Summer Movies Set To Return To Prospect Park: What To Know

PROSPECT PARK, BROOKLYN — The chance to watch a movie under the stars will make its return to Prospect Park in a few weeks.

A "Beloved Summer Movie Series," presented by SHOWTIME, is set to kick off in August, bringing back the tradition of weekly movies on Brooklyn Backyard's Long Meadow.

This year, the series will also be held in Fort Greene Park, which will host weekly movies in July.

Both series are sponsored by the network, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Brooklyn Magazine and the parks' respective alliances.

“SHOWTIME® in the Park has become one of the many summer events Brooklynites get excited for each year, and I’m looking forward to enjoying this year’s movie line-up in my new role as Borough President with my family," Reynoso said.

In Prospect Park, the free films will begin shortly after sundown in the north end of the Long Meadow, found near the Grand Army Plaza entrance.

There will be complimentary lawn chairs at a SHOWTIME® table while supplies last each movie night.

Here's a look at the line-up for both parks:

Fort Greene Park

West Side Story (2021)
July 7
An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.

Selena
July 14
The true story of Selena, a Texas-born Tejano singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart-topping albums on the Latin music charts.

Crooklyn
July 21
Spike Lee's vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school teacher, her stubborn jazz musician husband and their five kids living in Brooklyn in 1973.

Clue
July 28
Six guests are anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner, but after their host is killed, they must cooperate with the staff to identify the murderer as the bodies pile up.

Prospect Park

Back to the Future
August 3
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the eccentric scientist Doc Brown.

Ghostbusters (1984)
August 10
Three parapsychologists set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers.

Encanto
August 17
A Colombian teenage girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers.

Spider-Man: No Way Home
August 24
With Spider-Man's identity now revealed, Peter asks Doctor Strange for help. When a spell goes wrong, dangerous foes from other worlds start to appear, forcing Peter to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.