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10 Best Movies Like Summer Hours

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

#1
The Misfortunates

The Misfortunates

2009★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Summer Hours for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

13-year-old Gunther Strobbe grows up surrounded by alcohol, trash and his completely useless father and uncles. Slowly but surely, he's being prepared for the same hapless life. Ca...

#2
A Crime in Paradise

A Crime in Paradise

2001★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Summer Hours for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In the 1980 French countryside, farmer Jojo and his ill-tempered wife Lulu hate each other, though their respective interests speak against divorce. The only thing that keeps the o...

#3
Endless Night

Endless Night

2015★ 6.1

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

Ellesmere Island, northern Canada, 1908. Josephine, a brave but naive woman, embarks on a dangerous journey through inhospitable regions in search of her husband, the explorer Robe...

#4
Eldorado

Eldorado

2008★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Summer Hours for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Yvan finds a burglar in his house. After some consideration, Yvan decides not to call the police and to drop the lad near the nearby city but he ends up giving him a lift home to h...

#5
Peppermint Soda

Peppermint Soda

1977★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Summer Hours for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In the fall of 1963, Anne is becoming a teenager. She lives in Paris with her mother and her older sister, Frédérique. They're just back from summer at the beach with their father....

#6
White Material

White Material

2010★ 6.8

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

In the midst of a volatile regime change in a Francophone African state, Maria Vial is fighting to sustain her family’s coffee plantation. With rebels and the army struggling for c...