Best summer vacation movies

Best summer vacation movies

Best summer vacation movies. Filmmakers love the fabled family summer vacation as fodder for plot lines full of irresistibly comic possibilities. With the whole family in the car, the cottage or on the beach, what could go wrong? Here's a look at some of our favorite summer vacation movies.

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Release date: 1962
Director: Henry Koster 
Cast: James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara and 1950s teen idol Fabian

National Lampoon's Vacation
Release date: 1983
Director: Harold Ramis 
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Christie Brinkley 

Summer Rental
Release date: 1985
Director: Carl Reiner 
Cast: John Candy, Richard Crenna

The Great Outdoors
Release date: 1988
Director: Howard Deutch
Cast: John Candy, Dan Aykroyd, Annette Bening

On Golden Pond
Release date: 1981
Director: Mark Rydell 
Cast: Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Fonda

Beach Party
Release date: 1963
Director: William Asher 
Cast: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello

Back to the Beach
Release date: 1987
Director: Lyndall Hobbs

Cast: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Lori Loughlin 

One Crazy Summer 
Release date: 1986
Director: Savage Steve Holland 
Cast: John Cusack, Demi Moore, Curtis Armstrong

The Inkwell
Release date: 1994

Director: Matty Rich, first film "Straight Out of Brooklyn"
Cast: Larenz Tate, Jada Pinkett Smith, Joe Morton

Summer Fling 
Release date: 1996
Director: David Keating
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Catherine O'Hara, Christina Ricci, Jared Leto

Summer 
Release date: 1986
Director: Eric Rohmer 
Cast: Marie Rivière, Vincent Gauthier 

Summer School 
Release date: 1987
Director: Carl Reiner 
Cast: Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Courtney Thorne-Smith

Source: Special