free (and almost free) movies

Free movies/films/screenings are among the many free or low budget, inexpensive events of the highest quality that saturate New York City's everyday life! Please see below a schedule OF free movies/films/screenings that New York has to offer

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
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Fri, Sep 3 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Constructive Thinking New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Sep 3 2:00PM	Film free	Frank Launder's The Belles of St. Trinians (1954): Boarding-School Comedy New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Sep 3 2:00PM	Film Free; pre-registration required	Bennett Miller's Oscar-Winning Capote (2005): How In Cold Blood Was Written New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Sep 4 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Constructive Thinking New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Sep 5 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Constructive Thinking New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Sep 6 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Constructive Thinking New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Sep 7 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Constructive Thinking New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Sep 7 5:00PM	Screening free	Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000): Winner of 4 Oscars New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Sep 7 8:30PM	Screening free	Czech Films on the Rooftop New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Sep 8 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Constructive Thinking New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Sep 8 2:00PM	Film free	Anthony Mann's Railroaded! (1947): Noir Whodunit New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Sep 9 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Constructive Thinking New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Sep 9 5:30PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Constructive Thinking New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Sep 10 1:00PM	Screening free	German Thriller: Tom Tykwer's Run Lola Run (1998) New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Sep 10 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Constructive Thinking New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Sep 10 7:00PM	Screening free	An Evening of German Short Films New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Sep 10 7:00PM	Screening free	NY Export: Opus Jazz, a Filmed Jerome Robbins Ballet New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Sep 11 11:00AM	Screening Pay-what-you-will admission policy	Emmy-Winning Documentary: In Memoriam – New York City, 9/11/01 (2002) New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Sep 11 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Constructive Thinking New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Sep 11 2:00PM	Screening Pay-what-you-will admission policy	Emmy-Winning Documentary: In Memoriam – New York City, 9/11/01 (2002) New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Sep 12 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Constructive Thinking New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Sep 12 2:00PM	Screening free	Documentary: Melissa Young & Mark Dworkin's Good Food (2008) New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Sep 12 7:00PM	Screening free	Emmy-Winning Documentary: Cosmos: A Personal Voyage New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Sep 13 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Sep 13 6:00PM	Screening free	Classic Spanish Film: Pedro Almodovar's Oscar-Nominated Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Sep 14 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Sep 14 8:30PM	Screening free	Czech Films on the Rooftop New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Sep 15 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Sep 16 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Sep 16 5:30PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Sep 16 6:00PM	Screening free	Short Film on Design: Brilliant Simplicity New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Sep 17 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Sep 17 2:00PM	Film free	Chinese Cinema: Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle (2004) New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Sep 17 7:00PM	Screening free	Winners of the 2009 Morelia International Film Festival New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Sep 18 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Sep 19 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Sep 19 2:00PM	Screening free	Documentary: Ian Connacher's Addicted to Plastic (2008) New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Sep 20 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Sep 21 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Sep 21 5:00PM	Screening free	Animated French Film: Sylvain Chomet's The Triplets of Belleville (2003) New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Sep 21 6:30PM	Video free	Discussing Amitav Ghosh's Novel Sea of Poppies New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Sep 21 7:00PM	Screening free	Television from Germany: Tatort (1998) New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Sep 21 8:30PM	Screening free	Czech Films on the Rooftop New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Sep 22 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Sep 22 6:30PM	Video free	Kate Ascher discusses her book The Works: Anatomy of a City New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Sep 22 7:00PM to 9:00PM	Screening free	Documentary on Rural New York: Anna Farrell's Twelve Ways to Sunday (2010) New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Sep 23 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Sep 23 5:30PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Sep 24 1:00PM	Film free	Bennett Miller's Oscar-Winning Capote (2005): How In Cold Blood Was Written New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Sep 24 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Sep 24 2:00PM	Film free	Ralph Smart's Curtain Up (1952): The Show Must Go On New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Sep 24 6:30PM	Screening free	Television from Germany: Tatort (1999) New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Sep 25 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Sep 26 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Sep 26 2:00PM	Screening free	Documentary: Ian Cheney's The Greening of Southie (2007) New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Sep 27 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Sep 27 6:30PM	Screening Free; RSVP requested	Indecent Exposure: A Discussion and Screening of Films You are Unlikely to See Elsewhere New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Sep 28 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Sep 28 8:30PM	Screening free	Czech Films on the Rooftop New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Sep 29 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Sep 29 6:00PM	Screening free	Darius Marder's Documentary Loot: Some Things Are Buried for a Reason New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Sep 30 1:00PM to 4:05PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Sep 30 5:30PM	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Oct 6 7:30PM	Screening Free; reservations required	Stanley Nelson's Documentary Freedom Riders (2010): Civil Rights Heroes New York City, NY; NYC