Along with an excellent selection of first run movie theaters in Vancouver, Vancouver supports independent movie theatres featuring first and second run, alternative, underground, experimental and obscure films and two Imax theaters. For current schedules, call the theater, check their web sites or go to Cinema Clock.
First Run Theatres
Fifth Avenue Cinemas
A First Run Art-House Theatre
2110 Burrard Street
604-734-7469
Fifth Avenue Cinema generally shows the best movies in town if you like off-beat but still first run movies.
Tinseltown
88 West Pender Street, 3rd Floor
604-806-0799
Tinseltown is comfortable, clean and located just down the stairs from the Stadium Sky Train Station and across the street. You can order tickets online then pick them up at the box office and save yourself the trouble of waiting in line. Be sure to copy down your confirmation number because they’ll ask for it at the theatre.
Tinseltown is diagonally across the street from Wild Rice (117 W. Pender), and it shows movies at 5 and 6pm when other theatres are showing nothing. You may want to catch either an early dinner or an early movie then go to the movie after dinner or dinner after the movie.
900 Burrard Street
604-630-1407
Formerly the Paramount Theatre, this comfortable venue plays first run movies.
Park Theatre
3440 Cambie Street
Vancouver
604-876-2722
24 Hour Info line: 604-709-3456
Empire Granville 7 Cinemas
855 Granville Street
604-684-4000
Ridge Theatre
3131 Arbutus Street
604-738-6311
Repertory Theatres
The Blinding Light
36 Powell Street
604-878-3366
The Blinding Light is a microcinema specializing in alternative, underground and obscure film and video
Denman Cinemas
1737 Comox Street
Tuesday all day $5.95
604-683-2201
Dunbar Theatre
4555 Dunbar Street
604-222-2991
Pacific Cinematheque
The goal of Pacific Cinematheque is to promote critical media literacy and advance cinema as an art form and as a vital means of communication.
1131 Howe Street
604-688-3456
Rio Theatre
1660 East Broadway
604-879-3456
The Rio Theatre is a multi media venue for premier independent cinema of first-run feature films and live entertainment.
Vaneast Cinema
2290 Commercial Drive
Vancouver
604-299-9000 ext.3278
Second Run Features
IMAX and OMNIMAX Theatres
CN IMAX Theatre
999 Canada Place
604-682-4629
The Imax Theatre at Canada Place shows several Imax movies each day. Canada invented this giant format with its 5 storey screen and film 10 times larger than normal movie film.
Science World’s Omnimax Theatre
1455 Quebec Street
604-443-7443
The Omnimax Theatre at Science World projects its giant movies onto the concave ceiling of its dome.
