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Pack up the picnic chair, and watch a flick in the great outdoors! Through Movies Under the Stars, the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and NYC Parks bring more than 150 film screenings to parks throughout the five boroughs. Enjoy family-friendly entertainment in the city's parks and playgrounds, ranging from great new movies to all-time classics.
Our movies have chairs reserved for seniors and people with disabilities, so that everyone can enjoy a good movie. Bring some food, find a great spot, and enjoy the show!
Movies Under the Stars Events
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Wicked (2024)
at Multipurpose Ballfield (in Carroll Park), Brooklyn
8:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power...
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Wonka
at Play Area (in Penn South Playground), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
This fantasy musical film follows the story of Willy Wonka, the famous but eccentric chocolatier based on the character from Roald Dahl's novel. In particular, it emphasizes his rise...
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Kids
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Movies Under The Stars: Captain America: Brave New World
at Play Area (in Spuyten Duyvil Playground), Bronx
8:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
Anthony Mackie returns as the high-flying hero Sam Wilson, who’s officially taken up the mantle of Captain.....
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Sonic the Hedgehog 3
at Play Area (in Lieutenant John H. Martinson Playground), Staten Island
8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)
at Basketball Courts
8:30 p.m.–11:30 p.m.
Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Transformers One (2024)
at Behind Bleachers - Lawn Behind the Track and Field Area (in Pelham Bay Park), Bronx 
8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
TRANSFORMERS ONE is the untold origin story of OPTIMUS PRIME and MEGATRON, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron...
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Movies Under the Stars: Shrek
at Multipurpose Hard Top Area (in Paul Raimonda Playground), Queens
9:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
A green ogre living a life of solitude in a far away swamp, Shrek is suddenly invaded by a horde of fairy tale characters.
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Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Paddington in Peru
at Basketball Courts (in Corona Golf Playground), Queens
9:15 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
A thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and to the mountain peaks of Peru.
Free!
Kids
Friday, June 27, 2025
Movie Under the Stars: Captain America: Brave New World
at Nostrand Playground, Brooklyn
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Anthony Mackie returns as the high-flying hero Sam Wilson, who’s officially taken up the mantle of Captain America.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Cars (2006)
at Ballfields (in Midland Field), Staten Island
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
A cocky hot rod gets stranded in a desert town en route to a big race,and gets a long-overdue lesson in humility.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under The Stars: Mummies
at Softball Field (in Noble Playground), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
The film follows the fun adventures of three Egyptian mummies who live in an underground secret city.......
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Kids
Movies Under the Stars: The Little Mermaid (2023)
at Basketball Court
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
The youngest of King Triton’s daughters and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea and, while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince..
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Inside Out 2 (2024)
at Skillman Ave. and 43rd Street (in Torsney Playground), Queens
9:00 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
“Inside Out 2” returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions!
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Grease
at Francis Lewis Park Lawn Area (in Francis Lewis Park), Queens
9:15 p.m.–11:15 p.m.
A goody two-shoes from Australia falls in love with a greaser over a summer.
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Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Monsters vs. Aliens
at Hockey Rink (in Broad Channel Park), Queens
9:15 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
When evil aliens led by Gallaxhar threaten to take over Earth, the U.S. government unleashes the only fighting force capable of stopping them.
Free!
Kids
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Dog Man (2025)
at Entrance - Jules Drive and Elson Court (in Jennifer's Playground), Staten Island
8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Half dog, half man, Dog Man is sworn to protect and serve as he doggedly pursues his arch-nemesis.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under The Stars: Mufasa: The Lion King
at Asphalt Field (in Allerton Playground), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
“Mufasa: The Lion King” enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of.....
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Kids
Movies Under the Stars: The Wild Robot
at Lawn - along 35th Avenue (in Crocheron Park), Queens
9:00 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island.
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Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Mufasa: The Lion King
at Noonan Basketball Court (in L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan Jr. Playground), Queens
9:15 p.m.–11:15 p.m.
Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka—the heir to a royal bloodline.
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Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Space Jam
at Multipurpose Hard Top Area (in Astoria Heights Playground), Queens
9:15 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Jordan must help the Looney Tunes win a basketball game against a group of outer-space creatures who plan, if they win, to kidnap the Looney Tunes.
Free!
Kids
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Toy Story
at Basketball Courts (in Maurice A FitzGerald Playground), Queens
9:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Computer-animated tale centering on the rivalry between two children's toys: Woody, a cowboy doll who's the leader and the brains of the group, and a spaceman named Buzz Lightyear.
Free!
Monday, June 30, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Coco (2017)
at Lawn Area (in Gorman Playground), Queens
9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
A boy named Miguel dreams of becoming a famous guitar player, despite the misgivings of his close-knit family.
Free!
Kids
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Paddington in Peru
at Ballfields (in Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto Park), Queens
9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
PADDINGTON IN PERU follows Paddington and the Brown family as they visit Aunt Lucy in Peru. A thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey.
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Captain America: Brave New World
at Mae Grant Playground, Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–11:30 p.m.
Anthony Mackie returns as the high-flying hero Sam Wilson, who’s officially taken up the mantle of Captain America.
Free!
Movies Under The Stars: Justice League vs. Teen Titans
at Play Area (in Willis Playground), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Robin botches a Justice League mission and is sent to work with the Teen Titans......
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Kids
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: The Little Mermaid
at Dyckman Marina (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
The youngest of King Triton’s daughters and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea and, while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince E
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Wicked
at Unisphere (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Queens
9:00 p.m.–11:45 p.m.
Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and recording artist and global superstar Glinda.
Free!
Event
Sunday, July 6, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Toy Story
at Multi-Use Hard Top (in Equity Playground), Queens
9:15 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Computer-animated tale centering on the rivalry between two children's toys: Woody, a cowboy doll who's the leader and the brains of the group, and a spaceman named Buzz Lightyear.
Free!
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Movies Under The Stars: Justice League: Doom
at Basketball Courts (in Melrose Playground), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Supervillain Vandal Savage steals Batman's top-secret files, which reveal the weaknesses......
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Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Kung Fu Panda 4
at Basketball Courts (in Frank D. O'Connor Playground), Queens
9:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
After three death-defying adventures defeating world-class villains with his unmatched courage and mad martial arts skills, Po, the Dragon Warrior, is ready to give it up.
Free!
Kids
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Movies Under The Stars: Moana 2
at Basketball Court (in Mosholu Parkway), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
“Moana 2” reunites Moana and Maui three years later for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of....
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Piece by Piece (PG)
at Playground 103 CIII, Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Singer-songwriter and producer Pharrell Williams has made a distinct name for himself in the entertainment industry for over thirty years. The musical narrative charts his life and care
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Ratatouille
at Grassy Area (in Yellowstone Park), Queens
9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
A rat who dreams of becoming a gourmet chef teams up with an inexperienced kitchen worker at one of Paris' finest restaurants.
Free!
Kids
Friday, July 11, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Inside Out 2 (PG)
at Pool Deck (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpecte
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Movies Under The Stars: Transformers One
at Basketball Courts (in Caserta Playground), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
TRANSFORMERS ONE is the untold origin story of OPTIMUS PRIME and MEGATRON, better known as....
Free!
Kids
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: IF(PG)
at St. Gregory's Playground, Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
From writer and director John Krasinski, IF is about a girl who discovers that she can see everyone’s imaginary friends — and what she does with that superpower — as she embarks on a ma
Free!
Kids
Movies Under The Stars: Lord of the Rings - The War of the Rohirrim
at Courts and Track Area (in Mazzei Playground), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films, “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim”.....
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Kids
Friday, July 18, 2025
Movies Under The Stars: Captain America: Brave New World
at Athletic Field (in Dunbar Playground), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Sam Wilson, who’s officially taken up the mantle of Captain America. After meeting with newly elected.....
Free!
Kids
Saturday, July 19, 2025
Movies Under The Stars: Piece by Piece
at Gil Scott-Heron Amphitheater (in St. Mary's Park), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Singer-songwriter and producer Pharrell Williams has made a distinct name for himself......
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Toy Story (PG)
at Bella Abzug Park, Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Computer-animated tale centering on the rivalry between two children's toys: Woody, a cowboy doll who's the leader and the brains of the group, and a cocky spaceman named Buzz Lightyear
Free!
Kids
Sunday, July 20, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Queen of Katwe
at Beach 94th St. Amphitheater (in Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk), Queens
9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
This biopic of Ugandan chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi traces her journey from the slums of Katwe.
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: A Minecraft Movie (PG)
at White Playground, Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they'll have to master this world while emba
Free!
Kids
Movies Under The Stars: Despicable Me 4
at Basketball Court (in Cedar Playground), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina.......
Free!
Kids
Thursday, July 24, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Sonic the Hedgehog 3
at Unisphere (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Queens
9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before.
Free!
Kids
Saturday, July 26, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Coming To America
at Soccer Field (in St. James Park), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
A wealthy African prince who rebels against an arranged marriage travels to Queens, New York City. Once....
Free!
Sunday, July 27, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Mufasa: The Lion King
at Beach 94th St. Amphitheater (in Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk), Queens
9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
“Mufasa: The Lion King” enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala, with Timon and Pumbaa lending their signature schtick.
Free!
Kids
Thursday, July 31, 2025
Movies Under The Stars: Minecraft
at Multipurpose Hard Top Area (in Pontiac Playground), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on.....
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: IF
at Multipurpose Hard Top Area (in Evergreen Park), Queens
8:45 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
IF is about a girl who discovers that she can see everyone’s imaginary friends — and what she does with that superpower — as she embarks on a magical adventure.
Free!
Kids
Friday, August 8, 2025
Movies Under The Stars: The Warriors
at Gil Scott-Heron Amphitheater (in St. Mary's Park), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
The Warriors must fight their way from the Bronx to their home turf ......
Free!
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: The Warriors
at West 12th St. & Boardwalk (in Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk), Brooklyn
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
The Warriors follows a street gang falsely accused of the murder of a respected gang leader. They must fight their way through rival gang territory and return to their home turf on Cone
Free!
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