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10 Best Movies Like Capricious Summer

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

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#1
Closely Watched Trains

Closely Watched Trains

1966★ 7.2

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

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance th...

#2
A Charming Man

A Charming Man

1941★ 6.8

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

The main hero of the story is the editor Viktor Bláha, who likes to invent crazy mystifications, during which he has a good time at the expense of those around him. Not only friend...

#3
Container

Container

2006★ 4.7

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

Poetic, experimental and different, Container is described by Lukas Moodysson as "a black and white silent movie with sound" and with the following words; "A woman in a man's body....

#4
The Phantom of Morrisville

The Phantom of Morrisville

1966★ 6.9

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

Inspector Brumpby (Jaroslav Marvan) and the young crime reporter Allan Pinkerton (Vít Olmer) attend wedding of Sir Hannibal Morris (Oldrich Nový) with beautiful Clarence (Kveta Fia...

#5
Carrie

Carrie

1976★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Capricious Summer for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural power...

#6
Smiles of a Summer Night

Smiles of a Summer Night

1955★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Capricious Summer for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly at...