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SF’s “Bring Your Own Dog” Outdoor Movie Night
By - posted 8/21/2018
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SF Parks Alliance, DoTheBay, and Alamo Drafthouse host Sundown Cinema, an outdoor movie series spread across four iconic San Francisco parks. Expect food, drinks, music, neighborhood fun, and film selections that both cinephiles and casual moviegoers will love. Sundown Cinema will not only celebrate the unique character and beauty of San Francisco’s more...

Big Brother is Watching You: Free “1984” Film Day
By - posted 4/2/2017
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For one day, big brother can be watched by you. YBCA is proud to join over 100 film and video exhibitors nationwide in showing this adaptation of George Orwell’s terrifying (and timely) dystopian novel 1984 on April 4, the “cold day in April” on which the novel and film begin. 1984 Free more...

Free Drive-In Movie Night
By - posted 9/18/2016
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The West Wind Drive-in movie theaters in Concord and San Jose host a Free Drive-in Movie Night twice a year including a festival with live music, games and $1 nachos. All movies are double features. Admission is free. Gates open at 6 pm. Films start at dusk. Arrive early. Free Drive-In Movie Night Thursday, September 22, 2016 Gates more...

The Kickstarter Film Festival
By - posted 10/11/2015
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For one night only, 31 theaters across the country and Canada — some of them funded with Kickstarter — will be screening and hosting their biggest festival yet. In San Francisco, the fest will be screened at Roxie Theater in the Mission District from 7-9 pm on Thursday, October 15, 2015. Kickstarter Film more...

Free Sing-Along “Wizard of Oz” Movie Night
By - posted 8/10/2014
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Show up in costume and enjoy an evening of song, dance and cult movie classics on the waterfront with free outdoor screenings of popular musicals, as part of Jack London Square’s Sing-along Cinemas. This lively film series will screen fan favorites on special evenings at sundown. 2014 Sing-Along Movie Series Jack London Square, Oakland FREE August more...

Free Castro Theatre Movie Night
By - posted 10/16/2013
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Break out the Halloween costume early, walk the red carpet and catch a free screening of the inspirational documentary Project Happiness. Red Carpet Costume Party & Free Movie Night Thursday, October 17, 2013 (7p) Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St., SF FREE, but an RSVP is required. They will happily accept donations; all proceeds go to the non-profit more...

Hair Movie Night: Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
By - posted 10/7/2013
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Morphic hosts free hair movie night meet-ups at their studio every first Monday of the month. What’s a hair movie? It’s a film that has an iconic hair style that people often reference when asked to create an inspired style. They’ll be featuring tons of style icons throughout the year, and more...

Free Drive-In Movie Night
By - posted 8/20/2013
Free Movie Screenings

The West Wind Drive-in movie theaters in Concord and San Jose host a Free Drive-in Movie Night, plus a festival with live music and games. All movies are double features. Admission is free. Gates open at 6 pm. Films start at dusk. Arrive early.

Iconic Hair Movie Night
By - posted 8/5/2013
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Morphic hosts free hair movie night meet-ups at their studio every first Monday of the month. What’s a hair movie? It’s a film that has an iconic hair style that people often reference when asked to create an inspired style. They’ll be featuring tons of style icons throughout the year, and even re-creating their hairstyles. After an in-flight anti-gravity striptease (masked by more...

Big Lebowski Movie Night
By - posted 8/4/2013
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Head to Milk Bar for Throwback Movie Night, a fun movie night with your favorite throwbacks from back in the day.The movie starts at 9 pm. Admission is free and so is the popcorn, but bring some money for drinks. The Big Lebowski Free Movie Night Monday, August 5, 2013 – 9p Milk Bar, 1840 Haight more...

Film Night in the Park
By - posted 8/3/2013
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Every summer Film Night in the Park puts on free outdoor movies in parks throughout San Francisco and the Bay Area. Films are free of charge in beautiful park settings and projected on a giant outdoor screen. Arrive early, spread out a blanket, and picnic prior to the screening, but avoid bringing chairs. Film Night in more...

San Francisco Library Free Film Festival
By - posted 7/14/2013
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Watch 20 Films at 20 Branches throughout the month of July 2013. Come out and enjoy a movie at your neighborhood branch and explore other branches during the Second Annual SF Library Film Festival.  Free popcorn is supposed to be provided at all of the screenings (just don’t whine if it’s not more...

Free Movie Monday
By - posted 5/26/2013
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Funcheap just got a ton of sneak preview movie passes dumped in our laps – over 200 – and we’re going to give them all away on Memorial Day, Monday May 27, 2013. Come to Maxfield’s House of Caffeine in the Mission on Monday between 1pm and 2pm, and you can have more...

Castro Theater Free Movie Night
By - posted 4/14/2013
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Turner Classic Movies is hosting a special free screening of the 1963 Peter Sellers classic film The Pink Panther at the Castro Theater on April 16, 2013. TCM Classic Film Festival “The Pink Panther” (1963) plus Q&A with special guest, Robert Wagner Tuesday, April 16, 2013 (7:30pm) Free, but RSVP is required Admission is first come, more...

Cinema Drafthouse Free Movie Night: Skyfall
By - posted 2/24/2013
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The rock concert venue The Independent hosts Monday night free movie screenings called Cinema Drafthouse. Admission is free, but there’s a two-drink minimum (which we’ve never actually seen enforced). During movie nights, the Independent also serves pitchers of beers, something they don’t do during concerts. Skyfall | Cinema Drafthouse Monday, February 25, 2013 (7:30p) The more...