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10 Best Movies Like July 96

If you loved July 96, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Last Song

The Last Song

2010★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to July 96 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A drama centered on a rebellious girl who is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to re...

#2
One Wild Moment

One Wild Moment

1977★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to July 96 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Pierre, 44, contentedly divorced, takes his teen daughter to the Côte d'Azur along with his friend Jacques and Jacques' own teen daughter, Françoise. On the topless beaches of Sain...

#3
Ava

Ava

2017★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to July 96 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Ava, 13, is spending the summer on the Atlantic coast when she learns that she will lose her sight sooner than expected. Her mother decides to act as if everything were normal so a...

#4
Falcon Lake

Falcon Lake

2022★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to July 96 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A shy teenager on a summer vacation experiences the joy and pain of young adulthood when he forges an unlikely bond with an older girl....

#5
Shag

Shag

1989★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to July 96 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Summer of 1963. Carson is getting married to her boyfriend so her friends Melaina, Pudge and Luanne take her to Myrtle Beach for one last irresponsible weekend....

#6
Janet Planet

Janet Planet

2024★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to July 96 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. As the months pass, th...

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