One of the great joys of summer in the city are all the FREE outdoor movie screenings, in all five boroughs. This list is your complete guide to what’s showing in Brooklyn beginning this week and through July and August, including such kid’s favorites Zootopia and everybody’s favorites such as Purple Rain.
Films begin at dusk. Bring a blanket or a lawn chair and enjoy movies under the stars. And be sure to check the websites for information in case of rain.
SEE ALSO Bryant Park Summer Movie Series with films set in New York City including The Muppets take Manhattan and On the Town.
Films on the Green – The French Film Festival
WNYC Transmitter Park, Greenpoint
Friday nights June – July
June 23: Mauvais Sang (1986)
June 30: Contempt (1963)
SummerScreen – Brooklyn’s own free movie and concert series
McCarren Park, N. 12th St. between Bedford Ave. and Berry Ave., Williamsburg
Wednesday nights July – August
July 5: Mean Girls
July 12: Office Space
July 19: Donnie Darko
July 26: Selena
August 2: I Know What You Did Last Summer
August 9: audience choice (Beetlejuice, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Now and Then, Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion or Twister. Vote!)
Red Hook Flicks – On the Pier under the watchful eye of Lady Liberty
Valentino Pier between Coffey and Van Dyke St., Red Hook
Tuesday nights July – August
July 11: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
July 18: Straight Outta Compton
July 25: Zootopia
August 1: Napolean Dynamite
August 8: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
August 15: Donnie Darko
August 22: Minions
August 29: Armageddon
A Summer Movie Under the Stars – Celebrating the 150th Birthday of Prospect Park
Prospect Park’s Long Meadow
Select Wednesday nights July – August, with local bands preceding the screenings.
July 19: The NeverEnding Story
July 26: The Sandlot
August 2: Moonrise Kingdom
August 9: Zootopia
Habana Outpost
757 Fulton St., Fort Greene
Sunday nights May – October
July 16: Jailhouse Rock (1957)
July 23: Stir Crazy (1980)
July 30: Friday (1995)
August 6: White Men Can’t Jump (1992)
August 13: Flashdance (1983)
August 20: Life (1999)
August 27: Coming to America (1988)
September 3: Mary Poppins (1964)
September 10: Pulp Fiction (1994)
September 17: Airplane (1980)
September 24: Brewster’s Millions (1985)
October 1: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
October 8: Scarface (1983)
October 15: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything (1995)
October 22: Super Man II (1980)
October 29: The Addams Family (1980)
What’s your favorite summer movie?
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