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Photograph: Courtesy Eric Scire
Photograph: Courtesy Eric Scire

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
Edited by Michael Juliano
Editor, Los Angeles & Western USA
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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.

December

December
December
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Dec 1

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Home Alone at LEVEL DTLA.

Dec 2

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Elf at LEVEL DTLA.

Dec 3

Rooftop Cinema Club presents The Holiday at LEVEL DTLA.

Dec 4

Rooftop Cinema Club presents A Bad Moms Christmas + The Holdovers at LEVEL DTLA.

Dec 5

Rooftop Cinema Club presents The Nightmare Before Christmas + National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation + Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind at LEVEL DTLA.

Dec 6

Holiday Movie Night presents Elf at Ivy Station (Culver City).

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Edward Scissorhands + Home Alone + Home Alone 2: Lost in New York at LEVEL DTLA.

Yuletide Cinemaland presents Elf + A Christmas Story at Heritage Square Museum.

Dec 7

Rooftop Cinema Club presents How the Grinch Stole Christmas + Almost Christmas at LEVEL DTLA.

Dec 8

Rooftop Cinema Club presents You’ve Got Mail at LEVEL DTLA.

Dec 9

Rooftop Cinema Club presents The Office at LEVEL DTLA.

Dec 10

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Elf at LEVEL DTLA.

Dec 11

Rooftop Cinema Club presents It’s a Wonderful Life at LEVEL DTLA.

Dec 12

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Home Alone + How the Grinch Stole Christmas + The Night Before at LEVEL DTLA.

Dec 13

Rooftop Cinema Club presents The Nightmare Before Christmas + Elf + National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation at LEVEL DTLA.

Yuletide Cinemaland presents The Nightmare Before Christmas + How the Grinch Stole Christmas at Heritage Square Museum.

Dec 14

Rooftop Cinema Club presents This Christmas + La La Land at LEVEL DTLA.

Dec 15

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Home Alone + Elf at LEVEL DTLA.

Rooftop Movies at the Montalbán presents The Muppet Christmas Carol at the Montalbán Theatre.

Dec 16

Rooftop Cinema Club presents How the Grinch Stole Christmas + Serendipity at LEVEL DTLA.

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

Dec 17

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Last Christmas + Bad Santa at LEVEL DTLA.

Dec 18

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Love Actually + Home Alone 2: Lost in New York at LEVEL DTLA.

Dec 19

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Elf + The Holiday + Friday After Next at LEVEL DTLA.

Dec 20

Rooftop Cinema Club presents How the Grinch Stole Christmas + Carol + Die Hard at LEVEL DTLA.

Yuletide Cinemaland presents The Santa Clause + The Santa Clause 2 at Heritage Square Museum.

Dec 21

Rooftop Cinema Club presents The Grinch + Elf at LEVEL DTLA.

Yuletide Cinemaland presents Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer + The Muppet Christmas Carol at Heritage Square Museum.

Dec 22

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Love Actually + Home Alone at LEVEL DTLA.

Rooftop Movies at the Montalbán presents Love Actually at the Montalbán Theatre.

Yuletide Cinemaland presents Home Alone + Home Alone 2: Lost in New York at Heritage Square Museum.

Dec 23

Rooftop Cinema Club presents The Holiday + The Night Before at LEVEL DTLA.

Rooftop Movies at the Montalbán presents It’s A Wonderful Life at the Montalbán Theatre.

Yuletide Cinemaland presents Elf + Home Alone at Heritage Square Museum.

Dec 24

Rooftop Cinema Club presents It’s A Wonderful Life at LEVEL DTLA.

Dec 26

Rooftop Cinema Club presents The Notebook + Twilight at LEVEL DTLA.

Dec 27

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Casablanca + When Harry Met Sally… + La La Land at LEVEL DTLA.

Dec 28

Rooftop Cinema Club presents The Apartment at LEVEL DTLA.

Dec 29

Rooftop Cinema Club presents About Time + Scarface at LEVEL DTLA.

Dec 30

Rooftop Cinema Club presents Love Jones + The Great Gatsby at LEVEL DTLA.

Dec 31

Rooftop Cinema Club presents When Harry Met Sally… at LEVEL DTLA.

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