I really, REALLY, miss my summer vacations on Cape Cod. Renting beachy films is my substitute. I'm looking for films with wistful moments on the beach.
Please offer any good suggestions – no war movies!
December Boys
Daniel Radcliff
Summertime coming of age on the beaches of Australia.
Dirty Dancing
Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze
A summer resort on a lake. "Nobody puts Baby in a corner!"
Jaws
Richard Dreyfus
Killer shark hits Martha's Vinyard during summer season
Mama Mia
Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep
A musical on the sandy beaches of a Greek Island
Summertime
Katherine Hepburn
Hepburn spends the summer in Venice and finds romance
The Love Letter
Tom Selleck, Kate Capshaw
An unsigned love letter spurs imagination among the folks of coastal Rockport, MA
Lake Placid
Betty White, Oliver Platt, Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda
Something is killing the beachgoers in a tranquil lake in this comedy/thriller.
Summer of '42
Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes
Bittersweet romance between a young woman & teenage boy.
A Month By the Lake
Vanessa Redgrave, Uma Thurman
A snooty woman spends every April on Lake Como and competes for a man's affections with Uma Thurman. A little dry and slow, but good.
Something Borrowed
Kate Hudson, Ginnifer Goodwin
Hudson plans her wedding with Goodwin's crush as they spend weekends on the Hamptons
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs
Romance on a Jamaican Resort
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Peter Gallagher, Michelle Pfieffer
A greiving husband holds a weekend party in honor of his dead wife at his Nantucket beach home.
Masquerade
Rob Lowe, Meg Tilly
An heiress in East Hampton has folks conniving for her millions.
Something's Gotta Give
Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton
A playboy & his young girlfriend's Mom contend with each other at her beach house.
Corny, But still like them:
Summer Rental
John Candy
Corny, but I still love it. Candy's family make the most of a crappy Florida beach rental.
Fools Gold
Kate Hudson, Mathew McConaughey
Dumb, but fun treasure hunt on a tropical island.
50 First Dates
Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore
Really Dumb, but I always cry at the end. Hawaiian romance with a girl who has no memory beyond 24 hours.
Sappy Nicholas Sparks love stories only for die-hard chick-flick lovers:
Nights in Rodanthe
Diane Lane, Richard Gere
Romance in a beach B&B on the Outer Banks
The Last Song
Miley Cyrus, Greg Kinnear
Teen romance on the beach, surprisingly the best of these 3
Dear John
Amanda Seyfried, Channing Tatum
Sappy teen romance by the beach - even too sappy for me
Corny 60's Musicals:
Beach Blanket Bingo Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello
Bikini Beach Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello
Blue Hawaii Elvis
Really dumb movies I do not recommend:
One Crazy Summer
John Cusack, Demi Moore
It was so bad I forgot what it was about.
Weekend at Bernie’s
Andrew McCarthy
I enjoyed this in the 80’s, then cringed when I saw again it recently. 2 office workers are invited to the boss’s home on the Hamptons only to learn the boss is dead and they may be next.
QUESTIONS:
Beaches
Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey
Can't remember this at all! Hopefully there are beaches in it? Is it depressing or happy?
A Summer Place
Sandra Dee, Troy Donahue
Never saw this one - Any good?
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