free (and almost free) movies

Free movies/films/screenings are among the many free or low budget, inexpensive events of the highest quality that saturate New York City's everyday life! Please see below a schedule OF free movies/films/screenings that New York has to offer

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
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Thu, Jul 29 1:00PM	Screening free	Short Films by Native Americans New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Jul 29 2:00PM	Film free	Chuck Russell's Oscar-Nominated The Mask (1994): Face Time New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Jul 29 3:00PM	Screening free	Short Films by Native Americans New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Jul 29 6:00PM to 11:00PM	Film free	Alfred Hitchcock's Academy Award-Nominated Rear Window (1954): Classic Hollywood Suspense New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Jul 29 8:00PM	Film free	Woody Allen's Oscar Nominee Broadway Danny Rose (1984): The Show Business Dregs New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Jul 29 8:30PM	Film Free; call to RSVP	Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Oscar-Winning All About Eve (1950): An Undermining Performance New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Jul 30 1:00PM	Screening free	Short Films by Native Americans New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Jul 30 3:00PM	Screening free	Short Films by Native Americans New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Jul 30 4:00PM	Screening free	French Silent Film: René Clair's The Italian Straw Hat (1927) New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Jul 30 7:00PM	Screening free	French Silent Film: René Clair's Two Timid Souls (1928) New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Jul 30 8:00PM	Film free	Rob Letterman & Conrad Vernon's Monsters vs. Aliens (2009): Animated Kids Fare New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jul 31 1:00PM	Screening free	Short Films by Native Americans New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jul 31 2:00PM	Film free	Steven Spielberg's Academy Award Winner Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989): Father-Son Bonding New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jul 31 2:00PM	Film Free; RSVP recommended	Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000): Winner of 4 Oscars New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jul 31 2:30PM	Film free	Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Oscar Nominee Suddenly, Last Summer (1959): The Secret That's Eating Her New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Jul 31 3:00PM	Screening free	Short Films by Native Americans New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Aug 1 1:00PM	Screening free	Short Films by Native American Directors New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Aug 1 3:00PM	Screening free	Short Films by Native American Directors New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Aug 2 1:00PM	Screening free	Short Films by Native American Directors New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Aug 2 3:00PM	Screening free	Short Films by Native American Directors New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Aug 2 8:00PM	Film free	Roman Polanski's Academy Award Winner Rosemary's Baby (1968): That Little Devil New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Aug 2 8:30PM	Film free	Sam Raimi's Oscar Nominee Spider-Man (2002): Bitten by the Hero Bug New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Aug 3 1:00PM	Screening free	Short Films by Native American Directors New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Aug 3 3:00PM	Screening free	Short Films by Native American Directors New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Aug 3 8:30PM	Screening free	Czech Films on the Rooftop New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Aug 4 1:00PM	Screening free	Short Films by Native American Directors New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Aug 4 3:00PM	Screening free	Short Films by Native American Directors New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Aug 4 8:00PM	Film free	Nora Ephron's Oscar-Nominated Julie & Julia (2009): The Chef and Her Adorer New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Aug 4 8:00PM	Screening free	Documentary Premiere: The Olmsted Legacy: America's Urban Parks New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Aug 4 8:15PM	Screening free	Anime at Nite: BECK Mongolian Chop Squad New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Aug 4 8:30PM	Film free	Tim Burton's Academy Award Nominee Big Fish (2003): A Father-Son Story New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Aug 5 1:00PM	Screening free	Short Films by Native American Directors New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Aug 5 2:00PM	Film free	Chris Columbus' Oscar-Nominated Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001): The Boy Wonder New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Aug 5 3:00PM	Screening free	Short Films by Native American Directors New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Aug 5 6:00PM to 11:00PM	Film free	Ang Lee's Oscar Winner Brokeback Mountain (2005): Love and Its Consequences New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Aug 5 8:00PM	Film Free tickets distributed 2 per person at Water St. entrance starting at 6pm	Morton DaCosta's Oscar Nominee Auntie Mame (1958): Frothy, Flamboyant Fantasy New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Aug 6 1:00PM	Screening free	Short Films by Native American Directors New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Aug 6 2:00PM	Film free	George Cukor's Oscar-Winning The Philadelphia Story (1940): Upper-Crust Comedy New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Aug 6 3:00PM	Screening free	Short Films by Native American Directors New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Aug 6 4:30PM	Screening free	French Cinema: Claude Autant-Lara's Four Bags Full (1956) New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Aug 6 6:00PM	Film free	Elia Kazan's Oscar-Winning A Streetcar Named Desire (1951): Tennessee Williams' Masterpiece New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Aug 6 8:00PM	Film free	Penny Marshall's Oscar Nominee Big (1988): Generation Gap New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Aug 6 8:00PM	Film free	Watch Raiders of the Lost Ark on an Aircraft Carrier New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Aug 7 1:00PM	Screening free	Short Films by Native American Directors New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Aug 7 2:00PM	Film Free; RSVP recommended	French Film: Anne Fontaine's Oscar-Nominated Coco Before Chanel (2009) New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Aug 7 2:30PM	Film free	Robert Mulligan's Oscar Winner Summer of '42 (1971): Innocence in Wartime New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Aug 7 3:00PM	Screening free	Short Films by Native American Directors New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Aug 8 1:00PM	Screening free	Short Films by Native American Directors New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Aug 8 3:00PM	Screening free	Short Films by Native American Directors New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Aug 9 8:00PM	Film free	Herbert Ross' Academy Award-Winning The Goodbye Girl (1977): Romance Simonized New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Aug 9 8:30PM	Film free	Richard Donner's Oscar-Nominated Superman: The Movie (1978): The Original Superhero New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Aug 10 6:30PM	Screening Free with suggested donation	German/Israeli Documentary: Yael Hersonski's A Film Unfinished (2009) New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Aug 10 8:30PM	Screening free	Czech Films on the Rooftop New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Aug 11 2:00PM	Film free	Alexander Mackendrick's Academy Award Nominee The Ladykillers (1955): Art of Crime New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Aug 11 8:00PM	Film free	Michael Mann's Public Enemies (2009): Super Villains New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Aug 11 8:30PM	Film free	Marc Forster's Stranger Than Fiction (2006): Narrated to Death New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Aug 12 2:00PM	Film free	Mel Stuart's Academy Award-Nominated Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971): Sugary Intrigue New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Aug 12 6:00PM to 11:00PM	Film free	Bill Condon's Oscar Winner Dreamgirls (2006): Ambition, Greed and Stardom New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Aug 12 8:00PM	Film Free tickets distributed 2 per person at Water St. entrance starting at 6pm	George Seaton's Oscar Winner The Country Girl (1954): From the Broadway Stage New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Aug 13 4:30PM	Screening free	French Cinema: Yves Robert's The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972) New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Aug 13 7:00PM	Screening free	Frederick Wiseman’s Documentary Aspen (1991) New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Aug 13 8:00PM	Film free	Carlos Saldanha & Mike Thurmeier's Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009): Computer Animation for Kids New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Aug 14 2:00PM	Film Free; RSVP recommended	McG's Charlie's Angels (2000): Jiggling for Justice New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Aug 14 2:30PM	Film free	Woody Allen's A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982): Three Couples, One House New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Aug 16 8:00PM	Film free	Sidney Lumet's Academy Award-Nominated 12 Angry Men (1957): Judgement Day New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Aug 16 8:30PM	Film free	Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids (2001): Juvenile James Bonds New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Aug 17 8:30PM	Screening free	Czech Films on the Rooftop New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Aug 18 8:00PM	Film free	J.J. Abrams' Oscar-Winning Star Trek (2009): Before the Final Frontier New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Aug 19 2:00PM	Film free	Nick Park & Steve Box's Academy Award Winner Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005): Garden-Variety Animation New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Aug 19 8:00PM	Film Free tickets distributed 2 per person at Water St. entrance starting at 6pm	Frank Oz's Oscar Nominee The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984): Antic Puppets Run Amok New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Aug 20 2:00PM	Film free	John Huston's Oscar-Winning The African Queen (1951): Boat to Oblivion New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Aug 20 4:30PM	Screening free	French Cinema: Yves Robert's Salut l’artiste (1973) New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Aug 20 7:00PM	Screening free	French Cinema: Marcel Hazanavicius' Le Caire, nid d’espions (2006) New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Aug 20 8:00PM	Film free	John Huston's Academy Award Nominee Annie (1982): Based on the Comic Strip New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Aug 20 8:00PM	Film free	Watch Rocky on an Aircraft Carrier New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Aug 21 2:00PM	Film free	Leonard Nimoy's Academy Award Nominee Star Trek IV: The Journey Home (1986): Ham on Wry New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Aug 21 2:00PM	Film Free; RSVP recommended	Kenny Ortega's Documentary This Is It (2009): The Jackson Concerts That Never Were New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Aug 23 8:00PM	Film free	Arthur Penn's Academy Award-Winning Bonnie and Clyde (1967): Young, In Love and Psychopathic New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Aug 23 8:30PM	Film free	Brad Bird's Oscar-Winning The Incredibles (2004): Animated Hero Family New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Aug 24 8:00PM	Film free	Alan Parker's Oscar Winner Fame (1980): The Original High School Musical New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Aug 24 8:30PM	Screening free	Czech Films on the Rooftop New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Aug 25 2:00PM	Film free	Alfred Hitchcock's Oscar Winner Rebecca (1940): Memory and Madness New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Aug 25 7:00PM to 9:00PM	Screening $10 suggested donation	Documentary: The End of Poverty? (2010) New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Aug 25 8:00PM	Film free	Tony Scott's The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009): Bad Day on the Subway New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Aug 26 2:00PM	Film free	Mike Newall's Academy Award-Nominated Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005): Under the Spell of the Franchise New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Aug 26 6:00PM to 11:00PM	Film free	Steven Spielberg's Academy Award Winner Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989): Father-Son Bonding New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Aug 26 7:00PM	Screening free	Work by Student Filmmakers New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Aug 26 8:00PM	Film free	John Badham's Oscar Nominee Saturday Night Fever (1977): Disco Salvation New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Aug 27 2:00PM	Film free	George Stevens' Oscar-Winning Woman of the Year (1942): The Big Story New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Aug 27 4:30PM	Film free	S. Sylvan Simon's Lust for Gold (1949): Driven by Greed New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Aug 27 8:00PM	Film free	Ida Lupino's Never Fear (The Young Lovers) (1950): Sidelined by Polio New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Aug 27 8:00PM	Film free	Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack's King Kong (1933): Going Ape New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Aug 28 12:00PM	Film Free; RSVP recommended	Ash Brannon & Chris Buck's Oscar-Nominated Surf's Up (2007): Penguins Hit the Waves New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Aug 28 2:00PM	Film free	Franklin J. Schaffner's Oscar-Nominated Planet of the Apes (1968): Simians vs. Humans New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Aug 28 2:00PM	Film Free; RSVP recommended	Stacy Peralta's Documentary Riding Giants (2004): Surfer Dudes Reflect New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Aug 28 8:00PM	Film free	A Movie on the Lawn New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Aug 31 8:30PM	Screening free	Czech Films on the Rooftop New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Sep 7 8:30PM	Screening free	Czech Films on the Rooftop New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Sep 14 8:30PM	Screening free	Czech Films on the Rooftop New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Sep 21 8:30PM	Screening free	Czech Films on the Rooftop New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Sep 28 8:30PM	Screening free	Czech Films on the Rooftop New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Oct 6 7:30PM	Screening Free; reservations required	Stanley Nelson's Documentary Freedom Riders (2010): Civil Rights Heroes New York City, NY; NYC