens on a drive back from a party hit a fisherman. Even though the group is panicked about this, they decide to drop the dead body into the river. The story takes the thrilling turn when each of them receives mysterious letter from a person who knows about their secret.
2. The Sandlot(1993)
This is one of those summer movies that directly depicts the energy and spirit of the summer vacation. It is a coming-of-age comedy movie revolving around a group of boys who have fun with baseball and various other adventures over the summer.
1. Jaws (1975)
This horrifying summer story by Steven Spielberg has scared the wits out of the people from relaxing by the beach. The white predator hidden in the waves is the hero of the story when he poses a threat to small island. The plot involves around how a policeman, a fisherman and a scientist get set to put a stop to this.
