Summer Cinema in Vienna 2026: The Best Open-Air Cinemas & Movie Nights. Watching films under the open sky has become a quintessential summer tradition. This year, you can once again look forward to a fantastic selection of classic films and new releases from Austria and around the world. Here are the best open-air cinemas in Vienna for summer 2026.
1. KARLSkino
2. Cinema like never before
3. Sunset Cinema
4. Rooftop Cinema
5. Frameout Open-Air Cinema at the MQ
6. Silent & Loud
7. Market Cinema
8. Film Festival at City Hall Square
9. Architecture.Film.Summer 2026
10. dotdotdot Open Air Short Film Festival
Every year, the open-air cinema at Karlsplatz, in the heart of Vienna, offers an excellent selection of films. From 6 to 19 July, a different movie is screened every evening. Screenings begin at 9:00 PM, and admission is free.
Programme
6 July – Little Trouble Girls
7 July – Do You Love Me
8 July – Memory Hotel
9 July – Oh My God!: First Reformed
10 July – Coexistence, My Ass!
11 July – Oh My God!: The Holy Mountain
12 July – Karavan
13 July – If Pigeons Turned to Gold
14 July – Bittergold
15 July – Portrait of Nowness
16 July – Oh My God!: Kler
17 July – Invisible Enemies
19 July – Tempo (Popfest Warm-Up)
The outdoor cinema in the gardens of the Austrian Film Archive has been running since 25 June and continues throughout the summer until 30 August. The programme combines beloved classics with exciting rediscoveries, accompanied by engaging film discussions under the stars.
Tickets:6–12 €, with various discounts available.
Programme Highlights
Adventureland – 3 July
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley – 4 July
Beautiful Boy – 10 July
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror – 11 July
Bonnie and Clyde – 18 July
2046 – 20 July
Top Gun – 22 July
Labyrinth – 24 August
Breakfast at Tiffany’s – 26 August
…and many more.
This summer, the festival features two outdoor venues. Alongside the well-known Natural Arena, the new Open Air Atrium will also host screenings for the first time.
Sunset Cinema is a summer open-air cinema organised by WIENXTRA Cinemagic in cooperation with VOLXkino.
This year’s screenings take place on selected dates in popular Vienna parks, including Weghuber Park (7th district), Sigmund Freud Park (9th district), and USUS am Wasser. Although only a handful of screenings are scheduled, admission is free.
The programme is curated by young people for young people, featuring cult favourites from the 1990s and 2000s.
Programme
The Breakfast Club – Tue, 28 July, 9:00 PM (English with German subtitles) – USUS am Wasser
But I’m a Cheerleader – Wed, 29 July, 9:00 PM (German version) – USUS am Wasser
Star Trek – Tue, 1 Sept, 8:00 PM (German version) – Weghuber Park
Bibi & Tina 2: Totally Bewitched – Wed, 2 Sept, 8:00 PM (German version) – Weghuber Park
Audience Choice: Mamma Mia! – Sing Along – Thu, 3 Sept, 8:00 PM (English original version) – Weghuber Park
The rooftop cinema at Vienna’s Main Library is celebrating its 23rd season.
Admission: 12 €
Screenings: Daily at 9:00 p.m.
Films are shown in their original language with German subtitles.
July Programme
2 July – Pi
3 July – Die My Love
4 July – Sentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi)
5 July – Rental Family
6 July – White Snail
7 July – The Voice of Hind Rajab (Sawt Hind Rajab)
8 July – Sorry, Baby
9 July – Black Swan
10 July – Father Mother Sister Brother
11 July – The Housemaid
12 July – Cube
13 July – No Mercy
14 July – Nouvelle Vague
15 July – In the Shadow of the Orange Tree (Lli Baqi Minnak)
16 July – Total Recall
17 July – Pillion
18 July – Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
19 July – Swimming Pool
20 July – All My Sisters
21 July – Kingdom of the Evening & We The…
22 July – No Other Choice
23 July – Funny Games (Presented by Kino…)
24 July – The Death of Robin Hood
25 July – Hamnet
26 July – Persona
27 July – Mother’s Baby (Presented by Kino…)
28 July – Rose
29 July – The Richest Woman in the World
30 July – Se7en
31 July – Obsession
From 10 July to 29 August, the MuseumsQuartier hosts free screenings every Friday and Saturday.
A total of 16 films will be shown throughout the summer. To reflect Vienna’s multicultural audience, most screenings are presented in English or with English subtitles.
The season opens with:
10 July, 9:30 p.m. – Ninja Motherfing Destruction* (MQ Courtyard 8; Arena 21 in case of rain)
Other titles include:
The Battle of Orgreave
Girls and Guns
Dump of Untitled Pieces
Drifting Horizons
Dwelling Elsewhere
The Blind Spot of Perception
Sugar Island
All My Sisters
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions
Macdo
Playing with Fire: An Ecosexual Emergency
When a Kiss Is Not a Kiss but Nitrate
Beyond War
Stirring Up the Land of Mountains
The Stumm & Laut Film Festival combines silent films with live electronic music.
From 20–22 August, classic silent films and rediscovered gems will be screened outdoors with free admission.
Location: Columbusplatz, 1100 Vienna
Start time: 8:00 p.m.
The unique atmosphere created by the live musical accompaniment makes this festival particularly special.
Between 16 July and 13 August, markets across Vienna are transformed into open-air cinemas.
Admission is free.
Programme
16 July, 9:00 p.m. – The War of the Roses – Meidling Market
23 July, 9:00 p.m. – India – Floridsdorf Market
30 July, 9:00 p.m. – How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World – Schwendermarkt
6 August, 9:00 p.m. – How to Make a Killing – Naschmarkt
13 August, 8:00 p.m. – The Teachers’ Lounge – Volkertmarkt
From 4 July to 6 September 2026, Europe’s largest cultural and culinary festival returns to Vienna’s City Hall Square.
The 36th Film Festival opens on 4 July with:
Bruce Springsteen – The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts
Admission is free.
The festival features an impressive programme of concert films, opera productions, classical performances, and musical highlights, all shown on a giant outdoor screen.
Artists featured include:
Ed Sheeran
Rihanna
Prince
Coldplay
Bob Dylan
Elton John
Visitors can also enjoy a large food area with nearly 30 different food stalls.
The 14th edition of this international architecture film festival presents documentary, short, and experimental films free of charge in the courtyard of the Architecture Centre Vienna.
This year’s theme: Building Democracy
Screenings take place every Wednesday. In case of bad weather, events move indoors.
Programme
29 July – The Right to Housing
5 August – At the Borders of Democracy
12 August – Living Democracy (special programme from 4:00 p.m.; discussion at 7:00 p.m.)
19 August – Spaces for the Common Good
Film starts: 8:30 p.m.
For anyone whose summer schedule is already packed, September offers one last chance to enjoy cinema outdoors.
From 5 to 25 September, the dotdotdot Short Film Festival takes place in the gardens of Vienna’s Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art, alongside the Kikeriki Short Film Festival for young children.
Visitors can look forward to:
International short films
Engaging filmmaker discussions
Interactive workshops
The official programme will be announced later in the summer.
Photo: oficial site KARLSkino Wien.
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