Rom-Com Beach Movies

 

It's Rom-Com season! You know, that time of year when most of us daydream about going to the Caribbean or Hawaii and feeling warm sand, warm water, and cold tropical drinks, maybe run into a spicy romance. 

Here's my top beach-oriented romantic comedies. Although there's some great beach-themed movies to get you in the mood like "Summer Lovers," "Captain Ron," and "The Perfect Getaway," they are not in the Rom-Com category.  

I will rate them 1-5 umbrella drinks (5 being best). They are rated by how much the setting and beach atmosphere were portrayed and how much movie time was spent there.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

 (Hawaii)

 x 5

A guy who writes score for a TV show and is dating the lead actress, gets dumped. When she hooks up with a famous lead singer, he decides to go to Hawaii and get himself together. The problem is, she and the new boyfriend are there. 

Fool's Gold 

(Caribbean)

 x 5

A treasure-hunting couple goes through a divorce, only to end up in the Caribbean on the track of an infamous treasure with gangsters on the chase. 

50 First Dates 

(Hawaii) 

 x 4

A guy falls for a woman who has short-term memory loss. Each day he must romance her again and again.
 

Beach Blanket Bingo 

(California)

 x 3

An actress's publicity stunts cause a rift between Frankie and Dee Dee.

Gidget 

(California) 

 x 3

Coming out of adolescence into womanhood, a California girl takes up surfing, only to be indoctrinated into the surf crowd and having her first real crush. 

The Other Woman 

(Westhampton, NY)

 x 4

A woman finds out the man she's dating is married only to have the wife find out and curiously friend her. In comraderie they take off to find the other other woman and seek justice.

Flirting With 40 

(Hawaii) 

 x 3

A woman on her 40th birthday, after being cheated on by her ex-husband, decides to go to Hawaii and finds a 20-something beach guy attracted to her. She figures it's a crazy affair, but then it becomes something more.

Blame it on Rio 

(Argentina)

 x 3

Two male best friends take their  teenaged daughters with them on a trek to Rio de Janeiro, only one of the girls has a thing for her friend's dad.

Couples Retreat 

(Hawaii)

 x 5

A fighting couple decides to go to a couples resort to heal their marriage and drags three friends and their wives to vacation there, only to have them all in therapy.

 

Just Go With It 

(Hawaii) 

 x 4

A plastic surgeon falls for a young woman and through a series of mishaps has to have his assistant act as his ex-wife with her children in tow. When the girlfriend suggests they all go to Hawaii together, it becomes even more of a trial.

Six Days Seven Nights 

(desert island near Tahiti)

 x 3

A careless pilot and a woman passenger end up on a desert island together where it's a clash of personalities.

Summer Lovers 

(Greece) 

 x 5

A just out of college American couple go to Greece for the summer only to decide to spice things up by adding a third to their coupledom.

Teen Beach Movie 

(California) 

 x 4

Adorable modern-day musical replay of the typical Frankie Avalon-Annette Funicello flicks. The two end up in an alternate 1960s movie theme and have to play along until they figure a way home. 

Weekend At Bernie's 

(Southhampton, NY)

 x 5

Two buddies get asked to the Hamptons by their successful boss only to find themselves stuck in a plot to be murdered by an unknown assasin and their boss is dead. In order to survive, they have to keep the boss looking alive so they don't get killed.

My Father the Hero

(Bahamas)

 x 5

An adolescent girl sulks about having to go on vacation with her dad after her parents' breakup. All she wants is the attention of a cute boy and first kiss, but her attempts at it put her dad in an awkward situation.

Walking on Sunshine

(Italy)

 x 5

80s-music musical. A young woman goes to Italy to visit her sister only to find out her sister is engaged to the man she left to go to college.

My personal go-to beach movies are:

Walking on Sunshine

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Fool's Gold

BEACH BAG