Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Violent Summer

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

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#1
Caught by a Wave

Caught by a Wave

2021★ 6.6

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

A summer fling born under the Sicilian sun quickly develops into a heartbreaking love story that forces a boy and girl to grow up too quickly....

#2
The History of Love

The History of Love

2016★ 6.4

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

The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother's loneliness....

#3
Racing with the Moon

Racing with the Moon

1984★ 6.3

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

In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. Henry begins romancing new-to-to...

#4
Le Notti Bianche

Le Notti Bianche

1957★ 7.4

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

A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return....

#5
Firebird

Firebird

2021★ 7.4

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

At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet Air...

#6
Dear John

Dear John

2010★ 6.8

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

While Sergeant John Tyree is home on two weeks leave from Germany, he meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off a pier. John eve...

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