Movies Under the Stars : NYC Parks (2024)

Movies Under the Stars: Trolls Band Together

atMultipurpose Hardtop Play Area (in Colden Playground),Queens

8:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
This third installment of the Trolls franchise finds friends Poppy and Branch as a couple.
Free!

Best For
Kids

Movie Under the Stars: Selena

atCentral Lawn (in Sunset Park),Brooklyn

8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Biographical drama charting the extraordinary career and tragic slaying of pop singing sensation Selena as her career transcended the Tejano scene that launched her into crossover [...]
Free!

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Kids

Movies Under the Stars: The Great Gatsby (1974)

atSouthern End (in Madison Square Park),Manhattan

8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
A nouveau riche bachelor buys his way into 1920s Long Island society in order to win back his obsession, a woman from his past who is now married to "old money."
Free!

Movie Under the Stars: Mean Girls

atEntrance - 68th Street and Colonial Road (in Owl's Head Park),Brooklyn

8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
New student Cady Heron navigates the thorny jungles of teenage and high school drama. Led by Regina George, the elite clique The Plastics welcomes Cady into their exclusive group.
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Kids

Movies Under the Stars: Family Camp

atEntrance - West 183rd Street and Fort Washington Avenue (in Bennett Park),Manhattan

9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
While attending a family-friendly summer camp, family patriarchs Tommy and Eddie become riled by the blatant differences between their families while sharing a campsite.
Free!

Movies Under the Stars: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

atLawn Area

8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters.
Free!

Movies Under the Stars: Much Ado About Nothing

atBronx Park East & Brady Avenue (in Bronx Park),Bronx

8:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Experience The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
Free!

Movies Under the Stars: IF

atLawn,Staten Island

8:15 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
IF is about a girl who discovers that she can see everyone’s imaginary friends.
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Kids

Movies Under The Stars: Rock Dog 3: Battle The Beat

atEntrance - 162nd Street (in Melrose Commons Park)

8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Young performers admit that they have never heard of the legendary Angus Scattergood. Musician Bodi decides to restore his name as a Rock Legend.....
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Kids

MUTS: Gertrude Ederle Lawn Series: Are we There yet?

atPlay Area (in Gertrude Ederle Recreation Center),Manhattan

8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
A kid-hating collectibles dealer takes his lady friend's two bratty children on a nightmarish trip from Seattle to Vancouver in order to impress her
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Movies Under the Stars: Paw Patrol: The Movie

atOutdoors at Asser Levy Recreation Center (in Asser Levy Recreation Center)

9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
When their biggest rival, Humdinger, becomes Mayor of nearby Adventure City and starts wreaking havoc, Ryder and the heroic pups kick into high gear to face the challenge head on.
Free!

Best For
Kids

Movies Under the Stars: Trolls Band Together

atBronx Park Amphitheatre (in Bronx Park),Bronx

7:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
This third installment of the Trolls franchise finds friends Poppy and Branch as a couple. But as they get to know each other...
Free!

Best For
Kids

Movies Under the Stars: Family Camp

atWest 218th Street and Indian Road (in Inwood Hill Park),Manhattan

9:00 p.m.–10:59 p.m.
While attending a family-friendly summer camp, family patriarchs Tommy and Eddie become riled by the blatant differences between their families while sharing a campsite.
Free!

Movie Under the Stars: Elemental

atCalvert Vaux Park,Brooklyn

8:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
Disney and Pixar’s “Elemental” is an all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air residents live together.
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Kids

Movie Under the Stars: School of Rock

atWest 23rd Street Community Garden

8:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
Jack Black strikes all the right chords as a teacher who turns his private-school pupils into a classic-rock band. Refreshing, screwball comedy never takes itself too seriously.
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Kids

Movies Under the Stars: Barbie

atPlay Area (in Bowne Playground),Queens

7:45 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land.
Free!

Movie Under the Stars: The Color Purple

atTurf Field (in Brownsville Playground),Brooklyn

8:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
Musical adaptation of Alice Walker's novel about the life-long struggles of an African American woman living in the south during the early 1900s.
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Kids

Movies Under the Stars: Trolls Band Together

atLawn Area (in Seaside Wildlife Nature Park),Staten Island

8:00 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
This third installment of the Trolls franchise finds friends Poppy and Branch as a couple.
Free!

Best For
Kids

Movies Under The Stars: The Marvels

atAthletic Field (in Dunbar Playground),Bronx

8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
The extremely powerful Carol Danvers finds her fate inexplicably intertwined with two younger women.....
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Kids

Movies Under the Stars: Ratatouille

atPlayground (in John Jay Park),Manhattan

9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Four sisters learn about love, life, and loss as they grow through their young womanhood against the backdrop of post-Civil War America.
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Kids

Movies Under the Stars: The Wizard of Oz

atGrassy Area (in Yellowstone Park),Queens

7:45 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
A young farm girl and her little dog are magically transported into the enchanted land of Oz via a Kansas tornado.
Free!

Movie Under the Stars: Toy Story 4

atBay 8th Street and Cropsey Ave (in Dyker Beach Park),Brooklyn

8:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
A new toy named "Forky" joins the gang when Bonnie turns a spork into a toy. But when he disappears, Woody, Buzz and co. set out into the world to find him [...]
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Kids

Movies Under the Stars: Big Hero 6

atOutdoors at Faber Park Recreation Center (in Faber Park Recreation Center),Staten Island

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.
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Kids

Movies Under the Stars: Space Jam

atPlay Area (in Martin Luther King, Jr. Playground),Manhattan

8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Michael Jordan makes his starring film debut opposite the celluloid skills of Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes. Jordan must help the Looney Tunes win a basketball game.
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Kids

Movie Under the Stars: If

atMellet Playground (in Mellett Playground),Brooklyn

8:00 p.m.–9:30 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 [...]
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Kids

Movie Under the Stars: The Breakfast Club

atLawn Area - Monitor Street and Driggs Avenue (in Msgr. McGolrick Park),Brooklyn

8:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
Five high-school students from different cliques spend a day-long detention together, and discover that they have more in common then they ever expected.
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Kids

Movies Under the Stars: Paw Patrol the movie

atBasketball Court (in Henry M. Jackson Playground),Manhattan

8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
When their biggest rival, Humdinger, becomes Mayor of nearby Adventure City and starts wreaking havoc, Ryder and the heroic pups kick into high gear to face the challenge head on.
Free!

Best For
Kids

Movie Under the Stars: Mean Girls

atDriggs Avenue and Lorimer Street (in McCarren Park),Brooklyn

8:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
New student Cady Heron navigates the thorny jungles of teenage and high school drama. Led by Regina George, the elite clique The Plastics welcomes Cady into their exclusive group [...]
Free!

Best For
Kids

Movies Under the Stars: Mulan

atBasketball Courts (in Dry Dock Playground),Manhattan

9:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
An epic journey unfolds after Hua Mulan decides to disguise herself as a man to replace her father in the Imperial Chinese Army
Free!

Movie Under the Stars: The Little Mermaid

atWilson Avenue and Weirfield Street (in Irving Square Park)

8:00 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 [...]
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Kids

Movies Under the Stars: Kung Fu Panda 4

atPlayground (in Bloomingdale Park),Staten Island

8:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Po, the Dragon Warrior, is called upon by destiny to...give it a rest already. More specifically, he's tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace.
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Kids

Movies Under the Stars: A Bug's Life

atRobert Moses Playground,Manhattan

9:00 p.m.–11:30 p.m.
When their biggest rival, Humdinger, becomes Mayor of nearby Adventure City and starts wreaking havoc, Ryder and the heroic pups kick into high gear to face the challenge head on.
Free!

Best For
Kids

Movies Under The Stars: If

atBronx Park East & Brady Avenue (in Bronx Park),Bronx

7:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
IF is about a girl who discovers that she can see everyone’s imaginary friends — and what she does with that superpower.....
Free!

Best For
Kids

Movies Under the Stars: The Goonies

atPlayground (in Schmul Park),Staten Island

8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
A group of teenagers finds a map leading to a hidden treasure. They must overcome booby traps, natural obstructions, and a gang of desperate thieves in their race for the loot.
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Movies Under the Stars: The Secret Life of Pets

atChelsea Park - Play Area (in Chelsea Park),Manhattan

9:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Two mismatched mutts get lost in New York City due to their feuding, and must work together to find their way home.
Free!

Highbridge Pool Deck Series: Encanto

atPool Deck (in Highbridge Park),Manhattan

7:00 p.m.–8:45 p.m.
“Encanto” tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place...
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Kids

Movies Under the Stars: Inside Out

atGreat Lawn (in Conference House Park),Staten Island

8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Emotions run wild in the mind of a young girl who is uprooted from her peaceful life in the Midwest and forced to move to San Francisco.
Free!

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Kids

Highbridge Pool Deck Series: Blue Beetle

atPool Deck (in Highbridge Park),Manhattan

7:00 p.m.–9:10 p.m.
Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it.
Free!

Highbridge Pool Deck Series: Instruction Not Included

atPool Deck (in Highbridge Park),Manhattan

7:00 p.m.–9:05 p.m.
Instructions Not Included is a 2013 Mexican comedy-drama film that was co-written, directed by, and starring Eugenio Derbez.
Free!