Central Cinema

Central Cinema Knoxville's neighborhood moviehouse, in the heart of Happy Holler.

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Central Cinema is a single-screen neighborhood moviehouse in Knoxville's Happy Holler. We offer classic movies, cult favorites, under-the-radar indies and much more... plus partnered screenings helping local communities and organizations host a wide range of film events. Head to centralcinema865.com for our schedule and more information.

This week at Central Cinema:• Our Bleak Week series wraps up Monday with encores of THE VIRGIN SUICIDES and DANCER IN TH...
06/15/2026

This week at Central Cinema:

• Our Bleak Week series wraps up Monday with encores of THE VIRGIN SUICIDES and DANCER IN THE DARK

• Join us for a free screening of LUCKY Tuesday, presented in memory of Cale Williams

• Handmade anime JINSEI screens just two more times Tuesday & Thursday

• presents a free screening of 1968 drag competition doc THE QUEEN Wednesday

• Thursday's free monthly .knoxlibrary archival screening explores "The Fort In The Vault" with Fort Sanders video curios

• social media comedy sensation takes the stage Thursday night... grab your tickets now!

• our Summer of Godzilla series continues Saturday & Sunday as and present GODZILLA VS GIGAN

• don't forget your bubblegum for John Carpenter's THEY LIVE on Saturday, Monday 6/22 and Tuesday 6/23

• and we're thrilled to finally be hosting found footage video art collective for their newest "Memory Hole" touring presentation ANIMALS ARE OVER... don't miss this one!

This week at Central Cinema: it's BLEAK WEEK!We're pleased to be taking part in 's international celebration of "cinema ...
06/08/2026

This week at Central Cinema: it's BLEAK WEEK!

We're pleased to be taking part in 's international celebration of "cinema of despair" with bummer favorites of all types including an early Hollywood classic (MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW, Monday & Thursday), a French psychological thriller (SPOORLOOS aka THE VANISHING, Monday & Tuesday), boundary-pushing indie comedy (HAPPINESS, Tuesday & Wednesday), animated science fiction (WORLD OF TOMORROW 1-3, Wednesday & Friday), Lovecraftian horror (THE MIST B&W, Thursday & Saturday), high teenage drama (THE VIRGIN SUICIDES, Saturday & Monday 6/15) and lo-fi musical (DANCER IN THE DARK, Sunday & Monday 6/15)

Plus acclaimed handmade anime feature JINSEI (opening Thursday) and a live performance from Friday night!

This week at Central Cinema:• CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND was a big hit this weekend... just one more chance Mond...
06/01/2026

This week at Central Cinema:

• CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND was a big hit this weekend... just one more chance Monday!

• 's free monthly showcase pops off Tuesday, hosted by .augustus

• presents Jan Švenkmajer's unbelievable animated hybrid FAUST Wednesday & Thursday.... Wednesday's screening (introduced by Nyssa Collins) is just $5, or FREE for KMA members!

• Follow up CLOSE ENCOUNTERS and prepare for DISCLOSURE DAY with Steven Spielberg's A.I. (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE) Friday, Saturday and Sunday.... might we suggest it's a lot better than you maybe remember?

• Our May premiere of Gary Harmon's homegrown disability awareness doc CHALLENGE ACCEPTED drew a standing room only crowd... find out what you missed in an encore screening Fridy! (Tix going fast!)

• Our Summer of Godzilla series continues Friday & Saturday with the psychedelic, eco-conscious GODZILLA VS HEDORAH (aka GODZILLA VS THE SMOG MONSTER), co-presented by and !

Our June calendar is here, including a few treats we haven't yet announced! What are you looking forward to this month?
05/31/2026

Our June calendar is here, including a few treats we haven't yet announced! What are you looking forward to this month?

This week at Central Cinema:• WWII doc 10 GOOD MEN screens one more time Monday in observance of Memorial Day• end the l...
05/25/2026

This week at Central Cinema:

• WWII doc 10 GOOD MEN screens one more time Monday in observance of Memorial Day

• end the long weekend with our monthly

• we've had a great response this weekend to , and you've got two more chances to see it Tuesday & Thursday

• our month of East Asian classics wraps up Tuesday & Wednesday with Tsui Hark's epic ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA, starring Jet Li

• check out some of the hottest comics from Knoxville and beyond with Thursday's return of and Friday's late night show Top Rated Laughs

• returns Friday for a pop-up book sale and LIVE "rom-commentary" for teen classic CLUELESS... plus standard encore screenings Saturday & Sunday

• and prepare for Disclosure Day with Spielberg's original story of first contact in CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND Saturday, Sunday and Monday 6/1

05/19/2026

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND • Saturday May 30, Sunday May 31 and Monday June 1 at Central Cinema

As we collectively prepare for DISCLOSURE DAY (both the movie and possibly IRL?) Central Cinema is flashing back to director Steven Spielberg’s original tale of first contact, which solidified the legendary director as a box office wizard following the unprecedented success of JAWS.

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (DIRECTOR’S CUT) (1977, 4K) | Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) witnesses an unidentified flying object, and even has a “sunburn”from its bright lights to prove it. Roy refuses to accept an explanation for what he saw and is prepared to give up his life to pursue the truth about UFOs.

“A marvelous movie... an eye-widening, ear-filling adventure that lifts your spirits and sends you home with a great feeling that lasts for hours.” - Toronto Star

Join us as we kick off our annual MOVIES UNDER THE STARS series in partnership with this Friday, May 22 with SCHOOL OF ...
05/19/2026

Join us as we kick off our annual MOVIES UNDER THE STARS series in partnership with this Friday, May 22 with SCHOOL OF ROCK 🎸 Details and tickets available now on Ijams.org

This week at Central Cinema:- Godzilla faces down Mechagodzilla and King Ghidorah in the Monday encore of our Summer Of ...
05/18/2026

This week at Central Cinema:

- Godzilla faces down Mechagodzilla and King Ghidorah in the Monday encore of our Summer Of Godzilla double feature kickoff, presented by

- presents Chinese epic FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE Tuesday... one show only!

- our FREE monthly archival series with .knoxlibrary spotlights two "Extracurricular" treasures from their vaults Thursday

- fascinating true crime doc STOLEN KINGDOM (starts Friday!) tracks Walt Disney World's behind-the-scenes explorers and the mysterious theft of an animatronic

- slice & dice cult classic SH**UN ASSASSIN screens Friday & Saturday

- our 2026 Movies Under The Stars screening series at kicks off Friday evening with SCHOOL OF ROCK

- join us as 10 GOOD MEN detail their exploits aboard the B-17 Flying Fortress in WW2 as we present a Memorial Day premiere presentation Sunday & Monday

- our $7 monthly screening returns Monday

SH**UN ASSASSIN • Friday May 22 & Saturday May 23 at Central CinemaThe legendary midnight movie sensation that firmly em...
05/17/2026

SH**UN ASSASSIN • Friday May 22 & Saturday May 23 at Central Cinema

The legendary midnight movie sensation that firmly embedded samurai mythology within American pop culture consciousness, this English-dubbed reedit of the first two films in the classic Japanese chanbaraseries Lone Wolf and Cub is a giddily entertaining, mesmerizingly gory classic of East-meets-West grindhouse mayhem. Following the murder of his wife at the hands of an evil sh**un, an avenging ronin (Tomisaburo Wakayama) roams the countryside with his young son — and the boy’s sword-shooting baby carriage — in tow, dispatching ninja assassins with steely resolve in operatically stylized flurries of hallucinatory violence. With its pulsing synth soundtrack (cowritten by Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere & the Raiders) and delirious action set pieces — kinetically edited whirlwinds of flashing blades, spurting blood, and severed limbs — SH**UN ASSASSIN proved an instant cult favorite that has bubbled its way up from the underground to the mainstream thanks to its influence on artists ranging from the Wu-Tang Clan to Quentin Tarantino. (Janus Films)

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