Movies Like August 15th

If you liked August 15th (1986), a movie directed by Nicole Garcia, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Love in the Villa (2022)
★ 6/10
A young woman takes a trip to romantic Verona, Italy, after a breakup, only to find that the villa she reserved was double-booked, and she'll have to share her vacation with a cynical British man.
2
People We Meet on Vacation (2026)
★ 6.9/10
Poppy's a free spirit. Alex loves a plan. After years of summer vacations, these polar-opposite pals wonder if they could be a perfect romantic match.
3
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
★ 6.9/10
Frances Mayes, a 35-year-old professor and writer from San Francisco, decides to take a tour of Tuscany following a difficult divorce. After impulsively buying a run-down villa in the Italian countryside, she begins to…
4
La Collectionneuse (1967)
★ 6.9/10
Bombastic, womanising art dealer Adrien and his painter friend Daniel go on holiday at a 17th-century villa on the Riviera. But their idyll is disturbed by the presence of the bohemian Haydée, accused of being a…
5
The Last Song (2010)
★ 7.2/10
A drama centered on a rebellious girl who is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect.
6
Freedom-Oleron (2001)
★ 6/10
39 years old Jacques Monot is tired from the same vacation he and his family have every year so he decides to buy a boat.
7
You, Me & Tuscany (2026)
★ 7.3/10
When a woman crashes at an empty Italian villa, posing as the owner's fiancée, she discovers an unexpected romance that could transform her life.
8
The Two Faces of January (2014)
★ 5.8/10
After he kills a detective, a con artist and his wife must trust a potentially dangerous stranger to help them get out of Greece.
9
Forced Vacation (2025)
★ 6.2/10
Following a booking error, two families who are complete opposites, as well as a somewhat snobbish publisher and the influencer he wants to publish, are forced to share a sublime vacation home. The culture clash is…
10
Dodsworth (1936)
★ 7.1/10
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
11
Starman (1984)
★ 6.9/10
When an alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona, the government tries to stop them.
12
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
★ 6.5/10
Banker Roger Hobbs wants to spend his vacation alone with his wife, Peggy, but she insists on a family vacation at a California beach house that turns out to be ugly and broken down. Daughter Katey, embarrassed by her…
13
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 (2019)
★ 5.9/10
Claude and Marie Verneuil face a new crisis. The four spouses of their daughters, David, Rachid, Chao and Charles decided to leave France for various reasons. Here they are imagining their lives elsewhere.
14
The Beasts (2022)
★ 7.5/10
Antoine and Olga, a French couple, have been living in a small village in Galicia for a long time. They practice eco-responsible agriculture and restore abandoned houses to facilitate repopulation. Everything should be…
15
La Dolce Villa (2025)
★ 6.3/10
When his daughter decides to buy a crumbling Tuscan villa, Eric rushes to Italy to talk her out of it — and instead finds beauty, romance and new purpose.
16
The Green Ray (1986)
★ 7.5/10
A lonely Parisian woman comes to terms with her isolation and anxieties during a long summer vacation.
17
Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010)
★ 6.2/10
Scooby-Doo and the gang are on the case when a mysterious lake monster starts scaring the guests at a summer resort in Erie Point, where Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy have taken on seasonal jobs to pay for a barn they…
18
Beyond the Clouds (1995)
★ 6.2/10
Four tales, each centered on a woman, journey inward to explore the enigmatic reality of their lives, connecting through a single narrative thread.
19
The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
★ 7/10
Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.
20
Pauline at the Beach (1983)
★ 7/10
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...