Movies

Genre: Action

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

One trilogy marathon to rule them all…. Join us at the Rio Theatre on Saturday, January 31 – for a daylong movie marathon event featuring Peter Jackson‘s LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy (Extended Editions!) – back-to-back, on the big screen, and in its entirety. Based on the high-fantasy epic

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

One trilogy marathon to rule them all…. Join us at the Rio Theatre on Saturday, January 31 – for a daylong movie marathon event featuring Peter Jackson‘s LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy (Extended Editions!) – back-to-back, on the big screen, and in its entirety. Based on the high-fantasy epic

One Piece Film: Red

Beloved anime film franchise One Piece returned in a big way in 2022, with its latest installment, the musical action-adventure fantasy ONE PIECE FILM: RED – now the top-grossing film of the year in Japan – and one of the biggest Japanese box office hits of all time! It’s finally

RRR: Indian Independence Day EncoRRRe

Join us at the RRRio Theatre on Tuesday, August 15 (Indian Independence Day!)  a special prime time,  encoRRRe screening of one of the most eye-popping films of the last decade, legendary Indian filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli‘s audacious, over-the-top, Oscar-winning big screen bonanza and bona fide blockbuster RRR (Rise! Roar! Revolution!). RRR

Hunt

After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho (Lee Jung Jae) and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do (Jung Woo Sung) are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top

The Woman King

THE WOMAN KING is the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen. Inspired by true events, THE WOMAN KING follows the emotionally epic journey of

Ponniyin Selvan: Part One

PONNIYIN SELVAN: 1 (“PS1”)  is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language epic historical action drama film directed by Mani Ratnam. “The casting is more or less spot on. Karthi is terrific as the playful Vandhiyathevan, and along with Jayaram, who plays the spy Alwarkadiyan, infuses humour into the largely serious proceedings.” (The

Kantara: A Legend

Writer-director-actor Rishab Shetty‘s folkloric action-thriller KANTARA follows a henchman, Shiva (Shetty), who lives in a small tribal hamlet with his mother. An unforgettable incident that he had witnessed during his childhood makes him stay away from the traditional Daivaradhane and Bhoota Kola legacy. He is a

VIFF: Leonor Will Never Die

Once a prominent action filmmaker, Leonor spends her senior years with the ghost of her dead son and the pestering, very alive presence of her younger son. In her cramped apartment, she distracts herself from overdue electricity bills by daydreaming about her movies, until a freak accident causes her to

Starship Troopers

“The only good bug, is a dead bug.” Inexplicably, Paul Verhoeven‘s 1997 work of futuretastic sci-fi fantasy, STARSHIP TROOPERS – a movie about humans in a fascistic, militaristic future doing battle with giant alien bugs in a fight for survival – has become a cult-favourite, and a perfect

About The Rio

Voted the #1 Independent Theatre in Vancouver, the Rio Theatre is a multimedia venue featuring arthouse, mainstream and cult-classic cinemas as well as live entertainment. Built in 1938, the Rio has been fully restored with a state of the art digital projector, surround sound, a huge stage and 420 luxurious seats.

1660 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC

Phone: 604.879.3456

Info Line: 604.878.3456

Email: info@riotheatre.ca

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