Summer Movies
The NCMA’s outdoor movie series features the best in classic and contemporary cinema, all staged in the beautiful, sculpture-filled Museum Park. Even the amphitheater is part of a monumental work of art. Films are shown in 35 mm on an enormous screen that’s built onto the wall of East Building, close to the Museum Park Theater.
Bring blankets and lawn chairs. Picnics welcome. Movie concessions available for purchase.
Movies are free to Museum members. Join now!
Saturday, June 2 | 9 pm
Groundhog Day
Weatherman Phil Connors is living life like there is no tomorrow—because there isn’t. He’s... Read more >
Friday, June 8 | 9 pm
Red Tails
Feuding best friends anchor the saga of the Tuskegee Airmen, courageous African American WWII... Read more >
Saturday, June 9 | 9 pm
Crazy, Stupid Love
Blindsided by his wife’s request for a divorce, sad sack Cal begins to frequent a pickup bar... Read more >
Friday, June 15 | 9 pm
Margin Call
An underling at a Wall Street investment banking firm realizes the company's fraudulent mortgage... Read more >
Saturday, June 16 | 9 pm
Moneyball
The Oakland Athletics don’t have the cash to buy big names for the team, so manager Billy Beane... Read more >
Friday, June 22 | 9 pm
Super 8
This story of a crew of misfit middle schoolers filming their own small-gauge zombie movie... Read more >
Saturday, June 23 | 9 pm
The Descendants
Matt, the “backup parent,” has to knit his family together after a boating accident leaves his... Read more >
Friday, June 29 | 9 pm
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. is a family classic filled with curiosity, innocence, adventure, thrills, laughter, and... Read more >
Saturday, July 7 | 9 pm
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Boy Who Lived has his satisfying showdown with He Who Must Not Be Named—to save his Hogwarts... Read more >
Friday, July 20 | 9 pm
The Muppets
Kermit, Miss Piggy, and the gang reunite to save the old Muppet Theater from the greedy clutches... Read more >
Friday, July 27 | 9 pm
The Artist
Dashing George Valentin thinks talkies are a passing phase, and his career sinks in quicksand as... Read more >
Saturday, July 28 | 9 pm
Alloy Orchestra, accompanying silent-film classic The Phantom of the Opera
If this year’s Academy Award winner The Artist has stirred your curiosity about silent film, let... Read more >
Friday, August 3 | 7 pm
Les Primitifs du Futur, followed by screening of Midnight in Paris
You don’t need to fly to Paris to experience its charm and romance. We’re bringing it to you!
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Saturday, August 4 | 7 pm
Les Primitifs du Futur, followed by screening of Hugo
You don’t need to fly to Paris to experience its charm and romance. We’re bringing it to you!
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Friday, August 10 | 9 pm
Casablanca
The 70th anniversary of this ageless classic unites all the usual suspects, the quotable... Read more >
Saturday, August 11 | 7 pm
Ghostbusters Movie Night and Dinner Social
Join the Contemporaries for their annual retro movie night on the lawn featuring the 1984 comedy... Read more >
Saturday, August 11 | 9 pm
Ghostbusters
Three unemployed parapsychology professors harness their psychic mojo to chase malevolent... Read more >
Saturday, August 18 | 8:30 pm
The Tree of Life
Jack reflects on an idyllic childhood as a disillusioned adult, as space, time, and spirituality... Read more >
Friday, August 24 | 8:30 pm
Rainout Redo
Every summer, we inevitably lose a movie screening or two to the elements. We’ll hold this date... Read more >
Friday, September 7 | 8:30 pm
The Godfather
During the delicate transfer of power within a Mafia family, loyalty transcends every virtue and... Read more >
Saturday, September 8 | 8:30 pm
The Godfather: Part II
The continuation of an epic about the subversion of the American Dream, Part II won the Best... Read more >
