It’s time again for where to watch a movie outdoors this summer. There’s plenty of kid friendly movies to watch outside for free in Columbus this year. This year’s favorite trending movies include: Coco, Beauty and the Beast (2017), Cars 3, and Star Wars The Last Jedi. Adults can check out the Green Lawn Abbey’s Movies Under the Stars series for $5 per person, with fees going to the Abbey’s preservation efforts. Short North’s Screen on the Green, the Wex Drive-In, NightLight614, and the Gateway Plaza have more date-night style movies as well. Be sure to check movie status before you go, in case of weather.
May 26 at Columbus Commons showing The Greatest Showman
June 1 at Pickerington’s Friday Night Flicks showing Despicable Me 3
June 1 at Worthington Pool’s Floating Flicks showing Cars 3
June 5 at Easton’s Movies by Moonlight showing The Wizard of Oz
June 6 at International Christian Center showing (Not announced yet)
June 7 at Fryer Flicks on the Hill in Grove City showing Despicable Me 3
June 8 at Green Lawn Abbey’s Movies Under the Stars showing Mildred Pierce
June 8Â at Pickerington’s Friday Night Flicks showing The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature
June 8 at Upper Arlington’s Movie in the Park showing Charlotte’s Web
June 9 at Lancaster’s Saturday Cinema showing Peter Rabbit
June 9 at Reynoldsburg’s Huber Park Movie Nights showing Wonder
June 12 at Easton’s Movies by Moonlight showing The Emoji Movie
June 13 at Gateway Plaza’s Gateway Picture Show showing Raiders of the Lost Ark
June 13Â at International Christian Center showing (Not announced yet)
June 14Â at Fryer Flicks on the Hill in Grove City showing Beauty and the Beast (2017)
June 14 at the Wex Drive-in at the Wexner Center showing Misery
June 15Â at Pickerington’s Friday Night Flicks showing The Lego Ninjago Movie
June 15 at Worthington Pool’s Floating Flicks showing The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
June 15 at The Main Event in Bexley showing The Princess Bride
June 19 at Easton’s Movies by Moonlight showing The Muppets (2011)
June 20Â at International Christian Center showing (Not announced yet)
June 21Â at Fryer Flicks on the Hill in Grove City showing Wonder Woman (2017)
June 22 at Upper Arlington’s Family Camp Out showing Honey I Shrunk the Kids
June 22 at New Albany’s Summer Movies Series at Wexner Community Park showing Trolls
June 22Â at Pickerington’s Friday Night Flicks showing Beauty and the Beast (2017)
June 23 at Metro Parks Movie Series at Glacier Ridge showing Wonder Woman
June 23Â at Reynoldsburg’s Huber Park Movie Nights showing Despicable Me 3
June 23 at Movie Night in the ‘Shoe at Ohio State University showing Coco
June 26 at Easton’s Movies by Moonlight showing Despicable Me 3
June 27Â at International Christian Center showing (Not announced yet)
June 28Â at Fryer Flicks on the Hill in Grove City showing Peter Rabbit
June 29Â at Pickerington’s Friday Night Flicks showing Beethoven
June 29Â at Worthington Pool’s Floating Flicks showing Thor Ragnarok
June 29 at Columbus Commons showing (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)
June 29 at Zoombezi Bay Summer Nights showing Despicable Me 3
June 30 at Topiary Park’s Summer Movie Series showing Marley and Me
June 30 at Metro Parks Movie Series at Blendon Woods showing Jumanji
July 5Â at Fryer Flicks on the Hill in Grove City showing Justice League
July 6Â at Zoombezi Bay Summer Nights showing Trolls
July 7Â at Reynoldsburg’s Huber Park Movie Nights showing Star Wars: The Last Jedi
July 10 at Easton’s Movies by Moonlight showing Paddington 2
July 11Â at Gateway Plaza’s Gateway Picture Show showing Back to the Future
July 12 at Upper Arlington’s Summer Celebration showing Angels in the Outfield
July 12Â at Fryer Flicks on the Hill in Grove City showing Star Wars | Last Jedi
July 12 at NightLight614 at Genoa Park showing The Breakfast Club
July 13 at Short North’s Screen on the Green in Goodale Park with Hubbard Mastery School Popup BakeShop (9 to 5)
July 13 at Green Lawn Abbey showing Cape Fear
July 13 at New Albany’s Summer Movies Series at Wexner Community Park (Finding Dory)
July 13Â at Zoombezi Bay Summer Nights showing Ghostbusters (2016)
July 13 at Stradley Park in Canal Winchester showing Hotel Transylvania
July 13Â at Worthington Pool’s Floating Flicks showing Leap
July 13 at the Bexley Pool showing The Lion King
July 13Â at Pickerington’s Friday Night Flicks showing Coco
July 13 at Columbus Commons showing Coco
July 14 at Lancaster’s Saturday Cinema showing Coco
July 17 at Easton’s Movies by Moonlight showing Coco
July 19 at the Wex Drive-in at the Wexner Center showing Batman (1989)
July 19Â at Fryer Flicks on the Hill in Grove City showing Coco
July 20Â at Pickerington’s Friday Night Flicks showing Cars 3
July 20Â at Zoombezi Bay Summer Nights showing Sing
July 20 at Gahanna’s Great Outdoors Annual Summer Park and Rec Party at Friendship Park showing Coco
July 21 at at Reynoldsburg’s Huber Park Movie Nights showing The Good Dinosaur
July 21 at Metro Parks Movie Series at Glacier Ridge showing Coco
July 24 at Easton’s Movies by Moonlight showing Elf
July 26Â at Fryer Flicks on the Hill in Grove City showing Cars 3
July 27Â at Pickerington’s Friday Night Flicks showing The Incredibles
July 27 at Upper Arlington’s Movie in the Park showing Monsters Inc.
July 27Â at Zoombezi Bay Summer Nights showing Elf
July 27Â at Worthington Pool’s Floating Flicks showing Star Wars: The Last Jedi
July 28 at Topiary Park’s Summer Movie Series showing Howl’s Moving Castle
July 31 at Easton’s Movies by Moonlight showing The Lego Movie
August 1 at BrewDog DogTap Columbus showing The Goonies
August 2 at NightLight614 at Genoa Park showing The Devil Wears Prada
August 3 at Metro Parks Movie Series at Highbanks showing Rogue One
August 3Â at Zoombezi Bay Summer Nights showing The Lego Batman Movie
August 4 at Whetstone Park by Clintonville Rotary (The Iron Giant)
August 7 at Easton’s Movies by Moonlight showing Wonder
August 8Â at Gateway Plaza’s Gateway Picture Show showing Fast and the Furious
August 10 at Upper Arlington’s Movie in the Park showing Paddington 2
August 10 at Green Lawn Abbey showing Suspicion
August 10 at Stradley Park in Canal Winchester showing Wonder
August 10 at New Albany’s Summer Movie Series at Wexner Community Park showing Black Panther
August 10Â at Worthington Pool’s Floating Flicks showing Ferdinand
August 10 at The Main Event in Bexley showing Trolls
August 11 at Lancaster’s Saturday Cinema showing Cars 3
August 11Â at Reynoldsburg’s Huber Park Movie Nights showing Coco
August 11 at Flicks After Dark in Muni Park in Hilliard showing Little Giants
August 14 at the Wex Drive-In at the Wexner Center showing The Fifth Element
August 14 at Easton’s Movies by Moonlight showing Sherlock Gnomes
August 16 at NightLight614 at Genoa Park showing Wedding Crashers
August 17 at Metro Parks Movie Series at Sharon Woods showing The Lego Batman Movie
August 18Â at Worthington Pool’s Floating Flicks showing Wonder
August 19 at Columbus Commons showing Toy Story
August 21 at Easton’s Movies by Moonlight showing Peter Rabbit
August 25 at Topiary Park’s Summer Movie Series showing Arrival
August 25 at Metro Parks Movie Series at Scioto Audubon showing The Goonies
August 25Â at Reynoldsburg’s Huber Park Movie Nights showing Zootopia
August 28 at Easton’s Movies by Moonlight showing Beauty and the Beast (2017)
August 30 at NightLight614 at Genoa Park showing Almost Famous
August 31 at Preservation Parks in Delaware County showing The Big Year
September 6 at NightLight614 at Genoa Park showing Fight Club
September 7 at Metro Parks Movie Series at Highbanks showing Black Panther
September 7 at Green Lawn Abbey showing House on Haunted Hill
September 12Â at Gateway Plaza’s Gateway Picture Show showing Pitch Perfect
September 14 at Short North’s Screen on the Green at Goodale Park with Hubbard Mastery School Popup BakeShop (The Princess Bride)
September 20 at NightLight614 at Genoa Park showing Pretty Woman
September 21 at The Main Event in Bexley showing Star Wars | Last Jedi
September 27 at NightLight614 at Genoa Park showing Napoleon Dynamite
September 28 at Short North’s Screen on the Green at Goodale Park with Hubbard Mastery School Popup BakeShop (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)
October 10 at DogTap Columbus showing Beetlejuice
October 10 at Land Grant Brewing showing Scream
October 11 at NightLight614 at Genoa Park showing Ghostbusters (1984)
October 17 at Land Grant Brewing showing Shaun of the Dead
October 24 at Land Grant Brewing showing Get Out
Don’t forget the traditional Drive-In, at South Drive-in Theater at 3050 S. High St. Admission is $9.50 per ages 12 and up (Fridays, Saturdays, Holiday Eves), $7.50 per ages 12 and up (Sunday through Thursday) $2 for ages 5 to 11 every night, and ages 4 and under are free. Movies usually change on Fridays.
Studio 35, the Grandview Theatre and Drafthouse, Gateway Film Center, and the Drexel are all showing Kids Movies this summer.
Enjoy the summer outdoor movie season!