This is the best Summer movies ever
1: THE DARK KNIGHT
Take note, future DC and Marvel installments: This was everything we wanted in a summer movie and a superhero movie.
There was hype, but no over-saturation. The flick was dark, but not so dark as to make us question why we watch these movies
in the first place. And Christian Bale made for a great hero we could all get behind. In other words, this was the summer movie
we all needed, but not the one we deserved.
2: THE HURT LOCKER
Summer is normally a place for gaudy comedies and over-the-top action flicks, which is what made this July, 2009 release stand
out even more. Then-newcomers Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie starred in a heavy hitter about a bomb disposal unit in the Iraqi
War that went on to win six Oscars (and be nominated for another three on top of it). By accolades alone, this has to take at
least one of the top spots. After all, just because it's summer doesn't mean that audience members couldn't use a good life lesson
on the perils of war and mental repercussions that soldiers face.
3: BRIDESMAIDS
It was May 13, 2011, and America was ready to party. This was the kind of flick that you found excuses to see (in the theater!)
several times during the course of its run. Your dog walker's sister hasn't seen Bridesmaids? Time to hit the AMC.
4: MEN IN BLACK
Humans fighting aliens will always make for a stellar summer movie—as long as it's not a sequel, of course. Men In Black,
for its part, even had a Top 40-ready soundtrack to really lean in on that whole branding thing. "The galaxy defenderssss."
5: SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
It seems like there may be a theme here: If you're looking to release a movie during the summer months that has a momentum
that lasts through awards season, make sure it's about war.
6: UP
Ugh, we can't even look at this photo without ugly-crying. And thus, into the record books it goes.
7: THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY
The lucky moviegoers who were old enough to see There's Something About Mary had no idea that they were about to witness history.
Never before, and never again, has a single chunk of hair made such a lasting legacy on the film industry.
8: MAD MAX
This is kind of still war, right? The awards season rule stands. We're also going to go out on a limb and say this was the last
honestly amazing summer movie. Your move, August slate.
9: THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
So not every good summer release has to be good in the technical sense. There are other boxes to check, too, like did the movie
make me feel more feelings than the world's most intense therapy session? The Blair Witch Project certainly counts for that,
as long as the feelings you're talking about are every single type of fear known to the civilized human.
10: THE BOURNE IDENTITY
Fight scenes? Check. Chase scenes? Check. Secret government cover-ups? Check. Hot young actor with a chiseled jaw? Check please!
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