Top 10 Most Memorable Onscreen Summer Romances

By Sarah Curran. 2 Jun 2022 3:43 PM

Summer is here and the heat is on, meaning it is the perfect time for some steamy romance movies.

Take a look back at some of the most iconic onscreen romances to inspire your next long walk on the beach or night under the stars this summer.

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10. 'The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants'
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While visiting Greece with her family, Lena (Alexis Bledel) meets Kostas (Michael Rady) and sparks immediately fly.

That fact that their families hate each other only makes things more intense, as the pair embark on a forbidden romance - swoon!
9. '500 Days Of Summer'
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While the narrator warns viewers at the beginning of the movie that “This is not a love story", most people will disagree.

The cult-classic film is full of lessons about love, courtesy of the complicated relationship between Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel) and Tom Hansen (Joseph Gordon-Levitt).
8. 'Dear John'
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What do you get when you combine Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried and a Nicholas Sparks novel? A summer romance movie that will give you all the feels, of course.

The movie follows a pair of young lovers who stay in touch via letters after soldier John Tyree (Tatum) is deployed overseas.
7. 'Call Me By Your Name'
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This coming-of-age story follows 17-year-old Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet) and doctoral student Oliver (Armie Hammer), who’s staying with Elio’s family.

The pair develop feelings for each other over the course of a summer spent in the sundrenched surroundings of Northern Italy.
6. 'Adventureland'
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James (Jesse Eisenberg) prepares for the worst summer ever working at the local amusement park until he meets Em (Kristen Stewart), his smart and quirky co-worker who quickly turns things around.
5. 'Crossroads'
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Who could forget the classic road trip film about three childhood friends (Britney Spears, Zoe Saldana and Taryn Manning) who head off on a cross country trip with handsome hunk Ben (Anson Mount) in the driver's seat.

Romance quickly blossoms for Ben and Spears' Lucy, who discovers that she's "Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman".
4. 'Grease'
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Is there summer movie scene more iconic than Sandy (Olivia Newton John) and Danny (John Travolta) frolicking on the beach at the beginning of "Grease"?

While their relationship gets a little more complicated once they return to high school, those "summer nights" will always bring them back together again. Tell me more!
3. 'The Last Song'
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The film that brought Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth together follows a troubled teen who reconnects with her father and falls in love over the course of a summer spent at a dreamy beachside town.

Although the pair have since gone their separate ways, their undeniable chemistry in the movie is still as sizzling as ever.
2. 'Dirty Dancing'
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Forbidden romance, gyrating hips and a shirtless Patrick Swayze - could "Dirty Dancing" possibly get any steamier?

The movie tells the story of Baby (Jennifer Grey) who falls in love with rough-edged dancer Johnny (Swayze) while vacationing in the Catskills with her family.
1. 'The Notebook'
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Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling star in the ultimate summer romance movie about mill worker Noah and rich girl Allie, who fall in love over the course of a summer in 1940s South Carolina.

With every obstacle in the way of them being together, the film is guaranteed to pull at your heartstrings and remind you how true love can overcome almost any barrier.

Top 10 Most Memorable Onscreen Summer Romances

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