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Here's Bryant Park's Full Summer 2016 Outdoor Movie Lineup
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Jen Carlson
Published May 31, 2016
Modified May 31, 2016
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Bryant Park is hands down the least chill place to see a movie outdoors during the summer months. But maybe that also makes it the most New York City outdoor summer movie experience? Crowds start surrounding the park during the daylight hours, waiting for the signal that the lawn is open, at which point this mad rush to claim precious space happens—if he were alive today, Hemingway would pen a piece about this cosmopolitan Running of the Bulls.
This year's Monday movie lineup has been released, and you'll find it below (here's our survival guide).
June 20th
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
June 27th
East of Eden
July 4th
Top Gun
July 11th
The Palm Beach Story
July 18th
The Omen
July 25th
Three Days of the Condor
August 1st
Harvey
August 8th
High Plains Drifter
August 15th
The Big Chill
August 22nd
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Our full outdoor movie guide for 2016 is here.
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Jen Carlson
Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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