Kids are the light of our lives, but let’s be honest, they’re romance killers. However, here comes the sun! Warmer weather brings shorts, sandals and strappy dresses – reminding us that summer is sexy. Send the kids to Grandma’s, here are some great excuses to call a Mommy-Daddy date night:

A Bigger Splash (May 6). Summer kicks off with a movie that brings the heat. This stylistic erotic thriller is all bikinis and complicated relationships when a rocker (Tilda Swinton) vacations with her boyfriend on the Mediterranean coast, only to be uncomfortably joined by her ex (Ralph Fiennes), his daughter (Dakota Johnson), and a trunkload of jealousy, secrets and lust.

Money Monsters (May 13). George Clooney and Julia Roberts reunite in roles far from their coy ex-lovers in the Oceans films, but still a twosome reliant on each other. Clooney plays a Jim Cramer-type TV personality whose financial advice show is taken hostage by a disgruntled viewer with a bomb. His only hope for survival is his quick wits and his producer in the control room. Get ready for some major hand-holding squeezing.

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (May 20). The first film turned every parents’ horror into hilarity when a fraternity moved into the house next door. What’s worse than a bunch of rowdy, drunken privileged boys? A bunch of obnoxious, drunken, elitist, mean girls. Just thinking about it evokes a giggle fit.

The Nice Guys (May 20). Ryan Gosling. Oh? You need more convincing? Okay: Gosling and Russell Crowe star in a quirky, violent action comedy about bumbling detectives in the ‘70s trying to find a missing girl and solve the case of the dead porn star. In other words, this film offers plenty for her, and plenty for him.

Me Before You (June 3). Do you like your romance sweet, pure, idealistic and lightly humorous? Then you and your boo will fall hard for this gem (based on a best-selling novel) about a young Brit who takes a job caring for a wealthy, handsome adventurer turned cynical paraplegic. Let there be kisses!

Central Intelligence (June 17). “I just don’t like Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson,” – said no one. Here are two actors you can both agree on, teaming up in an action comedy that highlights their assets: Johnson is a CIA strongman who pulls his former high school buddy into a case, allowing The Rock to be fantastically masculine and capable and Hart to be out of his element. What’s not to like?

The Legend of Tarzan (July 1). Tarzan is no longer the ape man. He’s now settled, married and enjoying civilization as nobility. However, when Lord Greystoke III returns to the jungle to help the government, he gets more than he bargained for…and so do his nefarious enemies. 

Ghostbusters (July 15). Remaking the 80s comedy classic with a gender flip is daring and exciting – but will it hold up to the original? And which will you like better? So much to discuss at dinner!  

Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates (7/8). This is the anti-romantic comedy of the summer: Zac Efron and Skylar Astin are brothers known to disrupt and dominate every party they attend, so at their parents’ insistence, they find high-class dates to keep them in line at their sister’s wedding. One problem: the disruptors are being duped by two obnoxious freeloaders (Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza) who just want the free trip to Hawaii. You just know that these crazy kids will wind up falling in love. Or landing in jail.

Jason Bourne (7/29). Bourne is back on the grid and so is his memory. Writer-director Paul Greengrass also returns and says we can thank Edward Snowden for this film – it takes on the issue of government invasion of citizen’s privacy. James Bourne offers couples a thinkier-action film, and as Marco Rubio would say: you know what big brains mean…big intrigue!

Sausage Party (8/12). This animated sex comedy about talking food learning of their destiny is no Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Rated R, raunchy, crude, profane and drug-laden, this antidote to too much “Paw Patrol” is so deliciously wrong.

Suicide Squad (8/5). Glorifying the villains may not be something appropriate for children, but for grown-ups, so much fun! Ditch the kids to see the superhero genre upended, when wackadoodle bad guys agree to deadly police work in exchange for lighter prison sentences, thus becoming anti-anti-heroes.