As temperatures rise, we take refuge in shade and immerse ourselves in good films. Whether it’s Audrey Hepburn, Leonardo DiCaprio, or Timothée Chalamet, we’ve covered a variety of must-see scorching hot classic films as the heat waves continue in summer.
Roman Holiday (1954)
Ann (Audrey Hepburn), is a rebellious princess who does not have one moment of freedom. Sick of protocol, she flees to Rome, where she meets journalist Joe Bradley, who offers her hospitality. She pretends to be a students, but Bradley is not fooled and wants to get a scoop from the adventure. The twist? Joe falls in love with the princess.
To Catch A Thief (1955)
Shot against a backdrop of palaces and jewel thefts, To Catch A Thief was largely shot in the Carlton in Côte d’Azur, in front of its exquisite entrance and in its spectacular interiors. The film features Grace Kelly succumbing to the charm of jewel thief Cary Grant.
…And God Created Woman (1956)
This melodrama quickly made Brigitte Bardo an international star. You can see her casually strolling the French Riviera in search of suitors. Bardot plays Juliette, a young lady whose sexual appetite and lack of inhibition stir up a quiet fishing village.
James Bond 007 Versus Dr. No (1962)
James Bond (Sean Connery) must obtain a Soviet decoder, desired by the Specter organization. His mission takes him to Jamaica, where he meets Honey Ryder in the gorgeous Pacific waters.
Lovers Like Us (1975)
Nelly (Catherine Deneuve) leaves her fiancé at the alter and flees to Caracas, where she meets Martin (Yves Montand), a former Parisian perfume designer, who she offers to sell a Toulouse-Lautrec, borrowed from her boss, as a salary.
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Baby (Jennifer Grey) is meant to spend the summer at a resort with her family, but when a staff member can no longer perform their dance number, Baby decides to fill in. She falls in love with with her dance partner, Johnny (Patrick Swayze).
The Big Blue (1988)
The movie tells the story of freediver Jacques Mayol (Jean-Marc Barr) and his friend Enzo Molinari (Jean Reno) who compete in the No Limit World Freediving Championship in Taormina, Sicily in the late 1980s.
Thelma and Louise (1991)
Thanks to her friend Louise’s advice, Thelma, a struggling wife, decides to go away with Louise for the weekend. While on the road, a man tries to rape Thelma. Louise kills the man and asks Thelma to keep quiet. They’re on the run and try to reach Mexico. The movie includes Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, and Brad Pitt as a stupid but hot cowboy.
Point Break (1991)
Point Break brings Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze together for major tension. Reeves plays an FBI agent who has infiltrated a bunch of surfers who are suspected of robberies. What do they do? Show up as presidents of the United States. Bodhi (Patrick Swayze), the leader of the surfers, dreams of surfing the wave of his life. Agent Johnny Utah takes a liking to this freedom and falls for a surfer, which jeopardizes his cover.
Dazed and Confused (1993)
This film follows a group of rowdy teenagers celebrating the last day of high school in 1976. The students have one last night that they’d never forget, or remember. The cast features Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey, Parker Posey and Milla Jovovich.
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
The novelist Patricia Highsmith published the first of five compositions by Mr. Ripley, adapted no less than twice for the cinema: the first in 1955, then forty years later with The Talented Mr. Ripley. The movie stars Matt Damon, Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow in 1999. Plot? New York in the 1950s. Tom Ripley, a penniless but ambitious young man who lives on scamming until the day when the rich Herbert Greenleaf invites him to go to Sicily in order to find his son, Dickie, and bring him back home. Dickie and his girlfriend never expect the dangerous extremes Ripley will go to to achieve their lifestyle.
The Beach (2000)
Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio), a young American in search of adventure, is accompanied by a French couple, Françoise (Virginie Ledoyen) and Étienne (Guillaume Canet). They travel to a secret island deep in Thailand where a community lives of free spirits.
Swimming Pool (2003)
A British writer out of inspiration (Charlotte Rampling) spends a few weeks at her publisher’s villa in the South of France to find the subject of her next crime novel. There, she meets Julie (Ludivine Sagnier), the owner’s daughter, who fascinates her.
Somewhere (2010)
This movie by Sofia Coppola tells the story of the complex relationship between bad-boy actor Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff) and his visiting daughter Cléo (Elle Fanning) in the beautiful setting of Château Marmont in Los Angeles.
Call Me By Your Name (2017)
The film is set in the summer of 1983 in northern Italy. It tells the story of a passion and the awakening of desire between Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), a young Franco-American just 17 years old on vacation with his family, and Oliver (Armie Hammer), a medical student, who came to study Greco-Roman culture with Elio’s father.
