20 movies like Capricious Summer, ordered by similarity : Monty Python's The Meaning of Life(1983), Parade(1974), Autumn Spring(2002), Somewhere Slow(2013), About Schmidt(2002), While We're Young(2014), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel(2011), The Troops on Vacation(1970), Snowball Express(1972), Conversations With My Gardener(2007), My Life as a Zucchini(2016), The Hidden Fortress(1958) ...
Comedy
Czechoslovakia
1968
75 Minutes
Rudolf Hrusínský Mila Myslikova
retiree major priest wife circus performer assistant amusing heartwarming resort czechoslovakia middle age retirement memory youth traveling performers vacation discovery 1900s
Middle-aged Antonin and his friends, the major, now retired, and the canon, are in the river, swimming and philosophizing. Then it starts to rain. It just seems to be that sort of summer. ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1983
103 Minutes
Terry Jones Graham Chapman John Cleese Terry Gilliam Eric Idle Terry Jones Michael Palin Carol Cleveland Judy Loe Simon Jones Andrew MacLachlan
schoolboy husband wife paramedic grim reaper priest hilarious outlandish witty hospital church resort restaurant funeral heaven death war middle age birth growth
The Monty Python troupe perform a combination of classic sketches and new material at the Hollywood Bowl.
Comedy
2002
97 Minutes
Vlastimil Brodský Stella Zazvorkova Stanislav Zindulka Ondrej Vetchý Zita Kabátová Jirí Lábus
old man wife son friend prankster amusing lighthearted rousing czechoslovakia prague subway apartment restaurant youth old age practical jokes unusual behavior retirement responsibility transformation
A 75-year-old man (Vlastimil Brodský) alienates his wife (Stella Zazvorkova) when he pretends to be someone else, steals, and fakes his own death.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA
2013
125 Minutes
Jessalyn Gilsig David Costabile Graham Martin Robert Forster Lindsay Crouse Melissa Claire Egan Wallace Langham Clifford Bañagale Kim Yarbrough Blaise Embry Denise Grayson
woman teen boy teenager drifter mysterious drifter love interest romantic interest lighthearted emotional endearing heartwarming inspiring united states discovery new life starting over self-discovery robbery travel traveling
When Anna Thompson gets mixed up in a convenience store robbery, she makes a split-second decision to walk out of her life and into the unknown. On her travels, she meets Travis, a teenage drifter on his own journey of self-discovery.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2002
124 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Hope Davis Dermot Mulroney Kathy Bates Len Cariou Howard Hesseman June Squibb Harry Groener
orphan insurance salesman salesman daughter retiree widower quirky witty emotional amusing sad heartwarming kansas colorado museum office cemetery death redemption aging
A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
94 Minutes
Ben Stiller Naomi Watts Adam Driver Amanda Seyfried Charles Grodin Adam Horovitz Maria Dizzia Ryan Serhant Dree Hemingway Matthew Maher Brady Corbet
filmmaker wife middle-aged man middle-aged woman couple friend amusing charming cheery classroom club apartment subway new york city street middle age age difference acceptance youth friendship
A middle-aged couple's career and marriage are overturned when a disarming young couple enters their lives.
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA|United Arab Emirates
2011
124 Minutes
Judi Dench Maggie Smith Bill Nighy Penelope Wilton Tom Wilkinson Celia Imrie Ronald Pickup Dev Patel Tena Desae Sid Makkar
older woman older man retiree friend nurse indian touching uplifting amusing retirement home india england retirement friendship aging relocation culture clash discovery adventure transformation
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than advertised, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways.
Comedy
France|Italy
1970
105 Minutes
Louis De Funès Claude Gensac Michel Galabru Jean Lefebvre Guy Grosso Christian Marin
detective investigator retired detective retiree french officer amusing lighthearted heartwarming playful hilarious cheeky france st. tropez investigation retirement new life comedy adventure discovery rivalry
The entire squad of gendarmes from Saint-Tropez has been retired. But there is no such power that could stop them from protecting the law and public order.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1972
99 Minutes
Dean Jones Nancy Olson Harry Morgan Keenan Wynn Johnny Whitaker
proprieter bellhop banker maintenance man wife ski resort operator amusing witty hilarious madcap playful spirited colorado ski resort skiing inheritance running a business humor mishaps hotel operations
When John Baxter inherits a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains, he quits his job in New York and moves the family west to run it. Only to find that the place is a wreck. But together they ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
2007
109 Minutes
Daniel Auteuil Jean-Pierre Darroussin Fanny Cottençon Alexia Barlier
painter gardener artist former classmate man friend amusing heartwarming charming uplifting lighthearted melodramatic france paris rural community countryside garden lake friendship relationships
Animation, Comedy, Drama
Switzerland|France
2016
66 Minutes
orphan police officer amusing charming cheeky confident creative endearing heartwarming inspiring playful positive foster home switzerland france meaning of life trust true love growing up orphans
After losing his mother, a young boy is sent to a foster home with other orphans his age where he begins to learn the meaning of trust and true love.
Comedy
1958
139 Minutes
Toshirô Mifune Misa Uehara Minoru Chiaki Kamatari Fujiwara Susumu Fujita Takashi Shimura
general peasant princess wife young girl amusing rousing thrilling battlefield japan forest fort dangerous assignment expedition gold war adventure quest middle ages
Two medieval misfits help a beaten Japanese warlord (Toshirô Mifune) and his princess (Misa Uehara) escape with the royal gold.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
107 Minutes
Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Alice Brady Edward Everett Horton Erik Rhodes Eric Blore Betty Grable
dancer pretty woman lawyer ex-husband ex-wife amusing charming lighthearted spirited england resort new love romance song and dance adultery mistaken identity love discovery 1930s
A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.
Comedy
USA
1952
97 Minutes
Cary Grant Ginger Rogers Marilyn Monroe Charles Coburn Hugh Marlowe Henri Letondal Robert Cornthwaite Larry Keating Douglas Spencer Esther Dale Joseph Mell
chemist secretary businessman chimpanzee wife wild amusing madcap playful laboratory car skating rink office youth science medical experiments confusion immortality transformation temptation
A chemist finds his personal and professional life turned upside down when one of his chimpanzees finds the fountain of youth.
Comedy
USA
2009
114 Minutes
Vince Vaughn Jason Bateman Jon Favreau Faizon Love Kristin Davis Malin Akerman Kristen Bell Temuera Morrison Jean Reno Kali Hawk Tasha Smith
husband wife friend guru therapist instructor amusing madcap lighthearted hilarious heartwarming party resort villa lounge waterfall island marital problems vacation pregnancy
A comedy centered around four couples who settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on the marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort's therapy sessions is not optional.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
115 Minutes
Jon Favreau Sofía Vergara John Alberto Leguizamo Scarlett Johansson Dustin Hoffman Emjay Anthony Robert Downey Jr. Oliver Platt Bobby Cannavale Amy Sedaris
owner chef ex-wife best friend son customer charming confident creative amusing heartwarming los angeles restaurant miami truck apartment food truck change new life challenge
A head chef quits his restaurant job and buys a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise, while piecing back together his estranged family.
Drama, Comedy
France|USA
2005
107 Minutes
Bill Murray Jeffrey Wright Sharon Stone Frances Conroy Jessica Lange Tilda Swinton Julie Delpy Mark Webber Chloë Sevigny Christopher McDonald Alexis Dziena
retiree girlfriend neighbor designer animal trainer real estate agent amusing winsome offbeat house car suburbia retirement nostalgia investigation family mystery discovery quest 2000s
As the extremely withdrawn Don Johnston is dumped by his latest woman, he receives an anonymous letter from a former lover informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. A freelance sleuth neighbor moves Don to embark on a cross-country search for his old flames in search of answers.
Comedy
France|Belgium
2016
85 Minutes
Dominique Abel Fiona Gordon Emmanuelle Riva Pierre Richard Emmy Boissard Paumelle Céline Laurentie Philippe Martz Frédéric Meert
woman homeless person traveler old woman frenchman airy amusing charming paris france city eiffel tower travel discovery friendship comedy adventure discovery 2010s
Fiona visits Paris for the first time to assist her myopic Aunt Martha. Catastrophes ensue, mainly involving Dom, a homeless man who has yet to have an emotion or thought he was afraid of expressing.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2002
116 Minutes
Sandra Bullock Ellen Burstyn Fionnula Flanagan James Garner Cherry Jones Ashley Judd Shirley Knight Angus Macfadyen Maggie Smith Jacqueline McKenzie Katy Selverstone
friend daughter playwright mother fiancé husband emotional touching heartwarming amusing new york city louisiana wedding kitchen small town beach memory parent/child relationship motherhood marriage
After years of mother-daughter tension, Siddalee receives a scrapbook detailing the wild adventures of the "Ya-Yas", her mother's girlhood friends.
Comedy, Drama, Music
Sweden|Denmark
2004
130 Minutes
Michael Nyqvist Frida Hallgren Lennart Jähkel Ingela Olsson Niklas Falk Helen Sjöholm Ylva Lööf Per Morberg André Sjöberg Mikael Rahm
conductor priest choir director love interest amusing heartwarming lighthearted charming engaging church small town sweden choir returning home discovery love 21st century
A famous int'l conductor returns to his small childhood town in Eastern Europe for early retirement. He's asked to help with the church choir. He affects the lives of all in the choir.