The best movies to watch in summer
The top 3 according to 44 votes from people: Call Me by Your Name (2017) · Luca (2021) · Stand by Me (1986). (Updated Jun 12, 2025.)
Sun, sea, summer romances and sharks: films that taste of summer, according to Sky TG24, Tom's Hardware and I Soliti Cinefili.
Automatically translated (original in Italiano). See the original
Top 10
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1
Call Me by Your Name (2017)
Summer 1983 in the Lombardy countryside, by Luca Guadagnino.
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2
Luca (2021)
Two sea monsters become boys in a Ligurian village.
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3
Stand by Me (1986)
Four friends walking along the tracks, from Stephen King.
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4
Roman Holiday (1953)
Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck riding a Vespa through Rome.
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5
Mamma Mia! (2008)
ABBA songs on a Greek island.
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6
Il Sorpasso (1962)
Gassman and Trintignant driving along the coast on the August bank holiday.
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7
Kikujiro (1999)
A boy and a yakuza on the road, by Takeshi Kitano.
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8
Jaws (1975)
The film that invented the summer blockbuster.
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9
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Idleness and deceit in 1950s Italy.
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10
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Baby and Johnny at a 1963 holiday resort.
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11
Jurassic Park (1993)
Spielberg's manifesto of summer adventure.
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12
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Two twelve-year-olds on the run on a New England island, by Wes Anderson.
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13
Mediterraneo (1991)
Italian soldiers forgotten on a Greek island; an Oscar for Salvatores.
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14
Sapore di mare (1983)
Holidays in Versilia in the sixties, by Carlo Vanzina.
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Comments (1)
Il sorpasso è il film dell'estate italiana per eccellenza, altro che. Lo riguardo ogni Ferragosto.