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Summer is when Hollywood rolls out a seemingly endless wave of movies. For film lovers, this would be exciting if not for the fact that most of these movies are schlock. But when you’re lucky enough to see one of those magical summer films that manage to be thrilling, mesmerizing, funny, sad, and suspenseful all at once, savor the experience. This summer, if you only see one movie in a theater, make it Super 8. Here’s a trailer , and here’s the Entertainment Weekly review. If you’re at all nostalgic about the time before cell phones, shuffles, and iPads, then you’ll appreciate the way this movie perfectly captures the world of 1970s America. The film—which centers on a group of middle-school kids who set out to make a movie with a Super 8 camera and get way more adventure than they bargained for—is refreshingly free of big box-office star actors. And there are enough special effects—aliens, derailing train cars, and explosions—to satisfy anyone’s desire for that summer blockbuster experience. For more summer movie ideas, here’s a list of twelve films compiled by WorldHum travel writers who set out to find the best travel/vacation movies set during summertime. They range from older films—such as the surf classic Endless Summer and Jimmy Stewart’s 1962 comedy Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation—to the slapstick mayhem of Meatballs, Vacation, and The Great Outdoors. Oddly, there are no foreign films on the list despite the fact that the site is all about global travel. If you have a favorite summer film that wasn’t made in the U.S., pipe up and let us know what it is!

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