
Summer Days, Summer Nights
The season of endless possibilities.
Directed by Edward Burns
Produced by Marlboro Road Gang Productions, Atlantic Pictures
A nostalgic, character-driven ensemble piece about working-class youth navigating love and uncertainty during a transformative summer in 1980s Long Island.
On the south shore of Long Island in the summer of 1982, a group of working-class teenagers and 20-somethings work their summer jobs, fall in and out of love, and wrestle with what the future holds when the summer ends and the real world beckons.
Questions people ask
Is Summer Days, Summer Nights violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.
Is Summer Days, Summer Nights scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.
Is Summer Days, Summer Nights easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.
Is Summer Days, Summer Nights sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.
Does Summer Days, Summer Nights end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 65% of films.
These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Conventional, and it does not land.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like Summer Days, Summer Nights
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Summer Days, Summer Nights
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Summer Days, Summer Nights, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Summer Days, Summer Nights, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Summer Days, Summer Nights, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.




























































