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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, July 25, 2024
Movies Under the Stars: Kung Fu Panda 4
at Behind Bleachers - Lawn Behind the Track and Field Area (in Pelham Bay Park), Bronx 
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
The panda Po must train a new Dragon Warrior, but trouble lurks in the form of a shape-shifting sorceress. Can he save the day?
Free!
Friday, August 9, 2024
Movie Night - Elemental
at Field 62 - 63 (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Bring a blanket and enjoy a movie under the stars overlooking the Hell Gate Bridge and city skyline! Elemental will begin at sunset.
Free!
Kids
Friday, May 30, 2025
Films on the Green: Coco Before Chanel
at Cedar Hill (in Central Park), Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Come enjoy a French movie night with 'Çoco Before Chanel' starring Audrey Tautou ('Amelie') at Central Park on May 30! Film in French with English subtitles.
Free!
Free!
Saturday, May 31, 2025
Movies in St. Nicholas: Sadrack + Shorts
at West 135th Street Plaza (in St. Nicholas Park), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Bayo, 70, and his son, Franck, navigate the challenges of memory loss in Yaoundé. When Rachel, a student with health issues, is hired to help, an unexpected bond forms between them all.
Free!
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
August Movie Nights at Bella Abzug Park: Love & Basketball
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!
Event
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
August Movie Nights at Bella Abzug Park: The Hunger Games Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
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!
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!
Event
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Madagascar (2005)
at Herbert Von King Park, Brooklyn
8:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Animal friends break out of the Central Park Zoo but soon find themselves headed to the wilds of Madagascar. Good animation is marred by a lightweight plot.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Shrek Forever After
at Entrance - Jules Drive and Elson Court (in Jennifer's Playground), Staten Island
8:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
In the fourth installment of the animated franchise, Shrek must win back his wife and save his friends after he's catapulted into an alternate version of Far Far Away where ogres are...
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
CANCELED: Movies Under the Stars: Holes (2003)
at Bay 8th Street and Cropsey Ave (in Dyker Beach Park), Brooklyn
8:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Faithful, entertaining adaptation of Louis Sachar's popular, prize-winning children's novel about a bizarre juvenile-correctional facility run by an intimidating warden.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Up
at Corporal John A Seravalli Playground (in Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
A feisty septuagenarian reluctantly teams up with a young explorer in this Oscar-winning Best Animated Feature Film by Pixar.
Free!
Kids
Thursday, August 21, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
at Jackie Robinson Park - Bandshell (in Jackie Robinson Park), Manhattan
6:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
Enjoy a concert and a film at the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. Featuring a concert by T.K. Blue and "Planet Bluu" and the film Coup d'Etat.
Free!
CANCELED: Movies Under the Stars: An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000)
at Basketball Courts (in Brighton Playground), Brooklyn
8:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Goofy joins his son at college. Jason Marsden, Pauly Shore. Annie Award for best direct-to-video animated feature.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: The Garfield Movie
at Addabbo Playground (in Tudor Park), Queens
8:15 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Garfield and Odie are thrust into a wild adventure with Garfield’s long-lost father, Vic, joining him in a hilarious, high-stakes heist.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Dumbo (1941)
at Playground (in Bloomingdale Park), Staten Island
8:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
The Disney classic about a pint-size pachyderm with big ears, but little self-confidence. Based on the book by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under The Stars: Moana 2
at Play Area (in Nelson Playground), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
“Moana 2” reunites Moana and Maui three years later for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of.....
Free!
Kids
Friday, August 22, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Inside Out 2
at Entrance - Baisley Blvd. & 157th Street (in Baisley Pond Park), Queens
8:00 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
Inside Out 2 takes viewers back into Riley’s mind, where new emotions like Anxiety arrive to shake up her world.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Rent
at West 174 Street and Amsterdam Avenue (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Adaptation of the hit musical about New York bohemians. Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson, Jesse L. Martin.
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
at Lawn Area - Park Avenue and North Elliot Pl (in Commodore Barry Park), Brooklyn
8:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
It’s Tunes versus Goons in the highest-stakes challenge of LeBron's life, that will redefine his bond with his son and shine a light on the power of being yourself.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: The Wild Robot
at Lawn Area (in Westerleigh Park), Staten Island
8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an...
Free!
Kids
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Moana 2
at Athletic Field (in Corlears Hook Park), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
“Moana 2” reunites Moana and Maui three years later for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers.
Free!
Kids
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 find and train a new Dragon Warrior before stepping into his unexpected role as Spiritual Leader.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under The Stars: Little Mermaid "Live Action"
at Basketball Court (in Mosholu Parkway), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
The youngest of King Triton’s daughters and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world.......
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Moana 2 (2024)
at Seth Low Playground (in Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square), Brooklyn
8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
“Moana 2” reunites Moana and Maui three years later for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: The Little Mermaid (2023)
at Entrance - Cornelia Avenue and Chester Avenue (in Wolfe's Pond Park), Staten Island
8:30 p.m.–10:00 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
Sunday, August 24, 2025
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
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!
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!
Movies Under the Stars: Big Hero 6 (2014)
at Brooklyn War Memorial (in Cadman Plaza Park), Brooklyn
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
A young tech whiz named Hiro must save his city from a nefarious villain with the help of his inflatable robot Baymax, as well as his friends Go Go Tomago, Wasabi, Honey Lemon and Fred.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
at Front Lawn (in De Matti Park), Staten Island
8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Two fourth-graders hypnotize their principal in order to transform him into Captain Underpants, the superhero from their homemade comic book.
Free!
Event
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Wish
at Courtney Callender Playground, Manhattan
7:45 p.m.–10:15 p.m.
A young woman named Asha possesses wild wishes for happiness. After making a wish on a starry night, Asha is surprised when Star, a ball of cosmic energy, comes down to accompany her.
Free!
Event
Movies Under the Stars: The Wild Robot (2024)
at Play Area (in Marion Hopkinson Playground), Brooklyn
8:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
at Archery Field Parking Lot (in Willowbrook Park), Staten Island
8:15 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Harry meets with a small group of students teaching them how to defend themselves against the Dark Arts, working with a secret order of wizards to prepare for the extraordinary battle.
Free!
Movies Under The Stars: Transformer One
at Play Area (in Matthews Muliner 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 sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers........
Free!
Kids
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: Kung Fu Panda 4
at Basketball Courts (in Frank D. O'Connor Playground), Queens
8:15 a.m.–9:45 a.m.
In Kung Fu Panda 4, Po must find and train a new Dragon Warrior before stepping into his unexpected role as Spiritual Leader.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: We Want the Funk
at Richard Rodgers Amphitheater (in Marcus Garvey Park), Manhattan
7:45 p.m.–10:15 p.m.
WE WANT THE FUNK! is a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African, soul, and early jazz roots, to its rise into the public consciousness.
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Robot Dreams
at Forest Avenue and Silver Lake Park Road (in Silver Lake Park), Staten Island
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Dog lives in Manhattan and he's tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion.
Free!
Movies Under The Stars: Sonic The Hedgehog 3
at Basketball Court (in Flynn Playground), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with........
Free!
Kids
Friday, August 29, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: A Minecraft Movie (2025)
at Playground (in Cooper Park), Brooklyn
8:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination.
Free!
Kids
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
Movies Under the Stars: Marcel: The Shell with Shoes On
at Great Lawn (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint, Alan.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under The Stars: Piece by Piece
at Entrance - Metcalf Avenue and Seward Avenue (in Soundview Park), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Singer-songwriter and producer Pharrell Williams has made a distinct name for himself in the entertainment......
Free!
Kids
Saturday, August 30, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: The Disappearance of Ms. Scott
at Richard Rodgers Amphitheater (in Marcus Garvey Park), Manhattan
7:45 p.m.–10:15 p.m.
Grab a blanket and come enjoy a movie in a neighborhood park or playground!
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: How to Train Your Dragon
at Play Area (in Grover Cleveland Playground), Queens
8:15 p.m.–10:15 p.m.
On the Viking island of Berk, young Hiccup befriends a feared dragon, defying tradition and uncovering the true nature of dragons.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under The Stars: Dog man
at Basketball Court (in Bailey Playground), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
When a dog and a police officer are injured together on the job, a life-saving surgery changes the course of.......
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Pacific Rim
at Detective Russel Timoshenko Soccer Field (in Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach), Staten Island
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
In this sci-fi action epic about a ragtag band of humans that band together in the year 2025 to fight legions of monstrous creatures rising from the sea.
Free!
Sunday, August 31, 2025
Movies Under the Stars: 9-Man
at Soccer Field (in Columbus Park), Manhattan
7:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
The documentary follows several modern-day 9-man teams throughout one season framed by a historical portrait of Chinatown history and the game of 9-man.
Free!
Movies Under the Stars: Snow White
at Play Area (in Judge Moses Weinstein Playground), Queens
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Live-action adaptation of the 1937 Disney animated film 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'.
Free!
Thursday, September 4, 2025
US Open Women's Semi Final Event
at Southern End (in Madison Square Park), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Grab a blanket and come enjoy a movie in a neighborhood park or playground!
Free!
Kids
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