10 of Hollywood's Most Memorable Films About Summer Camp

Moonrise Kingdom

Release Date 2012

Rating : 7.8 Production Companies: Focus Features, Scott Rudin Productions Director: Wes Anderson Stars: Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis

Summary: Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.

Friday the 13th

Release Date 1980

Rating : 6.4 Production Companies: Paramount, Georgetown Productions Inc. Director: Martin Kitrosser, Sean S. Cunningham, Stephen Ross Stars: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor

Summary: Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.

Heavyweights

Release Date 1995

Rating : 6.6 Production Companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Caravan Pictures Director: Steven Brill, David B. Householter, Steve Boyum Stars: Tom McGowan, Aaron Schwartz, Shaun Weiss

Summary: Camp Hope is a summer retreat for overweight boys run by a kindly couple who make the campers feel comfortable with their extra pounds. But when tyrannical fitness guru Tony buys the camp, he puts the kids on a cruel regimen that goes too far. Sick of the endless weeks of "all work and no play," the kids stage a coup and reclaim their summer of fun.

It Takes Two

Release Date 1995

Rating : 5.9 Production Companies: Dualstar Productions, Warner Bros. Director: Dennis Scott, Mimi Wolch, Rocco Gismondi Stars: Kirstie Alley, Steve Guttenberg, Ashley Olsen

Summary: Identical 9-year-olds from very different backgrounds: orphaned Amanda and wealthy Alyssa meet at summer camp and decide to switch places -- and play matchmaker between Alyssa's dad, Roger, and the kind social worker who cares for Amanda.

Addams Family Values

Release Date 1993

Rating : 6.8 Production Companies: Scott Rudin Productions, Paramount Director: Barry Sonnenfeld, Burtt Harris, Mark McGann Stars: Joan Cusack, Raúl Juliá, Christopher Lloyd

Summary: Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands.

Camp Rock

Release Date 2008

Rating : 5.2 Production Companies: Disney Channel, Alan Sacks Productions Director: Matthew Diamond Stars: Demi Lovato, Joe Jonas, Meaghan Jette Martin

Summary: When Mitchie gets a chance to attend Camp Rock, her life takes an unpredictable twist, and she learns just how important it is to be true to yourself.

The Parent Trap

Release Date 1998

Rating : 6.6 Production Companies: Walt Disney Pictures, The Meyers/Shyer Company Director: Nancy Meyers, Jeanne Byrd, Bruce A. Block Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson

Summary: Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins separated at a young age because of their parents' divorce. Unknowingly to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp where they meet, discover the truth about themselves, and then plot with each other to switch places.

The Parent Trap

Release Date 1961

Rating : 7.2 Production Companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Productions Director: Ivan Volkman, David Swift Stars: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith

Summary: Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their parents back together. The girls, one of whom has been living with their mother and the other with their father, switch places after camp and go to work on their plan, the first objective being to scare off a gold-digger pursuing their father.

Meatballs

Release Date 1979

Rating : 6.2 Production Companies: Canadian Film Development Corporation, Famous Players Director: David Shepherd, Gordon Robinson, Michael MacDonald Stars: Bill Murray, Harvey Atkin, Russ Banham

Summary: Tripper is the head counselor at a budget summer camp called Camp Northstar. In truth, he's young at heart and only marginally more mature than the campers themselves. Tripper befriends Rudy, a loner camper who has trouble fitting in. As Tripper inspires his young charges to defeat rival Camp Mohawk in the annual Olympiad competition, Rudy plays matchmaker between Tripper and Roxanne, a female counselor at Northstar.