The 20 Best Summer Movies Of All Time
Across
- 2. Filmed at Lake Lure in NC, “Baby” Houseman falls for a dance instructor at a resort in the Catskills.
- 4. Nothing goes as planned on this family trip from Chicago to California’s Wally World.
- 5. Brooklyn pizza delivery guy, Mookie, puts up with racist taunts and jokes.
- 7. A teen idol overhears a girl singing at a music camp for gifted teens and sets out to find her.
- 12. Four friends on a trek to see the body of a stranger killed near their home and discover how different their lives are.
- 13. The first night of summer vacation in 1976 (and Matthew McConaughy’s first line spoken on film), this movie is, “alright, alright, alright.”
- 14. Set in the ‘60s, this film follows a group of teens who are cruising the Modesto, CA streets.
- 15. To earn money for college Danny Noonan works as a golf caddy at Bushwood Country Club, but what can go wrong does go wrong.
- 16. Two low-level employees travel to their boss’ beach house for the weekend and find him murdered. They pretend he’s alive to keep themselves safe.
- 17. A giant great white shark attaches swimmers at Amity Island, a fictional New England town. This movie ruined swimming in the ocean for an entire generation!
- 19. A married man, whose wife and son are in Maine avoiding the heat of New York City, becomes infatuated with his neighbor.
Down
- 1. James’ canceled European vacation does not seem so bad when he meets his Adventureland co-worker, Em.
- 3. Fictional pop singer, Sugar Kane, plans a skydiving publicity stunt to get the beach party started.
- 6. An anonymous letter about an incident that happened the night of last year’s high school graduation sets off a series of scary events.
- 8. A group of neighborhood kids welcomes a newcomer onto their baseball team.
- 9. Snobby in-laws crash a lakeside vacation and almost ruin everything.
- 10. High school friends reunite after the first year at college, rent a beach house, and make it a summer to remember.
- 11. A group of camp counselors wraps up the summer.
- 12. When his family faces eviction from their second-rate lodgings, Chester goes all out to save vacation.
- 18. Southern California crooks wear masks of former presidents, so FBI agent, Johnny Utah, infiltrates the gang.