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Top 10 Lists July 16, 2026

10 of Our Favorite Summer Movies We Want to Watch Again and Again

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The gang of kids in a scene from the film 'The Sandlot', 1993. (Photo by 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images)

School is just around the corner, but there’s still time to soak up summer with some of our favorite seasonal picks. Set up some lawn chairs and put up a big screen, cause it’s time to settle in for these flicks.

1

THE PARENT TRAP

Family Comedy · PG

Director Nancy Meyers's remake of THE PARENT TRAP is even better than the delightful original. Little Hallie Parker and Annie James meet at camp and discover that they are identical twins, separated at birth when their parents Nick Parker and Elizabeth James…

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3

BLUE MIRACLE

Family Drama · PG

BLUE MIRACLE is a wonderful drama on Netflix. Omar is on the brink of losing the beloved all-boys orphanage in Cabo, Mexico that he and his wife, Becca, run. He enters a fishing competition with a fisherman named Wade. Omar and Wade…

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4

LUCA

Family Animated/Comedy/Fantasy · PG

Pixar’s new animated comedy, LUCA, is about a young teenage boy. Luca visits a beautiful seaside Italian town with his newfound friend, Alberto. They hope to win a local race so they can buy a used Vespa motor scooter to see the…

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5

AQUAMARINE

Caution Comedy · PG

AQUAMARINE, a family movie, follows Hailey and Claire, two 12-year-olds and best friends whose lives are forever changed when, after a huge storm, they find Aquamarine, a mermaid trapped in their beach club’s pool. Aquamarine tells the girls that, in order to…

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7

DOLPHIN TALE

Caution Drama · PG

Based on a true story, DOLPHIN TALE is an emotional movie about 11-year-old Sawyer who rescues a beached dolphin that has been caught in a fisherman’s trap. Sawyer is withdrawn because his father left without explanation, and his best friend and college…

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8

A BUG’S LIFE

Family Animated · G

Like the movie ANTZ, Pixar Studios and Walt Disney’s A BUG’S LIFE tells the story of a persistent ant who saves his colony from a menacing villain. This time, the villain is a grasshopper named Hopper who leads a band of other…

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9

SOUL SURFER

Family Drama · PG

SOUL SURFER is an inspiring, powerful story about young surfer Bethany Hamilton. On Halloween Day, Bethany is surfing with her friend, Alana, and Alana’s family near a remote beach. A 14-foot tiger sharp leaps out of the water and eats her arm.…

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