Detroit Film Theatre / Detroit
DETROIT + MICHIGAN / Cinemas / ¼
What’s playing tonight?
159 cinemas across Detroit and Michigan, from pipe-organ movie palaces to drive-ins under the stars. 30 special screenings on our calendar in the next 30 days.
Quarter Detroit presents
- 159cinemas
- 617films on the bill
- 99lost legends
01 / Now showing
What’s on the big screen?
From the art houses’, movie palaces’ and festivals’ own programs, refreshed several times a day: classics, silent films, horror nights and festival picks.
Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts / Houghton
Rozsa Soirée - Season Launch Fundraiser Party
Senate Theater / Detroit
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996): a 30th-anniversary screening at the Senate Theater
Cinemark Southland Center and XD / Taylor
Princess Mononoke (English Dubbed) Studio Ghibli Fest 2026
FilmAnnounced by the venue
Emagine Rochester Hills / Rochester Hills
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
FilmAnnounced by the venue
GQT Krafft 8 / Port Huron
Princess Mononoke - Studio Ghibli Fest 2026 (Dubbed)
FilmAnnounced by the venue
GQT Krafft 8 / Port Huron
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Extended Edition
FilmAnnounced by the venue
02 / Cinema finder
Popcorn, pipe organ or a sky full of stars?
Art house, movie palace, IMAX, drive-in or the multiplex around the corner: pick a type and a region.
Multiplexes / Detroit
Bel Air Luxury Cinema
The only first-run multiplex inside Detroit's city limits: ten screens on East Eight Mile with luxury rockers, recliners and a giant custom chandelier. No need to drive out to the suburbs for the new releases.
Since 198810 screens
IMAX & giant screens / Detroit
Michigan Science Center – Immersive Dome Theater
Midtown's science museum runs three screens: the giant Immersive Dome Theater, the Penske Planetarium and the 3D Toyota Engineering Theater. The museum calls the dome the largest theatre in Michigan.
3 screens
Multiplexes / Birmingham
The Birmingham 8 Powered by Emagine
Birmingham's 1927 Rapp & Rapp movie palace on South Old Woodward: the facade survived it all, and behind it are eight screens mixing indie and foreign films with the big releases.
Since 19278 screensEmagine Entertainment
Multiplexes / Canton
Emagine Canton
A 19-screen first-run multiplex on Ford Road in Canton, run by Michigan-owned Emagine: EMX and Super EMX premium screens with Dolby Atmos, cuddle chairs and a bar. Tickets are $5 on Tuesdays.
Since 200419 screensEmagine Entertainment
Multiplexes / Hartland
Emagine Hartland
A 10-screen first-run cinema on Hartland Road in Livingston County: an EMX premium room with laser projection and Dolby Atmos, heated recliners, a small screening room and a lobby lounge. Tickets are $5 on Tuesdays.
Since 201810 screensEmagine Entertainment
Multiplexes / Macomb Township
Emagine Macomb
A 9-screen, 1,171-seat first-run cinema on 23 Mile Road in Macomb Township, built inside a former Kroger. Every seat is a reserved leather recliner, the biggest room is an EMX with Dolby Atmos, and there's a full bar in the lobby.
Since 20149 screensEmagine Entertainment
Multiplexes / Novi
Emagine Novi
An 18-screen first-run multiplex on West Twelve Mile in Novi: EMX and Super EMX with Dolby Atmos, a theatre bar and Metropolitan Opera Live in HD broadcasts. Tickets are $5 on Tuesdays.
Since 200218 screensEmagine Entertainment
Multiplexes / Birmingham
Emagine Palladium
A boutique cinema in the Palladium building in downtown Birmingham: seven roomy auditoriums with leather power recliners, a small screening room and a theatre bar. First-run films mix with anniversary revivals and Met Opera broadcasts.
Since 20017 screensEmagine Entertainment
Multiplexes / Rochester Hills
Emagine Rochester Hills
A 13-screen first-run cinema on Barclay Circle in Rochester Hills: it opened as a Star theatre in 1989 and has been an Emagine since 2010. EMX room, 1,325 heated recliners and sensory-friendly screenings.
Since 198913 screensEmagine Entertainment
Multiplexes / Royal Oak
Emagine Royal Oak
A 13-screen cinema on North Main in downtown Royal Oak, sharing the building with bowling lanes and a Caesars Sportsbook Lounge (21+). The EMX room even has a glassed-in balcony called the Skybox.
Since 201113 screensEmagine Entertainment
Drive-ins / Dearborn
Ford-Wyoming Drive-In
A drive-in on Ford Road since 1950, right at the Dearborn–Detroit line: five screens, open year-round, with car heaters in winter. With nine screens and room for 3,000+ cars, it was once the largest drive-in in the U.S.
Since 19505 screens
Historic movie palaces / Howell
Historic Howell Theater
A two-screen independent cinema in downtown Howell since 1928: new releases plus classic series like Hitchcocktober and comedy nights. Admission is $8.95, and parking is free.
Since 19282 screens
Historic movie palaces / Plymouth
Penn Theatre
A single-screen Streamline Moderne movie house in downtown Plymouth, facing Kellogg Park under green neon. Five-dollar classics, independent and second-run films, and the odd live show.
Since 19411 screens
Historic movie palaces / Wayne
Phoenix Theatres State Wayne
An Art Deco movie house on Michigan Avenue in downtown Wayne: open since 1946, now four screens with 311 heated recliners, first-run films and Rocky Horror nights with a live shadow cast.
Since 19464 screensPhoenix Theatres
Multiplexes / Farmington Hills
The Riviera Powered by Emagine
A 12-screen first-run cinema on Grand River Avenue in Farmington Hills, built where a drive-in once stood: an EMX large-format screen with Dolby Atmos, a screening room and a theatre bar.
Since 199012 screensEmagine Entertainment
Historic movie palaces / Beaverton
The Beaverton Gem
Downtown Beaverton's single-screen movie house, opened in 1940: one current film at a time, $7 admission, cards welcome. Closed Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Since 19401 screens
Historic movie palaces / Albion
Bohm Theatre
Albion's 1929 movie palace, saved by locals: a restored main house, a 38-seat second screen next door, weekend new releases, Terror Tuesday horror nights and blues concerts.
Since 19292 screens
Historic movie palaces / Clinton
Clinton Theater
A single-screen movie house on Michigan Avenue (US-12) in the village of Clinton since 1939: one film at a time, and every seat is $5.
Since 19391 screens
Historic movie palaces / Charlotte
Eaton Theatre
Downtown Charlotte's movie house since 1931: a big square marquee and vertical sign, two screens, first-run films and Rocky Horror nights with a live shadow cast, supported by donations.
Since 19312 screens
Multiplexes / Saline
Emagine Saline
Emagine's only theatre in Washtenaw County, in Saline: EMX and Super EMX screens with Dolby Atmos, luxury recliners, cuddle chairs, a theatre bar and Metropolitan Opera broadcasts.
Emagine Entertainment
Historic movie palaces / Grand Ledge
Grand Ledge Sun Theatre
A one-screen retro movie house in downtown Grand Ledge since 1935: new releases opening Fridays, a flat $8 ticket and weekend matinees.
Since 19351 screens
Historic movie palaces / Clare
Ideal Theater
Downtown Clare's Art Deco movie house since 1930, with a neon marquee on McEwan Street: current films, classics and live comedy nights in a heavily renovated house reopened in 2023.
Since 19301 screens
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)
Historic movie palaces / Caro
Strand Theatre
Caro's single-screen downtown movie house, once billed as the “Wonder Theatre of the Thumb.” Its 1939 neon marquee still glows over an intact Art Deco facade, and adult tickets are $7.50.
Since 19261 screens
Drive-ins / Coldwater
Capri Drive-In
A drive-in on US-12, the old Detroit-Chicago road, just west of downtown Coldwater, run by the same family since 1964. Two screens, double features Thursday to Sunday, sound through your car radio.
Since 19642 screens
IMAX & giant screens / Grand Rapids
Celebration Cinema GR North & IMAX
Celebration Cinema's flagship on Grand Rapids' northeast side: 18 screens plus an IMAX that still runs real 70mm IMAX film, one of only about 40 such venues in the world, according to the company.
18 screensCelebration Cinema
Historic movie palaces / Ionia
Ionia Theatre
Ionia's Art Deco movie house from around 1931, rescued in 1984 and now run by the city. First-run films on two screens, plus concerts and bluegrass.
Since 19312 screens
Historic movie palaces / Allegan
The Regent Theatre
Allegan's one-screen Art Deco movie house, showing films since 1919 under a neon marquee. It survived a demolition threat and a collapsed roof, and today the city runs it with new releases every night for $5 or less.
Since 19191 screens
Historic movie palaces / Paw Paw
Strand Theater
A one-screen movie house in the middle of Paw Paw since 1927, built where the fire department kept its horses. Shows every day but Monday, and evening tickets are $5.
Since 19271 screens
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
Drive-ins / Honor
Cherry Bowl Drive-In Theatre
A 1950s-themed drive-in in Honor, deep in Northwest Michigan's cherry country, since 1953. Always a double feature, vintage cartoons on 35mm, and sound from the original tube-amp speaker posts.
Since 19531 screens
Historic movie palaces / Elk Rapids
Elk Rapids Cinema
A well-preserved Art Deco single-screen house in Elk Rapids since 1940. The ceiling is covered by what the owners call the world's largest black-light mural, and Monday nights bring free classics.
Since 19401 screens
Historic movie palaces / Frankfort
The Garden Theater
Frankfort's historic single-screen downtown cinema since 1924. Residents bought and saved it in 2008; now it runs first-run, indie and foreign films, a festival, concerts and a film-and-beer series.
Since 19241 screens
Historic movie palaces / Rogers City
Rogers Theater
Rogers City's 1937 Art Deco movie house with an orange-and-black tile facade, now run by the local library. New and classic films, live theater and concerts, with many screenings free or by donation.
Since 19371 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
Film festivals / Alpena
Thunder Bay International Film Festival
A January festival of ocean and Great Lakes films in Alpena, run by NOAA's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. More than 50 films, a gala and a student shorts competition; the 15th edition runs January 20–24, 2027.
Historic movie palaces / Manistee
Vogue Theatre
Manistee's 1938 Streamline Moderne movie house, brought back in 2013 by a nonprofit and hundreds of volunteers. $2 Wednesday classics and 25-cent Saturday family matinees.
Since 19382 screens
Historic movie palaces / Escanaba
Old Michigan Theatre
Escanaba's 1930 Art Deco movie house closed in 1994, did time as a church and a clothing store, and lit up again in July 2024. About 300 seats, an arcade, and classic and cult films.
Since 19301 screens
Art houses & film societies / Detroit
Detroit Film Theatre
The Detroit Institute of Arts film program presents international cinema and film-history selections.
1 screens
Historic movie palaces / Detroit
Redford Theatre
Classic films, special screenings, and live events share the Redford Theatre calendar.
1 screens
Art houses & film societies / Detroit
Senate Theater
Film screenings and organ concerts at the Senate Theater on Michigan Avenue.
1 screens
Multiplexes / Fort Gratiot
AMC Birchwood 10
A 10-screen AMC in Fort Gratiot, just north of Port Huron in St. Clair County. Since a 2016 overhaul every auditorium has automatic recliners, 620 seats in all.
Since 199010 screensAMC Theatres
Multiplexes / Sterling Heights
AMC Forum 30
30 screens, IMAX and 4,672 seats on Mound Road in Sterling Heights, one of the biggest cinemas in Michigan. AMC only ever built nine 30-screen theatres, and this is one of them.
Since 199930 screensAMC Theatres
Multiplexes / Madison Heights
AMC John R 15
A 15-screen AMC multiplex on John R Road in Madison Heights. It opened in 1989 as the Star John R 15 and came to AMC with the Loeks-Star circuit.
Since 198915 screensAMC Theatres
Multiplexes / Livonia
AMC Livonia 20
A 20-screen AMC multiplex on Haggerty Road in Livonia, near the I-275/Seven Mile interchange. When it opened in 1998 it was the biggest multiplex in the area.
Since 199820 screensAMC Theatres
Multiplexes / Clinton Township
AMC Star Gratiot 15
Fifteen big recliner auditoriums in a strip mall on South Gratiot Avenue in Clinton Township. It opened with ten screens in 1990 and at one point had 21.
Since 199015 screensAMC Theatres
Multiplexes / Auburn Hills
AMC Star Great Lakes 25
25 screens inside Great Lakes Crossing Outlets in Auburn Hills, so shopping and a movie happen under one roof. Star Theatres opened it in 1999.
Since 199925 screensAMC Theatres
Multiplexes / Taylor
Cinemark Southland Center and XD
A 12-screen first-run cinema at Southland Center mall in Taylor, Downriver: reserved Luxury Lounger recliners in every auditorium and a Cinemark XD extra-large-format screen.
Since 201612 screensCinemark
Multiplexes / Woodhaven
Emagine Woodhaven
A 10-screen cinema on Allen Road in Woodhaven, Downriver: back in Emagine hands since 2021, with an EMX big screen, luxury recliners and sensory-friendly screenings.
Since 200910 screensEmagine Entertainment
Historic movie palaces / Farmington
Farmington Civic Theater
A C. Howard Crane-designed Art Moderne movie house on Grand River Avenue in downtown Farmington since 1940, with its red-and-white blade marquee. Two screens, 407 seats, and first-run films again since 2021.
Since 19402 screens
IMAX & giant screens / Dearborn
Giant Screen Experience at The Henry Ford
The giant-screen cinema of The Henry Ford museum complex in Dearborn: 4K digital projection, 3D, documentaries by day and pop-up screenings of classic features by night.
1 screens
Multiplexes / Port Huron
GQT Krafft 8
An 8-screen first-run cinema on Krafft Road in Port Huron: digital projection and powered recliners in every auditorium, plus Flashback Cinema classics and Fathom Events.
Since 19868 screensGQT Movies
Multiplexes / Oxford
GQT Oxford 7
A 7-screen downtown cinema on South Washington Street in Oxford, on the site of the 19th-century Oxford Opera House. General admission, 3D, and run by GQT Movies since 2021.
7 screensGQT Movies
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
Multiplexes / Brighton
MJR Brighton Cinema
A 20-screen first-run multiplex on Murphy Drive in Brighton, Livingston County: a Laser Ultra premium room with 4K laser and Dolby Atmos, VIP seats and the Studio Bar & Lounge. Tickets are $5 on Tuesdays.
Since 200120 screensMJR Theatres
Multiplexes / Chesterfield
MJR Chesterfield Cinema
A 16-screen first-run multiplex on Gratiot Avenue in Chesterfield Township: a Laser Ultra premium room with 4K laser and Dolby Atmos, VIP seats and the Studio Bar & Lounge. Showing movies since 1995.
Since 199516 screensMJR Theatres
Multiplexes / Sterling Heights
MJR Marketplace Cinema
A 20-screen first-run multiplex on Van Dyke in Sterling Heights: a Laser Ultra premium room, a 270-degree ScreenX room since 2024, VIP seats and the Studio Bar & Lounge, with a mezzanine overlooking the lobby.
Since 200520 screensMJR Theatres
Multiplexes / Clinton Township
MJR Partridge Creek Cinema
A 14-screen first-run multiplex at the Mall at Partridge Creek on Hall Road, Clinton Township: a Laser Ultra room with heated recliners, VIP seats and the Studio Bar & Lounge.
Since 200714 screensMJR Theatres
Multiplexes / Southgate
MJR Southgate Cinema
A first-run multiplex on Trenton Road in Southgate, Downriver: IMAX with laser, a Laser Ultra room, and an auditorium turned into the RP1 console-gaming lounge with 11-foot screens. Long one of Michigan's busiest cinemas.
Since 199819 screensMJR Theatres
Multiplexes / Troy
MJR Troy Cinema
A 16-screen first-run multiplex on East Maple Road in Troy, starring an IMAX auditorium with a floor-to-ceiling screen and 4K laser projection. Heated luxury recliners and the Studio Bar & Lounge.
Since 201416 screensMJR Theatres
Multiplexes / Warren
MJR Universal Cinema
A 16-screen first-run multiplex on Dequindre Road in Warren by Universal Mall: it opened in 1991 as a second-run Cinemark and has been an MJR since 2017, with power recliners, VIP seats and a bar.
Since 199116 screensMJR Theatres
Multiplexes / Waterford Township
MJR Waterford Cinema
A 16-screen first-run multiplex on Highland Road (M-59) in Waterford Township: a Laser Ultra premium room, a 270-degree ScreenX, VIP seats, and in-seat delivery ordered through the MJR app.
Since 199616 screensMJR Theatres
Multiplexes / Westland
MJR Westland Cinema
A 16-screen first-run multiplex on North Wayne Road in Westland, on the site of an old Showcase: a Laser Ultra premium room, ScreenX, VIP seats and the Studio Bar & Lounge.
Since 201116 screensMJR Theatres
Multiplexes / Lapeer
NCG Lapeer Cinemas
Lapeer County's main movie house: eight screens on DeMille Road with new releases plus themed series like Wicked Wednesday horror classics and Fall Fest family matinees.
Since 19958 screensNCG Cinemas (Neighborhood Cinema Group)
Multiplexes / Livonia
Phoenix Theatres Laurel Park Place
A 10-screen first-run cinema at Livonia's Laurel Park Place mall, with heated recliners in every auditorium, reserved seats and beer and wine at the counter.
Since 198910 screensPhoenix Theatres
Multiplexes / Monroe
Phoenix Theatres Mall of Monroe
Monroe County's only multiplex: eight screens in the Mall of Monroe with heated recliners, reserved seating and a premium Encore auditorium that also runs Infinity Vision presentations.
Since 19888 screensPhoenix Theatres
Multiplexes / Marine City
Riverside Cinemas
A small first-run cinema in a Marine City strip mall along the St. Clair River, and one of the few movie houses in St. Clair County's river towns.
Since 1982
Dine-in cinemas / Port Huron
SC4 Cinema at Sperry's
A downtown Port Huron cinema inside the old Sperry's Department Store: 12 intimate auditoriums of 27 to 44 seats, custom recliners, first-run films and educational events from the local college.
Since 201612 screens
Historic movie palaces / Marshall
Bogar Theatre
A family-owned Streamline Moderne movie house in historic downtown Marshall since 1939: two screens, first-run films, retro atmosphere, popcorn and a small bar.
Since 19392 screens
Film festivals / Lansing
Capital City Film Festival
Lansing's annual festival of independent film, live music and interactive media, held every April at venues around the city. The 2027 edition runs April 7-17.
Historic movie palaces / Cass City
Cass Theatre
A single-screen movie house on Cass City's Main Street since 1926, dressed in Streamline Moderne with a neon triangular marquee. Weekend first-run films, and it claims the world's best popcorn.
Since 19261 screens
IMAX & giant screens / Lansing
Celebration Cinema Lansing & IMAX
The Lansing area's IMAX house: 20 screens in south Lansing, a C Premium XL auditorium with dual 4K laser projection and Dolby Atmos, D-Box motion seats and recliners.
Since 199820 screensCelebration Cinema
Multiplexes / Mount Pleasant
Celebration Cinema Mt. Pleasant
The college town of Mount Pleasant's multiplex on Pickard Road: 11 screens with reserved seating, RealD 3D and sensory-friendly screenings.
11 screensCelebration Cinema
Multiplexes / Ypsilanti
Cinemark Ann Arbor 20 and IMAX
A 20-screen first-run multiplex on Carpenter Road just outside Ann Arbor: IMAX, D-BOX motion seats, Luxury Lounger recliners and regular Indian-language films with English subtitles.
Since 198820 screensCinemark
Multiplexes / Flint
Cinemark Flint West 14
The main multiplex on Flint's west side: 14 screens, every one with stadium seating, showing first-run films.
Since 199514 screensCinemark
Film festivals / East Lansing
East Lansing Film Festival
Susan Woods' festival has brought independent films from around the world to mid-Michigan for 29 years. 2026 is the final year: the farewell edition runs October 22-25 at the Hannah Community Center.
Multiplexes / Birch Run
Emagine Birch Run
The very first multiplex built by Emagine, in Birch Run off I-75: in 1997 it was Michigan's first all-stadium-seating theatre, and today it runs 12 screens and a bar.
Since 199712 screensEmagine Entertainment
Historic movie palaces / Flint
FIM Capitol Theatre
A 1928 John Eberson movie palace in downtown Flint, now a concert and performance venue run by the Flint Institute of Music.
1 screens
Multiplexes / Sandusky
Firebird Theater
Sanilac County's main movie house, in Sandusky in the Thumb: three stadium-seat auditoriums with high-back rockers, Christie digital projection, Dolby Digital EX sound and a gaming room.
Since 20053 screens
Multiplexes / Jackson
GQT Jackson 10
A 10-screen Jackson cinema on North Wisner Street: powered recliners in auditorium 5, captioned and audio-described shows, Flashback Cinema classics and Fathom Events specials.
Since 199210 screensGQT Movies
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
Historic movie palaces / Jackson
Michigan Theatre of Jackson
A nonprofit historic movie palace in downtown Jackson that hosts concerts alongside film screenings.
1 screens
Multiplexes / Adrian
MJR Adrian Cinema
A 10-screen first-run multiplex in Adrian, built where the old Lenawee Drive-In used to be. Power recliners, private VIP pods and a full-service bar, plus $5 Ticket Tuesdays.
10 screensMJR Theatres
Multiplexes / Alma
NCG Alma Cinemas
A six-screen cinema on Alma's west side since 1989. Fully digital with RealD 3D, and part of the NCG circuit, which runs a $2 Fall Family Film Festival.
Since 19896 screensNCG Cinemas
Multiplexes / Lansing
NCG Eastwood Cinemas
Eighteen auditoriums, about 3,500 seats and stadium seating throughout: NCG's Eastwood Towne Center multiplex is one of the main movie houses of the Lansing area, with a cafe upstairs.
Since 200218 screensNCG Cinemas
Multiplexes / Midland
NCG Midland Cinemas
Midland's main multiplex opened with eight screens in 1992 and now has ten. It's part of the Owosso-based NCG circuit, which runs a $2 Fall Family Film Festival.
Since 199210 screensNCG Cinemas
Multiplexes / Owosso
NCG Owosso Cinemas
The hometown cinema of the NCG chain: it opened as a triple in spring 1985, grew to five screens and outlasted Owosso's downtown Capitol Theatre and two area drive-ins.
Since 19855 screensNCG Cinemas
IMAX & giant screens / Grand Blanc
NCG Trillium Cinemas
A retro-styled megaplex in Grand Blanc, just outside Flint: 15 screens, 2,500 seats, stadium seating everywhere and an IMAX auditorium since 2007.
Since 200615 screensNCG Cinemas
Multiplexes / Saginaw
Quality 10 Powered by Emagine
A 10-screen cinema in Saginaw Township with stadium seating and a large-format auditorium once billed as the biggest screen north of Flint. Emagine has run it since 2021.
Since 201410 screensEmagine Entertainment
Multiplexes / Lansing
Regal Lansing Mall & RPX
A 12-screen Regal at the Lansing Mall with an RPX premium large-format auditorium, leather stadium seats and reserved seating. It was slated to close in 2022 and stayed open anyway.
Since 201412 screensRegal
Historic movie palaces / Bay City
State Theatre of Bay City
A historic downtown Bay City theater opened in 1908, now mixing films with tribute concerts, cabaret and comedy.
1 screens
Multiplexes / Okemos
Studio C! at Meridian Mall
A six-screen cinema at the Meridian Mall with recliners and a full bar, Celebration Cinema's testing ground. Go while you can: Celebration has announced it will close on October 4, 2026.
Since 19866 screensCelebration Cinema
Historic movie palaces / Williamston
Sun Theatre
Williamston's single-screen downtown movie house since 1946: one first-run film a week, every night at 7 p.m., closed Mondays. It's cash only, so hit the ATM first.
Since 19461 screens
Historic movie palaces / Saginaw
Temple Theatre
A 1927 theater in downtown Saginaw, now part of the Shaheen Performing Arts Center, hosting touring concerts, symphony nights and comedy.
1 screens
Multiplexes / Hillsdale
UEC Hillsdale
A seven-screen first-run multiplex tucked behind a strip mall on Carleton Road in Hillsdale, the only Michigan location of the small UEC Theatres chain.
7 screensUEC Theatres
Multiplexes / Ludington
AMC Classic Ludington 8
The Ludington area's main first-run cinema: eight screens on US 10-31. Open since 2004, part of AMC since 2017.
Since 20048 screensAMC Theatres
Multiplexes / Grand Rapids
AMC Grand Rapids 18
An 18-screen giant on Alpine Avenue in Walker. It opened as a Loeks-Star Star Theatre with 4,000 rocking-chair seats and a lobby under a 36-foot glass atrium; AMC runs it today.
18 screensAMC Theatres
Multiplexes / Holland
AMC Holland 8
An eight-screen first-run cinema on James Street on Holland's north side. It opened in 1989 as part of Jack Loeks' Star Theatres chain and has carried the AMC name since 2006.
Since 19898 screensAMC Theatres
Multiplexes / Big Rapids
Big Rapids Theater
Big Rapids' downtown movie house went dark in 2020 and came back on April 3, 2026 with two remodeled auditoriums and luxury seating. A third, bigger room is planned for fall, followed by a replica of the historic marquee.
2 screens
Multiplexes / Benton Harbor
Celebration Cinema Benton Harbor
Where Celebration Cinema began: the brand's first theatre, opened in 1997 and, according to the company, the first stadium-seat cinema east of the Mississippi. Today: recliners, D-Box seats, a full bar and food brought to your seat.
Since 199714 screensCelebration Cinema
IMAX & giant screens / Portage
Celebration Cinema Crossroads & IMAX
The Kalamazoo area's IMAX home, in Portage: 15 screens, recliners, RealD 3D. It opened as a United Artists house in 1987 and has been a Celebration Cinema since 2005.
Since 198715 screensCelebration Cinema
Multiplexes / Grand Rapids
Celebration Cinema GR South
Sixteen screens and 2,600 seats in Gaines Township on the south side of Grand Rapids. The star is Theatre 1: C Premium, with 4K laser projection and Dolby Atmos.
Since 200516 screensCelebration Cinema
Multiplexes / Grandville
Celebration Cinema Rivertown
Twenty screens and about 4,400 seats at RiverTown Crossings Mall in Grandville. Wall-to-wall screens, recliners and reserved seating.
Since 199920 screensCelebration Cinema
Multiplexes / Grand Rapids
Celebration Cinema Studio Park
A downtown cinema behind Van Andel Arena, at the heart of Studio Park: 4K laser projection, recliners, a bar and what Celebration calls the largest screen in West Michigan. Your movie ticket gets you four hours of free parking.
Since 2019Celebration Cinema
Multiplexes / Muskegon
Cinema Carousel
A Muskegon multiplex named for the full-size working carousel inside. Sixteen screens, reserved recliners, bistro service, and the old drive-in marquee still out front.
Since 197116 screensCelebration Cinema
Historic movie palaces / Muskegon
Frauenthal Center
Muskegon's historic downtown performing arts center, built around the 1,725-seat Frauenthal Theater.
1 screens
Multiplexes / Fremont
Fremont Cinemas
Fremont's two-screen movie theatre in Newaygo County, showing family and mainstream films. It has closed twice and come back both times.
2 screens
Drive-ins / Muskegon
Getty Drive-In
A four-screen drive-in in Muskegon since 1949, with room for about 1,200 cars. Double features in season, with sound through your car radio.
Since 19494 screensCelebration Cinema
Multiplexes / Lowell
GQT Ada-Lowell 5
A five-screen cinema on Main Street in Lowell, east of Grand Rapids, serving Lowell and Ada. Every auditorium has powered recliners.
5 screensGQT Movies
Multiplexes / Grand Haven
GQT Grand Haven 9
A nine-screen first-run cinema in the lakeshore town of Grand Haven, back open since November 2021. Digital projection and rocker seats in every auditorium.
9 screensGQT Movies
Multiplexes / Hastings
GQT Hastings 4
Downtown Hastings' movie house, open by 1926 as the 428-seat Strand Theatre. Today: four screens, first-run films and rocker seats.
Since 19264 screensGQT Movies
Multiplexes / Holland
GQT Holland 7
A seven-screen cinema in Holland that opened in 1984 as the four-screen Quad 31. Today every auditorium has powered recliners.
Since 19847 screensGQT Movies
Multiplexes / Kalamazoo
GQT Kalamazoo 10
A ten-screen first-run cinema on Maple Hill Drive in west Kalamazoo, with stadium seating and premium high-back loungers.
Since 199710 screensGQT Movies
Multiplexes / Battle Creek
GQT Lakeview 10
A ten-screen GQT Movies cinema on Beckley Road in Battle Creek. It's one of the city's two GQT locations, along with West Columbia 7.
10 screensGQT Movies
Multiplexes / Three Rivers
GQT Three Rivers 6
A six-screen small-town cinema at a Three Rivers shopping center, with stadium seating since 1996.
Since 19966 screensGQT Movies
Multiplexes / Battle Creek
GQT West Columbia 7
A Battle Creek movie house since 1973, now with seven screens. A recent remodel put powered recliners in every auditorium and expanded the lobby.
Since 19737 screensGQT Movies
Film festivals / Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids Film Festival
One September weekend in Grand Rapids packed with features, documentaries, shorts, music videos and commercials. The 2026 edition ran September 11-13.
Multiplexes / Battle Creek
JC Cinema
A Battle Creek cinema that went dark in 2014 because it couldn't convert to digital, then came back in 2016 under independent Moore Theatres with first-run films.
Since 1978Moore Theatres
Art houses & film societies / Holland
Knickerbocker Theatre
A historic theatre in downtown Holland operated by Hope College.
1 screens
Multiplexes / Kalamazoo
KP Cinemas
An independent ten-screen cinema in Kalamazoo that has been a Rave, an Alamo Drafthouse and an AMC, and since 2023 is KP Cinemas: stadium seating, recliners, an Infinity Vision screen and $6 tickets all day Tuesday.
Since 202310 screens
Multiplexes / Coloma
Loma Theatre
Coloma's three-screen movie house, whose story began in a garage in 1935: the current building dates from 1944, spent a stretch as a furniture store, and is now run by Moore Theatres.
Since 19443 screensMoore Theatres
Multiplexes / Plainwell
M-89 Cinema
An eight-screen first-run multiplex in Cross Oaks Mall between Plainwell and Otsego, part of independent Moore Theatres. You can buy tickets online.
8 screensMoore Theatres
Historic movie palaces / South Haven
Michigan Theatre
The Streamline Moderne downtown movie house of South Haven, a Lake Michigan resort town. Today: three screens of first-run films, run by independent Moore Theatres.
3 screensMoore Theatres
Multiplexes / Coldwater
NCG Coldwater Cinemas
Coldwater's indoor first-run cinema: seven screens and 1,400 seats since 1999. Rather watch under the stars? The Capri Drive-In is just west of town.
Since 19997 screensNCG Cinemas
Multiplexes / Grand Rapids
Phoenix Theatres Woodland Mall
A 14-screen cinema at Woodland Mall in Kentwood with heated recliners in every auditorium. Phoenix Theatres reopened it in 2022; the chain also runs houses in Livonia, Monroe and Wayne.
Since 200514 screensPhoenix Theatres
Historic movie palaces / Grand Rapids
Wealthy Theatre
A restored 1911 neighborhood theatre in Grand Rapids' Uptown area, hosting concerts, film screenings and community events.
1 screens
Multiplexes / Niles
Wonderland Cinema
A six-screen movie house in downtown Niles, run by southwest Michigan's independent Moore Theatres chain. It opened on New Year's Eve 2004, replacing the old Ready 4 Theatre.
Since 20046 screensMoore Theatres
Multiplexes / Traverse City
AMC Classic Cherry Blossom 14
A 14-screen multiplex on Traverse City's south side with about 3,000 seats, a 485-seat large-format auditorium, and beer and wine at the concession stand.
Since 201514 screensAMC Theatres
Historic movie palaces / Suttons Bay
The Bay Theatre
Suttons Bay's single-screen downtown cinema on the Leelanau Peninsula, open since 1946. When it was about to close in 2018, residents saved it as a nonprofit, and volunteers run it almost entirely.
Since 19461 screens
Historic movie palaces / Bellaire
Bellaire Cinema
Downtown Bellaire's movie house since December 1948, when it opened with Clark Gable in Homecoming. Today it has two screens and is run by Northern Michigan Cinemas.
Since 19482 screensNorthern Michigan Cinemas
Multiplexes / Charlevoix
Charlevoix Cinema III
Charlevoix's three-screen movie theater on Antrim Street, in a converted car dealership. It bills itself as a quaint small-town theater with classic style, showing first-run films and RealD 3D.
Since 19953 screens
Historic movie palaces / East Tawas
Family Theatre
East Tawas' downtown movie house since 1910, with two screens and $6 evening tickets. Tickets are sold only at the door, and snacks come from a walk-up window.
Since 19102 screens
Film festivals / Frankfort
Frankfort Film Festival
An autumn film festival at Frankfort's historic Garden Theater, organized by the nonprofit Friends of the Garden Theater. The 2026 edition runs October 15–18.
Multiplexes / Gaylord
Gaylord Cinema
A five-screen first-run cinema on M-32 in Gaylord, one of four run by Northern Michigan Cinemas. Adult tickets are $9.75.
5 screensNorthern Michigan Cinemas
Multiplexes / Cadillac
GQT Cadillac 4
Downtown Cadillac's movie house inside the 1918 Lyric Theatre. Four screens today, and the biggest has a 42-foot wall-to-wall screen with Trinnov Audio 7.1 sound.
Since 19184 screensGQT Movies
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
Historic movie palaces / Cheboygan
Kingston Cinema
Downtown Cheboygan's movie house since 1920, with an Art Deco main auditorium. Today it shows first-run films on five screens, with $7 matinees before 3:30 p.m.
Since 19205 screensNorthern Michigan Cinemas
Historic movie palaces / Oscoda
The Lake Theatre
Oscoda's single-screen movie house on Dwight Street since 1950: first-run films nightly at 7 p.m., matinees Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday. The TheaterEars app gives you Spanish audio.
Since 19501 screens
Multiplexes / Petoskey
Petoskey Cinema
An eight-screen multiplex on Anderson Road in Petoskey since 2001. First-run films in digital projection, $9.75 adult tickets and $7 matinees.
Since 20018 screensNorthern Michigan Cinemas
Historic movie palaces / Houghton Lake
Pines Theatre
A log-cabin movie theater in Houghton Lake since 1941: 40-foot log ceilings, a parquet floor and trophy mounts on the walls. One first-run film at a time, in digital.
Since 19411 screens
Historic movie palaces / Grayling
Rialto Theater
Grayling's downtown single-screen theater, run by the same family at the same spot since 1915, making it one of the oldest family-owned theaters in the country. Rocking-chair seats, a balcony, low prices.
Since 19301 screens
Multiplexes / Alpena
Sanctuary Cinema
A three-screen luxury cinema in downtown Alpena, named for the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and its shipwrecks. Recliners, reserved seats and Dolby sound in a former J.C. Penney store.
Since 20233 screens
Film festivals / Traverse City
Traverse City Film Festival (TCFF Tuesdays)
Founded in 2005, the Traverse City Film Festival filled downtown every late July for years. Now it runs year-round as TCFF Tuesdays at the State Theatre: 52 films in 52 weeks.
Since 2005
Historic movie palaces / Calumet
Calumet Theatre
A historic opera house opened in 1900 in the copper-mining town of Calumet on the Keweenaw Peninsula, hosting concerts, theater and tours.
1 screens
Multiplexes / Manistique
Cedar Street Cinema
A twin cinema in downtown Manistique in the U.P., built in 1972. First-run films Wednesday to Sunday, nightly at 7 and 7:30 p.m., with Sunday matinees.
Since 19722 screens
Film festivals / Marquette
Fresh Coast Film Festival
Documentaries about the water, the outdoors and the grit of the Great Lakes, screened in Marquette on Lake Superior right at peak fall color. The 10th edition runs October 15-18, 2026: 94 films in 10 venues.
Historic movie palaces / Ironwood
Historic Ironwood Theatre
A restored downtown movie palace in Ironwood marking its centennial in 2026 and the western Upper Peninsula's main stage for touring concerts.
1 screens
Multiplexes / Marquette
Marquette Cinemas
Marquette's ten-screen, 1,200-seat multiplex, with a 35-by-60-foot TSX big screen and a 35-seat VIP room. Up on Lake Superior and craving a new release? This is the spot.
Since 201410 screensThomas Theatre Group
Multiplexes / Houghton
Rogers Cinema Houghton
The Keweenaw's main first-run movie house: five screens in Houghton since 1981. Tickets are $5 on Tuesdays, and students get a deal on Wednesdays.
Since 19815 screensRogers Cinema
Multiplexes / Quinnesec
Tri-City Cinemas 8
An eight-screen first-run cinema on US-2 in Quinnesec, serving the Iron Mountain-Kingsford area since 1994, built by the family behind the Thomas Theatre Group.
Since 19948 screensThomas Theatre Group
Multiplexes / Escanaba
Willow Creek Cinemas 8
Escanaba's eight-screen first-run multiplex since 1994. Want the new releases? Come here. Want the classics? Head downtown to the Old Michigan Theatre.
Since 19948 screensThomas Theatre Group
Film festivals / Detroit
Detroit Black Film Festival
Independent films directed, written or produced by Black filmmakers, at a Detroit festival Lazar and Marshalle Favors started in 2020. The 7th edition in September 2026 screens 89 films from 30 countries, with the Charles H. Wright Museum as its hub.
Since 2020Being checked
Film festivals / Detroit
Freep Film Festival
The Detroit Free Press's documentary festival: five days of films tied to Detroit and Michigan, with post-screening talks with directors and subjects. The last confirmed edition ran in April 2024.
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Drive-ins / Plymouth
Summer Drive-In at the USA Hockey Arena
A three-screen summer drive-in on the USA Hockey Arena grounds in Plymouth Township: double features under the stars, with dinner delivered right to your car.
Since 20043 screensBeing checked
Film festivals / Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor Film Festival
It calls itself the oldest avant-garde and experimental film festival in the world: since 1963, six days, about 40 programs and more than 180 films from over 20 countries.
Since 1963Being checked
Multiplexes / Bay City
Bay City 10 GDX
A 10-screen cinema at the Bay City Mall with a GDX large-format auditorium: it opened in 1991 with six screens and grew step by step to ten.
Since 199110 screensBeing checked
Film festivals / Ann Arbor
Cinetopia Film Festival
Ann Arbor's independent film festival at the downtown Michigan Theater and State Theatre: indie features, visiting filmmakers with Q&As, workshops and Michigan-made shorts.
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Drive-ins / Flint
US 23 Drive-In Theater
A drive-in outside Flint since 1951: three screens, and every ticket buys a double feature. The screen tower once held the manager's apartment.
Since 19513 screensBeing checked
Multiplexes / Greenville
NCG Greenville
Owosso-based NCG Cinemas' Greenville location, serving Greenville and Montcalm County. The chain's 2026 locations list gives the address as 1500 N Lafayette St.
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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.
1917–1988
Adams Theatre
Detroit
Grand Circus Park's famous “alley-jumper”: you bought your ticket in the Fine Arts Building, then crossed a bridge or tunnel over the alley to your seat. It ran from 1917 to 1988 with 1,770 seats.
1935–1985
Alger Theater
Detroit
East Warren Avenue's 1935 Art Deco movie house, with a name tower that became a neighborhood landmark. It hasn't shown films since 1985, but the Friends of the Alger Theater have been saving it since 1987 and hope to reopen in 2028.
1935
Rio Theater
Detroit
Southwest Detroit's Art Deco meets Spanish Colonial movie house on West Vernor Highway, opened in 1935. With about 1,400 seats it was a first-run neighborhood house until it closed in the 1960s.
1972–1977
Farmington 4 Cinemas
Farmington
A four-screen cinema on 10 Mile Road in Farmington that opened just before Christmas 1972 with about 1,000 seats, only to be destroyed by fire a little over four years later.
1988–2003
Lincoln Park 8 Theatre
Lincoln Park
An eight-screen cinema in the shopping center on Dix Highway in Lincoln Park. It opened in 1988, was run by Loeks and then Star Theatres, and closed in 2003.
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.
1989–2012
Spotlight Taylor Theatre
Taylor
A ten-screen multiplex on Eureka Road in Taylor: it opened in 1989 as an eight-screen Star cinema, AMC closed it in 2009, and it came back as the Spotlight Taylor Theatre before going dark for good by 2012.
1979–2000
UA Movies at Oakland Mall
Troy
A five-screen United Artists cinema at Oakland Mall in Troy, opened in December 1979 with Taubman Theaters, part of the Taubman mall company. It ran until April 2000.
1914–1959
Alhambra Theatre
Detroit
Kunsky's movie house on Woodward, facing the Boston-Edison mansions, showed films from 1914 to 1959, then became a recording studio where the MC5 cut High Time. It was demolished in 2007.
1927–1950
Annex Theatre
Detroit
The Grand Riviera's little sibling, half a block away, built to catch the crowds who couldn't get into the big house. John Eberson hung twinkling stars, drifting clouds and floating doves over the audience.
1928–1967
Avalon Theatre
Detroit
A nearly 2,000-seat neighborhood house on Linwood Street, open from 1928 to 1967, with a three-manual Barton organ. It was designed by Chicago's Graven & Mayger, the firm behind the Fisher Theatre's original Mayan-style interior.
1950–1986
Bel-Air Drive-In
Detroit
An Eight Mile Road drive-in from 1950 to 1986, with a model train for the kids and, eventually, four screens and room for 3,000 cars, one of the biggest around.
1906–1975
Bijou Theatre (Monroe Street)
Detroit
One of Detroit's first nickelodeons opened as the Cent Odeon on Monroe Street in 1906 and hung on until the mid-1970s, one of the longest runs of any downtown theatre.
1949–1961
Booker T. Theatre
Detroit
The North End's Streamline Moderne movie house showed first-run films for a Black audience from 1949 to 1961, and from 1956 staged live rock 'n' roll revues, starting with the Orioles and the Flamingos.
1913–1929
Broadway-Strand Theatre
Detroit
A $400,000 silent-era picture palace on Broadway near Gratiot that opened with great fanfare in 1913 and closed in 1929, when talkies and the new Grand Circus Park palaces took over.
1906–1915
Casino Theatre (Monroe Street)
Detroit
This tiny Monroe Street nickelodeon is where Detroit first saw motion pictures on a regular basis. Historic Detroit credits John Kunsky with opening it as Michigan's first movie house, and the city's biggest theatre empire grew out of it.
1924–1975
Cinderella Theatre
Detroit
White terra cotta and red tile: the Cinderella's Spanish Colonial front drew East Jefferson crowds from 1924 to the mid-1970s. After Disney's 1950 Cinderella, its side walls were painted with scenes from the film.
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.
1941–1984
Civic Theatre
Detroit
A Streamline Moderne first-run neighborhood house on Kelly Road from 1941 to 1984, with nearly 1,500 seats on a single floor and six private boxes at the back. It went out with a triple bill.
1917–1975
Colonial Theatre
Detroit
C. Howard Crane's movie house on Woodward, across from Brush Park, open from 1917 to 1975. The original plans called for nearly 3,000 seats and more than 200 boxes.
1911–1952
Columbia Theatre
Detroit
C. Howard Crane's first Detroit theatre and the Kunsky team's first real movie-and-vaudeville house, opened on Monroe Street in 1911: an alley-jumper, and the city's first theatre with a pipe organ.
1931–1973
Eastown Theatre
Detroit
A former east-side movie palace and rock hall on Harper Avenue (cinema from 1931, rock venue 1969–1973), with 2,500 seats.
1909–1973
Family Theatre
Detroit
A downtown movie house carved out of the 1880 Kirkwood Hotel, open from 1909 to 1973: decades as a busy first-run house, then adult films under a wholesome name, and finally a fire during Deep Throat.
1913–1928
Fox Washington Theatre
Detroit
The forerunner of the Fox Theatre: a red-brick movie house on Washington Boulevard from 1913 to 1928. William Fox took it over, then closed it once his great Woodward palace was on the way.
1912
Globe Theatre
Detroit
A vaudeville house on Grand River Avenue near old Tiger Stadium that opened in 1912, was enlarged into a movie theatre by C. Howard Crane in 1915 and kept going through the 1970s.
1925–1996
Grand Riviera Theatre
Detroit
A 3,000-seat atmospheric movie palace on Grand River Avenue that Joseph Z. Nederlander's family later ran, demolished in 1996 after decades of decline.
1927–1969
Great Lakes Theatre
Detroit
George D. Mason's 1,795-seat movie house on Grand River Avenue, open from 1927 to 1969, then a theatre and a church. Its half-lit blade sign spelling EAT LAKES made it a famous ruin before most of it came down.
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.
1921–1975
Harmony Theatre
Detroit
A Mack Avenue movie house from 1921 that C. Howard Crane remodeled in 1941, when it reopened as the Admiral. In the 1970s it was the east side's home of kung fu, blaxploitation and horror double bills.
1927–1959
Hollywood Theatre
Detroit
Southwest Detroit's $2 million movie palace: when it opened in 1927, its 3,436 seats made it the city's second-largest cinema after the Michigan, complete with a crying room for parents with babies and free valet parking for 700 cars.
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.
1920–1954
LaSalle Garden Theatre
Detroit
An auditorium dressed up as a walled garden on 14th Street: the LaSalle Garden showed films from 1920 to 1954, and with nearly 2,000 seats it was one of Christian W. Brandt's biggest Detroit movie houses.
1913–1926
Liberty Theatre
Detroit
A movie house carved out of an 1871 Presbyterian church in the Monroe Street district, complete with a steep church gable and a pipe organ in the high rear gallery. It showed silent films from 1913 to 1926.
1928–1961
Loop Theater
Detroit
Michigan Avenue's round-the-clock movie house for second- and third-shift factory workers, opened in 1928. Its calling card was a tall vertical sign topped by a circle with a red star.
1917–1984
Madison Theatre
Detroit
Kunsky's first palace on Grand Circus Park, open from 1917 to 1984. It was the first theatre in Michigan to show a full-length talking picture, The Jazz Singer, and later screened Detroit's first 3-D film.
1924–1972
Martha Washington Theatre
Hamtramck
A 1,000-seat movie house on Joseph Campau, Hamtramck's main street, open from 1924 to 1972, one of the cinemas that served the city's Polish community along with the Farnum, Lasky and Star.
1941–1993
Mercury Theatre
Detroit
A Streamline Moderne neighborhood house on Schaefer Highway from 1941 to 1993, with astronomical and astrological murals, brass plaques of stars' autographs, and the first 70mm screenings outside downtown Detroit.
1926–1976
Michigan Palace
Detroit
A former downtown movie palace and rock hall on Bagley Avenue (opened 1926, closed for good in 1976), with 4,038 seats.
1941
Midtown Theatre
Detroit
An Art Moderne movie house on West Canfield from 1941 that changed names and programs fast in the 1960s, from Studio Midtown to art house to adult cinema. The building has since been used as a church.
1936–2000
Norwest Theatre
Detroit
An Art Deco movie house on Grand River Avenue from 1936 to 2000 that went from first-run palace to bargain second-run cinema and outlived most of its peers.
1927–1950
Oriental Theatre
Detroit
The only atmospheric movie palace ever built in downtown Detroit, opened in 1927 with a Middle Eastern theme, a house orchestra and a Kimball organ. Its crystal chandeliers hang today in the Redford Theatre's lobby.
1908–1922
Princess Theatre
Detroit
A little Woodward nickelodeon from 1908 where a nickel bought films and illustrated songs from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., in a room aimed at ladies and children, under a sign promising nothing nicer anywhere.
1929
Ramona Theatre
Detroit
A 2,020-seat Gratiot Avenue movie house from 1929 that closely resembled John Eberson's Grand Riviera, domed hexagonal lobby and all. It ended its days as a rock concert venue and came down in early 1978.
1917–1968
Rialto Theatre
Detroit
C. Howard Crane's Gratiot Avenue movie house, open from 1917 to 1968, was an early take on stadium seating: the floor was so steep it didn't need a balcony. Its facade looked a lot like today's Detroit Opera House.
1978–2015
Riverfront 4 Theatre
Detroit
A four-screen cinema inside the Renaissance Center from 1978 to 2015: first the Riverfront 4, then, after a 2008 renovation, the family-friendly Ren Cen 4 in Tower 200.
1941–1969
Royal Theatre
Detroit
A nearly 2,500-seat Streamline Moderne cinema on Seven Mile Road from 1941, one of the biggest neighborhood houses in the city, with Thomas di Lorenzo sculpture groups in its oval lobby.
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.
1907–1922
Theatre Royale
Detroit
It started in 1907 as the Star, a nickelodeon at Monroe and Farmer in Detroit's first theatre district, and was one of John Kunsky's early houses. It had closed by 1922.
1929–1958
Times Square Theatre
Detroit
Christian W. Brandt's 1,700-seat Spanish Revival movie house on Abbott Street opened weeks before the 1929 crash, was shut by the Depression a year later, and from 1936 ran 24 hours a day.
1932
Trans-Lux Theatre (Woodward)
Detroit
The only Detroit work of celebrated New York theatre architect Thomas W. Lamb: a small 1932 newsreel house on Woodward whose rear-projection daylight system meant you didn't need a fully darkened room.
1921–1958
Tuxedo Theatre
Highland Park
An 1,800-seat movie house on Hamilton Avenue in Highland Park, open from 1921 to 1958, designed by the architect of Ann Arbor's Michigan Theater.
1928–1971
United Artists Theatre
Detroit
1928 movie palace whose empty auditorium became the Detroit Symphony's recording studio under Antal Doráti; the auditorium was razed in 2022.
1927–1980
Uptown Theatre (Highland Park)
Highland Park
The Keith-Albee Uptown opened in 1927 at Woodward and Six Mile as a sister house to the downtown Oriental. Historic Detroit counts it among the city's four great neighborhood movie palaces, the one for the north side.
1914–1959
Warfield Theatre
Detroit
A Hastings Street movie and stage theater in Detroit's Black Bottom, rebuilt in the 1930s for Black audiences, that lost its home when the Chrysler Freeway plowed through the neighborhood.
1936–1968
Westown Theater
Detroit
A neighborhood movie house on Wyoming in northwest Detroit that acted like a downtown palace: 2,000 seats, an unusually extravagant marquee and an opening night where guests watched themselves arrive on screen.
1940–2019
Allen Park Digital Cinemas
Allen Park
Allen Park's movie house ran from 1940 to 2019: it opened as a single-screen Art Moderne theater for more than 1,600 people, became a five-screen bargain house and closed as Allen Park Digital Cinemas.
2000–2022
AMC Fairlane 21
Dearborn
A 21-screen megaplex next to Fairlane Town Center whose almost Disney-like themed facade made it a landmark on Michigan Avenue from 2000 to 2022.
1997–2020
AMC Star Southfield 20
Southfield
Twenty screens, 6,225 seats, stadium seating, rocking-chair seats and a flamboyant design: that was the Star Southfield on 12 Mile Road, from 1997 to 2020.
1986–2003
AMC Wonderland 6
Livonia
A six-screen cinema at Livonia's Wonderland shopping center with about 1,500 seats. It ran from 1986 to 2003, and a Walmart stands on the site today.
1967–2001
Americana Theatre
Southfield
Southfield's legendary big-screen house: it opened in 1967 with an Otto Preminger film, its 30-by-60-foot screen was one of Michigan's largest before IMAX, and it became the area's showcase for Star Wars and Indiana Jones.
1980–1999
Americana West
West Bloomfield
The Southfield Americana's little sibling in West Bloomfield: it opened in 1980 as a four-screen house with a real curtain in front of every screen, grew to six screens, closed in 1999 and became a fitness center.
2007
Beacon East Cinemas
Harper Woods
A four-screen cinema on Vernier Road in Harper Woods, right across from Eastland Mall. It had closed by 2007, and the building later served as a college.
1941–1983
Bloomfield Theatre
Birmingham
Birmingham's third theater opened on Woodward in 1941: 957 seats on a single floor, Streamline Moderne styling and no stage at all, built purely for the movies. It closed in 1983.
1972–1986
Clarkston Cinema
Clarkston
A 266-seat mini-cinema on Dixie Highway in Clarkston: it opened in 1972 with a Sophia Loren film, closed in 1986, and the building was later bought by the man who went on to found Emagine.
1948–1984
Dearborn Drive-In
Dearborn Heights
A drive-in on Ford Road with room for 1,040 cars and a miniature train for the kids. The Dearborn Drive-In showed movies under the open sky from 1948 to 1984, with two screens by the end.
1941–2006
Dearborn Theatre
Dearborn
Charles N. Agree's Streamline Moderne cinema in West Dearborn opened in 1941 with nearly 1,500 seats and, as the Dearborn Entertainment Center, became one of the first cinemas in Michigan to serve alcohol.
1947–1953
Duke Theatre
Oak Park
Named in honor of Duke Ellington, this Eight Mile cinema opened in 1947, but television arrived almost at once and it didn't last six years. Afterward it became a bowling alley.
1938–1977
East Side Drive-In
Harper Woods
Where the drive-in era started around Detroit: the area's first one opened on Harper Avenue in 1938, simply called the Drive-In, with room for 675 cars.
1969–2000
Eastland Theatre
Harper Woods
The Eastland Center cinema opened in 1969 with 1,200 seats, designed by Ted Rogvoy. Five more screens later opened inside the mall, and AMC ran the two as confusingly separate cinemas until 2000.
1938–1988
Esquire Theatre
Grosse Pointe Park
An Art Deco cinema on East Jefferson in Grosse Pointe Park. It opened in 1938, stirred up the town in the 1980s with its video games and a scandalous screening, and the city shut it down in 1988.
1925
Lincoln Park Theatre
Lincoln Park
A 1925 downriver movie theater, designed by noted architect C. Howard Crane, where the Amboy Dukes played a 1974 show that led singer Derek St. Holmes to Ted Nugent's band.
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.
1976–2000
Movies at Fairlane
Dearborn
United Artists' cinema inside Dearborn's Fairlane Town Center mall, from 1976. It opened with five screens, grew to ten and around 2000 gave way to the Star Fairlane megaplex next door.
1966–1989
Northland Theater
Southfield
Ted Rogvoy's cinema with the curving, upturned roof at Northland Center opened in 1966 with a Hitchcock film and, in the late 1960s, ran Funny Girl for a whole year.
1930–1977
Punch and Judy Theatre
Grosse Pointe Farms
A Colonial Revival movie palace that opened in Grosse Pointe Farms in 1930 and hosted the first public screening of Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell's Within the Woods in 1979.
1937
Radio City Theatre
Ferndale
Ferndale's Art Deco neighborhood cinema opened on Woodward in 1937 with 1,000 seats as part of the RKO circuit, and kept the screen lit until the early 1970s.
1998–2025
Regal Commerce Township Stadium 14
Commerce Township (Walled Lake address)
Western Oakland County's stadium-seat multiplex on Springvale Drive opened in 1998 as a UA house, ran under Regal for two decades, and its closing in October 2025 left Regal with no cinema in metro Detroit.
1972–2026
Romeo Theatre
Washington Township (Romeo)
A family-run two-screen cinema in Washington Township near Romeo: it opened in 1972 as the Lantern Theatre, ran for about 40 years as the Romeo Theatre under one family and closed for good in mid-September 2026.
1989–2002
Showcase Cinemas Auburn Hills
Auburn Hills
A 14-screen Showcase multiplex on Opdyke Road in Auburn Hills. It opened in 1989 on the site of the Blue Sky Drive-In and closed in 2002 after its audience moved to the new Great Lakes Crossing 25.
1970–2003
Showcase Cinemas Pontiac 1-5 and 6-12
Bloomfield Township
National Amusements' two Showcase cinemas faced each other across South Telegraph Road in Bloomfield Township: the first opened in 1970 with Catch-22, the second in 1981 to handle the overflow.
1974–2004
Showcase Cinemas Sterling Heights
Sterling Heights
National Amusements opened it on Van Dyke Avenue in 1974 with five screens, and it grew to 15 by 1983. It closed in 2004; the MJR Marketplace Cinema that opened nearby in 2005 is described as its replacement.
1965–2015
Silver Cinemas 8
Roseville
The cinema next to Macomb Mall opened in 1965 as a General Cinema twin with The Greatest Story Ever Told, grew to eight screens and closed as the second-run Silver Cinemas 8 in 2015.
1973–1984
Somerset Cinema I II & III
Troy
A tucked-away cinema beneath the Somerset Inn hotel in Troy, reached from a round box office in the hotel lobby and down a wide stairway. It ran from 1973 to 1984.
1973–1994
Summit Place Cinema
Pontiac
The Pontiac Mall cinema opened in 1973 as a General Cinema twin, and the mall later became Summit Place. The cinema closed in 1994 and was demolished in 2014.
1988–2010
Town Center 8
Novi
An eight-screen cinema at Novi Town Center: General Cinema opened it in 1988, Big Cinemas later mixed first-run and Bollywood films, and it closed in 2010 to make way for a Walmart.
1940–1984
Westside Drive-In
Oak Park
One of the earliest drive-ins around Detroit, on Eight Mile: it opened in 1940 with a John Wayne picture and room for 700 cars, and folks also knew it as the 8 Mile Drive-In.
1948–1997
Woods Theatre
Grosse Pointe Woods
United Detroit Theaters' 1948 giant in Grosse Pointe Woods: 2,478 seats on one floor, huge for a suburban cinema, with Telesonic seats for hearing-impaired patrons and its own exhibition gallery.
1938
Wyandotte Theatre
Wyandotte
Downriver's biggest first-run pair in downtown Wyandotte: the 1,500-seat Art Deco Main opened in 1938 and the 800-seat Annex in 1942. Adult films, a stalled arts-center plan and the wrecking ball followed.
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.
1973–2010
Briarwood Dollar Movies 4
Ann Arbor
The Briarwood Mall cinema ran in Ann Arbor from 1973 to 2010: it went through plenty of operators, had up to seven screens and ended as a four-screen bargain house.
1873–1979
Gladmer Theatre
Lansing
Lansing's 1873 opera house became the Gladmer in 1910, was reborn in Streamline Moderne style in 1939 and showed movies on North Washington Avenue until 1979.
2026
Lake Michigan Film Festival
Okemos
The regional sister of the East Lansing Film Festival showed and awarded films from Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. Its final edition ran February 26 to March 1, 2026, in Okemos.
1930–1965
Michigan Theatre (Flint)
Flint
A Moorish-style movie palace on South Saginaw Street, south of downtown Flint, with a four-manual Page theater organ. It closed in 1965, and the building with its big MICHIGAN blade sign came down around 1975.
1921–1980
Michigan Theatre (Lansing)
Lansing
John Eberson's Neo-Classical theater in Lansing opened with vaudeville in 1921 as the Strand, became the Michigan in 1941 and closed in 1980; its front section was restored in 1984 as the Atrium Center.
1999–2020
Quality 16
Ann Arbor
Goodrich Quality Theaters' 16-screen multiplex on Jackson Road on Ann Arbor's west side opened in 1999, closed at the start of the pandemic in March 2020 and never reopened.
1965–2008
Jack Loeks' Studio 28
Wyoming
West Michigan's first multiplex, in Wyoming: it opened in 1965 as a single screen beside the Beltline Drive-In and in 1988 reopened as the world's first 20-screen megaplex, with 6,145 seats.
1914–1962
Keith's Theatre
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids' vaudeville palace opened in 1914 as the Empress, designed by Chicago's Rapp & Rapp, with side boxes, a huge proscenium and later a Wurlitzer organ. Urban renewal closed it in 1962.
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.
1914–2012
Delft Theatre
Marquette
Downtown Marquette's 1914 theater opened with 650 seats, later split into five screens while keeping its original marquee, and closed in 2012; today it houses the Delft Bistro, with screenings in its Marquee Room.