Summer Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 70 films set in summer, spanning 1927–2022. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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• 1957

  12 Angry Men

  New York City — 1950s
  Urbandir. Sidney Lumet
• 1996

  A Summer's Tale

  Dinard — 1990s
  Coastal Seadir. Éric Rohmer
• 1999

  A Walk on the Moon

  Catskills — 1960s
  Ruraldir. Tony Goldwyn
• 2009

  Adventureland

  Pittsburgh — 1980s
  Suburbandir. Greg Mottola
• 2022

  Aftersun

  Turkey — 1990s
  Coastal Seadir. Charlotte Wells
• 1973

  American Graffiti

  Modesto — 1960s
  Urbandir. George Lucas
• 2016

  American Honey

  Kansas City — 2010s
  Rural · Suburbandir. Andrea Arnold
• 2007

  Atonement

  London — 1930s · 1940s
  Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Joe Wright
• 2013

  Before Midnight

  Greece — 2010s
  Coastal Seadir. Richard Linklater
• 1981

  Body Heat

  Florida — 1980s
  Coastal Sea · Suburbandir. Lawrence Kasdan
• 2005

  Brokeback Mountain

  Wyoming — 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
  Rural · Mountaindir. Ang Lee
• 1994

  Burnt by the Sun

  Russia — 1930s
  Ruraldir. Nikita Mikhalkov
• 2017

  Call Me by Your Name

  Italy — 1980s
  Ruraldir. Luca Guadagnino
• 1993

  Caro diario

  Rome · Aeolian Islands — 1990s
  Urban · Islanddir. Nanni Moretti
• 1970

  Claire's Knee

  Annecy — 1970s
  dir. Éric Rohmer
• 1962

  Cléo from 5 to 7

  Paris — 1960s
  Urbandir. Agnès Varda
• 2022

  Close

  2020s
  Ruraldir. Lukas Dhont
• 1978

  Days of Heaven

  Chicago · Texas — 1910s
  Ruraldir. Terrence Malick
• 1993

  Dazed and Confused

  Texas — 1970s
  Suburbandir. Richard Linklater
• 1987

  Dirty Dancing

  Catskills — 1960s
  Rural · Mountaindir. Emile Ardolino
• 1989

  Do the Right Thing

  New York City — 1980s
  Urbandir. Spike Lee
• 1975

  Dog Day Afternoon

  New York City — 1970s
  Urbandir. Sidney Lumet
• 1997

  Eve's Bayou

  Louisiana — 1960s
  Ruraldir. Kasi Lemmons
• 1959

  Floating Weeds

  Seto Inland Sea — 1950s
  Coastal Seadir. Yasujirō Ozu
• 1980

  Friday the 13th

  1970s
  Wildernessdir. Sean S. Cunningham
• 2001

  Ghost World

  2000s
  Urbandir. Terry Zwigoff
• 1988

  Grave of the Fireflies

  Kobe — 1940s
  Urbandir. Isao Takahata
• 2005

  Hustle & Flow

  Memphis — 2000s
  Urbandir. Craig Brewer
• 1962

  Il Sorpasso

  Rome · Tuscany — 1960s
  Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Dino Risi
• 2000

  In July

  Hamburg · Istanbul — 2000s
  dir. Fatih Akin
• 2001

  In the Bedroom

  Maine — 2000s
  Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Todd Field
• 2002

  Insomnia

  Alaska — 2000s
  Rural · Coastal Seadir. Christopher Nolan
• 1997

  Insomnia

  Tromsø — 1990s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Erik Skjoldbjærg
• 1975

  Jaws

  1970s
  Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Steven Spielberg
• 1986

  Jean de Florette

  Provence — 1920s
  Rural · Mountaindir. Claude Berri
• 1999

  Kikujiro

  Tokyo · Toyohashi — 1990s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Takeshi Kitano
• 1979

  Meatballs

  Ontario — 1970s
  Ruraldir. Ivan Reitman
• 2019

  Midsommar

  Sweden — 2010s
  Ruraldir. Ari Aster
• 1953

  Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

  1950s
  Coastal Seadir. Jacques Tati
• 2012

  Moonrise Kingdom

  New England — 1960s
  Island · Wildernessdir. Wes Anderson
• 1990

  My Father's Glory

  Provence · Marseille — 1900s
  Ruraldir. Yves Robert
• 1991

  My Girl

  Pennsylvania — 1970s
  Suburbandir. Howard Zieff
• 1988

  My Neighbor Totoro

  Japan — 1950s
  Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki
• 2000

  O Brother, Where Art Thou?

  1930s
  Ruraldir. Joel Coen
• 1981

  On Golden Pond

  New England — 1980s
  Ruraldir. Mark Rydell
• 2011

  Oslo, August 31st

  Oslo — 2010s
  Urbandir. Joachim Trier
• 1966

  Persona

  1960s
  Coastal Seadir. Ingmar Bergman
• 1975

  Picnic at Hanging Rock

  Victoria — 1900s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Peter Weir
• 1955

  Smiles of a Summer Night

  Sweden — 1900s
  Rural · Urbandir. Ingmar Bergman
• 1986

  Stand by Me

  Oregon — 1950s · 1980s
  Ruraldir. Rob Reiner
• 1949

  Stray Dog

  Tokyo — 1940s
  Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa
• 1971

  Summer of '42

  New England — 1940s
  Island · Coastal Seadir. Robert Mulligan
• 1953

  Summer with Monika

  Stockholm — 1950s
  Urban · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Ingmar Bergman
• 1927

  Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

  1920s
  Rural · Coastal Seadir. F. W. Murnau
• 1999

  The Color of Paradise

  Iran — 1990s
  Rural · Mountaindir. Majid Majidi
• 1995

  The Cure

  Minnesota — 1990s
  Suburban · Ruraldir. Peter Horton
• 2017

  The Florida Project

  Kissimmee — 2010s
  Suburbandir. Sean Baker
• 1967

  The Graduate

  Los Angeles — 1960s
  Suburbandir. Mike Nichols
• 1986

  The Green Ray

  Paris · Cherbourg · Biarritz — 1980s
  dir. Éric Rohmer
• 1991

  The Man in the Moon

  Louisiana — 1950s
  Ruraldir. Robert Mulligan
• 2004

  The Notebook

  South Carolina — 1940s · 2000s
  Rural · Coastal Seadir. Nick Cassavetes
• 1993

  The Sandlot

  Los Angeles — 1960s
  Suburbandir. David Mickey Evans
• 1955

  The Seven Year Itch

  New York City — 1950s
  Urbandir. Billy Wilder
• 1968

  The Swimmer

  Connecticut — 1960s
  Suburbandir. Frank Perry
• 2007

  This Is England

  England — 1980s
  Suburban · Coastal Seadir. Shane Meadows
• 1997

  Three Men and a Leg

  Italy — 1990s
  Rural · Coastal Seadir. Aldo Baglio
• 2018

  Utøya: July 22

  Norway — 2010s
  Island · Wildernessdir. Erik Poppe
• 2008

  Vicky Cristina Barcelona

  Barcelona · Oviedo — 2000s
  Urbandir. Woody Allen
• 1971

  Wake in Fright

  Australia — 1970s
  Desert · Ruraldir. Ted Kotcheff
• 1957

  Wild Strawberries

  Stockholm — 1950s
  Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman