Movies Under the Stars 2024 - Keene, NH

Monadnock International Film Festival and Keene Parks & Recreation invite you to a FREE outdoor family movie series held on the Keene Recreation Center lawn.

Enjoy a free film outdoors on the big screen with family and friends! Movies begin at dusk, but make sure you arrive early for the best viewing spots. Bring your blanket or lawn chair, sit back, relax, and enjoy the show. Free parking, popcorn, and water.

FREE OF CHARGE, but you must register on this page (this gives us a way to contact you if we need to reschedule). As soon as we receive your registration, you'll receive a separate email confirming your attendance.

HOW TO GET THERE? Walk, bike, or carpool to Parks & Recreation on 312 Washington Street. Parking is free and first-come, first-serve at Keene Parks & Recreation.

EVENT DATES are Thursday nights on June 27, July 18, and August 8. No rain dates are needed this year. If there is weather, we'll move inside to the Parks & Recreation gymnasium for an indoor screening.

FILMS ARE RATED PG or PG-13. Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

ALL FILMS BEGIN AT DUSK

JUNE 27 FOOD TRUCK: CC&D's Kitchen Market will serve delicious BBQ and more, plus special Barbie-themed fare, starting at 6:00 p.m.

Feel free to bring your own food and drink. Alcoholic beverages and smoking are not permitted in the park. No pets! For the safety and comfort of everyone, please leave your furry friends at home. Restrooms are available.

CHECK OUT THE FAMILY-FRIENDLY LINEUP BELOW AND REGISTER TODAY!

BARBIE (2023)

THURSDAY, JUNE 27 ▪ park opens at 6:00 pm, film begins at dusk

Location: Keene Parks & Recreation, 312 Washington Street

Food Truck: CC&D's Kitchen Market

Runtime: 116 minutes (1 hour, 56 min)

Rating: PG-13

It's a Barbie world, so come and enjoy the biggest film of the year! Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

Cast: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Michael Cera, Ritu Arya

© 2023 Warner Bros.

ELEMENTAL (2023)

THURSDAY, JULY 18 ▪ park opens at 6:00 pm, film begins at dusk

Location: Keene Parks & Recreation, 312 Washington Street

Runtime: 101 minutes (1 hour, 41 min)

Rating: PG

Disney and Pixar’s “Elemental” is an all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air residents live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted, and fiery young woman whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live in.

Cast: Mamoudou Athie, Leah Lewis, Ronnie del Carmen, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Shila Ommi

© 2023 Disney Pixar

TOP GUN: MAVERICK (2022)

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8 ▪ park opens at 6:00 pm, film begins at dusk

Location: Keene Parks & Recreation, 312 Washington Street

Runtime: 131 minutes (2 hours, 10 min)

Rating: PG-13 (Action|Drama)

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw, call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick's late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.”

Cast: Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Val Kilmer, Monica Barbaro

© 2022 Paramount Pictures

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