Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Next Summer

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

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#1
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#2
My Little Princess

My Little Princess

2011★ 6.5

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

Young Violetta and her mother Hannah are a peculiar couple. Ten-year-old Violetta lives a quiet life with her grandmother, while her mother Hannah is an unpredictable photographer ...

#3
Declaration of War

Declaration of War

2011★ 7.0

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

Roméo and Juliette are two young actors. They fall in love at first sight, move in together and make a baby. A love story and the founding of a home like millions of others. Except...

#4
Heaven Will Wait

Heaven Will Wait

2016★ 7.0

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

Mélanie, 16 years old, lives with her mother. She likes going to school, her friends, playing the cello, and she wants to change the world. But when she meets a boy on the Internet...

#5
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#6
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles

The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles

2014★ 5.8

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

Josephine and Iris, sisters with opposite personalities, have their relationship radically transformed while working on a book....

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