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- National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) Who’s in it: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron. Rating: R. Chevy Chase is the hapless moral center of this road trip movie that moves from Chicago to the Grand Canyon to a shuttered Los Angeles amusement park.
- Girls Trip (2017) Who’s in it: Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tiffany Haddish. Rating: R. In this comedy, four friends, aka “The Flossy Posse,” take a trip to the annual Essence Festival to relive their college days.
- E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Who’s in it: Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Drew Barrymore. Rating: PG. Steven Spielberg’s 1982 sci-fi movie—the highest-grossing film of its decade—was based on an imaginary friend the director created following his parents’ divorce.
- The Karate Kid (1984) Who’s in it: Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue. Rating: PG. After a life-changing summer, Daniel can’t seem to shake a group of bullies.
Sep 20, 2024 · I'm 97.77% Certain You Will Immediately Be In A Good Mood After Watching One Of These 57 Iconic Summer Movies. There's just something about summer.
- Buzzfeed Staff
Apr 29, 2024 · We've rounded up 50 essential summer films, so you can watch one of the best movies that feel like summer when it's too hot to go outside—or any time of year.
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Apr 29, 2021 · There’s just something about movies set in the summer that hit differently. Below, we rounded up 31 of the best summer movies from lighthearted comedies and sweet romances to hair-tingling...
- Jaws (1975) Film. Imagine a mammoth, sharp-toothed creature that takes cold-eyed pleasure in terrorizing its victims—one that must move forward constantly or perish, that quietly circles its prey before attacking with lightning speed.
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Film. Action and adventure. Is there a more purely perfect action hero in all of adventure flickdom than Indiana Jones? (Tom Selleck must still be kicking himself for turning down the role.)
- Star Wars (1977) Film. Science fiction. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, people didn’t make pop-cultural touchstones from cannibalized bits of Kurosawa, Joseph Campbell and Flash Gordon.
- Ghostbusters (1984) Film. Comedy. “Don’t cross the streams!” is sound advice if you’re operating a plasma gun. Ironically, that’s exactly what Ivan Reitman did with this blockbuster, mixing SNL’s snarkiness, horror-lite spookiness and the breakneck pacing of an action flick.
What is summer without a few blockbusters and romantic flings on the big screen? Get into the spirit with our list of the 50 best summer movies of all time.
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1. Jaws. 1975 2h 4m PG. 8.1 (675K) Rate. 87 Metascore. When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down. Director Steven Spielberg Stars Roy Scheider Robert Shaw Richard Dreyfuss. 2. Stand by Me. 1986 1h 29m R. 8.1 (451K) Rate
