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    This Summer’s Guide to Movies to Watch Under the Stars (2018)

    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.

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    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 8 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 13 at International Christian Center showing (Not announced yet)

    June 14 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 15 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 20 at International Christian Center showing (Not announced yet)

    June 21 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 22 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 23 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 27 at International Christian Center showing (Not announced yet)

    June 28 at Fryer Flicks on the Hill in Grove City showing Peter Rabbit

    June 29 at Pickerington’s Friday Night Flicks showing Beethoven

    June 29 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

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    Coco is the most popular outdoor movie showing in Columbus for July. Photo via IMDb.

    July 5 at Fryer Flicks on the Hill in Grove City showing Justice League

    July 6 at Zoombezi Bay Summer Nights showing Trolls

    July 7 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 11 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 12 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 13 at Zoombezi Bay Summer Nights showing Ghostbusters (2016)

    July 13 at Stradley Park in Canal Winchester showing Hotel Transylvania

    July 13 at Worthington Pool’s Floating Flicks showing Leap

    July 13 at the Bexley Pool showing The Lion King

    July 13 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 19 at Fryer Flicks on the Hill in Grove City showing Coco

    July 20 at Pickerington’s Friday Night Flicks showing Cars 3

    July 20 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 26 at Fryer Flicks on the Hill in Grove City showing Cars 3

    July 27 at Pickerington’s Friday Night Flicks showing The Incredibles

    July 27 at Upper Arlington’s Movie in the Park showing Monsters Inc.

    July 27 at Zoombezi Bay Summer Nights showing Elf

    July 27 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

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    A scene from Peter Rabbit.

    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 3 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 8 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 10 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 11 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 18 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 25 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 12 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!

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