Enjoying a movie with loved ones has always been a way to bond and form connections over shared interests. In recent years, that concept has expanded as local communities in metro Atlanta have hosted outdoor movie series that allow residents to come together through pop culture.
Aside from offering a free movie, many of the series have games for kids as well as concessions, while also allowing attendees to bring their own food.
Many of the films that will be screened are family-friendly, with “Minions” and “Inside Out” making an appearance in the lineup for most of the outdoor movie series in metro Atlanta.
And while new blockbuster films such as “Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens” are also popular in outdoor movie lineups this year, classic films such as “Casablanca,” “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “Grease” will also be screened amongst local communities.
Here are nearly 30 outdoor movie series that are screening films throughout the rest of the year:
"Movies in Central Park" at Atlantic Station, 1380 Atlantic Drive, Atlanta
Movies begin at sundown.
May 26: “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy”
June 23: “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”
June 30: “Top Gun”
July 7: “A League of Their Own”
July 14: “Breakfast at Tiffany’s
July 28: “Grease”
“Movies on the Town” at Town Brookhaven, 4330 Peachtree Road, Atlanta
Movies begin at dusk.
June 2: “Inside Out”
June 9: “The Peanuts Movie”
June 16: “Ghostbusters”
June 23: “Pretty in Pink”
June 30: “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”
July 14: “Ice Age”
July 21: “Casablanca”
"SaturDATES at Emory Point" at Emory Point, 1520 Avenue Place, Atlanta
Movies begin at dusk.
June 4: “The Princess Bride”
June 11: “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”
June 18: “Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens”
June 25: “Casablanca” or “Dirty Dancing”
"Dodd After Dark" at Bobby Dodd Stadium, 150 Bobby Dodd Way, Atlanta
Movies begin when it gets dark.
July 8: “Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens”
July 30: “The Jungle Book”
"B@TheMovies Event" at Blackburn Park, 3493 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Atlanta
Movie begins at dusk.
July 30: “Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens”
"Flick-nic" at Candler Park, 585 Candler Park Drive, Atlanta
Movies begin at dusk.
Aug. 6: “Oz the Great & Powerful”
Aug. 20: “Big Hero 6”
Sept. 17: “McFarland, USA”
Town Park, 115 Harrison St., Braselton
Movie will begin when it gets dark.
June 11: “Zootopia”
"Movies Under the Stars" at Mall of Georgia, 3333 Buford Drive, Buford
Movies begin at dusk.
May 28: “Minions”
June 4: “Jurassic World”
June 11: “Hotel Transylvania 2”
June 18: “Avengers: Age of Ultron”
June 25: “Kung Fu Panda 3”
July 4: “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2”
July 9: “Grease”
July 16: “The 5th Wave”
July 23: “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip”
July 30: “Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens”
“Northside Hospital’s Movies in the Park” at Canton’s Brown Park, next to 151 Elizabeth St., Canton
Movies begin at sundown.
June 24: “Kung Fu Panda 3”
July 16: “Zootopia”
Aug. 20: “Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Road Chip”
Northside Hospital's Movies in the Park" at the Chill Hill/Vickery Village, 5860 S. Vickery St., Cumming
Movies begin at sundown.
May 31: “Kung Fu Panda 3”
June 14: “Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens”
June 28: “Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Road Chip”
July 12: Mystery movie
July 26: “Zootopia”
Chestatee Regional Hospital’s “Summer Movies Under the Stars” at Hancock Park, Hawkins Street, Dahlonega
Events begin at 6 p.m.
June 10: “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip”
July 8: “Goosebumps”
Aug. 12: “Zootopia”
"B@TheMovies Event" at Veterans Memorial Park, 240 Constitution Blvd., Dallas
Movie begins at dusk.
Aug. 20: “Zootopia”
"Northside Hospital's Movie on the Beach of Lake Lanier" at War Hill Park, 4081 War Hill Park Road, Dawsonville
Movie begins at sundown.
June 3: “Finding Nemo” (will occur on June 10 if it rains on June 3)
“Flicks on the Bricks” in downtown Duluth (screen is located at the fountain)
Movies begin at dusk.
June 3: “Inside Out”
June 17: “Kung Fu Panda 3”
July 1: “Pan”
July 15: “Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens”
Aug. 5: “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”
Aug. 19: “Goonies”
Sept. 2: “Cinderella”
Sept. 16: “Batman vs. Superman”
Oct. 7: “The Jungle Book”
Oct. 21: “Hocus Pocus”
Brook Run Park, 4770 N. Peachtree Road, Dunwoody
Movie begins when it gets dark.
June 25: “Minions”
"Movie Nights Under the Stars" at Hapeville Football Stadium, behind Hoyt Smith Center Gymnasium, 3444 N. Fulton Ave., Hapeville
Movies begin at dusk.
June 17: “Norm of the North”
July 15: “Ant-Man”
“B@TheMovies Event” at Newtown Park, 3150 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek
Movies begin at dusk.
June 11: “Inside Out”
July 9: “Kung Fu Panda 3”
"Outdoor Movies Series" at Swift-Cantrell Park, 3140 Old 41 Highway, Kennesaw
Movies begin at sundown.
June 4: “Kung Fu Panda 3”
Oct. 15: “Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens”
"Kaiser Permanente's Free Movie Series" at Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre, 5239 Floyd Road, Mableton
Movies begin at dusk.
June 3: “Home”
June 17: “Hotel Transylvania 2”
July 15: “The Croods”
July 29: “The Good Dinosaur”
"B@TheMovies Event" at Custer Park, 600 Kenneth E. Marcus Way, Marietta
Movie begins at dusk.
July 9: “Shaun the Sheep Movie”
"Flicks and Food Trucks" at Milton High School, 13025 Birmingham Highway, Milton
Movies begin at dusk.
June 4: “A League of Their Own”
July 2: “Field of Dreams”
Aug. 6: “The Blind Side”
Glenlock Recreation Center, 601 Stevens Entry, Peachtree City
Movies will begin when it gets dark.
June 11: “Finding Nemo”
Aug. 6: “Inside Out”
"B@TheMovies Event" at Taylor Farm Park, 1380 Pine Valley Road, Powder Springs
Movie begins at dusk.
June 18: “Kung Fu Panda 3”
"B@TheMovies Event" at East Roswell Park, 9000 Fouts Road, Roswell
Movie begins at dusk.
Aug. 13: “Zootopia”
"B@TheMovies Event" at Riverside Park, 575 Riverside Road, Roswell
Movies begin when it gets dark outside.
May 28: “Inside Out”
July 16: “The Good Dinosaur”
"B@TheMovies Event" at Lenora Park, 4515 Lenora Church Road, Snellville
Movie begins at dusk.
July 16: “Kung Fu Panda 3”
“B@TheMovies Event” at Suwanee Town Center, 330 Town Center Ave., Suwanee
Movies begin around 6:30 p.m.
June 4: “Finding Nemo” and “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2”
July 23: “Kung Fu Panda 3” and “Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens”
Aug. 27: “Zootopia” and “Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi”
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