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10 Best Movies Like A Burning Hot Summer

If you loved A Burning Hot Summer, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
House of Pleasures

House of Pleasures

2011★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Burning Hot Summer for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The dawn of the 20th century: L’Apollonide, a luxurious and traditional brothel in Paris, is living its last days. In this closed world, where some men fall in love and others beco...

#2
A Perfect Man

A Perfect Man

2015★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Burning Hot Summer for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A struggling writer finds a shortcut to fame, but a blackmailer threatens to ruin his perfect life....

#3
Harold and Maude

Harold and Maude

1971★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Burning Hot Summer for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman nam...

#4
The Beautiful Person

The Beautiful Person

2008★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Burning Hot Summer for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In the wake of her mother's tragic death, French teenager Junie transfers to a different high school. Though Junie lives mostly inside her own head, her beauty and stoicism win her...

#5
How Much Do You Love Me?

How Much Do You Love Me?

2005★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Burning Hot Summer for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After winning the lottery, François goes to a bar in Pigalle and offers one hundred thousand Euros per month to a prostitute named Daniela to live with him as his wife until his mo...

#6
Lover for a Day

Lover for a Day

2017★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Burning Hot Summer for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After a bad breakup, a college-aged Parisian moves into her father's flat only to discover that he is living with his new girlfriend - a young woman her age....