There is, I don’t live up there but you can google search it

There should be some. LA as well, but to my understanding, theyre not Jolar type. 

I’m way late, but we ended up going with the Chinese Theater. Wow! Maybe the loudest, most chest thumping theatrical experience I’ve ever had, which was perfect for the movie.

Thank you all so much for the tips!

Bro if you’re in La for a day then you might as well go to the Chinese theater

Arclight :(

Alamo Drafthouse in DTLA is a super fun experience. Haven't been since Covid, but they serve food and booze to your seat and do themed menus depending on the screening.

The Griffith Observatory is a pretty awesome tourist spot that's been in movies like La La Land and Rebel Without a Cause. Also just great views of the city and lots of trails. The Ennis House is near there too. Hard to get a great view of it, but worth driving by on some crazy, windy roads. It's been in Blade Runner, Rush Hour, LA Confidential, lots of stuff. Lots of good food spots in Los Feliz too, and others have mentioned the Vista and Los Feliz 3. Don't forget to go to Tarantino's coffee place at the Vista too!

Lots of other great suggestions here, but if you want to go see a big new release I like the Universal City IMAX. The seating is really steep so you get to see a movie with a huge crowd but always can see fine, and the audio and picture quality is great. They also do some re-releases - I finally got to see Tenet in theaters there.

For a non-movie theater, it's cool to stop into the Bradbury Building, an awesome old building that has been in like 100 movies (most famously, Blade Runner).

Studio lot tour!

Love The Aero theater in Santa Monica. Great location too

The Chinese theatre is cheesy, but a very impressive room and imax experience. I mean King Kong premiered there!

I also really like the Vista (Tarantino’s other theatre) it has an Egyptian theme and there’s an attached Jackie Brown themed cafe called Pam’s Coffy.

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https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/

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Grand Central Market & Angel's Flight

Chinatown for old-school fun & have lunch at Yang Chow

More pricey but fun https://www.sixtaste.com/tours.html

Any musicals at the Pantages in Hollywood. Hilltop Park in Signal Hill/Long Beach to look out to LA. California Science Center new USC. Or anywhere in Exposition Park. I know California Science Center is free if you have are on food stamps.

Free Jazz friday nights at Lacma! You can make it a picnic and bring your own chairs. Griffith Observatory and train museum at Griffith is free and fun. You could also do a picnic there! Bike ride at Santa Monica to Venice and walk along the venice boardwalk, get sandos Get KKBQ and bowl at Shatto 39 lanes . It's a classic bowling alley and chill! Go to Panns and then hike at Kenneth Hahn Park.

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Cinespia is an awesome date and a very LA experience during the summer. Bring beach chairs, sit on the grass and watch a movie at the Hollywood forever cemetary

Alamo Drafthouse rowdy showings!

hope you find the answer but…Most people tend to hate heckling that being “fun” is a very unpopular opinion. Most people want dead silence in the theater especially somewhere like LA and surrounding cities

Seeing Sinners at the theater in Carson was WAY more fun than seeing it in Calabasas.

The closest approximate would be the Cinemark at Crenshaw. That used to be a Magic Johnson Theatre (they shot the infamous White Chicks Oscar sketch there). I would love to go to Marvel Movie premieres there because of the audience would get so into it. Been there a couple of time since the pandemic and the vibe has settled down a lot. It's right off a K line stop, so it's also super easy to get to (in addition to free parking)

Dinner Detective was fire. Totally different experience than anything else.

Sounds like you want Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament

I still like the Century City AMC in IMAX or Dolby. The screens are large and the seats are close so it feels bigger than it is compared to other theatres. 3 hour valet parking.

Let’s not confuse non-regular movie goers with these terms. For the purpose of seeing Superman, it’s showing in IMAX and Century City’s a great IMAX to see it on

I’d recommend seeing it in IMAX at the Chinese Theatre or Universal AMC

The Chinese main standalone theater, hands down

I miss the Cinerama Dome. I hope it reopens.

AMC at Century City if you want a clean movie theater and don’t want to deal with tourists

All the mainstream movies are cut and mastered for LieMAX. They don’t take advantage of true IMAX. Except for those special fish in the sea movies.

The best: Academy Museum’s David Geffen theater. You don’t need museum tickets to see a movie and tickets are a steal for what you’re getting ($5 for students!!). 100% the most technically impressive theater in town (RRR in 4K blew my mind for the 4th time with their sound system.) Programming is great too. No concessions because they like to keep the place clean; they have every right to because it's gorgeous.

Runner-up: The Egyptian, just went to the premiere of Longlegs on Monday! Get an American Cinematheque membership.

Different theaters for different experiences

AMC CityWalk for IMAX and Dolby mainstream releases and also the worst parking

Chinese for really gigantic screen

Egyptian / Aero / Los Feliz 3 for American Cinematheque programming

El Capitan for Disney and Fox films and also the prettiest interior and the pre show organist

New Beverly and Vista for a combo of excellent curation, the best popcorn and hot dogs and sodas in town. Really excellent for genre movies and revivals.

Vidiots for excellent revival programming

AMC Americana at Brand or AMC Century City if I’m just seeing a mainstream movie

My favorite has always been the Chinese Theater. It's gorgeous, the screen is huge, the room is huge, and they always have classic film paraphernalia in the lobby.

I missed the academy museum and several indie theaters in Pasadena/glendale and Gardena.

Also the whole Alamo thing - I loved them in Austin and Houston but I think we just have better options here in LA? But also I don’t want to park down near the theater either

And the Alamo Drafthouse

Alamo Draft House by far

Yes, only the old Grauman's

ArcLight Hollywood in general. That place had THE BEST special events ever. I miss the Q&As :(

Thank you. There’s no reason to go to this soulless, overpriced corporate cinema. The physical layout means you may be walking a lot with that $9 popcorn.

It should be noted that it MUST be the IMAX screen, the rest of the screens are just a generic multiplex. The IMAX screen is in the old historic auditorium.

They're all close enough to walk and too close to Uber. There will be some homeless people along the way but just keep your distance and walk confidently. Have a great time! The Chinese theater is gorgeous.

Edited to add: be aware that the TCL Chinese has the one historic auditorium (I believe Screen 7?) and 6 new smaller screens. You want the main auditorium.

This makes me wish the Vista was open.

If you're into theater systems I'd highly suggest AMC at Universal City walk. They're one of the few theaters in the world with 70mm Imax

There is no other answer. Not only is it visually stunning inside, but it is hands down the best audio experience you will hear in a theater.

My favorite ladies room in Hollywood!

I give walking tours that stretch from the Chinese to Pantages (near Capitol Records). Walking is safe although there are some unsavory sorts in some places who you will need to not linger around.

The above is probably more true if you are a guy than if you are a girl

Best theaters in LA are the Chinese, Egyptian, and El Capitan. The Chinese is the one that will be showing your film, so go there. It's spectacular, the grandest movie theater in the world and deservedly so

Make sure you are getting tickets for the grand historic screen at the Chinese. In the 80s they added more screens to make it a multiplex (the original historic screen is from 1927, but it was been very well maintain and was upgraded to imax 10-20 years ago) but the addition screens are generic and not special at all.

Tickets at the grand screen run about $5 more than normal (at least that was true last time I went), totally worth it. The lobby also has wardrobe and posters and props from classic Hollywood on display, so it's even a mini- museum in addition to a theater