NYC Free Outdoor Summer Films/Movies Schedule
Spring / Summer of 2022
The following listing comes courtesy of the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation. Folks, please keep an eye on last minute cancellations or changes in scheduling.
To consider as well:
Free Fridays + Movie Nights at the Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum
Outdoor Screenings at the Seaport
Monday Night Films at Bryant Park
Brooklyn Bridge Park – Movies with a View
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October Outdoor Free Film Listings:
Saturday, October 1, 2022
Movies Under the Stars: Soul
at Musician’s Oval (in Archie Spigner Park), Queens
Friday, October 7, 2022
Movies Under the Stars: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
at Baseball Field (in Frederick B. Judge Playground), Queens
Saturday, October 8, 2022
Movies Under the Stars: Hotel Translyvania 3: Summer Vacation
at Ballfields (in Bayside Fields), Queens
Sunday, October 9, 2022
Movies Under the Stars: The Iron Giant
at Athletic Courts (in Torsney Playground), Queens
Friday, October 14, 2022
Movies Under The Stars: Lightyear
at Entrance – Baisley Blvd. & 157th Street (in Baisley Pond Park), Queens
Friday, October 21, 2022
Movies Under the Stars: Hocus Pocus
at Lawn Area (in Francis Lewis Park), Queens
Saturday, October 22, 2022
Movies Under the Stars: Where The Wild Things Are
at Entrance – 155th Street and 32nd Avenue
Friday, October 28, 2022
Movies Under The Stars: The Addams Family
at Entrance – Colden Street and Elder Avenue (in Kissena Corridor Park), Queens
Saturday, October 29, 2022
Movies Under the Stars: Casper
at Ballfields (in Juniper Valley Park), Queens
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SEPTEMBER Outdoor Free Film Listings:
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Movie Under the Stars: Batman Forever
at Lawn Area (in Rainey Park), Queens
Movies Under the Stars: Paw Patrol: The Movie
at Playground (in Bloomingdale Park), Staten Island
Movies Under the Stars: PAW Patrol: The Movie
at Play Area (in Frederick Douglass Playground), Manhattan
Friday, September 2, 2022
Movies Under The Stars: Encanto
at Multipurpose Area (in Almeda Playground), Queens
Movies Under the Stars: Zootopia
at Play Area (in Gertrude Ederle Recreation Center), Manhattan
Movies Under the Stars: Raya and the Last Dragon
at Parking Lot (in Clove Lakes Park), Staten Island
Movies Under the Stars: Ron’s Gone Wrong
at Ballfields (in De Witt Clinton Park), Manhattan
Saturday, September 3, 2022
Movies Under the Stars: Grease
at Detective Russel Timoshenko Soccer Field (in Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach), Staten Island
Movies Under the Stars: In the Heights
at Lawn (in J. Hood Wright Park), Manhattan
Monday, September 5, 2022
Movie Under the Stars: Cruella
at Basketball Courts (in Corona Golf Playground), Queens
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Movies Under The Stars: Soul
at Musician’s Oval (in Archie Spigner Park), Queens
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Movies Under the Stars: The Goonies
at Playground (in Luther Gulick Park), Manhattan
Thursday, September 8, 2022
Movies Under the Stars: Free Guy
at Play Area (in Booker T. Washington Playground)
Friday, September 9, 2022
Films on the Green | Eleanor’s Secret
at Monsignor McGolrick Park (in Msgr. McGolrick Park), Brooklyn
Movies Under the Stars: Moana
at Play Area (in Gertrude Ederle Recreation Center), Manhattan
Movies Under the Stars: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
at Basketball Court (in Henry M. Jackson Playground), Manhattan
Saturday, September 10, 2022
Movies Under the Stars: Under the Subway Video Art Night
at 135th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue (in St. Nicholas Park), Manhattan
Movies Under the Stars: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
at Outdoors at Faber Park Recreation Center (in Faber Park Recreation Center), Staten Island
Sunday, September 11, 2022
Movies Under the Stars: Cinderella (2021)
at Lawn Area – Monitor Street and Driggs Avenue, Brooklyn
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Movies Under the Stars: Ghostbusters: Afterlife
at Athletic Field (in Corlears Hook Park), Manhattan
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Movies Under the Stars: Death on the Nile
at Basketball Court (in Augustus St. Gaudens Playground), Manhattan
Friday, September 16, 2022
Movies Under the Stars: The Bad Guys
at Fred Samuel Playground – Play Area (in Fred Samuel Playground), Manhattan
Movies Under the Stars: Sonic the Hedgehog 2
at Play Area (in Gertrude Ederle Recreation Center), Manhattan
Movies Under the Stars: Encanto
at Playground (in Bloomingdale Park), Staten Island
Saturday, September 17, 2022
Movie Screening at the Backyard Garden
at Backyard Garden, Brooklyn
Movies Under the Stars: West Side Story
at Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Movies Under The Stars: Lightyear
at Multipurpose Hard Top Area (in Paul Raimonda Playground), Queens
Sunday, September 18, 2022
Movies Under the Stars: Cyrano
at 50 Kent Pop-Up Park (in Bushwick Inlet Park), Brooklyn
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Movies Under the Stars: Jungle Cruise
at Play Area (in Blake Hobbs Playground), Manhattan
Friday, September 23, 2022
Movies Under the Stars: Encanto
at Play Area (in Gertrude Ederle Recreation Center), Manhattan
Movies Under the Stars: Singin’ in the Rain
at Entrance (in Amelia Gorman Park), Manhattan
Saturday, September 24, 2022
Movies Under the Stars: Sonic the Hedgehog 2
at Courtney Callender Playground, Manhattan
Sunday, September 25, 2022
Movies Under the Stars: Sing 2
at Entrance – Beach 35th Street and Beach Channel Drive (in Bayswater Park), Queens
Monday, September 26, 2022
Movies Under The Stars: Grease
at Entrance – 215th Place and 33rd Road (in Crocheron Park), Queens
Friday, September 30, 2022
Movies Under The Stars: Encanto
Main Pool, West 173rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue
Movies Under The Stars: Encanto
at Entrance – Colden Street and Elder Avenue (in Kissena Corridor Park), Queens
AUGUST Outdoor Free Film Listings:
Monday, August 1
Movie Nights: “Star Trek VIII: First Contact”
Bryant Park, Manhattan
5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Ailey Moves NYC! for the AILEY documentary Film Screening
Richard Rodgers Amphitheater (in Marcus Garvey Park), Manhattan
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Movies Under the Stars: Sing 2
Union Turnpike and 196th Street, Queens
8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Movies on the Waterfront: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Astoria Park Lawn (in Astoria Park), Queens
8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Wednesday, August 3
Film Screening: Mija / Performances by: Helado Negro / Silvana Estrada / Doris Anahi / Jacks Haupt
Rumsey Playfield (in Central Park), Manhattan
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
SHOWTIME® in the Park: Back to the Future
Long Meadow North (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Summer on the Hudson: Pier I Picture Show: Hail, Caesar!
Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:45 pm
Screening: 10 Modern Marvels That Changed America
H.H. Biddle House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Movies Under the Stars: Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Poor Richard’s Playground, Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Movie Under The Stars: Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Unisphere (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Queens
8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Thursday, August 4
Movies With A View: Jurassic Park
Harbor View Lawn (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Screening: Dirty Dancing
5th Avenue and Washington Square North (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Moves Under The Stars: Dirty Dancing
5th Avenue and Washington Square North (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Friday, August 5
The Croods: A New Age | SummerStarz Free Movies
WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn
8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Movies Under the Stars: Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Terrace – behind Rec Center (in Hamilton Fish Park), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Movies Under the Stars: The Boss Baby: Family Business
Sol Lain Playground (in Sol Lain Plgd), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Sunday, August 7
Movies Under The Stars: Space Jam: A New Legacy
Ballfields (in Dr. Charles R. Drew Park), Queens
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Monday, August 8
Movie Nights: Grease 2
Bryant Park, Manhattan
5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Flicks on the Beach: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
On the beach between W. 10th Street and W. 12th Street (in Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk), Brooklyn
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Movies on the Waterfront
Astoria Park Lawn (in Astoria Park), Queens
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Movies Under the Stars: Spider-Man: No Way Home
Union Turnpike and 196th Street, Queens
8:30 pm – 11:30 pm
Wednesday, August 10
SHOWTIME® in the Park: Ghostbusters (1984)
Long Meadow North (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Summer on the Hudson: Pier I Picture Show: Sunset Boulevard
Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:45 pm
Screening: 10 Modern Marvels That Changed America
Playground (in Schmul Park), Staten Island
8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Movies Under the Stars: Spider-Man: No Way Home
Unisphere (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Queens
8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Movies Under the Stars: A Madea Family Funeral
Open Area (in Harlem Art Park), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Thursday, August 11
Movies With A View: Thelma and Louise
Harbor View Lawn (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Friday, August 12
Top Gun | SummerStarz Free Movies
WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn
8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Movies Under the Stars: Soul
Terrace – behind Rec Center (in Hamilton Fish Park), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Movies Under the Stars: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Mae Grant Playground, Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Movies Under the Stars: Clifford the Big Red Dog
Entrance – 76th Ave & Springfield Blvd (in Alley Pond Park), Queens
8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
A young girl’s love for a tiny puppy named Clifford makes the dog grow to an enormous size.
Saturday, August 13
Movies Under the Stars: Encanto
Bowne Park Field House (in Bowne Park), Queens
8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Movies Under the Stars: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Columbus Park, Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Sunday, August 14
Movies Under the Stars: Sing 2
Play Area (JHS 10) (in Astoria Heights Playground), Queens
8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Monday, August 15
Movie Nights: The Godfather Part II
Bryant Park, Manhattan
5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Movies on the Waterfront: Encanto
Astoria Park Lawn (in Astoria Park), Queens
8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
Tuesday, August 16
Central Park Conservancy Film Festival Presented by National Geographic: The Territory
Frisbee Hill (in Central Park), Manhattan
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Movies Under The Stars: Encanto
Union Turnpike and 196th Street, Queens
8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Movie Under the Stars: Luca
Beach 30th Street Playground, Queens
8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Wednesday, August 17
SHOWTIME® in the Park: Encanto
Long Meadow North (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Central Park Conservancy Film Festival Presented by National Geographic: America’s National Parks
Frisbee Hill (in Central Park), Manhattan
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Summer on the Hudson: Pier I Picture Show: La La Land
Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:45 pm
Movies Under the Stars: Mary Poppins
Dongan Lawn (in Fort Tryon Park), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Thursday, August 18
Movies With A View: The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Harbor View Lawn (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Central Park Conservancy Film Festival Presented by National Geographic: Fire of Love
Frisbee Hill (in Central Park), Manhattan
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Movies Under the Stars: Dog
Vincent F. Albano Jr Playground (in Vincent F. Albano Jr. Playground), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Friday, August 19
Central Park Conservancy Film Festival Presented by National Geographic: JANE
Frisbee Hill (in Central Park), Manhattan
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Movies Under The Stars: The Bad Guys
A.R.R.O.W. Field House, Queens
8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Movies Under the Stars: Spider-Man: No Way Home
Terrace – behind Rec Center (in Hamilton Fish Park), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Movies Under the Stars: Ghostbusters
5th Avenue and Washington Square North (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Saturday, August 20
Movies Under the Stars: Encanto
Lawn Area (in Francis Lewis Park), Queens
8:15 pm – 10:45 pm
Movies Under the Stars: Back to the Future
Playground (in John Jay Park), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Movie Night and Picnic & Play: Zootopia
Field 39/40 (in Randall’s Island Park), Manhattan
6:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Movies Under the Stars: The Goonies
Multi-Purpose Play Area (in Russell Sage Playground), Queens
8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Monday, August 22
Movies Under the Stars Presents: Rocky III (1982)
George Seuffert, Sr. Bandshell (in Forest Park), Queens
8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Movies on the Waterfront: West Side Story (2021)
Astoria Park Lawn (in Astoria Park), Queens
8:15 pm – 11:00 pm
Movie Under The Stars: Driving Miss Daisy
Union Turnpike and 196th Street, Queens
8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Wednesday, August 24
SHOWTIME® in the Park: Spider-Man: No Way Home
Long Meadow North (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Movies Under the Stars: The Wizard of Oz
Gutenberg Playground, Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Thursday, August 25
Movies With A View: Public Choice
Harbor View Lawn (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
Hansborough Recreation Center, Manhattan
6:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Friday, August 26
Movies Under The Stars: Space Jam: A New Legacy
Terrace – behind Rec Center (in Hamilton Fish Park), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Movies Under The Stars: Encanto
Entrance – 76th Ave & Springfield Blvd (in Alley Pond Park), Queens
8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Saturday, August 27
Movies Under the Stars: Encanto
Noonan Basketball Court (in L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan Jr. Playground), Queens
8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Movies Under the Stars: Uncharted
Play Area (in Carmansville Playground), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Monday, August 29
Movies Under the Stars Presents: Space Jam (2021)
Lower Highland Playground (in Highland Park), Queens
8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Movies Under The Stars: Space Jam: A New Legacy
Lawn Area
8:15 pm – 10:15 pm
Wednesday, August 31
Movies Under The Stars: Encanto
Entrance – East 85th Street & East End Avenue (in Carl Schurz Park), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
JULY Outdoor Free Film Listings:
Friday, July 1, 2022
Movies Under the Stars: Spider-Man: No Way Home
Unisphere (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Queens
8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Films on the Green | Touchez pas au Grisbi
Old Bandshell Lawn (in Tompkins Square Park), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Movies Under the Stars: Respect
Play Area (in Abraham Lincoln Playground), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Saturday, July 2, 2022
Movies Under The Stars: Soul
Brookville Boulevard and Caney Road (in Brookville Park), Queens
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Movies Under the Stars: King Richard
Frederick Johnson Playground, Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Monday, July 4, 2022
Movie Nights: Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation
Bryant Park, Manhattan
5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Summer on the Hudson: Pier I Picture Show: Sullivan’s Travels
Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:45 pm
Movies Under the Stars: Sing 2
Unisphere (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Queens
8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Thursday, July 7, 2022
Movies With A View: Before Sunrise
Harbor View Lawn (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Movies Under the Stars: Astro Boy
Play Area (in Dr. Ronald E. McNair Playground), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Movies Under The Stars: Encanto
103rd Street and 41st Avenue (in Corona Plaza), Queens
8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Friday, July 8, 2022
Films on the Green | Balzac and The Little Chinese Seamstress
Volleyball Courts (in Seward Park), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Movies Under the Stars: Space Jam: A New Legacy
Roof (in Hansborough Recreation Center), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Movies Under the Stars: Spider-Man: No Way Home
Basketball Courts (in Playground Ninety), Queens
8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Sunday, July 10, 2022
Movie Night and Picnic & Play: Encanto
Field 39/40 (in Randall’s Island Park), Manhattan
6:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Monday, July 11, 2022
Movie Nights: Wayne’s World 2
Bryant Park, Manhattan
5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Summer on the Hudson: Pier I Picture Show: The Artist
Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:45 pm
Films on the Green | Fever Mounts at El Pao
J. Hood Wright Park, Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Thursday, July 14, 2022
Movies With A View: The Bourne Identity
Harbor View Lawn (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Friday, July 15, 2022
Films on the Green | The Class
Volleyball Courts (in Seward Park), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Movies Under the Stars: Spider-Man: No Way Home
Entrance – 215th Place and 33rd Road (in Crocheron Park), Queens
8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Saturday, July 16, 2022
Movies Under The Stars: Space Jam: A New Legacy
Beach 17th Street Playground (in Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk), Queens
8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Sunday, July 17, 2022
Movie Night: Dune
Icahn Stadium (in Randall’s Island Park), Manhattan
8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Monday, July 18, 2022
Movie Nights: Scream 2
Bryant Park, Manhattan
5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Summer on the Hudson: Pier I Picture Show: State and Main
Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:45 pm
Thursday, July 21, 2022
Movies With A View: Crazy Rich Asians
Harbor View Lawn (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Friday, July 22, 2022
Films on the Green | Mandabi
Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Monday, July 25, 2022
Movie Nights: Beverly Hills Cop II
Bryant Park, Manhattan
5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Summer on the Hudson: Pier I Picture Show: Singin’ in the Rain
Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:45 pm
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Movies With A View: How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Harbor View Lawn (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Friday, July 29, 2022
Films on the Green | Delicacy
Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
