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. 42 special screenings on our calendar in the next 30 days.
Quarter Detroit presents
- 159cinemas
- 630films 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
NCG CinemasBeing checked
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03 / Legends
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
1941–2006
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.