“Dive-In Movies” are one of the things I love most about cruising on Carnival. So if you’re booked on a Carnival cruise for November 2025, be sure to grab a bag of popcorn (note there is a small charge for popcorn on most ships), some buffet desserts and a coffee or adult beverage, pull up a lounger, and enjoy a flick at sea! Here are the movies that will be shown on the large outdoor screens (and at indoor venues on some ships without the outdoor screens) on Carnival cruises embarking the last week of October and November 2025. Note that not every movie will be shown on every sailing. To see when specific movies are playing on your cruise, check your daily printed Fun Times schedule or the Carnival HUB app.
F1 The Movie
Freakier Friday
Grown Ups
Lilo and Stitch
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Nobody 2
Moana 2
The Bad Guys 2
The Blind Side
The Cup (only on Splendor, Encounter, and Adventure)
The Fall Guy
2025, Action/Drama/Sports Rated PG-13
Description (Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes):
“Dubbed “the greatest that never was,” Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) was FORMULA 1’s most promising phenom of the 1990s until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, he’s a nomadic racer-for-hire when he’s approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), owner of a struggling FORMULA 1 team that is on the verge of collapse. Ruben convinces Sonny to come back to FORMULA 1 for one last shot at saving the team and being the best in the world. He’ll drive alongside Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), the team’s hotshot rookie intent on setting his own pace. But as the engines roar, Sonny’s past catches up with him and he finds that in FORMULA 1, your teammate is your fiercest competition–and the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone.”
2025, Kids & Family/Comedy/Fantasy, Rated PG
Description (Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes):
“Tess and Anna discover that lightning may indeed strike twice as they navigate the myriad challenges that come when two families merge.”
2010, Comedy, Rated PG-13
Description (Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes):
“The death of their childhood basketball coach leads to a reunion for some old friends (Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock), who gather at the site of a championship celebration years earlier. Picking up where they left off, the buddies — with wives and children in tow — discover why age does not, necessarily, equal maturity.”
2025, Kids & Family/Comedy/Adventure/Animation/Sci-Fi, Rated PG-13
Description (Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes):
“Stitch, an extraterrestrial entity, comes to Earth after escaping prison, where he tries to impersonate a dog. Things take a turn when a lonely Hawaiian girl, Lilo, adopts him from an animal shelter and he helps mend her broken family.”
2025, Action/Adventure/Mystery & Thriller Rated PG-13
Description (Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes):
“Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.”
2025, Action/Comedy/Drama/Mystery & Thriller Rated R
Description (Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes):
“Workaholic assassin Hutch Mansell takes his family on a much-needed vacation to the small tourist town of Plummerville. However, he soon finds himself in the crosshairs of a corrupt theme-park operator, a shady sheriff, and a bloodthirsty crime boss.”
2024, Kids & Family/Musical/Adventure/Animation, Rated PG
Description (Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes):
“Walt Disney Animation Studios’ epic animated musical “Moana 2” takes audiences on an expansive new voyage with Moana, Maui and a brand-new crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced.”
2025, Kids & Family/Comedy/Adventure/Animation, Rated PG
Description (Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes):
“Everyone’s favorite felons are back, and this time, they’ve got company. In the new action-packed chapter from DreamWorks Animation’s acclaimed comedy smash about a crackerjack crew of animal outlaws, our now-reformed Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals they never saw coming: The Bad Girls.”
2009, Drama/Biography, Rated PG-13
Description (Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes):
“Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), a homeless black teen, has drifted in and out of the school system for years. Then Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) and her husband, Sean (Tim McGraw), take him in. The Tuohys eventually become Michael’s legal guardians, transforming both his life and theirs. Michael’s tremendous size and protective instincts make him a formidable force on the gridiron, and with help from his new family and devoted tutor, he realizes his potential as a student and football player.”
2011, Sports/Drama/Romance, Rated PG
Description (Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes):
“In 2002, jockey Damien Oliver (Stephen Curry) loses his brother in a tragic racetrack accident mere days before he’s due to ride in Australia’s prestigious Melbourne Cup.”
*Only shown on Splendor, Encounter, and Adventure
2024, Comedy/Action/Drama/Romance, Rated PG-13
Description (Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes):
“A stuntman, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job. What could possibly go right?”
The following Carnival ships feature large outdoor Dive-in movie screens:
Breeze
Celebration
Conquest
Dream
Firenze
Freedom
Glory
Horizon
Jubilee
Liberty
Luminosa
Magic
Mardi Gras
Miracle
Panorama
Pride
Radiance
Spirit
Splendor
Sunrise
Sunshine
Valor
Venezia
Vista
Ships not on the list usually play movies indoors, but no guarantees. Be sure to check the HUB app or your daily Fun Times schedule once onboard.
Class Dismissed.
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