Join us on Saturday, August 19 for a screening of one of our most requested titles, Dennis Hopper‘s beautifully restored directorial debut EASY RIDER. A groundbreaking icon of counter-culture and cinema, EASY RIDER made stars out of Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson, and Hopper, was hailed by Time Magazine as, “one of the ten most important … Read more
“Cuz I’m a blonde, B-L-O-N-D. Cuz I’m a blonde, Don’t you wish you were me?” In this out-of-this-world 80’s musical comedy adventure that revels in its own 80’s-era So-Cal chic, Geena Davis plays Valerie, a manicurist living in the valley with her cold fiancé, Dr. Ted Gallagher. At the Curl Up and Dye beauty salon … Read more
Join us at the Rio for this special screening of Eadweard. A complex portrait of Eadweard Muybridge, the father of motion pictures, whose searing jealousy of his young wife eclipsed his genius, leading to one of the most infamous legal cases in history. ——————————————————————————————————————- August 31st (Red Carpet Screening & After Party) @ 6:45pm. … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Sunday, November 11 for a Remembrance Day screening of acclaimed auteur Christopher Nolan‘s 2018 Oscar-winner, DUNKIRK. Told in three parts, this thrilling World War II drama takes a bold and innovative look at the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut … Read more
DUMB MONEY is the ultimate David vs. Goliath tale, based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (yes, the mall videogame store) into the world’s hottest company. In the middle of everything is regular guy Keith Gill (Paul Dano), who starts … Read more
Two years after his wife’s unexpected death, Yusuke Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima), a renowned stage actor and director, receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There, he meets Misaki Watari (Toko Miura), a taciturn young woman assigned by the festival to chauffeur him in his beloved red … Read more
The Rio Theatre is flying both our Made In Canada and LGBTQ+ pride flags with a screening of award winning, Canadian maritime born, filmmaker Michael Clowater‘s (‘Tenant’, ‘4 Eyes’), DRIVE BACK HOME. The film is based on the true story of Clowater’s grandfather Ernie and great-uncle Hedley. Featuring queer icon, multi-award winner, and host of The … Read more
“If I drive for you, you get your money. You tell me where we start, where we’re going, where we’re going afterwards. I give you five minutes when we get there. Anything happens in that five minutes and I’m yours. No matter what. Anything a minute on either side of that and you’re on your … Read more
The Rio Theatre continues its dive into classic monster movies of the past with a screening of director Todd Browning’s pre-code work of “romantic horror”, DRACULA, based on the 1924 stage play “Dracula,” which in turn was adapted from the 1897 novel of the same name by Bram Stoker. The film stars Bela Lugosi as … Read more
“Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines.” Join us for at the Rio Theatre for director Stanley Kubrick‘s 1964 cold war classic DR. STRANGELOVE. Loosely based on Peter George‘s thriller novel ‘Red Alert,’ DR. STRANGELOVE concerns an unhinged United States Air Force general who orders a first strike nuclear attack on the … Read more
We kindly ask all patrons to please arrive early in order to process everyone at the door and through concession on time.
All tickets purchased include a membership to the Vancouver Art House Society.
1660 East Broadway,
Vancouver, BC V5N 1W1
Phone: 604-879-3456
Info Line: 604-878-3456
Email: info@riotheatre.ca
© 2026 Rio Theatre