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10 Best Movies Like Hot Summer Nights

If you loved Hot Summer Nights, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
L.I.E.

L.I.E.

2001★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hot Summer Nights for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

With his mother dead and his father busy at work, Howie feels adrift in his New York suburb. He and his friend Gary spend their time burglarizing their neighbors' homes — until the...

#2
Kids

Kids

1995★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hot Summer Nights for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A group of bored, disaffected New York City teenagers spend a day skating, smoking, drinking, partying, deflowering virgins, and getting into fights....

#3
What Doesn't Kill You

What Doesn't Kill You

2008★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hot Summer Nights for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship....

#4
Light Sleeper

Light Sleeper

1992★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hot Summer Nights for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York clientele, even though he’s trying to move on from the business. John’s profession...

#5
CrissCross

CrissCross

1992★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hot Summer Nights for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A 12-year-old boy comes of age in 1969 Key West against the backdrop of the Apollo moon landing, when he begins to sell cocaine so his mother can stop stripping....

#6
American Honey

American Honey

2016★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hot Summer Nights for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A restless teenager escapes her troubled home and joins a traveling crew of young drifters selling magazines across the American Midwest. Immersed in a world of reckless partying, ...

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