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Paramount+ Movie Nights

Welcome to the 32nd season of summer movies in Bryant Park! Bring a blanket and a friend, and snag your spot on the lawn to watch a feature film on the big screen under the starts. The lawn opens at 5pm; film begins at 8pm.

Paramount+ Movie Nights at Bryant Park are supported by Vulture, HSS, Wonder, and Minnoeta. Enjoy the show!

Food items for sale curated by Hester Street Fair on the Fountain Terrace. Starting at 5pm, stop by our bar tent to the left of the screen for summer ready drinks, featuring special offerings from Stout NYC.

At the movies

The gravel opens at 4pm.

The lawn opens at 5pm, weather permitting, for blankets and picnicking

Films begin at 8pm

All packages including bags, briefcases, and backpacks are subject to inspection

No dogs allowed on the lawn

No chairs, tables, plastic ground coverings (including sheets, tarps, bags, pads, and/or yoga mats) are permitted on the lawn.

Forgot a blanket? Purchase one at the Bryant Park Shop on the Fountain Terrace.

Hester Street Fair hosts food vendors on the Fountain Terrace with drink and delicious snack and meal options

Beer and wine are available to purchase to the left of screen

Captions are displayed for each film.

For the protection of all Movie Nights attendees, all bags, briefcases, backpacks, etc. will be inspected before entering the lawn area (the lawn and surrounding gravel area).

Should you leave the lawn area, all packages, bags, etc. will be inspected again upon re-entry. The checkpoints are necessary to safeguard all those in attendance at Bryant Park Movie Nights.

Enjoy the film!

Movie Nights are almost always rain or shine, but:

  • If it rains, the movie will go on and the lawn will be closed. Seating will be available in the gravel path surrounding the lawn, and throughout the park. Bring your umbrella!
  • If there are thunderstorms, the movie will be delayed or cancelled.
  • There are no rain dates for Movie Nights.
  • Because there are no rain dates, we do not make a lawn or cancellation call until the day of the movie, and often later in the day. Conditions can quickly change; if weather is deemed dangerous, the park may close.
  • Please follow our social media @bryantparknyc on Instagram and Twitter for Movie Nights lawn and weather updates!

Hester Street Fair brings the city’s best vendors to the Fountain Terrace each week, 4pm-8:30pm, to make your Movie Nights picnic the most delicious it can be .

Starting at 5pm, stop by our bar tent to the left of the screen for summer-ready drinks, featuring special offerings from Stout NYC.

About the films

June 9: Pretty in Pink (1986)
Starring Molly Ringwald, directed by Howard Deutch

Andie (Molly Ringwald) is an outcast at her Chicago high school, hanging out either with her older boss (Annie Potts), who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky classmate Duckie (Jon Cryer), who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane (Andrew McCarthy), asks Andie out, it seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realizes that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy.

June 16: The Wood (1999) Starring Omar Epps, Taye Diggs, and Richard T. Jones, directed by Rick Famuyiwa

Three old friends - Mike (Omar Epps), Roland (Taye Diggs) and Slim (Richard T. Jones) - recount memories of their shared childhood in Inglewood, Calif., as they prepare for Roland's wedding to his fiancée, Lisa (LisaRaye). When the groom goes missing without a word, Mike and Slim struggle to find their nervous friend and return him to his impatient bride before the wedding begins. Along the way, they continue to swap stories about lessons learned during their awkward teenage years.

June 23: Kinky Boots (2005)
Starring Joel Edgerton and Chiwetel Ejiofor, directed by Julian Jarrold

After his father's demise, Charlie Price (Joel Edgerton) inherits the family business, a shoe factory in Northampton, England. He is not interested in shoes, and the factory is in such dire financial straits that he must lay off 15 employees. However a fortuitous encounter with a crossdressing cabaret singer (Chiwetel Ejiofor) inspires Charlie to save the factory from closure by producing erotic footwear, much to the chagrin of the workers.

June 30: Stand by Me (1986)
Starring Wil Wheaton, Jerry O’Connell, River Phoenix, and Corey Feldman, directed by Rob Reiner

After learning that a stranger has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. On the way, Gordie Lachance (Wil Wheaton), Vern Tessio (Jerry O'Connell), Chris Chambers (River Phoenix) and Teddy Duchamp (Corey Feldman) encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, as they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.

July 7: Good Will Hunting (1997)
Starring Matt Damon and Robin Williams, directed by Gus Van Sant

Will Hunting (Matt Damon) has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau (Stellan Skarsgard), who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. When Will is arrested for attacking a police officer, Professor Lambeau makes a deal to get leniency for him if he will get treatment from therapist Sean Maguire (Robin Williams).

July 14: Interstellar (2014)
Starring Matthew McConaughey, directed by Christopher Nolan

In Earth's future, a global crop blight and second Dust Bowl are slowly rendering the planet uninhabitable. Professor Brand (Michael Caine), a brilliant NASA physicist, is working on plans to save mankind by transporting Earth's population to a new home via a wormhole. But first, Brand must send former NASA pilot Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and a team of researchers through the wormhole and across the galaxy to find out which of three planets could be mankind's new home.

July 21: Ghost (1990)
Starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, and Whoopi Goldberg, directed by Jerry Zucker

Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) is a banker, Molly Jensen (Demi Moore) is an artist, and the two are madly in love. However, when Sam is murdered by friend and corrupt business partner Carl Bruner (Tony Goldwyn) over a shady business deal, he is left to roam the earth as a powerless spirit. When he learns of Carl's betrayal, Sam must seek the help of psychic Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg) to set things right and protect Molly from Carl and his goons.

July 28: Pulp Fiction (1994)
Starring John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson, directed by Quentin Tarantino

Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) are hitmen with a penchant for philosophical discussions. In this ultra-hip, multi-strand crime movie, their storyline is interwoven with those of their boss, gangster Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) ; his actress wife, Mia (Uma Thurman) ; struggling boxer Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis) ; master fixer Winston Wolfe (Harvey Keitel) and a nervous pair of armed robbers, Pumpkin (Tim Roth) and Honey Bunny (Amanda Plummer).

August 4: Blades of Glory (2007)
Staring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder, directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck

Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy are the two titans of skating. At the Winter Olympics, the fierce rivals find themselves forced to share the winner's podium when they both score gold. The shower of glory doesn't last for long, as the pair descend into fisticuffs and set the mascot on fire. Disgraced and stripped of their medals, they can get back on ice, but only if they dance with each other as a pair.

August 11: The Godfather (1972)
Starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, directed by Francis Ford Cappola

Widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, this mob drama, based on Mario Puzo's novel of the same name, focuses on the powerful Italian-American crime family of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando). When the don's youngest son, Michael (Al Pacino), reluctantly joins the Mafia, he becomes involved in the inevitable cycle of violence and betrayal. Although Michael tries to maintain a normal relationship with his wife, Kay (Diane Keaton), he is drawn deeper into the family business.

Thank you to our Movie Nights premier partner Paramount+
with additional support from Vulture, HSS, Wonder, and Minnoeta