Summer Movies

NYC's Free Summer Movies for 2011

MAY
5/27: ‘Top Gun’ @ Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum (outside, though)

JUNE
6/20: ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ @ Bryant Park
6/20: ‘Desperately Seeking Susan’ @ The Elevated Acre at 55 Water Street
6/24: ‘Spider-Man’ @ Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum (still outside)
6/27: ‘The 39 Steps’ @ Bryant Park
6/27: ‘The Godfather Part II’ @ The Elevated Acre at 55 Water Street
6/30: ‘Raging Bull’ @ Tompkins Square Park  

JULY
7/4: ‘Easy Rider’ @ Bryant Park (haha—happy 4th of July…AMERICAAA!) 
7/6: ‘The Social Network’ @ RiverFlicks for Grown-Ups at Pier 63
7/6: ‘Friday’ @ McCarren Park
7/6: Ciermont Ferrand Short Films @ Socrates Park
7/7: ‘Coming to America’ @ Tompkins Square Park  
7/7: ‘Manhattan’ @ Brooklyn Bridge Park
7/8: ‘Mamma Mia!’ @ Narrows Botanical Gardens in Bay Ridge
7/8: ‘The Goonies’ @ Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum (outdoors though, don’t fret)
7/8: ‘The Karate Kid’ (Jaden Smith style) @ RiverFlicks for Kids at Pier 46
7/11: ‘The Brother from Another Planet’ @ The Elevated Acre at 55 Water Street
7/11: ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ @ Bryant Park
7/11: ‘Saturday night Fever’ @ Luna Park on Coney Island
7/13: ‘Wayne’s World’ @ McCarren Park
7/13: ‘Who Wants to Kill Jessie?’ @ Socrates Park
7/13: ‘Easy A’ @ RiverFlicks for Grown-Ups at Pier 63
7/13: ‘The Invisible Man’ @ Summer on the Hudson at Pier 1
7/14: ‘The Warriors’ @ Tompkins Square Park
7/14: ‘Ghostbusters’ @ Brooklyn Bridge Park
7/15: ‘Despicable Me’ @ RiverFlicks for Kids at Pier 46
7/18: ‘Rango’ @ Luna Park on Coney Island
7/18: ‘In the Heat of the Night’ @ Bryant Park
7/20: ‘Caramel’ @ Socrates Park
7/20: ‘Ghost World’ @ McCarren Park
7/20: ‘The Kids Are All Right’ @ RiverFlicks for Grown-Ups at Pier 63
7/20: ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ @ Summer on the Hudson at Pier 1
7/21: ‘Star Trek’ (the new one) @ Tompkins Square Park
7/21: ‘West Side Story’ Dance & Singalong @ Celebrate Brooklyn! in Prospect Park
7/21: ‘Sweet Smell of Success’ @ Brooklyn Bridge Park
7/22: ‘Wall-E’ @ Narrows Botanical Gardens in Bay Ridge
7/22: ‘Back to the Future’ @ Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum (but, like, outside)
7/22: ‘The Princess Bride’ @ RiverFlicks for Kids at Pier 46
7/25: ‘Top Gun’ @ Luna Park on Coney Island
7/25: ‘The Lady Eve’ @ Bryant Park
7/27: ‘The Other Guys’ @ RiverFlicks for Grown-Ups at Pier 63
7/27: ‘The Good, The Bad, The Weird’ @ Socrates Park
7/27: ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ @ McCarren Park
7/27: ‘The Birds’ @ Summer on the Hudson at Pier 1
7/28: ‘Arthur’ (non-Russell Brand version) @ Tompkins Square Park
7/28: ‘Basquiat’ @ Brooklyn Bridge Park
7/29: ‘Toy Story 3’ @ RiverFlicks for Kids at Pier 46

AUGUST
8/1: ‘Cool Hand Luke’ @ Bryant Park
8/1: ‘Iron Man 2’ @ Luna Park on Coney Island
8/3: ‘The Fighter’ @ RiverFlicks for Grown-Ups at Pier 63
8/3: ‘Clueless’ @ McCarren Park
8/3: ‘The Straight Story’ @ Socrates Park
8/3: ‘Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!’ @ Summer on the Hudson at Pier 1
8/4: ‘An American Tail’ @ Brooklyn Bridge Park
8/4: ‘Pope of Greenwich Village’ @ Tompkins Square Park
8/5: ‘Young Frankenstein’ @ Narrows Botanical Gardens in Bay Ridge
8/5: ‘E.T.’ @ Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum (NOT inside)
8/5: ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ @ RiverFlicks for Kids at Pier 46
8/8: ‘Airplane!’ @ Bryant Park
8/8: ‘Annie Hall’ @ Luna Park on Coney Island
8/10: ‘At the Edge of Russia’ @ Socrates Park
8/10: ‘Jurassic Park’ @ McCarren Park (2x “park” multiplier, bro)
8/10: ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World’ @ RiverFlicks for Grown-Ups at Pier 63
8/10: ‘Return of the Swamp Thing’ @ Summer on the Hudson at Pier 1
8/11: ‘Kick Ass’ @ Tompkins Square Park
8/11: ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ @ Brooklyn Bridge Park
8/12: ‘Shrek Forever After’ @ RiverFlicks for Kids at Pier 46
8/15: ‘High Sierra’ @ Bryant Park
8/15: ‘Moonstruck’ @ Luna Park on Coney Island
8/17: ‘The Town’ @ RiverFlicks for Grown-Ups at Pier 63
8/17: ‘Biutiful’ @ Socrates Park
8/17: ‘Mars Attacks’ @ Summer on the Hudson at Pier 1
8/18: ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ @ Tompkins Square Park
8/18: ‘Crooklyn’ @ Brooklyn Bridge Park
8/19: ‘Jurassic Park’ @ Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum (this one’s actually in the museum. Just kidding.)
8/19: ‘Tangled’ @ RiverFlicks for Kids at Pier 46
8/19: ‘Over the Hedge’ @ Narrows Botanical Gardens in Bay Ridge
8/22: ‘Dirty Harry’ @ Bryant Park
8/22: ‘Justin Bieber: Never Say Never’ @ Luna Park on Coney Island
8/24: Backyard Band with Silent Film Festival @ Socrates Park
8/25: ‘The Godfather’ @ Tompkins Square Park
8/26: ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ @ Brooklyn Bridge Park
8/29: ‘How She Move’ @ Luna Park on Coney Island

September
9/1: ‘Stake Island’ @ Tompkins Square Park
9/1: Film chosen by public vote @ Brooklyn Bridge Park

More info/individual schedules and details:
Rooftop Films (a bunch of indies that wouldn’t help anyone by listing by name here—but nonetheless one of the most interesting concepts and a great way to discover some tiny new flicks)
Brooklyn Bridge Movies With a View
RiverFlicks
Summer on the Hudson
Bryant Park
Celebrate Brooklyn!
Epix Movie Free-for-All (Hosted in Tompkins Square Park, Coney Island’s Luna Park, McCarren Park in Brooklyn and Socrates Park in Queens)
Central Park Film Festival: Five TBA Films from 8/23 - 8/27
River to River Festival (mostly at The Elevated Acre at 55 Water St.)
Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum Summer Movie Series
Films at the Narrows Botanical Gardens in Bay Ridge