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Movies like Because It's Summer (2024)

The best movies like Because It's Summer (2024) are Attraction (2001), Holiday Date (2019) and Gabriel's Rapture: Part III (2022). If Because It's Summer hooked you with its romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Attraction (2001)

    A writer/radio advice show host fails to heed his own advice as he stalks his ex-girlfriend and then becomes involved with an actress friend of hers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

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  2. Holiday Date (2019)

    When Brooke’s boyfriend, Ethan, breaks up with her just before the holidays, she agrees to go home with Joel, an actor who will pose as her boyfriend.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

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  3. Gabriel's Rapture: Part III (2022)

    In the sixth installment of the Gabriel's Inferno series, Julia deals with the aftermath of Gabriel's departure, while Gabriel goes on a journey of self-discovery. Will they reunite and be able to repair what is broken?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

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  4. The Perfect Christmas Present (2017)

    Tom Jacobs is Mr Christmas! He's built an entire business around helping clients find the perfect gift. But what happens when he falls for one lucky recipient?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

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  5. Five Star Christmas (2020)

    After moving back to her hometown, Lisa (Lenz) plots with her siblings and grandparents to help her father's bed and breakfast get a five-star review from an incognito travel critic (Webster), but ends up falling for him, not knowing he is the real critic.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

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  6. Gabriel's Rapture: Part I (2021)

    In the fourth instalment of the Gabriel's Inferno series, Professor Gabriel Emerson has embarked on a passionate, yet clandestine affair with his former student Julia Mitchell, but when they return from their romantic holiday in Italy, their happiness is threatened. Will Gabriel succumb to Dante's fate?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

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  7. Chateau Christmas (2020)

    Margot, a world-renowned pianist, returns to Chateau Newhaus to spend the holidays with her family and is reunited with an ex who helps her rediscover her passion for music.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

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  8. Love Struck Café (2017)

    Megan Quinn, an aspiring architect, faces multiple tasks – developing her hometown lake into a commercialized entertainment center, forcing Mrs. Frances Figgins, her childhood mentor, out of her family’s home, and helping out at her family café after her father breaks his leg, all while also dealing with the return of her childhood sweetheart, Joe, who broke her heart.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

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  9. Brigadoon (1954)

    Americans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village - Brigadoon. They soon learn that the town appears once every 100 years in order to preserve its peace and special beauty. The citizens go to bed at night and when they wake up, it's 100 years later. Tommy falls in love with a beautiful young woman, Fiona, and is torn between staying or going back to his hectic life in New York.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

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  10. The Matchmaker's Playbook (2018)

    After a career-ending accident, former NFL recruit Ian Hunter is back on campus, and he's putting his extensive skills with women to work as one of the masterminds behind a successful and secretive dating service. But when Blake Olson requests the services of Wingmen, Inc., Ian may have landed his most hopeless client yet. As Blake begins the transformation from hot mess to smokin' hot, Ian realizes he's in danger of breaking his cardinal rule....

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

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  11. All of My Heart: The Wedding (2018)

    Brian and Jenny are planning their wedding at the Inn where they fell in love. When a distant relative arrives and stakes their claim to the Inn, Brian and Jenny must find a way to save their beloved Inn or risk having to sell.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

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  12. Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy (2019)

    A skeptical writer shows up in Evergreen to get the scoop on the town's famed passion for Christmas during a search for a long-lost time capsule.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

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  13. Gabriel's Rapture: Part II (2022)

    In the fifth installment of the Gabriel's Inferno series, Gabriel and Julia’s happiness is threatened by a conspiring student and academic politics. When Gabriel is confronted by the university administration, will he succumb to Dante's fate? Or will he fight to keep Julia, his Beatrice, forever?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

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  14. Sun, Sand & Romance (2017)

    Kate is a driven publishing exec visiting a summer resort with her boyfriend Eric. There she runs into Shep, an old high school friend and fellow camp counsellor, who is now the Activities Director. Shep tries to convince her to take advantage of all the resort has to offer. She reluctantly caves when Eric is pulled away on business. As carefree Shep helps Kate rediscover her fun side; Kate helps Shep to stop hiding from life and realize his own potential. In the end Kate must make a choice.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

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  15. Sense, Sensibility & Snowmen (2019)

    Christmas enthusiast party planners Ella and her sister, Marianne, clash with their client, Edward, who is a not-so-jolly toy company CEO.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

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  16. Night Train to Lisbon (2013)

    Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for years and to embark on an enthralling adventure. In search of the author, Gregorius acts as detective, pulling together pieces of a puzzle that involves political and emotional intrigue and the highest possible stakes. His voyage is one that transcends time and space, delving into the realms of history, medicine and love, all in search of true meaning to his life.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

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  17. Forever in My Heart (2019)

    Jenna and Charlie found love in Ireland but their dreams drove them apart. Five years later, they reunite and Jenna has to decide where her heart belongs—back home or in the Emerald Isle.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

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  18. Merry & Bright (2019)

    Cate, CEO of the Merry and Bright Candy Cane Company, meets Gabe during the busy Christmas season. She assumes Gabe is the suitor her well-meaning mother is trying to set her up with when in reality, he works for Empire Corporate Recovery, which has been hired to take a closer look at Merry and Bright's operation and find ways to make the company more profitable. As Cate and Gabe begin to work together, they find ways to elevate the business and find that they have more in common than savvy business sense.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

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  19. Christmas Made to Order (2018)

    When architect and Christmas amateur Steven finds himself hosting his family for Christmas, he recruits holiday coordinator Gretchen to bring holiday joy to his home. Gretchen’s expert Christmas spirit brings Steven’s family together, but neither expected it to bring them closer to each other. After a great opportunity presents itself to Gretchen, she and Steven must decide what’s really important in life.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

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  20. Valentine in the Vineyard (2019)

    As partners in life and professional winemaking, Frankie Baldwin and Nate DeLuca have different personality types and styles. They’ve just gotten engaged when Frankie’s cousin Lexi and Nate’s brother Marco spring the news that they are getting married – and on Valentine’s Day. Agreeing to keep their plans a secret, Frankie and Nate offer to host Lexi and Marco’s big day.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

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  21. In a Heartbeat (2017)

    A closeted boy runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after it pops out of his chest to chase down the boy of his dreams.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

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  22. Love Like Honey (2024)

    Majka and Agata have as much in common as they divide. They are both over fifty, going through menopause and do not believe that anything in their lives will change for the better. One lives on the Baltic Sea, the other in the Tatra Mountains. One runs a confectionery shop, the other is a successful interior designer. One is a widow, the other is just left by her partner for a younger woman. One devotes herself to her children and grandchildren, completely forgetting about herself, the other has no family and cares about her spiritual development. One day, the friends meet at the funeral of a high school friend. Agata encourages Majka to spontaneously go to the mountains, and she takes her place. The unexpected role reversal brings a number of complications, funny twists and challenges that the women will have to face.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

  23. Notes on a Scandal (2006)

    A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

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  24. Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

    Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

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  25. Tere Bin : Brain Overpowering Heart (TBA)

    In a near-future world where emotions can be scientifically altered, a young man is confronted with a revolutionary neural technology designed to suppress emotional pain. As love, memory, and logic collide, he must decide whether a life free from heartbreak is worth the cost of losing genuine human emotion.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

  26. Ask the Dust (2006)

    Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

  27. Until Death (2024)

    Alex and Chiara die in a car crash just after getting married. In the purgatory where they are now trapped, they are asked to make a decision : stay together or split up for good, as they are slyly advised in the afterlife.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

  28. Addicted to Love (1997)

    Good-natured astronomer Sam is devastated when the love of his life leaves him for a suave Frenchman. He therefore does what every other normal dumpee would do — go to New York and set up home in the abandoned building opposite his ex-girlfriend's apartment, wait until she decides to leave her current lover, and then win her back.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

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  29. While You Were Sleeping (1995)

    A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his brother, who's not quite sure that she's who she claims to be.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

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  30. Lucid Love (2024)

    Juno, an ordinary man, always feels insecure because he has a beautiful girlfriend, while Trish, a beautiful woman, is always played by men. They never expected to meet in a place full of wonders, a place that would determine their love lives, in a lucid dream.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Because It's Summer?

The closest matches to Because It's Summer are Attraction (2001), Holiday Date (2019) and Gabriel's Rapture: Part III (2022). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Because It's Summer?

Start with Attraction (2001), the closest match to Because It's Summer.

What is the highest-rated movie like Because It's Summer?

In a Heartbeat (2017), rated 8.0/10 by 1,039 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Because It's Summer?

Until Death (2024) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Because It's Summer?

Yes: Attraction (2001), Holiday Date (2019) and Gabriel's Rapture: Part III (2022).

How are movies similar to Because It's Summer chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Because It's Summer, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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