Feelin' Hot, Hot, Hot: Warm Movie List

I don't know about you, but I'm tired of this cold. And I'm tired of complaining about it. But let's be honest, that's what we Chicagoans do. We say things like "I hate this weather", "I'm moving to (enter state with perfect warm weather year-round here)" and we never move! We are the most stubborn people you can find when it comes to weather. We somehow feel that because we live in this frozen wasteland we can say the cold never bothered us anyway. And still live here!

Well, to warm up your cold days, weeks, and months, I decided to come up with a list of movies that will have you dreaming about the days you can leave the house without your puffy coat, hat, gloves, scarf, and snow boots. That may be sometime in April... ok, maybe more like late June.

Sahara (2005)
Matthew McConaughey and Steve Zahn go on a treasure hunt to find a Civil War ship in the Sahara Desert. They run into Penelope Cruz, a WHO doctor, on the way. Pretty much this entire movie is covered in hot, hot sand.

Volcano (1997)
A volcano blows up LA. So much lava...

The Sandlot (1993)
If you have never watched this movie, you must've had an unhappy childhood. The quintessential summer movie about a bunch of kids who love to play baseball.

High School Musical 2 (2007)
Yeah, yeah, go and laugh. But it is a movie about summer! And it has singing!

Hidalgo (2004)
Aragorn (aka Viggo Mortensen) enters in a horse race through the desert. One of those movies if you haven't seen yet, you really should.

Three Amigos (1986)
The Kings of Comedy Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Chevy Chase are actors who think they are hired to be actors in a fight for a town, but they are actually hired to save the town for real.

Heavy Weights (1995)
The 90s summer camp movie that I must've watched 100 times on Disney channel. Ben Stiller plays the evil camp counsel who whips the poor vertically-challenged kids into shape.

The Parent Trap (1998)
The 90s summer camp movie that every girl wished could happen to them. Think smores, swimming in the lake, camping, and California vineyards.

Dirty Dancing (1987)
Another summer camp movie but this time with dancing and romance.

Do The Right Thing (1989)
A single day of over 100 degrees with kids playing in the firehydrant water, sexy ice cubes, and hot racial confrontations.

National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
The movie that started a phenomenon.

Caddyshack (1980)
What could be more summer than putting on the green?

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
A single scene will make anyone feel the heat- that fire pit over boiling lava to which human sacrifices are made.

Feel any warmer now?