Movies Like A Summer's Tale (1996)

A Summer's Tale is a 1996 comedy, drama, romance film from Éric Rohmer with a MovieMagicScore of 7.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with A Tale of Springtime and A Tale of Winter.

Comedy Drama Romance

A Tale of Springtime

1990

The story of an introverted young girl just reaching adulthood who takes a liking to an older woman she meets at a party and determines to match her off with her father, despite the latter's already having a lover of his own.

6.8

MagicScore

A Tale of Winter

1992

Felicie and Charles have a whirlwind holiday romance. Due to a mix-up on addresses they lose contact, and five years later at Christmas-time Felicie is living with her mother in a cold Paris with a daughter as a reminder of that long-ago summer. For male companionship she oscillates between hairdresser Maxence and the intellectual Loic, but seems unable to commit to either as the memory of Charles and what might have been hangs over everything.

7.0

MagicScore

A Tale of Autumn

1998

Magali, forty-something, is a winemaker and a widow: she loves her work but feels lonely. Her friends Rosine and Isabelle both want secretly to find a husband for Magali.

7.1

MagicScore

The Graduate

1967

A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

7.6

MagicScore

Rare Birds

2001

A down-and-out restaurateur and his neighbor hatch a plan to lure bird watchers to their small Newfoundland town and increase tourism by announcing the presence of a rare duck.

5.3

MagicScore

Bella

2006

An international soccer star is on his way to sign a multimillion dollar contract when something happens that brings his career to an abrupt end. A beautiful waitress, struggling to make it in New York City, discovers something about herself that she's unprepared for. In one irreversible moment, their lives are turned upside down.

6.3

MagicScore

Mystic Pizza

1988

Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic, Connecticut.

6.3

MagicScore

Gas Food Lodging

1992

Nora, a single mother raising two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi, waits tables at a truck-stop diner in a small New Mexico town. The beautiful and rebellious Trudi drops out of school and gets a job alongside Nora, while the younger Shade whittles away her time at Spanish movie matinees. Their lives are turned upside down when Trudi becomes pregnant and the girls' absent father returns.

6.3

MagicScore

Pauline at the Beach

1983

Marion is about to divorce from her husband and takes her 15-year-old niece, Pauline, on a vacation to Granville. There, she meets an old love...

7.0

MagicScore

#10

Ride Your Wave

2019

Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love.

7.6

MagicScore

#11

Submarine

2011

15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to fall apart, similar problems arise in his relationship with Jordana.

7.4

MagicScore

#12

Summer of '42

1971

Over the summer of 1942 on Nantucket Island, three friends -- Hermie, Oscy and Benjie -- are more concerned with getting laid than anything else. Hermie falls in love with the married Dorothy, whose husband is an army pilot recently sent to the battlefront of World War II.

6.7

MagicScore

#13

Sunburn

1999

Davin McDerby is a handsome, irresponsible slacker who arrives in Montauk Long Island for a summer of fun. He has no intention of working too hard and every intention of enjoying himself as much as possible while simultaneously escaping the pressing problems that await him back home in Ireland. Over a summer of car-jacking, pool-hopping, and tequila-drinking Davin and his new found friends discover that they have affected one another causing them to re-evaluate their lives.

6.1

MagicScore

#14

Age of Summer

2018

A determined teenage boy struggles to find acceptance within the Jr. Lifeguards of Hermosa Beach while juggling relationships and challenges in the summer of 1986.

6.0

MagicScore

#15

Katie Says Goodbye

2018

A kindhearted seventeen-year-old in the American Southwest turns to prostitution to fulfill her dream of a new life in San Francisco.

6.6

MagicScore

#16

Crazed Fruit

1956

Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking.

6.9

MagicScore

#17

Goa

2010

Three young men, who always get into trouble in their village, dream of an effortless life. For this, they run away to Goa in the hope of finding and getting married to rich foreign women.

6.0

MagicScore

#18

Y Tu Mamá También

2001

In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.

7.4

MagicScore

#19

Calendar Girl

1993

Three young men go on an end of the summer trip to Hollywood, California. Their quest: to fulfill the fantasy of meeting Marilyn Monroe.

5.1

MagicScore

#20

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

1953

Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom.

6.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like A Summer's Tale?

The top films similar to A Summer's Tale by MovieMagicScore are A Tale of Springtime (6.8), A Tale of Winter (7.0), A Tale of Autumn (7.1). Each shares comedy/drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is A Summer's Tale worth watching?

A Summer's Tale holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.4/10 from 245 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is A Summer's Tale?

A Summer's Tale (1996) is a comedy, drama, romance film directed by Éric Rohmer, starring Melvil Poupaud, Amanda Langlet, Gwenaëlle Simon.

Where can I find more recommendations like A Summer's Tale?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like A Summer's Tale

This ranked list pairs A Summer's Tale (1996), a comedy and drama and romance film from Éric Rohmer, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Melvil Poupaud take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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