Young T.T. comes from Chicago to spend the summer in California. He slowly becomes "California-ized," while learning about love and life in the Golden State.

Il sorpasso

1962

Italian

8.2

♡ 4

92%

Dino Risi Director

Claudio Gora as Danilo Borelli 'Bibi'

Catherine Spaak as Lilli Cortona

Lina Lagalla as Zia Enrica

Linda Sini as Zia Lidia

Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.

The Swamp

2001

Spanish

7.0

♡ 11

88%

Lucrecia Martel Director

Noelia Bravo Herrera as Agustina

Sebastián Montagna as Luciano

Silvia Baylé as Mercedes

Leonora Balcarce as Verónica

Amid the sweltering summer heat in northern Argentina, two middle-class families retreat to a crumbling country estate and a modest townhouse, where strained relationships, simmering tensions, and the presence of children and servants quietly expose the fractures of family life. Between idle days, gossip, and unspoken desires, the boundaries of class, tradition, and faith are reflected in their everyday interactions.

Aloha Heart

2023

English

5.7

♡ 8

10%

Seth Jarrett Director

Olivia Hoffman as Lydia

Kanoa Goo as Manu

Taylor Cole as Sara

Faith Fay as Wedding Guest

A conservationist travels to Hawaii for her best friend's wedding and instead of a relaxing vacation, finds herself in wedding prep and helping the new hotel manager make changes to his family hotel.

George Washington

2000

English

7.2

♡ 6

84%

David Gordon Green Director

Candace Evanofski as Nasia

Will Janowitz as Railroad Worker

Paul Schneider as Rico Rice

Chris Kennedy as Strong Man

Set in the landscape of a rural southern town, "George Washington" is a stunning portrait of how a group of young kids come to grips with a hard world of choices and consequences. During an innocent game in an abandoned amusement park, a member of the group dies. Narrated by one of the children, the film follows the kids as they struggle to balance their own ambitions and relationships against a tragic lie.

Smooth Talk

1985

English

6.5

♡ 7

94%

Joyce Chopra Director

Treat Williams as Arnold Friend

Laura Dern as Connie

William Ragsdale as Jeff

Elizabeth Berridge as June

Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, finds her summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger.

The Wackness

2008

English

6.9

♡ 15

Jonathan Levine Director

Ben Kingsley as Dr. Squires

Famke Janssen as Mrs. Squires

Olivia Thirlby as Stephanie

Eugene Kim as Subway Guy

Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, who just happens to be the doctor's daughter. This is a coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, music and what it takes to be a man.

Destined to Ride

2018

English

5.6

♡ 9

91%

Anna Elizabeth James Director

Denise Richards as Aunt Glo

Nick Searcy as Chuck Fromer

Samba Schutte as Driver

Joey Lawrence as William Davidson

Lily's life is turned upside down when she is forced to leave her friends to spend the summer on a remote ranch with her nature-loving aunt. She is surprised to meet an unlikely group of friends and Pistachio, the horse she has an unbreakable bond with. When her aunt is threatened by unfriendly neighbors, Lily knows it is up to her to save the ranch.

Shag

1988

English

6.4

♡ 6

65%

Zelda Barron Director

Robert Rusler as Buzz

Phoebe Cates as Carson

Bridget Fonda as Melaina

Carrie Hamilton as Nadine

Summer of 1963. Carson is getting married to her boyfriend so her friends Melaina, Pudge and Luanne take her to Myrtle Beach for one last irresponsible weekend.

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

2011

English

6.1

♡ 21

37%

Alex Gregory Director

Lake Bell as Alison

Martin Starr as Duquez

Jason Sudeikis as Eric

Lindsay Sloane as Laura

A group of 30-year-olds who have been friends since high school attempt to throw an end-of-summer orgy.

Last Summer

2018

English

6.2

♡ 23

Jon Jones Director

Robert Wilfort as Dr. Glyn Davies

Steffan Cennydd as Kevin Morris

Nia Roberts as Sandra Davies

Steffan Rhodri as Sgt Morgan

During a long hot summer in the 1970s, four boys roam free through a neglected rural paradise, until a tragedy strikes that sets them against the adult world and changes their lives forever.

Get Gone

2019

English

2.7

♡ 28

Michael Thomas Daniel Director

Caitlin Stryker as Connie

Robert Miano as Don Maxwell

Lin Shaye as Mama

Rico E. Anderson as Ranger Rico

A hoax busting group goes on a team-building retreat to Whiskey Flats, OR and run into a trouble as they cross paths with an invasive drilling company that is warring with a very private family.

A Midsummer's Fantasia

2014

Korean

6.7

♡ 8

Kun-jae Jang Director

Ryo Iwase as

Hyeong-gook Im as

Sae-byeok Kim as Hye-jeong

Sae-Byuk Kim as Hye-jeong

Reality and fantasy melds as a Korean documentary film director attempts to capture life in the small town of Gojo, Japan.

Blue Summer

2018

Japanese

5.9

♡ 10

Takeshi Furusawa Director

Aimi Terakawa as

Hayato Sano as Ginzo

Wakana Aoi as Rio

Shiori Akita as Satsuki

Rio is a high school student in Tokyo. Her mother tells her she will spend the summer in the countryside. There, she meets Ginzo. He is a high school student and handsome. They fall in love.

Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails

2009

English

6.6

♡ 5

81%

Greg Tiernan Director

William Hope as Edward

Kerry Shale as Henry

Michael Brandon as Narrator

David Bedella as Victor

One summer, Thomas comes across an old abandoned engine called Hiro. Desperately in need of repair, Hiro faces the Smelters Yard, so Thomas and his friends must work together to save poor Hiro from this fate.

Natasha

2015

English

6.2

♡ 7

100%

55%

Action

cousin cousin relationship

David Bezmozgis Director

Alla Kadysh as Faina

Sergiy Kotelenets as Gena

Lola Tash as Jana

Pavel Tsitrinel as Meyer

Natasha takes place over the course of one summer. It is the story of Mark Berman, 16, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants living in the suburbs north of Toronto. When his uncle enters into an arranged marriage with woman from Moscow, the woman arrives in Canada with her fourteen year-old daughter, Natasha. Mark, a slacker, is conscripted by his parents to take responsibility for the strange girl. He learns that, in Moscow, she’d led a troubled and promiscuous life. A secret and forbidden romance begins between the two of them that has bizarre and tragic consequences for everyone involved.

Violent Summer

1959

Italian

7.3

♡ 4

76%

Action

Drama

older woman younger man relationship

Romance

summer

War

Valerio Zurlini Director

Jean-Louis Trintignant as Carlo Caremoli

Bruno Carotenuto as Giulio

Jacqueline Sassard as Rosanna

Cathia Caro as Serena

Summer, 1943: wealthy youth in the Riccione district of Rimini play while the war gets closer. Carlo Caremoli, a young man who follows the crowd, has found ways to avoid military service. Then, on the beach, he meets Roberta, a war widow with a child. Roberta's mother warns Roberta to avoid Carlo, but to her, he seems attentive and to her daughter he is kind. Romance develops. Within a few weeks, Roberta is risking everything. Can there be a resolution between passion, on the one hand, and war, duty, and social expectation on the other?

Violence Voyager

2018

Japanese

6.7

♡ 5

83%

Ujicha Director

Naoki Tanaka as

Saki Fujita as

Aoi Yuki as Bobby

Kellen Goff as Old Man Lucky Monkey / Takaaki / Narrator

Following an end-of-term school ceremony, the American boy Bobby decides to go with his friend Akkun into the mountains outside their village, to a place perfect for a secret base. On the way they stop into a mysterious amusement park. They have fun there, but are attacked and cannot leave. Falling in with some other children who are also lost there, they fend off a number of attacks, and gradually learn the truth behind the facility.

White Water Summer

1987

English

6.2

♡ 13

25%

Jeff Bleckner Director

Sean Astin as Alan

Matt Adler as Chris

Charles Siebert as Jerry Block

Kevin Bacon as Vic

When the experienced guide Vic accompanies the city boy Alan and his three friends on their first wilderness experience, he not only hopes to teach the four boys lessons about the wilderness, but about themselves. Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon after alienating the boys, Vic finds himself in desperate need of help and must rely on his students in order to survive.

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Aloha Heart

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The Wackness

Destined to Ride

Shag

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

Last Summer

Get Gone

A Midsummer's Fantasia

Blue Summer

Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails

Natasha

Violent Summer

Violence Voyager

White Water Summer