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10 Best Movies Like The Endless Summer

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

#1
Palermo Shooting

Palermo Shooting

2008★ 6.2

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

After the wild lifestyle of a famous young German photographer almost gets him killed, he goes to Palermo, Sicily to take a break. Can the beautiful city and a beautiful local woma...

#2
Born Free

Born Free

1966★ 6.8

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

At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Net...

#3
Downtown '81

Downtown '81

2001★ 6.7

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

The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown str...

#4
Genghis Blues

Genghis Blues

1999★ 6.9

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

Blind blues musician Paul Pena is perhaps best known for his song "Jet Airliner". In 1993, Pena heard Tuvan throat singing over his shortwave radio and subsequently taught himself ...

#5
El almohadón de plumas

El almohadón de plumas

2007★ 7.0

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

Animation short based on a story by Horacio Quiroga....

#6
Robin Hood

Robin Hood

1922★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Endless Summer for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Amid big-budget medieval pageantry, King Richard goes on the Crusades leaving his brother Prince John as regent, who promptly emerges as a cruel, grasping, treacherous tyrant. Appr...