Movies Under the Stars : NYC Parks (2024)

Movie Under the Stars: Elemental

atCalvert Vaux Park,Brooklyn

7:45 p.m.–9:15 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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Movie Under the Stars: School of Rock

atKaiser Park Lawn 2 (in Kaiser Park),Brooklyn

7:45 p.m.–9:15 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

Movie Under the Stars: The Color Purple

atTurf Field (in Brownsville Playground),Brooklyn

7:30 p.m.–9:00 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: Barbie

atPlay Area (in Bowne Playground),Queens

7:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land.
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Movies Under the Stars: Ratatouille

atPlayground (in John Jay Park),Manhattan

7:30 p.m.–9:30 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 Marvels

atAthletic Field (in Dunbar Playground),Bronx

7:30 p.m.–10:00 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: Trolls Band Together

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

7:30 p.m.–9:15 p.m.
This third installment of the Trolls franchise finds friends Poppy and Branch as a couple.
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Kids

Movie Under the Stars: Toy Story 4

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

7:30 p.m.–9:00 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

7:30 p.m.–9:30 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

7:30 p.m.–9:30 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

Movies Under the Stars: The Wizard of Oz

atGrassy Area (in Yellowstone Park),Queens

7:30 p.m.–9:15 p.m.
A young farm girl and her little dog are magically transported into the enchanted land of Oz via a Kansas tornado.
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Movie Under the Stars: If

atMellet Playground (in Mellett Playground),Brooklyn

7:30 p.m.–9:00 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 [...]
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Kids

Movie Under the Stars: The Breakfast Club

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

7:15 p.m.–9:15 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

7:15 p.m.–9:15 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.
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Kids

Movie Under the Stars: Mean Girls

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

7:15 p.m.–9:15 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: Elemental

atGil Scott-Heron Amphitheater (in St. Mary's Park),Bronx

7:15 p.m.–10:15 p.m.
Original feature film set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air residents live together
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Kids

Movies Under the Stars: Mulan

atBasketball Courts (in Dry Dock Playground),Manhattan

7:15 p.m.–8:45 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
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Movie Under the Stars: The Little Mermaid

atWilson Avenue and Weirfield Street (in Irving Square Park)

7:15 p.m.–9:15 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: A Bug's Life

atRobert Moses Playground,Manhattan

7:15 p.m.–9:45 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.
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Kids

Movies Under the Stars: Kung Fu Panda 4

atPlayground (in Bloomingdale Park),Staten Island

7:15 p.m.–9:00 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: Wonka

atAmphitheater (in Al Quiñones Playground),Bronx

7:15 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
This fantasy musical film follows the story of Willy Wonka, the famous but eccentric chocolatier
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Kids

Movies Under The Stars: If

atLoreto Playground,Bronx

7:15 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
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

Movies Under the Stars: The Goonies

atPlayground (in Schmul Park),Staten Island

7:15 p.m.–9:15 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

7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Two mismatched mutts get lost in New York City due to their feuding, and must work together to find their way home.
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Movies Under the Stars: 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

7:00 p.m.–9:00 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.
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Kids

Movies Under the Stars: Inside Out 2

atBasketball Court (in The Pearly Gates),Bronx

7:00 p.m.–10:30 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!
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Kids

Movies Under the Stars: Inside Out

atSamuel Seabury Playground,Manhattan

7:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness each have their own ideas about how she should handle her new surroundings.
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Kids

Movies Under the Stars: 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.
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Movies Under the Stars: The Incredibles

atManhattan Avenue and West 110th Street (in Morningside Park),Manhattan

7:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
Known to the world as superheroes Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl, Bob Parr and his wife Helen were among the world's greatest crime fighters, saving lives and battling evil on a daily.
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Kids

Movies Under the Stars: 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.
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