Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Summer

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

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#1
Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1980★ 7.4

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

Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disown...

#2
The Color of Friendship

The Color of Friendship

2000★ 6.7

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

Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is ...

#3
An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong

An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong

2009★ 6.7

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

A fourth grader and her friends deal with bullying from a more popular girl in their class....

#4
Samantha: An American Girl Holiday

Samantha: An American Girl Holiday

2004★ 6.5

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

Kindhearted Samantha Parkington's world starts to change the day Nellie O'Malley walks into her life. Nellie, her father, and her two little sisters have moved in next door to be s...

#5
The Good Witch

The Good Witch

2008★ 7.0

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

A mysterious woman comes in to town and inhabits the local haunted mansion, making everyone wonder if she's a witch or "The Grey Lady"....

#6
Iron Jawed Angels

Iron Jawed Angels

2004★ 6.8

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

Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote....

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