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159 cinemas across Detroit and Michigan, from pipe-organ movie palaces to drive-ins under the stars. 42 special screenings on our calendar in the next 30 days.

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Quarter Detroit presents

  • 159cinemas
  • 630films on the bill
  • 99lost legends
Celebration Cinema RivertownFirebird TheaterGQT Cadillac 4Fresh Coast Film FestivalKP CinemasThe Garden TheaterThe Bay TheatreRogers TheaterSanctuary CinemaVogue TheatreGaylord CinemaSun TheatreState TheatreFremont CinemasState TheatreStrand TheaterBogar TheatreCharlevoix Cinema IIIOld Michigan TheatreUEC HillsdaleGrand Ledge Sun TheatreCedar Street CinemaCherry Bowl Drive-In TheatreBohm Theatre

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Art houses & film societies / Ann Arbor

State Theatre

C. Howard Crane's Art Deco movie house on State Street, right next to the Michigan Theater. Once a 1,773-seat palace, it now shows art-house and independent films on four screens.

Since 19424 screensMarquee Arts (Michigan Theater Foundation)

Art houses & film societies / Three Oaks

Vickers Theatre

Harbor Country's tiny independent art-house cinema lives in an 1890s livery stable near the Three Oaks train station. One screen, 126 seats, and live music, theatre and readings between the films.

Since 19111 screens

Art houses & film societies / Traverse City

State Theatre

Traverse City's single-screen downtown movie palace, where more than 2,000 fiber-optic stars recreate Northern Michigan's August night sky on the ceiling. Indie films, $1 Saturday kids' matinees and TCFF Tuesdays.

Since 19491 screens

Art houses & film societies / Milford

Milford Independent Cinema

A single-screen nonprofit cinema in Milford known as The MIC: new releases, classic series, film talks, dinner-and-movie and trivia nights. A closure announced in January 2026 was reversed after a successful crowdfunding campaign.

Since 19721 screens

Art houses & film societies / Ann Arbor

Michigan Theater

A restored 1928 movie palace on Liberty Street in downtown Ann Arbor, mixing film with concerts, comedy and live events.

2 screens

Art houses & film societies / Holland

Knickerbocker Theatre

A historic theatre in downtown Holland operated by Hope College.

1 screens

Art houses & film societies / Harbor Springs

Harbor Springs Lyric Theatre

A nonprofit cinema on Main Street that brought movies back to downtown Harbor Springs in 2016. Five screens, from a 200-seat room under a starry barrel ceiling to a nine-recliner Dolby Atmos den, plus opera and theater broadcasts.

Since 20165 screens

03 / Legends

Lost movie palaces of Detroit and Michigan

When did they open, when did the screen go dark, and what stands there now? The stories of the closed cinemas, with their old contact details.

1900192019401960198020002020 Gladmer Theatre · 1880–1979Gladmer TheatreBijou Theatre (Monroe Street) · 1906–1975Bijou Theatre (Monroe Street)Casino Theatre (Monroe Street) · 1906–1915Theatre Royale · 1907–1922Theatre RoyalePrincess Theatre · 1908–1922Princess Theat…Family Theatre · 1909–1973Family TheatreColumbia Theatre · 1911–1952Columbia TheatreBroadway-Strand Theatre · 1913–1929Broadway-Strand …Fox Washington Theatre · 1913–1928Fox Washington …Liberty Theatre · 1913–1926Alhambra Theatre · 1914–1959Alhambra TheatreDelft Theatre · 1914–2012Delft TheatreKeith's Theatre · 1914–1962Keith's TheatreWarfield Theatre · 1914–1959Warfield TheatreAdams Theatre · 1917–1988Adams TheatreColonial Theatre · 1917–1975Colonial TheatreMadison Theatre · 1917–1984Madison TheatreRialto Theatre · 1917–1968Rialto TheatreLaSalle Garden Theatre · 1920–1954LaSalle Garden TheatreHarmony Theatre · 1921–1975Harmony TheatreMichigan Theatre (Lansing) · 1921–1980Michigan Theatre (Lansing)Tuxedo Theatre · 1921–1958Tuxedo TheatreCinderella Theatre · 1924–1975Cinderella TheatreMartha Washington Theatre · 1924–1972Martha Washington TheatreGrand Riviera Theatre · 1925–1996Grand Riviera TheatreMichigan Palace · 1926–1976Michigan PalaceAnnex Theatre · 1927–1950Annex TheatreGreat Lakes Theatre · 1927–1969Great Lakes TheatreHollywood Theatre · 1927–1959Hollywood TheatreOriental Theatre · 1927–1950Oriental TheatreUptown Theatre (Highland Park) · 1927–1980Uptown Theatre (Highland Park)Avalon Theatre · 1928–1967Avalon TheatreLoop Theater · 1928–1961Loop TheaterUnited Artists Theatre · 1928–1971United Artists TheatreTimes Square Theatre · 1929–1958Times Square TheatreMichigan Theatre (Flint) · 1930–1965Michigan Theatre (Flint)Punch and Judy Theatre · 1930–1977Punch and Judy TheatreEastown Theatre · 1931–1973Eastown TheatreAlger Theater · 1935–1985Alger TheaterNorwest Theatre · 1936–2000Norwest TheatreWestown Theater · 1936–1968Westown TheaterEast Side Drive-In · 1938–1977East Side Drive-InEsquire Theatre · 1938–1988Esquire TheatreAllen Park Digital Cinemas · 1940–2019Allen Park Digital CinemasWestside Drive-In · 1940–1984Westside Drive-InBloomfield Theatre · 1941–1983Bloomfield TheatreCivic Theatre · 1941–1984Civic TheatreDearborn Theatre · 1941–2006Dearborn TheatreKrim Theatre · 1941–1990Krim TheatreMain Art Theatre · 1941–2021Main Art TheatreMercury Theatre · 1941–1993Mercury TheatreRoyal Theatre · 1941–1969Royal TheatreTelenews Theater · 1942–1991Telenews TheaterDuke Theatre · 1947–1953Dearborn Drive-In · 1948–1984Dearborn Drive-InWoods Theatre · 1948–1997Woods TheatreBooker T. Theatre · 1949–1961Bel-Air Drive-In · 1950–1986Bel-Air Drive-InJack Loeks' Studio 28 · 1965–2008Jack Loeks' Studio 28Silver Cinemas 8 · 1965–2015Silver Cinemas 8Ann Arbor I & II (Fifth Forum) · 1966–1999Ann Arbor I & II (Fifth Forum)Northland Theater · 1966–1989Northland TheaterAmericana Theatre · 1967–2001Americana TheatreEastland Theatre · 1969–2000Eastland TheatreShowcase Cinemas Pontiac 1-5 and 6-12 · 1970–2003Showcase Cinemas Pontiac 1-5 and 6-…Clarkston Cinema · 1972–1986Clarkston Cine…Farmington 4 Cinemas · 1972–1977Romeo Theatre · 1972–2026Romeo TheatreBriarwood Dollar Movies 4 · 1973–2010Briarwood Dollar Movies 4Somerset Cinema I II & III · 1973–1984Summit Place Cinema · 1973–1994Summit Place CinemaShowcase Cinemas Sterling Heights · 1974–2004Showcase Cinemas Sterling HeightsMovies at Fairlane · 1976–2000Movies at FairlaneMaple Theater · 1977–2024Maple TheaterRiverfront 4 Theatre · 1978–2015Riverfront 4 TheatreUA Movies at Oakland Mall · 1979–2000UA Movies at Oakland M…Americana West · 1980–1999Americana WestAMC Wonderland 6 · 1986–2003AMC Wonderland 6Lincoln Park 8 Theatre · 1988–2003Lincoln Park 8 …Town Center 8 · 1988–2010Town Center 8Showcase Cinemas Auburn Hills · 1989–2002Spotlight Taylor Theatre · 1989–2012Spotlight Taylor TheatreAMC Star Southfield 20 · 1997–2020AMC Star Southfield 20Regal Commerce Township Stadium 14 · 1998–2025Regal Commerce Township Stad…Quality 16 · 1999–2020Quality 16AMC Fairlane 21 · 2000–2022AMC Fairlane 21Cinema Detroit · 2009–2023Cinema DetroitBijou by the Bay · 2013–2024
Each bar is one building’s life, from opening night to the last show. Click one for its story.

1941–2021

Main Art Theatre

Royal Oak

Metro Detroit's best-known art house, in Royal Oak: it opened in 1941 as a plain single-screen movie house, turned to independent, foreign and classic films in 1983 and ran midnight cult movies on Friday and Saturday nights.

2009–2023

Cinema Detroit

Detroit

Midtown's independent art house from 2009 to 2023: it started in an old school auditorium, then screened films in a converted furniture factory with two screens. Today it lives on as a pop-up series around metro Detroit.

1926

Guild Theatre

Detroit

A tiny 346-seat house on Gratiot Avenue that opened as the Franklin in 1926 and became the Guild, the east side's foreign-film house, in 1962. Closed since the early 2000s, its marquee is slowly losing its letters.

1941–1990

Krim Theatre

Highland Park

Highland Park's 760-seat Streamline Moderne cinema on Woodward, next to the Uptown. In the 1950s it was an art house, and its nearly year-long run of Marlon Brando's Julius Caesar out-grossed most downtown palaces.

1942–1991

Telenews Theater

Detroit

Detroit's first full-time newsreel theatre, opened in 1942: hourly news on screen, a glass globe above the marquee, a radio studio in the basement and a teletype clattering in the lobby. It has been a nightclub since 2000.

1977–2024

Maple Theater

Bloomfield Township

A three-screen cinema on West Maple Road in Bloomfield Township. It opened in 1977, became an independent art house with a coffeehouse and full bar in 2012, and closed abruptly in February 2024.

1966–1999

Ann Arbor I & II (Fifth Forum)

Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor's art and foreign film house on South 5th Avenue opened in 1966 as the Vth Forum with a Godard film, later became the two-screen Ann Arbor Theatre and ran until 1999.

2013–2024

Bijou by the Bay

Traverse City

The Traverse City Film Festival's second cinema, inside the 1934 Con Foster Museum building in Clinch Park right on the bay, showed independent and festival films from 2013 to 2024.

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