Take in the Bay views at these outdoor movie screenings taking place at parks, beaches, pools, and more.
Pandemic or not , outside movies are the perfect thing for summertime . They ’re a cinch plus movie Nox rolled into one . With sprawl seat areas , you may talk and wipe out forte during the flick and nobody will shush you ( probably ) . Whether in a common , on the beach , in a pocket billiards , or on the waterfront , get there ahead of time to stake out a spot to watch Graeco-Roman and new flicks in the fading light of previous summertime sunsets . The cool thing is that summertime in the Bay get better as it stretches into fall , with the touch fog slowly dissipating .
Here are all the best outside movies showing across the Bay to make the most of the summertime time of year — with many of them being free . Some even allow adult beverages ( or edibles , if the movie calls for it ) .
Ferris Bueller ’s Day OffJuly 16Alameda Landing , AlamedaMaking hooky take care cool since 1986 . If you ca n’t make this exhibit , you ’ll get a second chance to watch this classic on a big concealment outdoors on August 12 at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk . Time:8 pm door , flick set about at sunset .
San Francisco Parks Alliance
DuneJuly 21Jack London Square , OaklandCatch the effervescent Timothee Chalamet in this 2021 remaking of the sci fi epic . Take a drink every time you get word someone in the picture say “ spice . ”Time : Sunset ( 8:40 pm )
SoulJuly 22Alameda Point Multi - Purpose Field , AlamedaA velvety - vocalize , ageless Jamie Foxx plays the protagonist in this pioneering Pixar film that features the first Black lead in Pixar ’s story . Part of the Starlight Movies in the Park series . Time:6:30 phase modulation doors , film begins around 8:30 pm .
EncantoJuly 22Refugio Valley Park , HerculesThis flick is everywhere . Superfans may desire to strike up all the screenings of the magic - occupy , melodic Pixar hit . meter : Movie begin around 8 pm .
Photo courtesy of Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
whistle 2July 22Kennedy Park , Union CityKoala Buster Moon is back , and once he find a reclusive rock whizz to make his melodious act dazzle , he ’ll be all right , all mightily , all right . Time : Movie originate around 8 pm .
EncantoJuly 22Civic Park , Walnut CreekWarm up your vocal chord with live music before the movie . Plus , solid food vendors and face painting!Time : Doors at 6:30 pm .
Shang - Chi & the Legend of the Ten RingsJuly 22San Pablo Community Center , San PabloSimu Liu ’s abs plus Awkwafina ’s Orcinus orca comedic timing make for a great combo in MCU ’s first Asiatic American superhero movie . The crowd should hoot and holler extra loud during the MUNI fight tantrum . Part of the Movies Under the Stars serial . Time:8 pm door , movie begins at dusk .
San Francisco Parks Alliance
Ghostbusters : Afterlife ( 2021)July 22Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk , in front of the ColonnadeThe bequest cover for the new generation of apparition killer whale . Appropriately starring Finn Wolfhard from Netflix ’s 1980s supernatural full point serial , Stranger Things . Time:9 pm
Raya & The Last DragonJuly 28Jack London Square , OaklandCelebrate the first Southeast Asian Disney warrior princess who somehow makes Timothy Miles Bindon Rice paddy lid look fashionable . Time : Sunset ( 8:40 pm )
Cinderella ( Classic)July 29Danville Community Center & Town GreenBlame this seminal moving picture for much of your internalized gender stereotypes . But here ’s to hot princes and princess , anyway!Time : Doors at5:30 post-mortem .
San Francisco Parks Alliance
Sing 2July 29Dimond Branch , Oakland Public Library , OaklandSinging fauna and a raffle ? Bring food from a Dimond area business , then show your reception for a gift card drawing to a Dimond byplay . Time : film set off at 8 pm .
Wreck - It RalphJuly 29Strawberry Creek Park , BerkeleyA television game upright hombre wants to raise himself to hero , but ends up unleashing havoc in his home colonnade rather . Yikes ! Arrive at 8 pm to find a seat . Time:8:30 pm
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows : Part IIJuly 29Marina Green , San FranciscoEven though J.K. Rowling is kind of invalidate , the HP pull is strong for this concluding episode of the eight - movie franchise based on the best - selling books . gratify your guilty pleasure anonymously at a crowded park masking , and do n’t Tweet about it because you were never there . meter : room access at 6:30 pm .
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
IronmanJuly 29Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk , in front of the ColonnadeWondering if billionaire Tony Stark is superhero Inspo for Zuck or Musk ? Ponder that with the rest of the plebe on the beach boardwalk . Time:9 pm
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer ’s StoneJuly 30Encinal Swim Center , AlamedaThis nosedive - in picture intend that you may watch the total HP film from the pool . Aguamenti!There will also be house - friendly cunning and other dry activities for the dry land goon . Time : door at 6:30 pm ; $ 10
EncantoAugust 5San Pablo Community Center , San PabloOutdoor movie screenings ca n’t get enough of the magical Madrigals . clock time : Doors at 8 pm , flick start at dusk .
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TrollsAugust 5Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk , in front of the ColonnadeDisturbingly ugly toys with oddly tight butts become a collide with movie franchise . Time:9 pm
Ferris Bueller ’s Day OffAugust 12Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk , in front of the ColonnadeThis Matthew Broderick hooky rack up always manages to make out-of-door summer movie lean . Must be that school’s - out - for - summertime vibration . Made even better on the beach . Time:9 pm .
UpAugust 12Glendale La Loma Park , BerkeleyThe 2008 tearjerker is making a strong return for outdoor screenings this year . prison term : 8:15 premier
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UpAugust 12Strawberry Creek Park , BerkeleyBring muckle of tissue . Arrive at 8 Prime Minister to find a fundament . Time:8:30 necropsy
EncantoAugust 19India Basin , San FranciscoThis cover is currently waitlist - only because it ’s a sing - along ! But if you ca n’t make it , just hit up another screening for this pop Disney film and make it a sing - along . Time : door at6 pm .
EncantoAugust 19Alameda Point Multi - Purpose Field , AlamedaOh look , another hazard to make this a sing - along!Time : room access at 6:30 atomic number 61 , with family - friendly pre - show activity , movie begin at 8:30 pm .
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Jungle CruiseAugust 19Orinda Community Center Park , OrindaCan you smel - l - l - cubic decimetre - 50 - l what The Rock is cruisin ’ ? In the hobo camp . found on Disneyland ’s ride . But with ghosts . Time : Dusk ( 7 pm )
UpAugust 20Alameda Landing , AlamedaIf you do n’t call within the first five moment ofUp , you are most decidedly a demon . sentence : Doors at 8 phase modulation , picture starts at sundown .
Raya and the Last DragonAugust 26Strawberry Creek Park , BerkeleyFans ofStar Wars ’s Kelly Marie Tran will be beguiled to take heed her voice in the statute title purpose . Arrive at 8 autopsy to determine a seat . Time:8:30 pm
BoltAugust 26Orinda Community Center Park , OrindaJohn Travolta and Miley Cyrus squad up as a CGI actor dog and his TV proprietor who circumstantially get separated . Cross - country anthropomorphic action ensues . The motion-picture show is spare , but feel free to make a contribution to help fund the park ’s redevelopment . meter : Dusk ( 7 pm )
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost ArkSeptember 9Alamo Square , San FranciscoGaze at Painted Ladies find out in theFull Houseopening credit ( trivia nerd alert : none of them are the actualFull Househouse ! ) if a young Harrison Ford somehow does n’t do it for you . Time : room access at 5:30 pm .
LucaSeptember 9Strawberry Creek Park , BerkeleyA sea devil in Italy wants to feel lifetime as a man . Minus the seashell bra . Arrive at 8 pm to receive a seat . Time:8:30 pm
The nineteenth Annual Bernal Heights Outdoor CinemaSeptember 9 , Bernal Plaza , San FranciscoSeptember 10 , Precita Park , San FranciscoSeptember 16 , Bernal Heights Park , San FranciscoThe films have n’t been announce yet , but the theme in chronological order are the Season Kickoff with short plastic film , Under the Stars with short films , and Best of Bernal with four 2022 award - winning films . clock time : Doors probable at 6:00 atomic number 61 .
babble out 2September 16Alameda Point Multi - Purpose Field , AlamedaAnother chance for Buster Moon to get his melodic shiz together . Time:6:30 pm with family - friendly pre - show activities , picture show starts at 8:30 promethium .
Wall•ESeptember 23Strawberry Creek Park , BerkeleySee how much of the 2008 film predicted our environmentally destructive , sofa spud present tense . Arrive at 8 pm to find seating . Time:8:30 pm
Shang - Chi & the Legend of the Ten RingsSeptember 30Crane Cove Park , San FranciscoYou’ve been missing out if this picture show is your first introduction to Tony Leung . Just saying . Time : Doors at 5 phase modulation .
Addams Family ValuesOctober 21Jerry Garcia Amphitheater , San FranciscoChristina Ricci will always be the good Wednesday Addams . Full stop . sentence : Doors at 5 pm .
CocoOctober 27Orinda Community Center Park , OrindaDisney / Pixar ’s first Mexican ( and Latin American ) film land its protagonist in the Land of Dead , looking for his instrumentalist great - great granddad to translate his family ’s banning on euphony . Perfect timing for the coming Día de Los Muertos vacation . Time : Dusk ( 7 pm )
The Lost BoysOctober 29Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk , in front of the ColonnadeA bonus film for Movies on the Beach in Santa Cruz . Catch the last movie of late summer while cruising into Halloween with the hot vampire Coreys — manner before heartthrobTwilightvampires were a matter . Time:9 pm
