2025 Summer Movies in Long Beach & Orange County

Updated: Summer 2025

Enjoy summer movies in Long Beach and Orange County!

Warm summer nights means snuggling up with the family for outdoor movies at the beach or the park! Bring your lawn chairs, pack a picnic, and enjoy this all-time favorite summer outing.

*Note: Details may change without notice! Be sure to confirm all dates and locations with the organizer.

Summer Movies Near Long Beach

Artesia

City of Artesia: Movies in the Park

• June 20 – Moana 2 (Artesia Park)
• July 18 – Sonic 3 (Artesia Park)
• August 15 – Captain America: Brave New World (Artesia Park)

Bellflower

City of Bellflower: Summer Family Activities

• June 13: Moana 2 & Summer Kick-Off Event (Caruthers Park)
• July 1: Wicked (Mayne Parking Structure Rooftop)
• August 5: Dog Man & National Night Out (Thompson Park)

Lakewood

City of Lakewood: Movie Night Under the Stars

• June 20 – Sonic 3 (Monte Verde Park)
• July 11 – Captain America: Brave New World (Palms Park)
• July 25 – Moana 2 (Mayfair Pool)
• August 15 – Mufasa: The Lion King (Biscailuz Park)

Long Beach

Queen Mary: Movie Night Market

• June 13 – Practical Magic
• July 16 – The Goonies
• August 6 – Ratatouille

2ND & PCH: Movies & Moonlight

• June 13 – The Goofy Movie
• July 11 – The Wild Robot
• August 22 – Moana 2

City of Long Beach: Movies in the Park

• June 16 – Inside Out 2 (Davenport Park)
• June 18 -Inside Out 2 (Somerset Park)
• June 20 – Inside Out 2 (Signal Hill Park)
• June 23 – The Garfield Movie (Drake Park)
• June 25 – The Garfield Movie (Grace Park)
• June 27 – The Garfield Movie (Orizaba Park)
• June 30 – The Wild Robot (McBride Park)
• July 2 – The Wild Robot (Heartwell Park)
• July 7 – Moana 2 (Pan American Park)
• July 9 – Moana 2 (Admiral Kidd Park)
• July 11 – Moana 2 (Whaley Park)
• July 14 – Mufasa: The Lion King (Veterans Park)
• July 16 – Mufasa: The Lion King (Coolidge Park)
• July 18 – Mufasa: The Lion King (Bixby Park)
• July 21 – Sonic 3 (Recreation Park)
• July 23 – Sonic 3 (Stearns Champions Park)
• July 26 – Sonic 3 (El Dorado Park West)
• July 28 – Snow White (Mother’s Beach)
• July 30 – Snow White (Scherer Park)
• August 1 – Snow White (Cherry Park)
• August 4 – Minecraft (M.L. King Jr. Park)
• August 6 – Minecraft (Chavez Park)
• August 8 – Minecraft (El Dorado Archery Range)
• August 11 – Wicked (College Estates Park)
• August 13 – Wicked (Silverado Park)
• August 15 – Wicked (Wardlow Park)
• August 18 – Captain America: Brave New World (Ramona Park)
• August 20 – Captain America: Brave New World (Houghton Park)
• August 22 – Captain America: Brave New World (Signal Hill Park)

Moonlight Movies on the Beach

• June 17 – The Goonies (Granada Beach)
• August 12 – Lilo and Stitch (Granada Beach)

Paramount

City of Paramount: Summer Movie Nights

• June 13 – The Wild Robot (Progress Park)
• June 20 – Mufasa: The Lion King (Progress Park)
• July 18 – Moana 2 (Progress Park)
• July 25 – Sonic 3 (Progress Park)

Rancho Palos Verdes

City of Rancho Palos Verdes: Movies in the Park

• June 14 – Moana 2 (Ken Dyda Civic Center)
• July 12 – Top Gun (Ken Dyda Civic Center)
• August 9 – The Wild Robot (Ken Dyda Civic Center)

Santa Fe Springs

City of Santa Fe Springs: Movies in the Park

• June 28 – Inside Out 2 (Lakeview Park)
• July 12 – Wicked (Los Nietos Park)
• August 9 – The Wild Robot (Lakeview Park)
• August 23 – Minecraft (Los Nietos Park)

Stanton

City of Stanton: Movies Under the Stars

• July 11 – Moana 2 (Stanton Central Park)
• July 18 – Despicable Me 4 (Stanton Central Park)
• July 25 – Kung Fu Panda 4 (Stanton Central Park)
• August 1 – Inside Out 2 (Stanton Central Park)

Torrance

City of Torrance: Movies in the Park

• June 14 – Dog Man (La Romeria Park)
• July 12 – Moana 2 (De Portola Park)
• August 9 – Sonic 3 (Wilson Park)

Whittier

City of Whittier: Movies in the Park

• June 14 – Despicable Me (Guirado Park)
• July 19 – Moana 2 (Palm Park)
• August 9 – Cars (Parnell Park)
• September 27 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Penn Park)
• October 12 – Beetlejuice + Beetlejuice 2 (Michigan Park)

Summer Movies in Orange County

Aliso Viejo

Aliso Viejo Community Association: Movie Nights

• June 6 – Moana 2 (Grand Park)
• June 20 – Kung Fu Panda 4 (Grand Park)
• July 11 – The Wild Robot (Grand Park)
• July 25 – Mufasa: The Lion King (Grand Park)
• August 8 – Toy Story 4 (Grand Park)

City of Aliso Viejo: Movie Night

• June 1 – The Emperor’s New Groove (Aliso Viejo Ranch)
• October 10 – The Nightmare Before Christmas (Aliso Viejo Ranch)

Brea

City of Brea: Family Films

• June 20 – The Wild Robot (Civic Center)
• June 27 – A Goofy Movie (Civic Center)
• July 11 – Big Hero 6 (City Hall Park)
• July 18 – The Might Ducks (City Hall Park)

Buena Park

City of Buena Park: Dive-In Movies

• June 12 – Moana (Peak Park Pool)
• July 10 – Lilo & Stitch (Peak Park Pool)
• August 14 – Finding Nemo (Peak Park Pool)

Costa Mesa

City of Costa Mesa: Movies in the Park

• June 14 – Sonic 3 (Shiffer Park)
• July 12 – Moana 2 (Balearic Park)
• August 9 – The Iron Giant (Downtown Recreation Center Backyard)

Segerstrom Center for the Arts: Movie Mondays

• July 7 – Coco
• July 14 – Crazy Rich Asians
• July 21 – A League of Their Own
• July 28 – The Princess Diaries
• August 4 – In the Heights

Dana Point

City of Dana Point: Movies in the Park

• June 6 – Moana 2 (Dana Crest Park)
• June 13 – Mufasa: The Lion King (Sunset Park)
• June 20 – Sing (Sea Terrace Park)
• June 27 – Despicable Me 4 (Del Obispo Park)

Fountain Valley

City of Fountain Valley: Movie in the Park

• August 5 – Despicable Me 4 & National Night Out (FV Sports Park)
• August 15 – Inside Out 2 (FV Sports Park)

Fullerton

CIty of Fullerton: Movies in the Park

• July 2 – TBA
• July 9 – TBA
• July 16 – TBA
• July 23 – TBA
• July 30 – TBA

Garden Grove

City of Garden Grove: Outdoor Movie Series

• June 6 – Inside Out 2 (Magnolia Park)
• August 8 – Wicked Sing Along (Historic Main Street)

Huntington Beach

City of Huntington Beach: Summer Movie Nights

• July 11 – Moana 2 (Murdy Park)
• July 25 – Inside Out 2 (Edison Park)
• August 8 – Elemental (Lake Park)
• August 22 – Wicked (Worthy Park)

Irvine

City of Irvine: Movies on the Lawn

• June 13 – Harold and the Purple Crayon (Hicks Canyon)
• July 18 – Mufasa: The Lion King (Hicks Canyon)
• July 25 – Sonic 3 (Hicks Canyon)
• August 8 – Inside Out 2 (Hicks Canyon)

City of Irvine: Super Swim Lesson

• June 27 – Movie TBA (William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center)

Irvine Spectrum Center: Movies Under the Stars

• May 17 – Moana 2
• June 1 – Despicable Me 4
• June 8 – The Garfield Movie
• June 15 – Mufasa: The Lion King
• June 22 – Kung Fu Panda 4
• June 29 – Frozen
• July 6 – Captain America: Brave New World
• July 13 – The Spongebob Movie
• July 20 – Sonic the Hedgehog 3
• July 27 – The Wild Robot
• August 3 – Moana 2
• August 10 – Elemental
• August 17 – Inside Out 2
• August 24 – Wicked
• August 31 – IF

La Habra

City of La Habra: Movies in the Park

• May 16 – The Sandlot (Portola Park)
• June 13 – Moana 2 (Portola Park)
• June 27 – Mufasa: The Lion King (Portola Park)
• July 12 – Shrek (Portola Park)
• July 26 – Arthur Christmas (Portola Park)
• August 9 – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Portola Park)

La Palma

City of La Palma: Central Park Cinema

• August 8 – Moana 2 (La Palma Central Park)
• August 15 – Guardians of the Galaxy (La Palma Central Park)
• August 22 – The Incredibles (La Palma Central Park)
• August 29 – A League of Their Own (La Palma Central Park)

Lake Forest

City of Lake Forest: Movies in the Park

• June 13 – Inside Out 2 (LF Sports Park)
• July 11 – Moana 2 (LF Sports Park)
• August 8 – Encanto (LF Sports Park)

Newport Beach

City of Newport Beach: Movie in the Park

• June 6 – Moana 2 (Marina Park)
• July 11 – Madagascar (Mariners Park)
• September 5 – A Minecraft Movie (Sunset Ridge Park)
• October 3 – Lilo and Stitch (Irvine Terrace Park)

OC Parks

Sunset Cinema Series

• June 6 – Despicable Me 4 (Carbon Canyon Regional Park, Brea)
• June 13 – Charlies Angles (Carbon Canyon Regional Park, Brea)
• June 20 – Inside Out 2 (Craig Regional Park, Fullerton)
• June 27 – Hercules (Craig Regional Park, Fullerton)
• July 11 – Mufasa: The Lion King (Mason Regional Park, Irvine)
• July 18 – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Yorba Regional Park, Anaheim)
• July 25 – Miss Congeniality (Yorba Regional Park, Anaheim)
• August 1 – Twisters (Laguna Niguel Regional Park, Laguna Niguel)
• August 8 – The Greatest Showman (Laguna Niguel Regional Park, Laguna Niguel)
• August 15 – Elemental (Irvine Regional Park, Orange)
• August 22 – Shrek (Irvine Regional Park, Orange)
• August 29 – Moana 2 (Salt Creek Beach, Dana Point)

Placentia

City of Placentia: Movies in the Park

• June 27 – Inside Out 2 (Champions Sport Complex)
• July 11 – Despicable Me 4 (Parque De Los Ninos)
• July 25 – Mufasa: The Lion King (Parque De Los Vaqueros)
• August 8 – Nacho Libre (McFadden Park)
• August 22 – Goonies (Koch Park)

Rossmoor

Rossmoor Community Services: Movie in the Park

• June 20 – Sonic 3 (Rush Park)
• July 18 – Moana 2 (Rush Park)
• August 15 – Snow White (Rush Park)

Santa Ana

City of Santa Ana: Movies in the Park

• June 6 – The Garfield Movie (El Salvador Park)
• June 13 – Despicable Me 4 (Santiago Park)
• June 20 – Moana 2 (Windsor Park)
• June 27 – Inside Out 2 (Jerome Park)
• July 11 – Lilo & Stitch (2002) (Carl Thornton Park)
• July 18 – Toy Story (Memorial Park)
• July 25 – Madagascar (Santa Ana Zoo)

Tustin

City of Tustin: Movies in the Park

• June 27 – Lilo & Stitch (Veterans Sports Park)
• July 11 – Luca (Peppertree Park)
• July 18 – Finding Dory (Frontier Park)
• July 25 – Surf’s Up (Cedar Grove Park)
• August 1 – Moana 2 (Camino Real Park)

Westminster

City of Westminster: Movie Nights

• July 10 – Inside Out 2 (Civic Center Sunken Gardens)
• July 17 – Finding Nemo (Civic Center Sunken Gardens)
• July 24 – Moana 2 (Civic Center Sunken Gardens)
• July 31 – Despicable Me 4 (Civic Center Sunken Gardens)

Yorba Linda

City of Yorba Linda: Movies in the Park

• June 21 – Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Hurless Barton Park)
• July 19 – Dog Man (Eastside Community Park)
• August 16 – TBD (Hurless Barton Park)
• September 20 – TBD (Eastside Community Park)
• October 18 – TBD (Hurless Barton Park)

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