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10 Best Movies Like Summer Times

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

#1
The Secret World of Arrietty

The Secret World of Arrietty

2010★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Summer Times for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life...

#2
The Lost Sea

The Lost Sea

2014★ 10.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Summer Times for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In the waters around Kinmen Island, there is a curious creature which has existed for over 200 million years. People on Kinmen have made a living from the sea for over 300 years. T...

#3
Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies

1988★ 8.4

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

In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with t...

#4
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#5
Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985★ 8.3

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

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty mu...

#6
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....