REPERTORY CINEMAS NEAR YOU

Here is our master list of cinemas (and similar venues) that regularly or occasionally screen canonically weird features. These are some of the coolest theaters in the world, please patronize them! Clicking on most of the entries will open a page with the current date/week’s movies. U.S. listings are first, by state (and DC metro listed separately), with other countries following. Help keep this list up to date by making suggestions in the comments.

As a special note, a number of otherwise-conventional theaters host occasional screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) (although the 2020 pandemic interrupted the movies record as the longest-screening feature in movie history). The largest RHPS fan site keeps a list of such screenings (we don’t vouch for how up-to-date it is).

ARIZONA

Tempe – The Majestic

Tuscon – The Loft

CALIFORNIA

Arcata – Arcata Theater Lounge

Los Angeles Metro – Academy Museum – Museum with special screenings of repertory films.

The Aero

Alamo Drafthouse

Brain Dead Studios/The Silent Movie Theater. Formerly Cinefamily.

The Frida. Also occasionally hosts drive-in/outdoor screenings at various locations around Southern California.

Los Feliz

The New Beverly. Quentin Tarantino’s theater.

The Nuart

Oakland – The New Parkway

San Francisco – Alamo Drafthouse

The Balboa

The Castro

The Roxie

Santa Rosa – Roxy 14. A commercial theater with a bi-weekly cult film series, usually focused on 70s and 80s horror.

COLORADO

Denver Metro – Alamo Drafthouse. Three locations.

Fort Collins – The Lyric

FLORIDA

Miami – Nite Owl Drive-In

GEORGIA

Atlanta – Plaza Theater. Also hosts drive-in screenings.

ILLINOIS

Chicago – Gene Siskel Film Center

The Music Box

INDIANA

Bloomington – Indiana University Cinema

Indianapolis – Kan Kan Cinema

KENTUCKY

Lexington – The Kentucky Theater

Louisville – Speed Art Museum Cinema

LOUISIANA

New Orleans – The Prytania

MARYLAND

Baltimore – The Charles

The Senator

(also see Washington D.C. Metro)

MASSACHUSETTS

Boston Metro – The Brattle

Coolidge Corner. A classic art-deco theater.

MICHIGAN

Detroit Metro – The Film Lab

MINNESOTA

Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro – The Trylon

MISSOURI

Kansas City – Screenland

The Stray Cat Film Center

Springfield – Alamo Drafthouse

St. Louis – Arkadin Cinema and Bar

NEBRASKA

Omaha – Alamo Drafthouse

NEVADA

Las Vegas – The Beverly

NEW MEXICO

Albuquerque – Guild Cinema

NEW YORK

Buffalo Metro – The Screening Room

New York City – Alamo Drafthouse. Theaters in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Staten Island.

Brooklyn Academy of Music. As the name implies they’re focused on music but have regular film screenings—often weird ones.

Cinema Village

Film Forum

IFC Center

Lincoln Center

The Metrograph

Museum of Modern Art

Museum of the Moving Image. Queens museum that also hosts movie-related exhibitions.

Nitehawk. Two locations in Brooklyn. Before the pandemic they frequently featured midnight movies; hopefully they will return to regular screenings soon.

The Paris. Historic theater now owned by Netflix, who uses it to host Oscar-qualifying premieres of its own films alongside the regular repertory content.

The Quad

The Roxy

Spectacle Theater. Hole-in-the-wall community theater in Brooklyn featuring microbudget and experimental features you can’t see anywhere else.

Yonkers – Alamo Drafthouse

NORTH CAROLINA

Raleigh – Alamo Drafthouse

OHIO

Cincinnati – Esquire Theatre

Mariemont Theatre

Cleveland – Cinematheque

Columbus – Gateway Film Center

OREGON

Portland – Hollywood Theater. A new classic movie every night

PAM CUT – Formerly Northwest Film Center. Indoor and outdoor movies and film classes

PENNSYLVANIA

Lehighton – The Mahoning Drive-In. Often hosts special multi-movie themed events. Overnight camping allowed. Reservations recommended for popular events.

Philadelphia – The Philadelphia Film Center

Pittsburgh – Row House

TENNESSEE

Knoxville – Central Cinema

Memphis – Crosstown Theater. Mainly a music venue, but when they do feature repertory movies they tend towards the cult side of the spectrum.

Malco Summer Drive-In. Despite the name, they operate year-round. Once a month they have a double or triple feature of cult movies under the “Time Warp” banner.

Nashville – The Belcourt

TEXAS

Austin – Alamo Drafthouse. This is the flagship location of the Alamo restaurant/movie theater chain. There are five Alamos in the Austin metro region.

Austin Film Society

Blue Starlite Drive-In – Three locations in the Austin metro region.

Hyperreal Film Club – Hosts screenings (often weird ones) at various venues in Austin.

Corpus Christi – Alamo Drafthouse

Dallas – The Texas Theater

El Paso – Alamo Drafthouse

Houston Metro – Alamo Drafthouse

San Antonio – Alamo Drafthouse. Three locations.

UTAH

Salt Lake City – Salt Lake Film Society, Broadway Centre Theater & Tower Theater

VIRGINIA

Richmond – The Byrd

Winchester, VA – Alamo Drafthouse

(also see Washington D.C. Metro)

WASHINGTON (STATE)

Seattle – The Beacon

Central Cinema

WASHINGTON, D.C. METRO AREA

Ashburn, VA – Alamo Drafthouse

Silver Spring, MD – AFI Silver Theater

Washington, DC – Washington Psychotronic Film Society. This group holds screenings at local bars and grills; check their Facebook page to verify the venue.

Woodburn, VA – Alamo Drafthouse

WEST VIRGINIA

Berkeley Springs – The Star

CANADA

Kitchener, ON – The Apollo

Ottawa,  ON – Mayfair Theater

Vancouver, BC – The Cinematheque

The Rio

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