Films

Classic, independent, international and documentary films are featured year-round at the IMA. Watch a film under the stars on the IMA’s amphitheatre or in The Toby, recently voted Best Screening Room by Indianapolis Monthly.

From June to August, the popular Summer Nights Film Series features movies every Friday evening on the IMA’s amphitheater. Pack your lawn chair and your picnic, and come hang out in the IMA’s backyard. The complementary series, Winter Nights features classic films on Friday nights in January and February in The Toby. Catch new and old favorites on the big screens in high-definition DVD and 35 mm.

The IMA also hosts the Indianapolis International Film Festival, the Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival, and the 48-Hour Film Project.

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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Friday, June 1 » 9:30 pm
(1962, directed by Robert Aldrich, 134 mins., PG) In what Time magazine called "the year's scariest, funniest and most sophisticated...
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters
Sunday, June 3 » 2 pm
(2012, dir. Ben Shapiro, 77 mins., USA)
Rear Window
Friday, June 8 » 9:30 pm
(1954, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 112 mins, PG) A wheelchair-bound photojournalist (James Stewart) and his beautiful fiancée (the one and...
Gerhard Richter Painting
Sunday, June 10 » 2 pm
(2011, dir. Corinna Belz, 97 mins., Germany) German artist Gerhard Richter, true to his credo that “painting is another form of thinking,” has...
Father of the Bride
Friday, June 15 » 9:30 pm
(1950, directed by Vincente Minnelli, 93 mins., PG) A witty commentary on the American family, Father of the Bride features an Oscar-nominated...
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
Friday, June 22 » 9:30 pm
(1969, directed by George Roy Hill, 110 mins., PG) Paul Newman & Robert Redford display their comic finesse and charisma as two outlaws who...
Fold Crumple Crush
Sunday, June 24 » 2 pm
(2011, dir. Susan Vogel, 53 mins., USA/Ghana)
Big
Friday, June 29 » 9:30 pm
(1988, directed by Penny Marshall, 104 mins., PG) Tom Hanks plays a 12-year-old boy who’s transformed into a 35-year-old man by a carnival...
Bringing Up Baby
Friday, July 6 » 9:30 pm
(1938, directed by Howard Hawks, 102 mins., NR) Wealthy socialite Susan Vance (Katharine Hepburn) will do anything to get her man. She must...
Alien
Friday, July 13 » 9:30 pm
(1979, directed by Ridley Scott, 124 mins., R) Here is science fiction at its best: an old-fashioned scary movie set in a highly realistic...
Indiana Black Expo Film Festival
Saturday, July 14 » 12-5 pm | Free
Coming to America
Friday, July 20 » 9:30 pm
(1988, directed by John Landis, 116 mins., R) African Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) is coming to America in search of a bride. With sidekick...
Dr. No
Friday, July 27 » 9:30 pm
(1962, directed by Terence Young, 111 mins., PG) In the very first James Bond film, the dashing British Agent 007 (Sean Connery) investigates...
The Shawshank Redemption
Friday, August 3 » 9:30 pm
(1994, directed by Frank Darabont, 142 mins., R) A banker (Tim Robbins) is convicted for life for murder. He befriends a seasoned lifer...
Double Indemnity
Friday, August 10 » 9:30 pm
(1944, directed by Billy Wilder, 107 mins., NR) Insurance agent Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) and Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck), a...
Batman
Friday, August 17 » 9:30 pm
(1989, directed by Tim Burton, 126 mins., PG-13) In this box office blockbuster, Jack Nicholson brings his grisly smile and maniacal laugh to...
Pulp Fiction
Friday, August 24 » 9:30 pm
(1994, directed by Quentin Tarantino, 156 mins., R) This violent, bloody, and morbidly funny black comedy isn't for the easily offended, but...
The Sound of Music
Friday, August 31 » 9:30 pm
(1963, directed by Robert Wise, 155 mins., G) The timeless story of a would-be nun who falls for a captain and his seven singing children...
 

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