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Here Comes Summer...Movies
1 user likes thisA list of classic and newer titles to rev up your summer.
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- An introverted teen's dreaded summer vacation is transformed when he lands a job with the screwball crew of a local water park. Charming and funny coming-of-age story.
- In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
- In the cult-classic Grease, fresh-faced Sandy and bad boy Danny find summer love at the beach. But when school begins and they discover they’re both at Rydell High, will they be able to keep their romance alive?
- Judy, with the aid of little brother, Stink, is determined to not have a bummer summer while her parents are in California, and they are being looked after by their Aunt Opal.
- In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures.
- A romance between a seventeen-year-old boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera.
- During World War II, an Englishwoman opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him in this moving journey of womanhood, love and friendship.
- Three teenage friends, in the ultimate act of independence, decide to spend their summer building a house in the woods and living off the land.
- When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it…
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Dog Days
When Greg Heffley's dad threatens to send him to military school if he doesn't stay out of trouble, Greg finds all-new ways to land himself in the doghouse!- Laura and her older sister Joséphine spend the summer holidays shuttling between their divorced parents in the south and north coasts of France.
- A stressed-out air traffic controller's much-needed family holiday turns into a series of disasters.
- A coming-of-age story about two teenage boys who take a road trip with an attractive older woman.
- Classic story of a group of young misfits who discover an ancient map and set out on an adventure to find a legendary pirate's long-lost treasure.
- High school graduate Daniel Middleton comes to Cape Cod to spend his last summer before college with his aunt but a web of lies, angst, betrayal and desire comes to a head amidst the approach of a hurricane in the summer of 1991.
- Monte Wildhorn, a famous novelist, takes a cabin for the summer in Belle Isle, and befriends the family next door, a single mom and her young daughters, who help him find inspiration again.
- While on vacation, a just-divorced writer buys a villa in Tuscany on a whim, hoping it will be the start of a change for the better in her life.
- A story about a special summer in the lives of four lifelong friends who are separated for the first time.
- A heartwarming story about the childhood mischief of four best friends who reunite after twenty years.
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