Thursday, October 22
SF Latino Film Festival 2026: Films, Parties + Filmmaker Chats (Oct 22-Nov 1)
18th Cine+Más San Francisco Latino Film Festival runs October 22-November 1, 2026. The 18th Cine+Más San Francisco Latino Film Festival brings films from across the U.S., Latin America and Spain to venues throughout San Francisco. This year’s lineup celebrates Latino stories and filmmakers through documentaries, ...
2026 “San Francisco Latino Film Fest” Opening Night: Sesame Street Icon Doc (Roxie Theater)
18th Cine+Más San Francisco Latino Film Festival runs October 22 – November 1, 2026.
The 18th Cine+Más San Francisco Latino Film Festival brings films from across the U.S., Latin America and Spain to venues throughout San Francisco. This year’s lineup celebrates Latino stories and filmmakers through ...
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin (SF)
Join us for a filmscreening of B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin:
Hoping to follow in the footsteps of legends like David Bowie and CAN, Manchester punk rocker and early electronic music acolyte Mark Reeder arrives in a divided Berlin in 1979. Luckily, he films everything ...
Indie Sci-Fi Horror Comedy: “The Becomers” (Oakland)
Thursday, October 22 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm |
Cost: $15 | Shapeshifters Cinema
One of the most worth-reading film critics of our strange age, Last Week in End Times Cinema and Algorithm of the Night author A.S. Hamrah, joins Vital Signs Film Series for a screening of Zach Clark’s indie sci-fi horror comedy, co-presented and with books for sale by Pegasus ...
Friday, October 23
Free Tubi “Emochine” Mood Quiz + Watchlist Pop-Up in Oakland (Oct. 23-24)
Friday, October 23 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Oakland’s Prescott Market
On October 23 – 24, Tubi is bringing Emochine, a “mood machine,” to Prescott Market for a two-day interactive experience designed to get Oaklanders in touch with their feelings.
Take the quiz, find your mood, and Emochine will serve up a personalized list of what to ...
Free Outdoor Movie Night 2026 w/ Free Food + Free Popcorn (Parkside/Sunset)
🎬🍿 Movies in McCoppin is BACK for 2026! 🍿🎬 People of Parkside Sunset is excited to help bring outdoor movie nights back to our neighborhood! in October, grab your blankets, bring the kids, and join your neighbors at McCoppin Square. ✨ 📍 Taraval ...Every Friday
Mission Rock Fall Friday Night Movies – Fantastic Mr. Fox (China Basin Park)
Friday, October 23 – 6:30 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | China Basin Park
Movie nights are back at China Basin Park! Gather your friends and family and join us Friday nights this October for four cozy evenings of movies under the stars. Bring a blanket to the Great Lawn, grab your favorite movie-night snacks, and settle in for ...
Free ‘One Battle After Another’ Outdoor Movie Night (Proxy SF)
Friday, October 23 – 7:15 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Proxy SF
FREE and open to all!
Join us at PROXY for an epic revolutionary tale in One Battle After Another!
Bob is a washed-up revolutionary who lives in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited and self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces and ...
Saturday, October 24
“Blue Beetle” Free Outdoor Movie Night: SF Latino Film Festival (Spark Social)
Free outdoor screening of Blue Beetle at SPARK Social SF, in partnership with Cine+Mas San Francisco Latino Film Festival!
Cine+Más: Blue Beetle Movie Night – A Celebration of Latino Cinema and Community!
Join us for a special outdoor movie night presented by SPARK Social SF and Cine+Más ...
Free Casper (1995) Screening at the 4 Star (SF)
Free weekend-morning screenings of Casper (1995) at the 4 Star Theater’s Popcorn Palace, Saturday and Sunday at 10 AM. A family-friendly Halloween pick about a friendly ghost and his not-so-friendly uncles. Free admission.
PBS/Frontlines One In A Million Documentary with Q&A
Saturday, October 24 – 11:00 am |
Cost: $17.25 | Rialto Cinemas Elmwood
Post-screening Q&A with director Jack MacInnes & film subject, Israa moderated by Deborah Kaufman.
Filmed over ten years, One In A Million follows Israa from childhood to adulthood on an extraordinary journey from Syria to Germany — and back again. We first meet her at age ...
Silent Shorts Program
Watch a series of silent shorts that share a connection to performance, masks, doubles, alter egos, identity games, interior journeys – themes found in GaHee Park’s work. Enjoy themed snacks as part of this series inspired by GaHee Park’s exhibition “Behind the Curtain.” Free gallery ...
Free October “Movie Nights in the Park” 2026: The Sandlot (Half Moon Bay)
Saturday, October 24 – 7:30 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | John L. Carter Park
John L. Carter Park hosts three free outdoor movie nights in October: The Princess Bride on October 3, Grow on October 10, and The Sandlot on October 24. Screenings begin at 7:30 PM, 6:00 PM, and 7:30 PM respectively. Attendees are encouraged to bring a ...
Sunday, October 25
2026 San Francisco Latino Film Festival: Oca
18th Cine+Más San Francisco Latino Film Festival runs October 22-November 1, 2026. The 18th Cine+Más San Francisco Latino Film Festival brings films from across the U.S., Latin America and Spain to venues throughout San Francisco. This year’s lineup celebrates Latino stories and filmmakers through documentaries, ...
Tuesday, October 27
$6 Drive-In Movie Night in Concord & San Jose
One of the most socially-distant ways to have fun, The West Wind Drive-In theaters in both San Jose and Concord are open for good old-fashioned drive-in movie fun. West Wind Drive In Locations Solano Drive-In – 1611 Solano Way, Concord Capitol Drive-In – 3630 Hillcap ...Every Tuesday
Thursday, October 29
“Practical Magic 2” Halloween-Themed Outdoor Movie Night at Oracle Park (SF)
Giants Enterprises is bringing Movie Night back to Oracle Park with a special screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ Practical Magic 2 on Thursday, October 29, 2026. This will be the fourth annual collaboration between Giants Enterprises & Warner Bros., closely following the success of last year’s ...
2026 San Francisco Latino Film Festival: Bird of 400 Voices + Live Performance
18th Cine+Más San Francisco Latino Film Festival runs October 22-November 1, 2026. The 18th Cine+Más San Francisco Latino Film Festival brings films from across the U.S., Latin America and Spain to venues throughout San Francisco. This year’s lineup celebrates Latino stories and filmmakers through documentaries, ...
Halloween-Screening: Zombie Films (SF)
German cinema helped give birth to horror with classics like Nosferatu and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and a new generation of filmmakers is reviving that tradition today. After last year’s look at the genre films of the 1970s, this year we turn to the ...
SF Latino Film Fest: Los Cenzontles Film + Live Performance (KQED)
Gather in The Commons at KQED for the Bay Area premiere of Bird of Four Hundred Voices, a powerful documentary about Eugene Rodríguez, founder of Los Cenzontles. Part of the San Francisco Latino Film Festival.
For more than 35 years, Los Cenzontles has empowered generations of ...
Friday, October 30
SF’s Free Outdoor Movie Night “Despicable Me 4” Free Food + Popcorn (Parkside/Sunset)
🎬🍿 Movies in McCoppin is BACK for 2026! 🍿🎬 People of Parkside Sunset is excited to help bring outdoor movie nights back to our neighborhood! in October, grab your blankets, bring the kids, and join your neighbors at McCoppin Square. ✨ 📍 Taraval ...Every Friday
Mission Rock Fall Friday Night Movies – Coco (China Basin Park)
Friday, October 30 – 6:30 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | China Basin Park
Movie nights are back at China Basin Park! Gather your friends and family and join us Friday nights this October for four cozy evenings of movies under the stars. Bring a blanket to the Great Lawn, grab your favorite movie-night snacks, and settle in for ...
Free Halloween Queer Horror Short Films “Queer Monstrocities” at KALW (SF)
Celebrate Halloween at this screening & fundraiser supporting mutual aid for trans people and local public media
Join KALW on Friday, October 30 for a special Halloween edition of Solidarity Cinema, with screenings at 8:00 and 9:30 PM.
This month, we’ll be screening four short horror short ...
Saturday, October 31
Free Labyrinth (1986) Screening at SF’s 4 Star Theater
Jim Henson’s Labyrinth (1986), starring David Bowie, plays the 4 Star Theater on Halloween weekend, with free 10 AM screenings in the Popcorn Palace on Saturday 10/31 and Sunday 11/1. Evening shows are also scheduled.
The Red Shoes
See “The Red Shoes” (1948), cinema’s quintessential backstage drama about a rising star who is torn between the composer who loves her and the impresario determined to make her great. Enjoy themed snacks as part of this series inspired by GaHee Park’s exhibition “Behind the ...
2026 San Francisco Latino Film Festival: Maxita + Panel Discussion
18th Cine+Más San Francisco Latino Film Festival runs October 22-November 1, 2026. The 18th Cine+Más San Francisco Latino Film Festival brings films from across the U.S., Latin America and Spain to venues throughout San Francisco. This year’s lineup celebrates Latino stories and filmmakers through documentaries, ...
Classic 1931 “Frankenstein” 35mm Movie + Live Organ on Halloween (Paramount Theatre)
1931 | Rated NA | 1 hr 10m | 35 mm
Starring: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff
Directed By: James Whale
Based on Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein tells the tale of Henry Frankenstein, a scientist obsessed with creating human life using body parts from the recently deceased. He succeeds, ...
Halloween 2026: Trick-or-Treat Trail w/ Full-Size Candy Bars (SF’s Portola)
Portola’s Halloween celebration includes a 3-4 pm Haunted Hunt for ages 6-10 at Portola Library, followed by neighborhood trick-or-treating from 5-8 pm along Somerset, Burrows, and Bacon streets. The evening concludes with the free Spooky Garden Reverie at the Green Between from 6-10 pm, featuring ...
Free Halloween Horror Screening: “Ththng” at Live Worms (SF)
Find the streets of SF frightful on All Hallows Eve? Grab some snacks, huddle up and enjoy movie night with us at the Church of Mother Gong. THTHNG: Desolation Unknown is the 1st part of horror trilogy homage to one of the greatest horror films ...
Sunday, November 1
2026 San Francisco Latino Film Festival: Strawberry Lips (Queer Film Showcase)
18th Cine+Más San Francisco Latino Film Festival runs October 22-November 1, 2026. The 18th Cine+Más San Francisco Latino Film Festival brings films from across the U.S., Latin America and Spain to venues throughout San Francisco. This year’s lineup celebrates Latino stories and filmmakers through documentaries, ...
Tuesday, November 3
$6 Drive-In Movie Night in Concord & San Jose
One of the most socially-distant ways to have fun, The West Wind Drive-In theaters in both San Jose and Concord are open for good old-fashioned drive-in movie fun. West Wind Drive In Locations Solano Drive-In – 1611 Solano Way, Concord Capitol Drive-In – 3630 Hillcap ...Every Tuesday
Thursday, November 5
30th Arab Film Festival at SF’s AMC Kabuki (Nov. 5-14)
The 30th anniversary edition of the Arab Film Festival (AFF30), runs November 5–14, 2026 with more than 30 events across San Francisco, Oakland, and the South Bay, including film screenings, filmmaker conversations, panels, special presentations and community events, with select programming available virtually.
General admission to ...
Saturday, November 7
Free Filipino “Manilatown” Film Double Feature + Q&As at SFMOMA
“Two Films. One Manilatown Legacy.” brings two generations of San Francisco’s Manilatown and International Hotel history to the big screen at SFMOMA for a special FREE double-feature presentation.
At 1 PM, experience the San Francisco premiere of the newly enhanced and restored edition of Curtis Choy’s ...
Free “Wood Street” Film Screening on Oakland’s Unhoused + Q&A (SF Main Library)
WOOD STREET follows a year in the life of Oakland’s largest unhoused encampment as its residents face an imminent eviction that threatens to dismantle their community. As notices appear and police move in, residents organize — building barricades, filing lawsuits, and protesting at City Hall ...
Sunday, November 8
Free “Blankets & Blockbusters” Toy Story 5 Outdoor Movie (Thrive City)
Sunday, November 8 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 3:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Thrive City
Enjoy a free outdoor screening of Toy Story 5 at Thrive City on San Francisco’s largest plaza board. Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets and enjoy family-friendly movie-themed activities and a photo opportunity. The movie begins at 1PM, and space is limited to first-come, first-served. ...
2026 Dance Film Fest: Free “Leap” Screening + Onstage Dance (SF)
2026 San Francisco Dance Film Festival presents:
Leap!
A runaway hit with families at last year’s festival, Leap! is back by popular demand!
Sunday, November 8 at 1:30PM
Brava Theater
Suggested Donation: $10-15
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Monday, November 9
Cyberpunk Cinema Night | Mission Dist.
Monday, November 9 – 6:30 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | The Knockout
Cyberpunk Cinema, by Thrillhouse Records, presents cyberpunk movie classics at The Knockout in the Mission every second Monday of the month from 6:30-9 pm. They’ll show one episode of Cowboy Bebop at 6:30 pm, followed by the feature film. Use #cyberpunkcinema during the event to share ...Monthly
Tuesday, November 10
$6 Drive-In Movie Night in Concord & San Jose
One of the most socially-distant ways to have fun, The West Wind Drive-In theaters in both San Jose and Concord are open for good old-fashioned drive-in movie fun. West Wind Drive In Locations Solano Drive-In – 1611 Solano Way, Concord Capitol Drive-In – 3630 Hillcap ...Every Tuesday
Thursday, November 12
29th Anniversary San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (Nov. 12-14)
November 12-14, screenings at 7pm-8pm and 9pm-10pm each night\
Sliding scale tickets for screenings start at $5 (plus $1.28 fee)
The San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (SFTFF) celebrates 29 years of innovative, experimental, and outside-the-box films by transgender and gender-nonconforming filmmakers.
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Free “Arab Film Festival” Outdoor Movie Night at The Proxy (Hayes Valley)
An Evening of Love and Laughter: Arab Cinema Under the Stars
A FREE Outdoor Screening at The PROXY, Hayes Valley Neighborhood, San Francisco
For the first time ever, the Arab Film Festival celebrates its 30 year anniversary by taking cinema outdoors! Join us under the stars for ...
Tuesday, November 17
$6 Drive-In Movie Night in Concord & San Jose
One of the most socially-distant ways to have fun, The West Wind Drive-In theaters in both San Jose and Concord are open for good old-fashioned drive-in movie fun. West Wind Drive In Locations Solano Drive-In – 1611 Solano Way, Concord Capitol Drive-In – 3630 Hillcap ...Every Tuesday
Wednesday, November 18
’80s NYC Underground: Free “Mondo New York” Film (Live Worms Gallery)
Catch a free screening of Mondo New York in North Beach.
This cult film offers a dreamlike look at New York’s late-’80s underground scene, moving through clubs, strange encounters, performance art, and an unforgettable cast of downtown characters. Atmospheric, messy, stylish, and deeply of its moment, ...
Saturday, November 21
Touki Bouki
Join us for Djibril Diop Mambéty’s stunning film that mixes the surreal and the naturalistic to paint a vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s.
Enjoy the film and free snacks, hand-picked by the series curator. Come early or stay late to visit our ...
Tuesday, November 24
$6 Drive-In Movie Night in Concord & San Jose
One of the most socially-distant ways to have fun, The West Wind Drive-In theaters in both San Jose and Concord are open for good old-fashioned drive-in movie fun. West Wind Drive In Locations Solano Drive-In – 1611 Solano Way, Concord Capitol Drive-In – 3630 Hillcap ...Every Tuesday
Friday, November 27
Free “Holiday Light Spectacular” 2026 at Marin County Fairgrounds (Nov. 27-Jan 3)
Come one come all and experience the Holiday Light Spectacular! People of all ages are welcome to experience enchanting evenings of magical light displays, dazzling pathways, festive photo ops, and so much more. As you make your way through the lights, you’ll make unforgettable holiday ...
Saturday, November 28
“Black Girl” + Free Snacks at YBCA (SF)
Watch Ousmane Sembène’s landmark debut about a young Senegalese woman who moves to France to work for a wealthy couple, only to find their home becomes a figurative and literal prison.
Enjoy the film and free snacks, hand-picked by the series curator. Come early or stay ...
Saturday, December 5
La Femme au Couteau (The Woman with the Knife)
Watch this daring drama that tells the story of a man on the Ivory Coast seeking old and new worlds as he is haunted by visions of a woman who alternately threatens and beseeches him.
Enjoy the film and free snacks, hand-picked by the series curator. ...
Wednesday, December 9
West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty
See director Med Hondo’s cinematic reimagining of an entire people’s history of resistance and struggle that investigates more than three centuries of imperialist oppression in this musical drama.
Enjoy the film and free snacks, hand-picked by the series curator. Come early or stay late to visit ...
Monday, December 14
Cyberpunk Cinema Night | Mission Dist.
Monday, December 14 – 6:30 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | The Knockout
Cyberpunk Cinema, by Thrillhouse Records, presents cyberpunk movie classics at The Knockout in the Mission every second Monday of the month from 6:30-9 pm. They’ll show one episode of Cowboy Bebop at 6:30 pm, followed by the feature film. Use #cyberpunkcinema during the event to share ...Monthly
Thursday, December 31
3rd Annual “A Very Purple NYE” w/ Purple Rain And Sign “O” The Times (Vogue Theatre)
Thursday, December 31 – 9:00 pm - Ends at 2:00 am |
Cost: $25 | Vogue Theatre
The VOGUE Theatre Presents ~
A Very Purple New Years Eve!
3rd Annual NYE Party!
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