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Top 10 Most Popular Indie Movie Theaters
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas is one of Top 10 Most Popular Indie Movie Theaters.

1. Sundance Kabuki Cinemas

1881 Post St (at Fillmore St), San Francisco, CA
Movie Theater · Japantown · 242 tips and reviews

IFCIFC: SF: Reserved seating, cocktails, popcorn with REAL butter. That's how movies should be watched. -IFC Viewer

Angelika Film Center & Cafe is one of Top 10 Most Popular Indie Movie Theaters.

2. Angelika Film Center & Cafe

9.0
18 W Houston St (at Mercer St), New York, NY
Indie Movie Theater · Greenwich Village · 211 tips and reviews
Nitehawk Cinema is one of Top 10 Most Popular Indie Movie Theaters.

3. Nitehawk Cinema

9.5
136 Metropolitan Ave (btwn Berry St & Wythe Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Movie Theater · Williamsburg · 301 tips and reviews

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: Each theater has paired seats and tables where twosomes can nosh while taking in indie and retro flicks. Split the Nitehawk Queso, with melted cheese, black beans, spicy chorizo and cooling guac. Read more.

Angelika Film Center & Cafe is one of Top 10 Most Popular Indie Movie Theaters.

4. Angelika Film Center & Cafe

9.0
5321 E Mockingbird Ln Ste 230 (in Mockingbird Station), Dallas, TX
Indie Movie Theater · 71 tips and reviews

Original PenguinOriginal Penguin: The Angelika Dallas is one of the only non-multiplex cinemas in town and offers residents the chance to see some of the best and most current art-house and indie films.

IFC Center is one of Top 10 Most Popular Indie Movie Theaters.

5. IFC Center

9.1
323 Avenue of the Americas (at W 3rd St), New York, NY
Indie Movie Theater · Greenwich Village · 191 tips and reviews

The Corcoran GroupThe Corcoran Group: Features the best in independent film. Don’t miss their midnight movies. Become a member for $65 and save $5 on each visit, plus get four free popcorns!

Castro Theatre is one of Top 10 Most Popular Indie Movie Theaters.

6. Castro Theatre

9.2
429 Castro St (btwn 18th & Market), San Francisco, CA
Indie Movie Theater · Castro · 118 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: A dramatic movie theatre – showing revivals, foreign & indie films and even sing-along movie musicals. As recommended by Travel Channel host, Anthony Bourdain.

Somerville Theatre - IFFBoston is one of Top 10 Most Popular Indie Movie Theaters.

7. Somerville Theatre - IFFBoston

55 Davis Sq, Somerville, MA
Movie Theater · Davis Square · 84 tips and reviews

DigBostonDigBoston: Keeping up the standards for Independent Theatres, thanks guys! Read more.

Music Box Theatre is one of Top 10 Most Popular Indie Movie Theaters.

8. Music Box Theatre

9.4
3733 N Southport Ave (btwn Grace St & Waveland Ave), Chicago, IL
Indie Movie Theater · Lakeview · 88 tips and reviews

Explore ChicagoExplore Chicago: The Music Box plays a mix of independent and foreign films, as well as classic (black and white) movie matinees, and midnight screenings of cult classics. Read more.

Landmark's E Street Cinema is one of Top 10 Most Popular Indie Movie Theaters.

9. Landmark's E Street Cinema

9.2
555 11th St NW (at E St NW), Washington, D.C.
Indie Movie Theater · Downtown-Penn Quarter-Chinatown · 88 tips and reviews

Laetitia B.Laetitia Brock: catch an independent or foreign flick... grab a beer or a glass of wine at concessions while you're there too.

Gateway Film Center is one of Top 10 Most Popular Indie Movie Theaters.

10. Gateway Film Center

8.1
1550 N High St (at 11th Ave), Columbus, OH
Indie Movie Theater · 51 tips and reviews

Jay B.Jay Brooks: Great theater, and great location. Glad they have a parking garage attached, as it is in OSU campus.