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620 verified listings live so far, out of 3,162 independent cinemas we're verifying across 50 states and DC. Every listing links straight to the theater. How we verify
Clinton Street Theater
Portland, OR
A scrappy neighborhood theater that mixes classic and foreign titles, documentaries, drag and burlesque nights, and a Rocky Horror shadowcast that has run every week since 1978. Tickets are mostly $10.
Pollack Tempe Cinemas
Tempe, AZ
A six-screen discount house in south Tempe where most second-run movies cost $3.50, and the lobby doubles as a display of film memorabilia and life-size figures, with an arcade game room alongside.
Alameda Theatre & Cineplex
Alameda, CA
A restored 1932 Art Deco movie palace on Alameda's main street, now the centerpiece of an eight-screen complex. It shows current releases plus film series and live events, with recliner seating marked on the schedule.
Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley, CA
The film program of the Berkeley Art Museum, with retrospectives, restored classics and international cinema on a university-run schedule. Members get half-price tickets, and the 232-seat theater sits in a 2016 building on Center Street.
Billy Wilder Theater
Los Angeles, CA
The 295-seat theater inside the Hammer Museum, home to UCLA Film & Television Archive screenings. Retrospectives, restorations, and talks, with public programs currently free on a first-come basis.
Grand Lake Theatre
Oakland, CA
A 1926 Oakland movie palace with four auditoriums, no pre-show commercials and a Wurlitzer organ that rises before select weekend evening shows. It runs current releases in 3-D and 70mm, and Tuesday tickets are $6.
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Historic theaters
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One house, one picture, the way moviegoing began.
Drive-in theaters
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Discount theaters
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Regional independent circuits
Small, locally rooted theater circuits.
Arts venues with film
Stages and halls where film is part of the program.
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