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Photograph: Courtesy Cinespia/Kelly Lee Barrett
Photograph: Courtesy Cinespia/Kelly Lee Barrett

All of L.A.’s outdoor movies in one calendar

Sit back, relax and catch one of L.A.’s outdoor movie screenings, be it on a rooftop or in a park

Michael Juliano
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Outdoor movies combine two things we love about L.A.: an appreciation of movie-making and spending as much time as possible outside. Alfresco screenings usually start to surge across the city in the early spring and continue into the fall and holiday season, be it atop rooftop bars, at L.A.’s best parks or even at a Hollywood cemetery.

Most of our favorite outdoor series fall into two formats: Alfresco screenings where moviegoers bring their own chair or blanket and can pack together some picnic food, and rooftop ones where you’ll be offered a seat and some on-site snacks as you catch films both old and new. (If you’re looking for a fun date idea, this one takes the cake.) Be sure to check back all year long for updates on the list, as new screenings are always being added.

Looking to see a new movie any night of the week? Check out the best movie theaters in L.A. or the few remaining old-school drive-in movie theaters. And for some at-home inspiration, you can always catch up on the best L.A. movies of all time.

For screenings with multiple movies on a single night, each film is separately ticketed unless otherwise noted. Also, unannounced schedule changes tend to occur, but we’ll do our best to keep the list below updated on at least a monthly basis.

October

Oct 1

Rooftop Cinema Club presents The Menu at LEVEL DTLA.

Oct 2

Rooftop Cinema Club presents 10 Things I Hate About You + Twilight at LEVEL DTLA.

Tropicana Movie Nights presents Mamma Mia! at the Hollywood Roosevelt.

Oct 3

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents Hocus Pocus at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Mean Girls + Halloween at LEVEL DTLA.

Summer Movie Series presents Mean Girls at Ivy Station (Culver City).

Oct 4

Cinespia presents The Rocky Horror Picture Show at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents A Quiet Place at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents The Addams Family + Get Out at LEVEL DTLA.

Rooftop Movies at the Montalbán presents Dirty Dancing at the Montalbán Theatre.

Street Food Cinema presents Monsters, Inc. at Grand Hope Park.

Oct 5

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents The Cabin in the Woods at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Beetlejuice + Hereditary at LEVEL DTLA.

Rooftop Movies at the Montalbán presents The Addams Family at the Montalbán Theatre.

Oct 6

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents The Grudge at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Hamilton at LEVEL DTLA.

Oct 7

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents Sinister at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Supernatural at LEVEL DTLA.

Oct 8

Rooftop Cinema Club presents The Craft + The Sixth Sense at LEVEL DTLA.

Oct 9

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents Saw at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Sinners + Shaun of the Dead at LEVEL DTLA.

Tropicana Movie Nights presents True Romance at the Hollywood Roosevelt.

Oct 10

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents The Conjuring at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Scream at LEVEL DTLA.

Rooftop Movies at the Montalbán presents Beetlejuice at the Montalbán Theatre.

Oct 11

Cinespia presents The Craft at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents Insidious at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Black Swan at LEVEL DTLA.

Rooftop Movies at the Montalbán presents The Lost Boys at the Montalbán Theatre.

Oct 12

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents IT (1990) at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Psycho + Donnie Darko at LEVEL DTLA.

Rooftop Movies at the Montalbán presents Death Becomes Her at the Montalbán Theatre.

Oct 13

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents Insidious at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents The Mummy + Scream 2 at LEVEL DTLA.

Oct 14

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents The Exorcist at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Twilight + Se7en at LEVEL DTLA.

Oct 15

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Hocus Pocus + Shutter Island at LEVEL DTLA.

Oct 16

Boo-ze, Bites & Frights presents Terrifier 2 at Heritage Square Museum.

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents Practical Magic at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Edward Scissorhands + The Blackening at LEVEL DTLA.

Tropicana Movie Nights presents A Fish Called Wanda at the Hollywood Roosevelt.

Oct 17

Boo-ze, Bites & Frights presents American Psycho + The Texas Chainsaw Massacre at Heritage Square Museum.

Cinespia presents Sinners at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents The Silence of the Lambs at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents The Others + Jennifer’s Body at LEVEL DTLA.

Rooftop Movies at the Montalbán presents American Psycho at the Montalbán Theatre.

Oct 18

Boo-ze, Bites & Frights presents The Menu + Ready or Not at Heritage Square Museum.

Cinespia presents Paranorman at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents Scream at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Practical Magic + The Silence of the Lambs at LEVEL DTLA.

Rooftop Movies at the Montalbán presents Shaun of the Dead at the Montalbán Theatre.

Oct 19

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents The Devil Wears Prada at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Death Becomes Her + Zombieland at LEVEL DTLA.

Rooftop Movies at the Montalbán presents The Hunger at the Montalbán Theatre.

Oct 20

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents Paranormal Activity at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Scream at LEVEL DTLA.

Oct 21

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents The Autopsy of Jane Doe at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Wicked (sing-along) + Sinners at LEVEL DTLA.

Oct 22

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents Halloweentown at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Beautiful Creatures + Rosemary’s Baby at LEVEL DTLA.

Oct 23

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents Get Out at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Scary Movie + Mulholland Drive at LEVEL DTLA.

Tropicana Movie Nights presents Scareface at the Hollywood Roosevelt.

Oct 24

Boo-ze, Bites & Frights presents Friday the 13th Part 2 + Friday the 13th Part 3 at Heritage Square Museum.

Halloween Movie Night presents Beetlejuice at Ivy Station (Culver City).

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents A Nightmare on Elm Street at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents The Crow + Ready or Not at LEVEL DTLA.

Rooftop Movies at the Montalbán presents Wes Craven’s New Nightmare at the Montalbán Theatre.

Oct 25

Boo-ze, Bites & Frights presents Scream 2 + Scream 3 at Heritage Square Museum.

Cinespia presents A Nightmare on Elm Street at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Danny Elfman presents The Nightmare Before Christmas at the Hollywood Bowl.

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents Hereditary at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Bones + Halloween at LEVEL DTLA.

Oct 26

Danny Elfman presents The Nightmare Before Christmas at the Hollywood Bowl.

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents Us at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents The Addams Family + The Rocky Horror Picture Show at LEVEL DTLA.

Rooftop Movies at the Montalbán presents Hocus Pocus at the Montalbán Theatre.

Oct 27

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents IT (1990) at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Scream + The Exorcist at LEVEL DTLA.

Oct 28

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents The Ring at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Brooklyn Nine-Nine at LEVEL DTLA.

Oct 29

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Hocus Pocus + Trick ’r Treat at LEVEL DTLA.

Oct 30

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents Beetlejuice at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Twilight at LEVEL DTLA.

Street Food Cinema presents Get Out at the Ford.

Tropicana Movie Nights presents Zombieland at the Hollywood Roosevelt.

Oct 31

Cinespia presents Scream at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Melrose Rooftop Theatre presents Hocus Pocus at E.P. & L.P.

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Practical Magic + Halloween at LEVEL DTLA.

Rooftop Movies at the Montalbán presents The Nightmare Before Christmas at the Montalbán Theatre.

Street Food Cinema presents Night of the Living Dead at the Ford.

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December

Dec 4

Tropicana Movie Nights presents Good Will Hunting at the Hollywood Roosevelt.

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