Movies with the word vacation in the title

BRUCE BROWN FILMS

“ENDLESS SUMMER” (1966)

• Who’s in it: Robert August, Michael Hynson
• Rating: PG

Bruce Brown’s seminal 1966 surf film was a trailblazer because it introduced the newly popular California sport to a wider American audience.

THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY

“VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA” (2008)

• Who’s in it: Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Messina, Patricia Clarkson, Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz
• Rating: PG-13

A summertime fling with Javier Bardem causes all kinds of havoc when two American women vie with Penélope Cruz for his affections (hey, we get it).

20TH CENTURY FOX

“DR. DOLITTLE” (1998)

• Who’s in it: Eddie Murphy, Oliver Platt, Ossie Davis
• Rating: PG-13

The whole family can take a break from the summer heat to watch this movie about a doctor who’s able to communicate with animals.

EMBASSY PICTURES

“THE GRADUATE” (1967)

• Who’s in it: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, William Daniels
• Rating: PG

Simon and Garfunkel! Sixties counterculture! Mrs. Robinson! Plastics! This 1967 comedy-drama about a disillusioned college graduate has it all.

“GHOSTBUSTERS” (1984)

• Who’s in it: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver
• Rating: PG

So much to love about this supernatural comedy: New York in summertime, Bill Murray as a charmingly oily ghost exterminator and, of course, the evil Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.

COLUMBIA PICTURES

“STAND BY ME” (1986)

• Who’s in it: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O’Connell, Kiefer Sutherland
• Rating: R

A poignant film about growing up, made even more so by the real life tragic death of one of its lead young actors, River Phoenix.

PARAMOUNT PICTURES

“GREASE” (1978)

• Who’s in it: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway
• Rating: PG

The high school musical to end all high school musicals, this story of a greaser in love with a good girl is as sweet and iconic as they come. (Minus the teenaged pregnancy subplot.)

COLUMBIA PICTURES

“DADDY DAY CARE” (2003)

• Who’s in it: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn
• Rating: PG-13

A recently unemployed father turns his home into a daycare center. The relatable scenes will make every parent with kids on summer break say, “same.”

GRAMERCY PICTURES

“DAZED AND CONFUSED” (1993)

• Who’s in it: Ben Affleck, Parker Posey, Milla Jovovich, Matthew McConaughey, Jason London, Wiley Wiggins
• Rating: 18+

Texas teens ramble on in this shaggy dog of a stoner story about the last day of high school in 1976.

UNIVERSAL PICTURES

“THE GREAT OUTDOORS” (1998)

• Who’s in it: Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening, John Candy, Dan Aykroyd
• Rating: PG

The year was 1988. John Hughes had started making movies for grown-ups. In this, the second in the glorious “Candy trilogy” (along with Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Uncle Buck), two in-laws tangle with a bear in a lake cabin.

WARNER BROS.

“RISKY BUSINESS” (1983)

• Who’s in it: Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano
• Rating: R

It’s like F. Scott Fitzgerald, but with a 1983 bent: The story of a prostitute and a privileged high school boy manages to be heartwarming despite its crassness. And, umm, hello, Tom Cruise in tighty whities.