Film

The following local Festivals highlight the rich heritage of film in our community:

• High Falls Film Festival - October
  

• Rochester Bicycle Film Festival - May
  

• ImageOut - October
  

• Rochester International Film Festival - also known as Movies on a Shoestring - April
  

• Jewish Film Festival - July
  

• Labor Film Series - September-October
  

• Polish Film Festival - November
  

• Fast Forward Film Festival - March/April

Movie Theaters in the Rochester area range from unique art-houses to corporate googolplexen. See Movie Listings for dozens of choices available daily and check Movie Reviews for local reviews.

Tip: Most theatres have a dollar store nearby. Twizzlers, lemonheads, nerds, most candy is $1.

• The Little Theatre is a nonprofit theatre dedicated to showing independent and foreign films. With five screens and an elegant cafe, it's one of the hippest places in town. Become a member and tickets are discounted. The Little is located on East Avenue just inside the Inner Loop and next to Spot Coffee.
  

• The Dryden Theatre, operated by the George Eastman House, has a similar fare, with special engagements and screenings of rare films throughout the year. The Dryden is a located little further down East Avenue.

• See Free Movies
  

• The University of Rochester/Cinema Group shows movies weekly to a predominantly undergraduate audience (but anyone can come) in Hoyt Hall auditorium on the University of Rochester campus.

• Roc Cinema located in at the corner of South Clinton and Goodman in the South Wedge shows inexpensive double features every evening and matinees on the weekends, plus has cheap concessions.
  

• Silver Lake Drive-In in Perry is about a 45 minute drive from the city. In addition to the movie screen, they have a mini-golf course, a game room and a family restaurant.
  

• The Strand is located in Brockport. It is one of the oldest existing movie theatres in the country.
  

• Vintage Drive-In in Avon has outdoor double feature movies on three screens during the warm months. Only a short drive down Route 15 or I-390 from Henrietta (making it the closest Drive-In theatre)!

• Tinseltown is a huge complex in Gates with one IMAX screen.
  

• Regal has theaters at:
  

• Regal Eastview 13 near Eastview Mall and,
  

• Regal Greece Ridge 12.
  

• AMC Loews Webster has 12 screens and is located on Empire Boulevard in Webster.
  

• Movies 10 The multiplex is not far from the University of Rochester on West Henrietta Road across the street from Jay's Diner.

• The Tinseltown IMAX theatre is the only "true" IMAX theater in the Rochester Area.
  

• The Strasenburgh Planetarium shows movies and laser shows on its giant screen. Movies are open captioned for school showtimes; available for other showtimes if you call ahead.

Rochester has a variety of local movie reviewers:

• City Newspaper has a Review Page.
  

• Democrat & Chronicle publishes reviews regularly, some by retired critic Jack Garner.
  

• Jon Popick talks about movies on the Friday Morning Show on WBER.

See also Movie Theaters and Movie Listings for what is available locally.

Over the years, there have been many movies filmed in Rochester. The list below are some of the more notable films.

• The Alphabet Killer (2006)
  

• Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2013)
  

• Cherry Crush (2007)
  

• Drivers Wanted (2005)
  

• Hero of the Underworld (2016)
  

• Sophomore (2008)
  

• Smoking Laws (2008)
  

• The Hammer (2010)

Click here for an IMDb list of films shot in part or entirely in Rochester.