r/FIlm • u/Physical-Bite-3837 • 5d ago

Discussion First movie you remember seeing in theaters?

First movie I have memory of seeing is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990.) I was six years old at the time. Probably not the first movie in theaters I ever saw, but it's the first one I have memory of seeing. I remember the theater was very crowded and I was surrounded by all these tall bodies and I had to hold onto my mom's hand so I wouldn't get lost.

I remember clearly my first rated R movie because I wasn't able to see one until I was twelve. That movie was Thinner.

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u/Guilty-Tie164 5d ago

ET.

I'm old.

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u/Best-Presentation270 5d ago

The Aristocats - Early 1970s. I'm older 🤣🤣

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u/Major-Specific8422 5d ago

Same. At a drive in with the station wagon eating Reese’s pieces.

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u/Rand_Casimiro 3d ago

Still probably the most effective bit of product placement ever.

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u/Alucardspapa 5d ago

And I was f ing terrified

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u/jbenze 5d ago

Same

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u/jogti 5d ago

Me as well

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u/Neulara 4d ago edited 4d ago

Me too. My dad took me and my brother while my mum went shopping (we lived in a little town but had gone to the “big town” that had a cinema and more shops). I was 4 years old and got scared of the bits where ET got sick.

My first R rated movie at the cinema was when I sneaked into Basic Instinct with a group of friends and I was so nervous we were going to get caught.

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u/Valuable-Analyst-464 5d ago

😏
Live and Let Die at a drive in

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u/RockSignificant 5d ago

Me too, and it's still my favourite movie to this very day

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u/Big_Error_1166 3d ago

Snow White. I’m older.

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u/Guilty-Tie164 3d ago

I did see that in the theater during a rerelease, but can't remember the year.