12 Best Movies About Summer

For every thunderstorm and frizzy-hair day, there is an amazingly perfect movie about summer. So pour yourself that iced coffee or lemonade (spiked or not, your choice), turn up the AC, position yourself in the least-sticky way on the couch, and stay there until your dreams of a non-humid summer come true.

1. The Parent Trap

Relive Lindsay Lohan's hey-day as an A-list actress, at age 9 nonetheless. And marvel over that posh British accent of hers.

2. Friends with Benefits

Not necessarily camp/summer directed, but would make anyone want to spend a summer in NYC (with Justin Timberlake as your new BF/BFF of course).

3. Wet Hot American Summer

Need we say more?

4. Dirty Dancing

The quintessential coming-of-age-over-the-summer story, mixed with some hot romance. One of our personal Patrick Swayze faves.

5. Grease

Although technically, Danny and Sandy are only reminiscing about their summer, we always get serious cravings for those su-uuuuumer ni-iiiights when we watch this flick.

6. Stand By Me

Nothing says summer more than hanging with your best buddies, riding around on bikes, looking for dead bodies… wait, what?!

7. Jaws

For you horror fans out there looking for a thrill, look no further than Amity Island. Just watch your back when that music starts… ba duh.. ba duh.. ba duh ba duh…

8. Dazed and Confused

Matthew McConoughey perfected his southern swagger in this rowdy, all-hell-breaks-loose summer comedy.

9. High School Musical 2

Zac Efron’s rise to shirtless fame. Needless to say, this Disney Channel musical tops the list of our guilty pleasures.

10. Almost Famous

Where one teenage kid lives out his (and our) ultimate fantasy… getting to be that close to Kate Hudson’s 70’s-style perfection.

11. Meatballs

Because Bill Murray at camp is awesome.

12. Heavy Weights

A true underdog movie that would make anyone crave summer.

13. Now and Then

Roberta + Teeny + Samantha + Chrissy = BFF ... this coming of age story taught you about the important invention of pudding filled water balloons and kissing Devin Sawa.

For more of everything about summer, check out Summer 365!!!