Just as sure as you’re hanging up lights and listening to “All I Want For Christmas Is You” for the fiftieth time, it’s time to queue up your favorite classic holiday movies.
Luckily, lots of NYC movie theaters have special screenings during December, so we’ve rounded up what’s going to be playing in a theater near you. Get your friends together and quote your favorite lines along with candy canes and popcorn (or cocktails and sandwiches, a lot of these theaters actually serve meals and drinks!).
Here’s where to go and what classics are playing so you can add your holiday favorites to your calendar:
Nitehawk Cinema: 136 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn
- Elf: Saturday, December 7 at 11 am
- Scrooged: Saturday, December 14 at 11am
- Love Actually: Saturday, December 21 at 10:45am
- The Muppet Christmas Carol: Saturday, December 21 at 11am
Purchase tickets on their website.
IFC Center: 323 6th Ave
- It’s a Wonderful Life: Various times Friday, December 6 – Wednesday, December 25.
See their website for the schedule.
Alamo Drafthouse: 445 Albee Square West, Brooklyn
- Elf Movie Party: Thursday, December 5 at 9:30pm and Sunday, December 8 at 12pm
Purchase tickets on their website here.
Regal Cinemas: Multiple Locations
For four Saturdays November 30 – December 21, Regal Cinemas plays classic holiday movies at 1pm for just $5 per ticket. These are the dates and movies:
- Elf: November 30
- Gremlins: December 7
- The Polar Express: December 14
- National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation: December 21
And here are the NYC Regal Theaters they’re playing at:
- Regal E-Walk 4DX & RPX, 247 W 42nd St
- Regal UA Kaufman Astoria & RPX, 35-30 38th St, Long Island City
- Regal UA Sheepshead Bay IMAX & RPX, 3907 Shore Pkwy, Brooklyn
- Regal UA Court Street & RPX, 106 Court St, Brooklyn
- Regal UA Staten Island & RPX, 2474 Forest Ave, Staten Island
Purchase tickets at the box office or online at the location’s website.
Syndicated: 40 Bogart St, Brooklyn, NY
- Various showings in December, including: Carol, A Christmas Story, The Holiday, Gremlins, Scrooged, Home Alone, Elf, and It’s A Wonderful Life.
See dates, times and purchase tickets on their website.
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