May 4th is International Firefighters Day. And let’s be clear we all appreciate and are grateful for firefighters and we wouldn’t want any BACKDRAFT about this. Shout out to all the firefighters! But we would be remiss not to say “May the 4th be with you!” I think you know what we are getting at…

Let’s have a look at the Days in May we can celebrate together around the world, which has inspired our movie mix for this month.

• 1 May – May Day (Lei Day in Hawaii)
• 2 May – Press Freedom Day
• 2 May – World Tuna Day
• 3 May – World Laughter Day
• 4 May – Star Wars Day
• 4 May – International Firefighters Day
• 7 May – World Athletics Day
• 8 May – World Red Cross Day
• 12 May – International Nurses Day
• 15 May – International Day of Families
• 17 May – World Telecommunications Day
• 18 May – International Museum Day
• 22 May – International Day for Biological Diversity

Here are some of our movie suggestions for your outdoor cinema events in May.

Star Wars:

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All Star Wars Films (1977-2015)

Animation: 

The Incredibles (2004) PG | Action, Adventure

Coco (2017) PG | Adventure, Family

Shrek (2001) PG | Adventure, Comedy

Zootopia (2016) PG | Adventure, Comedy

Ratatouille (2007)  PG | Adventure, Comedy

Comedy:

Blue Hawaii (1961) PG | Musical

The Goonies (1985) PG | Adventure, Family

Home Alone (1990) PG | Family

Freaky Friday (2003) PG | Family, Fantasy

The Great Muppet Caper (1981) G | Adventure, Crime

The Parent Trap (1998) PG | Adventure 

School of Rock (2003) PG-13 | Music 

Doctor Strangelove (1964) PG 

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) PG | Adventure, Fantasy

The Hangover (2009) R 

Airplane (1980) PG 

Groundhog Day (1993) PG | Fantasy, Romance

Fifty First Dates (2004) PG-13 | Romance

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) R | Romance

Drama: 

Goldfinger (1964) PG | Action, Adventure, Thriller

State Of Play (2009) PG-13 | Crime, History

Pearl Harbour (2001) PG-13 | Action, History

The English Patient (1996) R | Romance, War

Biographical:

Chariots of Fire (1981) PG | Drama, Sport

Hotel Rwanda (2004) PG-13 | Drama, History

Radioactive (2019) PG-13 | Drama, Romance

All The President’s Men (1976) PG | Drama

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