Underrated Summer Movies: A Collection Of The Best (PHOTOS, POLL)

If it's a rainy weekend and you want to channel that summer feeling, you can rent always rent Dirty Dancing, Grease, Jaws or any number of Will Smith summer blockbusters. But you could also channel the heady days of adolescent summers past with one of the lesser-seen classics below, a collection of Huffington Post editors' favorite summer movies. If you've seen the movie, weigh in and vote on whether it's one worth renting or add your own in the comments section.

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Vote and Share Choose Your Top 5 Skip It Rent It Now Make Your Own Top 5 And Share with Your Friends RANK: AVERAGE:  OUT OF 10 Coming of age story about a teenage boy (Gary Grimes) who falls in love with a married woman (Jennifer O'Neill) during a summer vacation on Nantucket. His chance appears when her husband goes to fight in WWII.

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[Heather Garver]

wow, sleepaway camp. I remember watching that at a slumber party in middle school and being a bit freaked out by the ending...

Of all the cheesy horror films I watched back then, I can't believe I still remember that one, egads...

[Helloamanda]

still love the hangover and brad cooper! mmm mm mmmmmm
why is he so hot here???

http://www.helloamanda.com/?p=320

[Babzter]

Animal House and Fast Times

[StephenJK]

I think one of the BEST summer movies of all-time is missing from this list; Stand By Me. THAT is a great movie (and story).

[Dragline]

Flamingo Kid should be on this list. It's a classic.

[rabiddog6708]

I was 12 when MEATBALLS came out and loved it. WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER is great, too.

[rini]

I think the title of this photo collection should be "Cheesy Summer Camp movies that may have some nostalgic or 'camp' value."

[SusiePundant]

What is hard to believe is that celebrities esp in Hollywood haven't stepped up to the plate to cover the expenses that the MJ Memorial will cost the city of LA. Where are all the well paid Movie stars, music, politicians ect... in California. What about your fans ? It will bring nothing but goodwill to step-up and donate to cover the cost involved. Contact the news outlets. They will publish your name and probably your up and coming projects. 1.4 million fans willing to spend hard earned money to attend the service. How symbolic to the Jackson family and fans, when our economy is in the tank. This is your industry, you all love MJ as much as the every day people, you are in a position to make a difference.

[babina]

You are kidding, right? You expect celebrities to pay for something they have nothing to do with?

The Jackson family squandered thier money and now we know that MJJ ensured that they won't have control over his assets ever. The only hope they have is keeping those children in that utterly dysfunctional family so they can get the child support, exploit the kids for money and squander that too because we all know how Mrs. Jackson protected her own children from Joe and the results of that. I'm certain at 72 she will do better this time around, especially with her own kids grown and desperate for money who will undoubtedly join Joe in his new quest of exploitation.

Hello, they spent over $20,000 on a casket! That is just ridiculous and completely unnecessary becasue they can't afford it. MJJ was good almost thirty years ago. He also squandered his fortune so why should anyone else pay anything? He could not learn to live within his means but the rest of us have to?

[-0013]

The Jackson's will end up with a nice chunk of change when you take into consideration the money Michael's estate will receive following the recent boom in sales of all things Michael.

[WCwill]

"The Endless Summer" and "Riding Giants" if you want to see great documentaries about a typical summertime activity . . . surfing!

[chase200142]

Please I don't understand, from looking at the list I get the feeling that people of color obviously don't do anything of worth in summer movies?

[Reconsoldier19D]

Dazed and Confused is one of the greatest movies ever made

[lilpeg]

"The Endless Summer".

[LucreziaBorgia]

Bye, Bye Birdie and Grease.

[Sevilleaba]

It seems to me that the recommended underrated summer movies appeals to a single and very narrow demographic group????

[1088]

A Summer Place!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053320/

Where the boys are!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054469/