The Best Movies in Bay Area

Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project - QWOCMAP

Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP) creates, exhibits and distributes new films that authentically reflect the lives of queer women of color and address the vital social justice issues that concern multiple communities.  We bridge... more

Rasputin Music - Pleasant Hill

Rasputin Music is a large independent record store, founded in 1971 in Berkeley. more

REB6Studios - Wedding Videographers

REB6Studios is a video production team composed of creative people with a passion for storytelling. We are top-rated event and wedding videographers in San Francisco with a mission to direct all of our passion into creating a video that will captivat... more

Regal - Stonestown

Taking over where the Macy's was in the Stonestown Mall, Regal's new multiplex cinema is a great location to take in a new release top ten type movie. more

Regal Cinemas Jack London Stadium 9

Easy to get to.   A good place to visit if you're in Jack London Square and would like to catch a movie.   Mostly Hollywood blockbuster type movies but also participate in a few local film festivals like the Oakland Internation Film Festiva... more

Regal Cinemas Santa Cruz 9

Regal Crow Canyon Stadium 6

Regal Deer Valley Plaza 16

Regal Hacienda Crossings 20 & IMAX

Rheem All-Stadium 4

Rheem Theatre

As Moraga's premiere movie theater, The New Rheem Theatre will exhibit independent, family, international, documentary, narrative, and avant-garde films. Many of our films are presented with personal appearances by filmmakers, critics, and scholars t... more

Rialto Cinemas Elmwood

Come enjoy our brand of independent, customer friendly movie going. We feature a diverse mix of films including the best quality films from Hollywood and a diverse array of independent and foreign films from around the world. We have a genuine int... more

Rialto Cinemas Lakeside

Rialto Cinemas Sebastopol

Rialto Cinemas Sebastopol brings the best films in the world to Sonoma County! The theatre has been chosen as the best movie theatre for 10 consecutive years! more

Rio Theater in Monte Rio

THE RIO IS AN HISTORIC QUONSET HUT MOVIE THEATER ON THE RUSSIAN RIVER, INCLUDING A CAFE WITH GREAT FOOD AND BEER, AND A SUNNY OUTDOOR MARKET ON WEEKENDS. The mission of the Rio Theater & Cafe is to engage the community in creating an inclusive a... more

Rio Theatre - Santa Cruz

Some of the best acts to hit town play the stage of the Rio, a gracious theater built in 1946 to house a new 3-D Cyclorama movie screen. Nothing more complicated is on tap than popcorn, snacks and a few soft drinks, but since being retooled into a li... more

Rohnert Park 16

Roxy Stadium 14

The theater is located downtown, across the street from the Santa Rosa Mall. Free three hour validation from the Roxy 14 for parking at the City of Santa Rosa's First Street Garage only. $0.50/hour there after. Validate at box office or concessions... more

S.F. Frozen Film Festival

Celebrating the diversity of San Francisco by bringing film and music that embodies the Bay Areas unique mixture of cultures, the S.F.F.F.F. works to create a sustainable and supportive network of independent artists in the Ba... more

San Francisco Cinematheque

As the nation's premier proponent and presenter of personally expressive film, video and emerging media, San Francisco Cinematheque champions classic and contemporary moving-image art that challenges traditional culture with alternative visions, voic... more

San Francisco Film Centre

The San Francisco Film Centre occupies Building 39 on the Main Post in the historic Presidio and provides long-term and short-term office space, as well as conference rooms, a state-of-the-art screening room and a café, to tenants in the film... more

San Francisco Film Society

The San Francisco Film Society encourages the progressive evolution of film culture and individual lives by celebrating the transformative power of the moving image in all its forms. Through a combination of intelligent programming and exemplary serv... more

San Francisco Green Film Festival

Join us for the 2nd San Francisco Green Film Festival, March 1-7, 2012 - the Bay Area's only festival dedicated to innovative film and media that explore green issues and sustainable living. Take part in an inspiring week of film premieres, program... more

San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Founded in 1980, the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival is the first and largest of its kind in the world. Today, we are more than a festival: we are the leading advocate for independent Jewish cinema. Our programs include: Annual San Francisco Jewis... more

San Francisco Media Archive

The San Francisco Media Archive is a non-profit institution dedicated to acquiring, preserving and making available film and related media materials to historians, researchers, image makers and the general public. more

San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking

San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking (SFSDF) is one of the most innovative film schools in the country. Offering programs in both Digital Filmmaking and Film Acting, SFSDF bridges the gap between traditional education and professional moviemak... more

San Francisco Women's Film Festival

We are so excited to bring you over 60 films directed and co-directed by Women. This year’s premieres, features, and short films truly reflect the vitality of women filmmakers from around the world! We had a record-number of submissions this year tha... more

San Franpsycho - Haight Ashbury

Originally San Franpsycho began as surf films featuring a group of San Francisco surfers in all their glory of good waves, partying, and wild lifestyle throughout the city. San Franpsycho has quickly evolved into a lifestyle brand and will continue t... more

Santa Cruz Cinema 9

Scotts Super Dvd Video

2007 BEST OF SILICON VALLEY Reader Survey Winner - First Place Best Video/ DVD Rental -- Metro, Silicon Valley's Weekly Newspaper, September 26, 2007 more

Scotts Valley Cinema

Sebastiani Theatre

Enjoy an eclectic blend of cinema and live entertainment that includes critically acclaimed art, foreign, and classic films, contemporary and vintage music, magic, ballet, opera and musical theatre. The Sebastiani Theatre is available for use as a... more

Sequoia Theatre

Shapeshifters Cinema

Shapeshifters Cinema is an experimental microcinema located in Oakland, CA. Our mission is to provide a venue and support for contemporary artists working with experimental and artist-made film, video, sound, music and other types of mediated perform... more

ShowPlace ICON Theater & Kitchen - Mountain View

The ShowPlace ICON Theater & Kitchen experience in Mountain View continues to redefine state-of-the-art entertainment. Through advancements in cuisine, seating, audio, visual, and interactive consumer technology, ShowPlace ICON Theater & Kitchen cont... more

ShowPlace ICON Theater & Kitchen - Santa Clara

The ShowPlace ICON Theater & Kitchen experience in Mountain View continues to redefine state-of-the-art entertainment. Through advancements in cuisine, seating, audio, visual, and interactive consumer technology, ShowPlace ICON Theater & Kitchen cont... more

Smith Rafael Film Center

The Smith Rafael Film Center exhibits independent documentaries, classics, retrospectives, international works and hosts special events with filmmakers from around the world year-round. The beautifully restored film center, in downtown San Rafael, is... more

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Sonoma Cinemas

Sound On Stage Incorporated

State Theatre of Modesto

The only historic, non-profit theatre in the region showing classic, foreign & independent films. The Art Deco State Theatre was built in 1934 by S. Charles Lee and is listed on the National Register of Historical Places. After decades as a film h... more

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