Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like That Certain Summer

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

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#1
Falling

Falling

2020★ 6.4

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

John Peterson lives with his partner Eric and their adopted daughter in Southern California. When he is visited by his aging father Willis from Los Angeles who is searching for a p...

#2
The Adjuster

The Adjuster

1991★ 6.0

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

An uptight insurance man and his film-censor wife become a kinky couple's landlords....

#3
I Never Sang for My Father

I Never Sang for My Father

1970★ 6.7

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

A man living in the towering shadow of his aging father finds it difficult to start a new chapter in his life by marrying his girlfriend and moving to California....

#4
American Son

American Son

2019★ 6.1

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

Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son....

#5
Mammal

Mammal

2016★ 6.2

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

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his i...

#6
Cowboys

Cowboys

2020★ 6.2

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

Troy and his young transgender son Joe are on the run from his conservative mother in the Montana wilderness, with a detective in hot pursuit....

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