Get Your Summer Camp Fix with These 7 Classic Flicks
A break from school is fun for about five minutes, and then before long, the dreaded boredom sets in. This is precisely why summer camp exists! But if you're not packing your bags for a season of sleepaway, these movies will do the trick. Grab your friends—or at least the ones who aren't already roughin' it in the woods—and work your way through the best of the summer-camp genre. It'll be just like you're there—except you get the comfort of your own bed. Win win!
1/8<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Moonrise-Kingdom-Bruce-Willis/dp/B007L6VR12/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1371225247&sr=1-1&keywords=moonrise+kingdom" target="_blank"><em>Moonrise Kingdom</em></a>
It's a time-tested tale: Boy meets girl. Boy falls for girl. Boy flees boy scout camp to run away with girl. Leave it to Wes Anderson to film a movie that's refreshingly free of any campiness—but overflowing with style.
2/8<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Parent-Trap-Special-Double-Trouble/dp/B0007LXPBI/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1371224488&sr=1-1&keywords=parent+trap+lohan" target="_blank"><em>The Parent Trap</em></a>
You should definitely see the original, because, as your parents can surely attest, it's a classic. But the '98 version starring a super-adorable 12-year-old Lindsay Lohan is a classic in its own right. We recommend watching this movie with a sleeve of Oreos and a jar of peanut butter, just like they do in the flick.
3/8S'mores and singalongs optional!
4/8<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Camp-Nowhere-Jonathan-Jackson/dp/B00008L3T3/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1371224698&sr=1-2&keywords=camp+nowhere" target="_blank"><em>Camp Nowhere</em></a>
Starring Jonathan Jackson (who’s now on Nashville) and Andrew Keegan (who’s now on Instagram), this ’94 flick is about a bunch of kids who, faced with a boring summer at camp, decide to start their own. Don’t miss a very fresh-faced Jessica Alba in her first-ever (!) movie role!
5/8<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wet-American-Summer-Janeane-Garofalo/dp/B00006AUIH/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1371225207&sr=1-2&keywords=wet+hot+american+summer" target="_blank"><em>Wet Hot American Summer</em></a>
Featuring Amy Poehler, Molly Shannon, Bradley Cooper, and, like, every other funny person from the '90s, this classic camp comedy is totally over-the-top, but that's what makes it so totally fun to watch. Also? Paul Rudd plays the bro-iest bro ever (before they were even called bros!)
6/8<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Takes-Two-Kirstie-Alley/dp/B000060MWN/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1371225111&sr=1-2&keywords=it+takes+two" target="_blank"><em>It Takes Two</em></a>
One Olsen switches place with the other Olsen, and then everyone ends up—spoiler alert!—happily ever after. All thanks to Camp Callaway! This 1995 flick made every kid secretly fantasize about being an orphan. That, or an Olsen.
7/8<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Camp-Rock-Extended-Star/dp/B001725ZD2/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1371225059&sr=1-1&keywords=camp+rock" target="_blank"><em>Camp Rock</em></a>
Remember when Demi Lovato and the JoBros used to be BFFs and film movies together all the time? Reminisce about the good ol' days of Disney—and your good ol' days at summer camp, with this, well, campy musical.
8/8<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Heavyweights-Ben-Stiller/dp/B000089778/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1371224819&sr=1-2&keywords=heavy+weights" target="_blank"><em>Heavy Weights</em></a>
This oddball comedy stars a young Ben Stiller as a wacky fitness guru (think Zoolander, except in a gym instead of on a runway) at a fat camp for kids. It's one of Judd Apatow's first movies, so you know it's going to be funny.
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