outdoor movie

Film under stars

An outdoor movie is a film screening held outside, typically after dark with the audience watching from lawn chairs, blankets, or cars.

The term covers both drive-in theaters and informal screenings in parks or backyards: The city hosts outdoor movies in the park every summer.

Related

film reel · stars · open air · lawn · lawn chairs · dusk · summer · picnic · twilight · mosquitoes · under the stars · folding chairs · speakers · concession · romance · nostalgia · flickering · classic films

Categories
Opposites
viewing venue/setting

outdoor moviemovie theater

Venue for film screenings

cinema · multiplex · IMAX theater · screening room · cineplex

formality of exhibition

outdoor movietheatrical release

Film shown in theaters

movie palace · art house cinema

viewing formality

outdoor moviefilm premiere

Movie's inaugural public showing

private screening · press screening

Family

outdoor, movie, door, outdoors, doors, doored, movies

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G