Long Beach has always had a soft spot for its shoreline traditions—and few are as beloved as Moonlight Movies on the Beach, returning for its 2025 outing come June 17 with its first screening, “The Goonies.” After almost not making a showing last year because of a lack of funding, the city’s free, summer-long series is back. It’s time to plop down on the sand with the Pacific as a backdrop and catch a movie under the stars.
Unlike years of past that experimented with various locations across the city, this year’s scaled back showings will all take place at Granada Beach.
Moonlight Movies on the Beach 2025: Lineup
This year’s screenings will all take place at Granada Beach, located at 5000 E. Ocean Blvd., at sundown.
- Tuesday, June 17: The Goonies
- Tuesday, June 24: Dirty Dancing
- Tuesday, July 8: 10 Things I Hate About You
- Tuesday, July 22: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
- Tuesday, Aug. 5: Grease: The Sing-a-Long
- Tuesday, Aug. 12: Lilo & Stitch (original animated version)
Moonlight Movies on the Beach has been a Long Beach tradition for a quarter of a century.
Moonlight Movies on the Beach isn’t just a summer pastime. It’s a Long Beach institution. What started as a simple idea to project a film on the sand has grown into a decades-deep tradition that reflects the city’s love of communal gatherings and rightful obsession with our shoreline. For many locals, it’s not summer without folding chairs planted in the sand, snacks in hand, and the warm hum of a crowd settling in for a movie under the stars…