Drive-in movies are great. You also have to drive to them and pay to watch. What about free walk-in movies?

This summer, greater Boston hosts a couple dozen great features for free in parks, gardens, and woods. We’ve put together a sampling of a few favorites (and some stuff too bizarre not to mention), but be sure to poke around the websites below for full listings of blockbusters, B-movies, and classics.

“Up,” July 18, the Lot

Come and weep your way through “Up” outdoors and in public. The Lot is a community event space in Dorchester that’s just right for watching a Pixar movie with such an intense opening scene it will make you contemplate life, death, love, and existence during a nice, long cry. The Lot has drinks and snacks available for purchase so your stomach will be satiated even as your soul will be crushed by a kid’s movie whose first few minutes have the heft of a Ingmar Bergman heartbreaker. Best of luck to you. Bring tissues. Or just go to one of the Lot’s less sad free movie nights. lotonthedot.com/movie-nights

“Godzilla 2000,” July 31, Rose Kennedy Greenway

Who’s interested in seeing how the good people at the Coolidge Corner Theater can present this as a Science on Screen offering? Featuring a 60-million-year-old UFO, some Godzilla DNA splicing, and a good old fashioned atomic breath attack, “Godzilla 2000” isn’t exactly a nature documentary. No matter, seeing ’Zilla rampage for free is always a good deal. coolidge.org

“Barbie,” Aug. 8, Boston Landing

Still mad “Barbie” didn’t win Best Picture? Yeah, us too. Thankfully, Boston Landing gets it and skipped booking “Oppenheimer.” Recline on your pink blanket and watch Barbie dance, sing “Closer to Fine,”  think about dying, and save the world. Need more of blondes pondering existence and saving things? Boston Landing hosts a “Clueless” showing July 25. instagram.com/boston_landing/

“National Treasure,” Aug. 10, the Pru’s South Garden

Not enough movies feature somebody trying to steal The Declaration of Independence. It’s basically Hollywood’s biggest failing and nobody is talking about it. At least we have Nicolas Cage’s Benjamin Franklin Gates doing his best to pull off the world’s most ridiculous heist in “National Treasure” — think of the movie as an Indiana Jones flick with fewer whips and more Founding Fathers conspiracy theories. Not into people trying to steal The Declaration Of Independence? We can’t see why. But the Pru has you covered with another half dozen free movies. prudentialcenter.com

“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” Aug. 21, Peters Park

The Mayor’s Movie Nights will bring 11 different movies to 11 different parks in August. There are plenty for the kids —  “The Little Mermaid” (Aug. 6, Ringer Playground),  “Wonka” (Aug. 14, Hynes Playground) — but nothing on the mayor’s calendar can match the wisdom, wit, and wackiness of this John Hughes’ masterpiece. Follow Ferris and friends as they play hooky at a Cubs game, on a float at a parade, and in a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder. Remember, life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. boston.gov

“Friday the 13th” double-feature, Sept. 13, Rocky Woods, Medfield

OK, OK, maybe, just maybe, the Coolidge can pass “Godzilla 2000” off as a science film, but a pair of movies about a hockey-masked, immortal serial killer? Whatever. The idea of “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter” and “Jason X” being co-presented by NASA on an actual Friday the 13th is too deliciously fun to pass up. Yes, NASA will show up via pre-movie presentation by the team at the Goddard Space Flight Center. Yes, “Jason X” is the one in space where Jason gets revived from a cryogenic stasis to — SPOILER — kill everyone. coolidge.org

A total of 14 NHL players elected to file for salary arbitration on Friday, but Jeremy Swayman wasn’t one of them.

Whether that’s a good sign that the goalie and the Bruins are close to a deal remains to be seen. Electing not to file keeps Swayman eligible for an offer sheet, though the Bruins could file for arbitration to avoid an offer sheet. The deadline for filing for club-elected arbitration is 5 p.m. on Saturday.

The most recent big deal for a goalie was Juuse Saros’ deal with Nashville, which kicks in a year from now. It was an eight-year deal with an average annual value of $7.74 million. Saros has a longer track record than Swayman and has been more of a workhorse, having played at least 64 games in each of the last three seasons. While he’s expected to take on a bigger load with the departure of Linus Ullmark, the 44 games that Swayman played last season is the highest regular season total of his young career.

But Saros will be 30 when his contract kicks in. Swayman is 25 and the B’s will be buying into his prime seasons. He could well be looking for a better deal than the Saros extension. And having already dealt Ullmark, the B’s must come to an agreement with Swayman.

Swayman went through the arbitration process last year and, like most players, was not a fan of it. His side was going for a $4.8 million salary while the B’s countered with $2 million. The arbitration yielded a $3.475 million salary for the 2023-24 season.

Early last season, Swayman explained his feelings on the process.

“There’s no ill will on the process, because I understand that. I’m not the first player to go through it. I’m not the last,” said Swayman. “But I definitely don’t wish it upon any of my friends and teammates moving forward and I don’t want to do it ever again as well.”

Meanwhile, Swayman is not showing any outward signs he’s planning a getaway from the organization. He was seen earlier this week at Bruins’ Development Camp, chatting with some of the goalie prospects on the bench. And he quickly reached out to his presumptive backup, Joonas Korpisalo, when Korpisalo was obtained in the Ullmark deal.