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10 Best Movies Like Unexpected Summer

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

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#1
Juniper

Juniper

2021★ 6.5

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

When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his lif...

#2
Landline

Landline

2017★ 6.1

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

A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair....

#3
Life of the Party

Life of the Party

2018★ 6.1

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

When her husband suddenly dumps her, longtime dedicated housewife Deanna turns regret into re-set by going back to college... landing in the same class and school as her daughter, ...

#4
I Love My Dad

I Love My Dad

2022★ 5.9

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

A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect....

#5
Cyrus

Cyrus

2010★ 5.9

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

With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another ...

#6
Eddie Murphy Raw

Eddie Murphy Raw

1987★ 7.3

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

Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more....

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