# What was the last Movie you've seen in a theater? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [February 23, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-youve-seen-in-a-theater/933554 "2021-02-23T13:47:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-youve-seen-in-a-theater/933554/1 "2021-02-23T13:47:11Z")
For me it was the craptastic Fantasy Island remake a year ago today. I really hope theaters make it through this because that can’t be the last movie I see. What’s yours? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-youve-seen-in-a-theater/933554/2 "2021-02-23T13:48:37Z")
I can’t even remember. Damn. I guess it was forgettable. It was over a year ago at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-youve-seen-in-a-theater/933554/3 "2021-02-23T14:02:05Z")
1. That was the film, not when I saw it. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-youve-seen-in-a-theater/933554/4 "2021-02-23T14:07:06Z")
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker I guess it would be great to see the next Mission Impossible if it is really released late this year. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-youve-seen-in-a-theater/933554/5 "2021-02-23T14:11:55Z")
Hah! Me too. I remember being impressed with the recliner seats in the theater, but not as much with the movie. ETA: I think it was Ant Man and the Wasp, so summer of 2018. Decent movie, not as good as the first Ant Man movie. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-youve-seen-in-a-theater/933554/6 "2021-02-23T14:21:44Z")
Think it was _Jojo Rabbit_. Which was excellent. And in one of those swanky theatres where you sit on sofas. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-youve-seen-in-a-theater/933554/7 "2021-02-23T14:24:40Z")
Either **1917** or **The Invisible Man**. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-youve-seen-in-a-theater/933554/8 "2021-02-23T14:33:17Z")
Wow, I have no idea. I stopped going to theaters long ago. My hearing is so bad I prefer captions, but my vision is good enough to be bothered by other’s screens. I watch movies on my tablet most nights, though. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-youve-seen-in-a-theater/933554/9 "2021-02-23T14:40:13Z")
_Star Trek: Generations_. November 18th 1994. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-youve-seen-in-a-theater/933554/10 "2021-02-23T14:40:50Z")
I took the grandkids to see the new Jungle Book in 2016. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-youve-seen-in-a-theater/933554/11 "2021-02-23T14:49:46Z")
_First Cow_ on March 7, 2020. That had been my 20th film seen during 2020. Until March I usually averaged 9-10 films per month. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-youve-seen-in-a-theater/933554/12 "2021-02-23T14:54:11Z")
We saw TENET in October. There were only four people in the theater, and three employees doing concessions/tickets. Our theater has gone to weekends only since then, but I’m guessing we’ll do another movie under these circumstances. It certainly felt safe enough. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-youve-seen-in-a-theater/933554/13 "2021-02-23T14:59:07Z")
Movie theaters are actually going to reopen at limited capacity here next week, they’ve been closed since March. Even though I saw 113 films in the theater during 2019, I’m not returning until I get vaccinated. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-youve-seen-in-a-theater/933554/14 "2021-02-23T15:04:59Z")
First run of the first Jurassic Park movie in 1993. It appears @Eyebrows_0f_Doom and I have differing attitudes to cinema. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-youve-seen-in-a-theater/933554/15 "2021-02-23T15:08:19Z")
The 1993 Jurassic Park, shown at a revival theater back in December. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-youve-seen-in-a-theater/933554/16 "2021-02-23T15:09:31Z")
I think the last time somebody dragged me along to one was Dr. Doolittle with Eddie Murphy (1998). It wasn’t very good. I love movies, but I have come to hate movie theaters. Crowds, people talking through the movie, people crawling over you to get to and from their seats, people kicking the back of your seat, gum and spilled drinks on the floor, and the whole place absolutely reeks of imitation butter flavoring. No thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-youve-seen-in-a-theater/933554/17 "2021-02-23T15:23:12Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > _First Cow_ on March 7, 2020. That had been my 20th film seen during 2020. Until March I usually averaged 9-10 films per month. I know you see a lot and I thought about you in 2020. Did you move a lot of the viewing over to TV. Were you buying the theatrical releases that went digital and watching at home? Are you going to plan on watching all this year’s releases that are getting digital releases along with their theatrical ones? ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-youve-seen-in-a-theater/933554/18 "2021-02-23T15:42:57Z")
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker back in December 2019 ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-youve-seen-in-a-theater/933554/19 "2021-02-23T15:53:18Z")
My husband and I saw Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary, which I think was in December, 2019. It was a lot of fun. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-youve-seen-in-a-theater/933554/20 "2021-02-23T15:54:50Z")
Arrrggh! Sorry, sore subject for two reasons. 1. I retired a year ago. One reason was so I could spend more time going to movies. Local theaters had deals like $5 Tuesdays or Seniors Night, and I was SO happy… while it lasted. 2. I’d normally have a classy answer to this “last movie” question. I mean, I’d just seem Parasite and 1917… but then, thanks to that $5 Tuesday, I went by myself and the only movie I hadn’t seen was . . . Sonic the Hedgehog. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-youve-seen-in-a-theater/933554.md?page=2)