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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
Thursday, August 14, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Captain America: Brave New World
at Unisphere (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Queens 
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!
Friday, August 15, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: A Minecraft Movie
at Gymnasium (in Sorrentino Recreation Center), Queens
8:30 p.m.–10:15 p.m.
Four misfits are transported to a wild, blocky world of imagination—and must team up with an expert crafter to find their way home.
Free!
Kids
Saturday, August 16, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Mufasa: The Lion King
at Play Area (in Lawrence Virgilio Playground), Queens
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Mufasa: The Lion King tells the origin story of Mufasa through Rafiki’s tale to young Kiara, revealing his rise from orphaned cub to legend in a journey of friendship, fate, and danger.
Free!
Kids
Monday, August 18, 2025
Paramount+ Movie Night
at Bryant Park Lawn (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Welcome to the 32nd season of summer movies in Bryant Park! Bring a blanket and a friend, grab your spot on the lawn, and watch a feature film on the big screen under the city skies.
Free!
Event
Movies Under the Stars: The Wild Robot
at Union Turnpike and 196th Street (in Cunningham Park), Queens
8:30 p.m.–10:15 p.m.
After a shipwreck, a robot named Roz must adapt to life on a remote island—learning to survive, connect with wildlife, and care for an orphaned gosling.
Free!
Kids
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Kung Fu Panda 4
at Lawn Area
8:15 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
In Kung Fu Panda 4, Po must train a new Dragon Warrior before taking on his unexpected new role as Spiritual Leader.
Free!
Kids
Sunday, August 24, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Moonstruck
at Open Area (in Athens Square), Queens
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Loretta Castorini, a Bookkeeper from Brooklyn, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Moonstruck
at Open Area (in Athens Square), Queens
8:00 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
A Brooklyn widow, engaged to a mama's boy, falls in love with her fiancé's brother.
Free!
Kids
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
August Movie Nights at Bella Abzug Park: La La Land
at Bella Abzug Park Fountains (in Bella Abzug Park), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Enjoy free outdoor movies every week in Bella Abzug Park! Every Thursday in August, 8-10 pm. Movies will be screened in the park by the entrance closest to W34th St and Hudson Blvd East.
Free!
Friday, August 29, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Field of Dreams
at Baseball Field (in Whitey Ford Field), Queens
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
In this Capra-esque tale, an Iowa farmer builds a baseball field after hearing a mysterious voice—only to be visited by Shoeless Joe Jackson and other ghostly legends of the game.
Free!
Kids
Saturday, September 6, 2025
Movie Under the Stars: Monsters University
at Main Garden Area (in Amersfort Park), Brooklyn
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Mike and Sulley attend Monsters University and develop a heated rivalry that puts their education in danger.
Free!
Kids
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Crooklyn (1994)
at Herbert Von King Park, Brooklyn
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Portrait of a close-knit family living in 1970s Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, through the eyes of the youngest daughter, Troy
Free!
Friday, October 24, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Venom: The Last Dance
at Lawn - along 35th Avenue (in Crocheron Park), Queens
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
In Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one of Marvel’s greatest and most complex characters, for the final film in the trilogy.
Free!
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