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“Singin’ in the Rain” can be seen in Bound Brook, May 8.

Note: This list does not include regular theatrical runs for current films but is devoted to special screenings, film festivals and drive-in movies.

May 3: “The Gold Rush” with live music by Paragon Ragtime Orchestra at Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook.
May 3: “Zootopia at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.
May 3: “The King’s Warden at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.
May 3: “Night and the City at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.
May 3: “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” at Acme Screening Room, Lambertville.
May 3: “Empire of Passion” at The Clairidge, Montclair.
May 3: “The President’s Cake at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.
May 3: “I Swear” at Basie Center Cinema House, Red Bank.
May 3: “Michael” at Basie Center Cinema House, Red Bank.

May 3-6: “Fando and Lis” at Williams Center, Rutherford.
May 3-6: “All About My Mother” at Williams Center, Rutherford.
May 3-6: “Kara” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.
May 3-6: “Jetlee” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.
May 3-6: “The Drama” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.
May 3-6: “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.
May 3-6: “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.
May 3-6: “Deep Water” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.

May 3-7: “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” at Bernardsville Cinema 3.
May 3-7: “Michael” at Bernardsville Cinema 3.
May 3-7: “Mother Mary” at The Clairidge, Montclair.
May 3-7: “Michael” at The Clairidge, Montclair.
May 3-7: “Palestine 36” at The Clairidge, Montclair.
May 3-7: “The Christophers” at The Clairidge, Montclair.
May 3-7: “Project Hail Mary at The Bellevue, Montclair.
May 3-7: “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” at The Bellevue, Montclair.
May 3-7: “The Christophers” at Princeton Garden Theatre.
May 3-7: “The Devil Wears Prada 2” at Princeton Garden Theatre.
May 3-7: “Michael” at Teaneck Cinemas.
May 3-7: “The Devil Wears Prada 2” at Teaneck Cinemas.
May 3-7: “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” at Teaneck Cinemas.
May 3-7: “I Swear” at Teaneck Cinemas.
May 3-7: “Project Hail Mary” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.
May 3-7: “Raja Shivaji” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.
May 3-7: “Animal Farm” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.
May 3-7: “Hokum” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.
May 3-7: “Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.
May 3-7: “The Devil Wears Prada 2” at South Orange Cinemas.
May 3-7: “Michael” at South Orange Cinemas.
May 3-7: “Project Hail Mary” at South Orange Cinemas.
May 3-7: “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” at South Orange Cinemas.
May 3-7: “Patriot” at South Orange Cinemas.

May 3 and 5-7: “Michael” at Cranford Theater.
May 3 and 5-7: “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” at Cranford Theater.
May 3 and 5-7: “Project Hail Mary” at Cranford Theater.
May 3 and 5-7: “The Devil Wears Prada 2” at Cranford Theater.

May 3 and 6-7: “Michael” at IMAX Theatre at Tropicana, Atlantic City.
May 3 and 6-7: “Michael” at SModcastle Cinemas, Atlantic Highlands.
May 3 and 6-7: “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” at SModcastle Cinemas, Atlantic Highlands.
May 3 and 6-7: “Project Hail Mary” at SModcastle Cinemas, Atlantic Highlands.
May 3 and 6-7: “The Devil Wears Prada 2” at SModcastle Cinemas, Atlantic Highlands.
May 3 and 6-7: “Deep Water” at SModcastle Cinemas, Atlantic Highlands.

May 3-8: “The Devil Wears Prada 2” at Bernardsville Cinema 3.

May 3 and 9: “Sirāt” at Acme Screening Room, Lambertville.

May 3-10: “The Devil Wears Prada 2” at Chatham Hickory Cinema.

May 3-14: “The Devil Wears Prada 2” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.
May 3-14: “The Devil Wears Prada 2” at The Clairidge, Montclair.
May 3-14: “One Spoon of Chocolate” at The Clairidge, Montclair.

May 4: “Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back” at Williams Center, Rutherford.
May 4: “Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

May 5: New Lens Film Festival at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

May 6: “Band of Outsiders” at Princeton Garden Theatre.
May 6: “Memories of Murder at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

May 7: “It Needs Eyes” at Cranford Theater.
May 7: “Evangelion: 1.0, You Are (Not) Alone” at Williams Center, Rutherford.
May 7: “My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea” at Williams Center, Rutherford.
May 7: “Maintenance Artist” at Princeton Garden Theatre.

May 7-10, 13-17 and 20: “Mortal Kombat II” at IMAX Theatre at Tropicana, Atlantic City.

May 7-14: “Mortal Kombat II” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.
May 7-14: “The Sheep Detectives” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.
May 7-14: “Billie Eilish — HIt Me Hard and Soft: The Tour” at The Clairidge, Montclair.

May 8: “Mamma Mia!” at Chatham Hickory Cinema.
May 8: “Singin’ in the Rain” at Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook.
May 8: “Enter the Dragon” at The Bellevue, Montclair.

May 8-13: “Talk to Her” at Williams Center, Rutherford.
May 8-13: “The Dance of Reality” at Williams Center, Rutherford.

May 9: “Sing” at The Bellevue, Montclair.
May 9: “Grease” at The Bellevue, Montclair.
May 9: “The Sound of Music” at The Bellevue, Montclair.
May 9: “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” at Williams Center, Rutherford.
May 9: “Mommie Dearest” at ShowRoom Cinemas, Asbury Park.

May 9-10: “National Velvet at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

May 9 and 17: “Fantasy Life” at Acme Screening Room, Lambertville.

May 10 and 17: “The Christophers” at Acme Screening Room, Lambertville.

May 10: “The Sound of Music” at Princeton Garden Theatre.
May 10: “Terms of Endearment” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.
May 10: “The Extraordinary Caterpillar” at Acme Screening Room, Lambertville.

May 10-11: “Labyrinth” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.

May 10 and 13: “Fried Green Tomatoes” at Cranford Theater.
May 10 and 13: “Fried Green Tomatoes” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.

May 13: “Water Lilies by Monet: The Magic of Water and Light” at Bickford Theatre at Morris Museum, Morris Township.
May 13: “The Man Who Would Be King at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.
May 13: “Mother” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.
May 13: “Animal Crackers” at Chatham Hickory Cinema.

May 13, 15 and 17: “Top Gun: Maverick” at IMAX Theatre at Tropicana, Atlantic City.

May 13-20: “Top Gun” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.

May 13-14, 16 and 20: “Top Gun” at IMAX Theatre at Tropicana, Atlantic City.

May 14: “A Wind Named Amnesia” at Williams Center, Rutherford.
May 14: “Evangelion: 2.0, You Can (Not) Advance” at Williams Center, Rutherford.
May 14: “The Keeper” at The Clairidge, Montclair.

May 14-21: “In the Grey” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.
May 14-21: “Is God Is” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.

May 15-16: First Contact Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Animation Film Festival at SModcastle Cinemas, Atlantic Highlands.

May 15 and 29: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at Basie Center Cinema House, Red Bank.

May 15-20: “Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!” at Williams Center, Rutherford.
May 15-20: “El Topo” at Williams Center, Rutherford.

May 16: “TCB: The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing” plus performance by The Jerome Jennings Quintet at Acme Screening Room, Lambertville.
May 16: “Sisters” at ShowRoom Cinemas, Asbury Park.
May 16: “Sleeper” at The Boat House, Tuckerton.
May 16: “Love & Death” at The Boat House, Tuckerton.
May 16: “Beau Geste with live music at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

May 16-17: “Up at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

May 17: “Atlantic City at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.
May 17: Charlie Chaplin’s “A Night in the Show,” Buster Keaton’s “One Week” with live music by Thurnauer Silent Film Composers Project Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.
May 17: “Citizen Kane” at Art House Productions, Jersey City.

May 18: “The Chronology of Water” at Anchor Rock Club, Atlantic City.
May 18: “Attack on Titan: The Last Attack” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.

May 19-20: “That They May Be One” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.

May 20: “Parasite at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

May 21: “Pink Flamingos” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
May 21: “Evangelion: 3.0, You Can (Not) Redo at Williams Center, Rutherford.
May 21: “Vampire Hunter D at Williams Center, Rutherford.

May 21-28: “I Love Boosters” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.

May 21-29: “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” at Chatham Hickory Cinema.

May 21-31 and June 1-4: “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.

May 21-25 and 27-31 and June 3-7 and 10: “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” at IMAX Theatre at Tropicana, Atlantic City.

May 22: “Eyes Without a Face at Williams Center, Rutherford.

May 22-23: “The Skin I Live In at Williams Center, Rutherford.

May 23: “Breakfast at Tiffany’s at The Boat House, Tuckerton.
May 23: “The Kentucky Fried Movie” at The Boat House, Tuckerton.
May 23: “Dressed to Kill” at ShowRoom Cinemas, Asbury Park.
May 23: “The Goddess (featuring live music by Gary Lucas) plus “The Edge of Heaven Live: Chinese Pop Songs from the ’30s & ’40s,” performed by Lucas and singer-musician Feifei Yang, with photo show, at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

May 24: “5-25-77” at SModcastle Cinemas, Atlantic Highlands.

May 24 and 27: “Legally Blonde” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.

May 28: “No Country for Old Men” at ShowRoom Cinemas, Asbury Park.

May 28-31 and June 1-4: “Backrooms” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.
May 28-31 and June 1-4: “The Breadwinner” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.

May 29: “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. With New Jersey Symphony playing John Williams’ score, live.
May 29: “Tuner” at Princeton Garden Theatre.

May 29-31: New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival at Delta Hotel, Woodbridge.

May 29-June 7: New Jersey International Film Festival at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.

May 30: “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. With New Jersey Symphony playing John Williams’ score, live.
May 30: “Blow Out” at ShowRoom Cinemas, Asbury Park.
May 30: “Back to the Future” at The Boat House, Tuckerton.
May 30: “Surviving Picasso” at Acme Screening Room, Lambertville.

May 30 and June 27: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at Chatham Hickory Cinema.

May 31: “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” at State Theatre, New Brunswick. With New Jersey Symphony playing John Williams’ score, live.
May 31: “Elevator to the Gallows” at Cranford Theater.
May 31: “Baby Doll” at ShowRoom Cinemas, Asbury Park.

June 3: “Frida: Vida la Vida” at Bickford Theatre at Morris Museum, Morris Township.

June 7 and 10: “The Birdcage” at Cranford Theater.
June 7 and 10: “The Birdcage” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.

June 10: “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” at Chatham Hickory Cinema.

June 10-14: Lighthouse International Film Festival, Long Beach Island.

June 12: “The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
June 12: “Prom Night” at ShowRoom Cinemas, Asbury Park.

June 13: “Graduation Day” at ShowRoom Cinemas, Asbury Park.

June 17: “Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul” at Basie Center Cinema House, Red Bank.

June 18: “Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

June 19: “The Watermelon Woman” at ShowRoom Cinemas, Asbury Park.

June 21 and 24: “Ocean’s Eleven” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.

June 22: Pillion at Anchor Rock Club, Atlantic City.

June 24: “Inception at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

June 25: “Gone Girl” at ShowRoom Cinemas, Asbury Park.

June 28: “Goodbye Again” at ShowRoom Cinemas, Asbury Park.

July 2: “Independence Day,” Movies on the Beach at Convention Hall, Cape May.

July 3: “1776” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

July 5: “Jaws,”, Movies on the Beach at Fremont Avenue, Seaside Heights.

July 5 and 8: “Citizen Kane” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.

July 7: “A Minecraft Movie” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

July 9: “An American Tail,” Movies on the Beach at Convention Hall, Cape May.

July 12: “Zootopia 2,” Movies on the Beach at Fremont Avenue, Seaside Heights.

July 12-21: Axelrod Film Festival at Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal.

July 14: “Lilo & Stitch” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

July 15: “October Sky” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

July 16: “Miracle,” Movies on the Beach at Convention Hall, Cape May.

July 18: FilmOneFest, Atlantic Highlands.

July 19: “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” Movies on the Beach at Fremont Avenue, Seaside Heights.

July 21: “Zootopia 2” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

July 23: “National Treasure,” Movies on the Beach at Convention Hall, Cape May.

July 26: “The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants,” Movies on the Beach at Fremont Avenue, Seaside Heights.
July 26: “Lolita” at ShowRoom Cinemas, Asbury Park.

July 26-27: “The Fifth Element” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.

July 28: “How to Train Your Dragon” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

July 30: “Captain America,” Movies on the Beach at Convention Hall, Cape May.

Aug. 2: “Back to the Future,” Movies on the Beach at Fremont Avenue, Seaside Heights.
Aug. 2: “The Dark Crystal,” “Labyrinth” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

Aug. 2 and 5: “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” at Cranford Theater.
Aug. 2 and 5: “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.

Aug. 4: “The SpongeBob Movie: Escape for SquarePants” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Aug. 6: “Field of Dreams,” Movies on the Beach at Convention Hall, Cape May.

Aug. 9: “Lilo & Stitch,” Movies on the Beach at Fremont Avenue, Seaside Heights.

Aug. 13: “Jaws,” Movies on the Beach at Convention Hall, Cape May.

Aug. 16: “ET the Extra-Terrestrial,”, Movies on the Beach at Fremont Avenue, Seaside Heights.

Aug. 20: “Top Gun,” Movies on the Beach at Convention Hall, Cape May.

Aug. 23: “How to Train Your Dragon,” Movies on the Beach at Fremont Avenue, Seaside Heights.

Aug. 27: “Wonder Woman,” Movies on the Beach at Convention Hall, Cape May.

Aug. 30: “Charade” at ShowRoom Cinemas, Asbury Park.

Sept. 17: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

Sept. 18: “Moana” sing-along at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

Sept. 20: “Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Sept. 27: “The Graduate” at ShowRoom Cinemas, Asbury Park.

Oct. 4: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” with live appearance by Barry Bostwick at Scottish Rite Auditorium, Collingswood.

Oct. 9: “Airplane!” with appearances by actors Julie Hagerty and Robert Hays at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Oct. 10-14: “Gone With the Wind” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.

Oct. 16: “Coco” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

Oct. 16-25: Montclair Film Festival.

Oct. 18: “Ghostbusters” in Concert at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

Oct. 24: “Ghostbusters” at Cranford Theater.

Oct. 25: “Harold and Maude” at ShowRoom Cinemas, Asbury Park.

Oct. 30: “Carrie,” “Pet Sematary” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

Oct. 31: “Hotel Transylvania” at Cranford Theater.

Nov. 14: “A Christmas Story” with live appearance by Peter Billingsley at BergenPAC, Englewood.

Nov. 19: “The Karate Kid” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

Nov. 20: “Kung Fu Panda” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

Nov. 22-23: “A Beautiful Mind” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.

Nov. 29: “The Piano Teacher” at ShowRoom Cinemas, Asbury Park.

Dec. 6 and 9: “The Maltese Falcon” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.

Dec. 18-20: “It’s a Wonderful Life” at Regal Secaucus Showplace.

Dec. 19: “Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

Dec. 23: “The Polar Express” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

Dec. 27: “Carol” at ShowRoom Cinemas, Asbury Park.

Feb. 26: “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” with live music by New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Feb. 27: “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” with live music by New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.

Feb. 28: “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” with live music by New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

March 13: “World’s Best Short Films” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

May 20, 2027: “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” with live music by New Jersey Symphony at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

May 21, 2027: “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” with live music by New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

May 22, 2027: “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” with live music by New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.

May 23, 2027: “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” with live music by New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
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