What is the first movie you remember seeing at a theater?

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The Fox and Hound 1981
 
Batman

No way it was the first movie I ever went to the theatre to see. But first one I remember. Had on my Batman hat and Tshirt. Stood in line on the street for tickets, for what felt like hours.
 
Titanic with my mom and cousin. I think I was 12.
 
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
 
Thinking 'The Jungle Book' in like 1967.

My folks liked the drive-in when we were little so we went to a lot of mid/late 60's Clint Eastwood and James Bond movies at the drive-in.
They could pack their own snacks/drinks, and there was a playground for us kiddos to get worn out before the movie started.

My dad was good about taking us to movies as tweeners/early teens .

Young Frankenstein, 10, American Graffiti, The James Bonds, original Star Wars.
 
Red_Alert said:
Thinking 'The Jungle Book' in like 1967.

My folks liked the drive-in when we were little so we went to a lot of mid/late 60's Clint Eastwood and James Bond movies at the drive-in.
They could pack their own snacks/drinks, and there was a playground for us kiddos to get worn out before the movie started.

My dad was good about taking us to movies as tweeners/early teens .

Young Frankenstein, 10, American Graffiti, The James Bonds, original Star Wars.
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That sounds like my childhood. Dad did popcorn in a big grocery bag. Had an electric skillet he used. Saw so many movies with family and just us boys. I am sure a drive in theater was where I saw my first but have no clue which one at this age. Cheech and Chong movie? Some B movie with tit's for dad would be my first guess. Second would be Jaws and 3rd CandC. Final answer till I think on it more.
 
Bambi. I think they must have done a re-release. Based on a Google search maybe 1988? That doesn't seem right though.
 
They wouldn't let me go see Jaws, I was too little. Said it would scare me. I am aware that I saw movies before that, specifically Disney' Robin Hood, The Apple Dumpling Gang, one of those Herbie movies....
 
I think it was actually Blazing Saddles, at a drive-in. I was too young to pay much attention to anything other than the campfire farting scene, pretty sure I spent most of my time running around the parking lot with some other kids.

In the theatre, I don't recall which was first but I remember seeing Pete's Dragon and Song of the South as school field trips, and then Original Star Wars with my brothers and sister.
 
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They could pack their own snacks/drinks, and there was a playground for us kiddos to get worn out before the movie started.
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Godstree said:
That sounds like my childhood. Dad did popcorn in a big grocery bag. Had an electric skillet he used.
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rsw626 said:
Jaws, at the drive-in, remember those?
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We had several in town. One was on a hill right next to a grocery store, and the screen faced the parking lot at an angle. Parents would leave their kids in the cars and go in to shop, and the kids would watch a movie with no sound for half an hour. But then, the drive in started playing pore-knows...

My mom would pop a ton of corn and make us all a bag, and we brought a cooler full of sodas and a couple of beers for the parents. We didn't have a playground, just a mound of dirt, which we would use to play King of the Hill or throw dirt-clods at each other
 
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