This summer, families can enjoy free or low-cost movies several times a week at various locations like movie theaters, parks, drive-ins, and libraries. With so many options to choose from, it's the perfect time to plan some movie-watching fun! This page will be updated regularly so check often!
AMC Summer Movie Camp 2025
From June 23rd through August 13th, participating AMC locations will feature a great lineup of animated family favorites. Enjoying recent animated hits on the big screen for $3 per ticket (plus tax)!
Movies will be shown on Mondays and Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
June 23 & 25: The Bad Guys
June 30 & July 2: Minions: The Rise of Gru
July 7 & 9: Despicable Me 4
July 14 &16: Kung Fu Panda 4
July 21 & 23: The Wild Robot
July 28 & 30: Shrek
August 4 & 6: Migration
August 11 & 13: The Secret Life of Pets
Location:
- 1100 Alverser Dr, Midlothian, VA 23113
Cinema Cafe Summer Movie Series 2025
The 2025 Summer Series will only be available Jun 23 – Aug 14, at select locations, with a different movie each week.
Tickets will go on sale weekly. Click the poster to buy tickets (when opened for sale). Showtime starts at 10:30 AM.
June 23 - 26: Hop
June 30 - July 3: The Grinch
July 7 - 10: Migration
July 14 - 24: Sing
July 21 - 24: The Lorax
July 28 - 31: Sing 2
August 4 - 7: Despicable Me
August 11 - 14: The Secret Life of Pets
Location:
- 12006 Bermuda Crossroad Ln, Chester, VA 23831
Purchase Tickets: Summer Series - Cinema Cafe
FREE Flicks @ Beaty Theatre
Looking for a fun family night out at the movies? Join us on select Friday evening for a free night of flicks. Family and Morale, Welfare & Recreation has a calendar stacked with whimsical animated fantasies, laugh-out-loud comedies, and action-packed adventures all cued up to show at the Beaty Theater Movie Nights. The kids movie screen at 5:30 p.m.; movies for more mature audience screen at 7:30 p.m.
Check here for updates: Free Flicks at Beaty Theater :: Ft. Gregg-Adams :: US Army MWR
Location:
- Gregg Avenue, BLDG 4300, Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia 23801
Ft. Gregg-Adams: Dive In @ Battle Drive Pool
Your favorite "dive-in" movie nights are back this summer at the Battle Drive Pool! š¬ššæ
The first Dive-In Movie will be a screening of fun, family-friendly movie, Moana 2, on June 13, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
The movie will start at 8:30 p.m., and drinks and snacks will be available for purchase.
Event admission is FREE for E5 and below and pass holders, $4 for E6 and above Active Duty, family members, retirees and civilians, and $10 for non-DoD guests.
For details, call +1(804) 734-6067.
Location:
- Battle Drive, behind the Fort Gregg-Adams Club, Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia 23801
Hopewell: Movies in the Park
Monthly series at Mathis Park in Hopewell. FREE Movie, popcorn and activities provided by Hopewell Recreation & Parks. Activities start at 7:30 PM and the movie begins at 8:30 PM.
June 7: Sonic 3
July 26: Moana 2
August 23: Wicked
Location:
- 3500 River Rd, Hopewell, VA 23860
Regal Summer Movie Express
$1 Family Movies for Summer Break
Enjoy a series of great family movies returning to the big screen. Each week from June 10 to August 6, get $1 Summer Movie Express tickets to the first show on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
| June 10 & 11 | Sing 2 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish | |
| June 17 & 18 | Trolls Band Together IF | |
| June 24 & 25 | Sonic The Hedgehog 2 The Bad Guys | |
| July 1 & 2 | Sonic The Hedgehog 3 The Wild Robot | |
| July 8 & 9 | Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Paw Patrol: The Movie | |
| July 15 & 16 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie | |
| July 22 & 23 | Kung Fu Panda 4 Despicable Me 4 | |
| July 29 & 30 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem The Garfield Movie | |
| August 5 & 6 | Minions: The Rise of Gru Paddington in Peru |
Locations:
- 5001 Commonwealth Centre Pkwy, Midlothian, VA 23112
- 361 Perimeter Dr, Midlothian, VA 23113
- 300 Southpark Cir, Colonial Heights, VA 23834
