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Asheville, North Carolina, United States
The Fine Arts Theatre is an independent cinema in downtown Asheville, North Carolina, reopened in 1997 as the city's last remaining downtown movie house. Its two auditoriums premiere more than fifty art and independent films a year, with ma
Richmond, Virginia, United States
The Byrd Theatre is a landmark independent cinema in Richmond, Virginia, opened in 1928 as the city's grand movie palace. Its opulent French Empire auditorium, crystal chandelier, and Mighty Wurlitzer organ, played live before screenings, f
Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Naro Expanded Cinema is an independent cinema in Norfolk, Virginia, housed in a 1936 art-deco movie house in historic Ghent. The region's oldest and largest single screen pairs new independent and international films with Hollywood releases
Meadow Bridge, West Virginia, United States
Meadow Bridge Drive-In is an independent cinema under the stars in Meadow Bridge, West Virginia, built in 1953 as one of the state's smallest drive-ins. From Memorial Day through Labor Day weekends, families catch double features for seven
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
The Senator Theatre is a historic independent cinema in Baltimore, Maryland, opened in 1939 as an Art-Deco movie palace. Now on the National Register of Historic Places, it screens first-run and repertory films across a grand main auditoriu
Dagsboro, Delaware, United States
The Clayton Theatre is an independent cinema in Dagsboro, Delaware, opened in 1949 and recognized as a state historic landmark in 2014. Delaware's last remaining first-run single-screen theater shows current releases plus special events, fu
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
The Avalon Theatre is a nonprofit independent cinema in Washington, DC's Chevy Chase neighborhood, saved from closure by the community in 2003. Its two restored auditoriums present first-run studio films alongside independent, foreign, and
Montclair, New Jersey, United States
The Clairidge is an independent cinema in Montclair, New Jersey, operated by the nonprofit Montclair Film since its 2021 reopening. The six-screen, 1922 movie house shows first-run arthouse, independent, documentary, classic, and foreign-la
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States
The Bryn Mawr Film Institute is a nonprofit independent cinema in the heart of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, housed in the restored 1926 Seville Theatre. It pairs contemporary arthouse and international films with a celebrated film-studies curri
Stamford, Connecticut, United States
The Avon Theatre Film Center is a member-supported nonprofit independent cinema in downtown Stamford, Connecticut. Its two screens host a thoughtful mix of independent, documentary, foreign, and classic films, plus filmmaker Q&As and commun
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Real Art Ways is a nonprofit independent cinema and contemporary arts venue in Hartford, Connecticut. Beyond first-run independent films, it hosts gallery exhibitions, live music, poetry readings, and artist talks, making it one of New Engl
North Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States
The Rustic Tri View Drive-In has entertained Rhode Island families under the stars since 1951. This seasonal three-screen drive-in in North Smithfield shows first-run double features from late April through October, keeping the classic Amer
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
The Brattle Theatre is Cambridge's only independent cinema, a single-screen repertory house near Harvard Square. Since 1953 it has championed classic, foreign, and arthouse film on its rare rear-projection system, earning generations of loy
Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
The Coolidge Corner Theatre is a nonprofit independent cinema in Brookline, Massachusetts, showing classic, foreign, and indie films since 1933. Its restored Art Deco palace now spans six screens, hosting filmmaker events, midnight cult scr
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
The Latchis Theatre is a historic 1938 Art Deco movie palace in downtown Brattleboro, Vermont. Its 750-seat main auditorium, decorated with Greek murals and a zodiac ceiling, anchors four screens of first-run, art, and independent films alo
Jaffrey, New Hampshire, United States
The Park Theatre is a nonprofit independent cinema and performing arts center in downtown Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Rebuilt from the ground up and reopened in 2021, its two modern auditoriums present first-run films, classic revivals, concert
Rockland, Maine, United States
The Strand Theatre is a nonprofit independent cinema in downtown Rockland, Maine, entertaining audiences since 1923. This National Register-listed landmark pairs independent and first-run films with live concerts, Met Opera broadcasts, and
Belfast, Maine, United States
The Colonial Theatre is a historic three-screen independent cinema in downtown Belfast, Maine, operated by the nonprofit Hawthorne Arts Collaborative. Since 1912 it has shown first-run, arthouse, foreign, and classic films, plus live music
Denver, Colorado, United States
The Sie FilmCenter is Denver's only nonprofit independent movie theater and the year-round home of Denver Film on East Colfax. It screens first-run studio features alongside foreign, independent, and arthouse films, plus retrospectives and
North Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Screenland Armour Theatre is North Kansas City's locally owned independent cinema and the area's longest-running theater, dating to 1928. The Hometown Cinema of Kansas City shows mainstream, indie, foreign and classic films across four audi
Chicago, Illinois, United States
The Music Box Theatre is Chicago's landmark independent cinema, an atmospheric 1929 movie palace on Southport Avenue with a twinkling starlit ceiling. Independently owned and operated, it programs independent, foreign, cult and classic film
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Gateway Film Center is Columbus's nonprofit, mission-driven independent cinema in the University District. Its seven screens with 4K laser projection present a curated mix of independent, international and classic films, plus 35mm and 70mm
Akron, Ohio, United States
The Nightlight is Akron's nonprofit independent cinema in the city's Historic Arts District. Since 2014 this intimate arthouse has screened independent, foreign and classic films, now across two screens with a full bar and lounge — a cozy c
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
The Prytania Theatre in Uptown New Orleans is Louisiana's oldest operating single-screen independent cinema, showing films since 1915. Family-run by the Brunets, this intimate 272-seat neighborhood theater mixes first-run releases, classics