I remember my dad taking me to go see He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Dolph Lundgren will always be He-Man in my eyes. 
Now, my parents tell me the first movie they ever took me to see was The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. A fact they always grimace at.
So, what’s the first movie you remember going to see at a theater?
The first one I actually remember going to was with my mom and my brother. Mom took us to see PSYCHO. She didn’t know exactly how frightening it was to small children. Ha. Fooled her! I may have seen others before that, but obviously, this one is burned into my memory. Forever. Like a terror tattoo.
Movies were pretty rare when I was little - reserved for special treats and the like.
The first movie I ever saw in a theater? Star Wars. I was 4.
Old Yeller and Savage Sam. Dad says I never quit talking through either one.
The first movie I remember seeing was “Sleeping Beauty.” (the Disney version, of course.) The part where the sorceress turns into a dragon alsays scared me, so I’d fast-forward throught it.
the first film i was ever taken to see was Return of the Jedi at a stupidly young age of 1 or 2.
the first film i actually remember wanting to go see and getting my wish was Living Daylights. Its still one of my favourite bond films.
The first movie I was ever taken to was Disney’s Pete’s Dragon in 1977. I was only 3 so I sort of remember it, but I remember seeing Song of the South more vividly just a year or two later.
The first 4 movies I remember being taken to go and see were
Star Trek : The Motion Picture
Superman
Star Wars
Double bill of The Man With The Golden Gun & Live And Let Die
Can’t remember the order though I’m thinking Star Wars was probably first.
The first movie I remember seeing was on TV – it was Son of Kong.
The first movie I remember seeing in a theater was The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad. It wasn’t the first release, though – it was a Saturday matinee probably a year or two later.
First trip to the cinema was to see the Doug McLure dino-fest “The Land That Time Forgot”. I was about six, and it was pretty scary as I recall. Seen it a couple of times since, and it’s really not stood the test of time!
The first movie I remember seeing in the theatre with my parents was “Raiders of the Lost Ark”. I was four and my sister was five. They still tease us sometimes about how my sister covered up her eyes during the snake pit scene (which captivated me) and cooed over the “mushy” kissing scene, which made me cover my eyes and squeal.
The first one I remember seeing in the theatre was ET. I’m not really sure how old I was (4 or 5 maybe?), but I do remember my sister being so frightened that we had to leave.
First two films I saw in a theater were a double bill of Mothra and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Mothra ran first. More than 40 years later, I can still recall how strange and overwhelming the whole experience was.
Interesting to note that most everyone’s first film was some sort of bizzaro fantasy-fest.
Fantasia God I loved that movie!
Max
I grew up in a Pentecostal church. We were taught that movies were tools of Satan and would corrupt us; same goes for roller skating at the rink, organized baseball games, bowling and just about anywhere else people have fun without a preacher sermonizing. (Some church members took that more strictly and wouldn’t even watch television.) I didn’t see a movie in a theater until I was 17. It was Inner Space.
God, I feel so old.
The first movie I remember seeing was Darby O’Gill and the Little People. Saw it at the drive-in. It was double billed with Doctor Zhivago. The kids movie was shown first, and by the time the Doctor started, I was sound asleep on top of the car.
That totally reminds me of a story. The sister right below me in the lineup (there’s six of us) is four years younger than me. The first movie she ever went to with all of us was “Harry and the Hendersons”. For those of you who aren’t familiar with this, it was a sappy semi-kids movie where a bigfoot lives with a suburban family, much hijinks ensue, etc. etc. Anyway, the final scene has the family–with much reluctance–returning Harry to the woods where he meets up with the rest of the bigfoot tribe. My lil sis watched the entire thing raptly and without uttering a peep (I’m thinking she was probably four or five at the time). As the final scene faded and the lights went up, there was this sudden earshattering howl of complete and utter misery. I look over and there she is, tears streaming down her face, mouth wide open, and this unholy noise just pouring from her. I’m not talking childish sobbing here, I mean loud, sustained wailing. “Haaaarrrrryyy!” She was devestated. I can still remember her crying the whole way home. Poor kid, it was a while before my mom took us to the movies again.
I was six years old when I saw my first movie in a theater. The movie was Freaky Friday.
I trust your parents remembered to take you down before they drove away? Those were the days…
My first movie out was Mary Poppins. Those chimney sweeps scared the living hell out of me, with their hopping up and down and jumping in and out of chimneys…
I can’t really say that I remember the first one. My folks went to the drive-in frequently and simply took us along for the ride. I usually ended up sleeping through the movie.
I do remember seeing Dirty Harry at the drive-in when I was four. That’s not a film to let a four-year-old see. The opening scene of the film shows a man shooting a nice lady who is in a swimming pool. She thrashes and bleeds quite a bit before dying. Scarred me for life, that did.