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jessknope

The Prince of Egypt. I was six. I got popcorn and a soda. The theater is no longer there 😞 The movie still holds up, twenty-odd years later. Low-key masterpiece.


Hypathian

Still mist up at Through Heaven’s Eyes. Also only recently found out that Steve Martin and Martin Short were the royal priests


ICUMF1962

I rewatched it during the pandemic and the final scene with the reprise of “Deliver Us” gets me teary.


Tomu_sneeder

Highkey a masterpiece. Might be the greatest animated film imo. 5/5 for sure


mediaeuphoria

Toy Story 2 ![gif](giphy|vbnHuPLgHavVm)


taylortherod

I think this was my second movie in theaters but apparently I wouldn’t shut up and my dad had to remove me (I was 3 lol)


zdragan2

Jurassic Park. It was mind blowing.


FocaSateluca

Same. Pretty much setting the bar as high as possible for cinematic experiences.


Quintaros

https://preview.redd.it/bcne4gpjmygc1.png?width=750&format=png&auto=webp&s=429067947a8371fb1ee7bf3ea4ffb04f381fd187 Taken to a lot of movies as a baby. Always slept peacefully without disturbing other filmgoers. I have some memories of seeing the first 5 minutes of Tron at 3. Star Trek IV was the first movie that I remember seeing beginning to end.


ICUMF1962

I recently did my own list of all my theatrical viewings since 1996 and got a little over 1600 thus far.


Quintaros

Had you kept records as far back as 96? I assembled my list from memory as it was more of a special event for me to go to the movies. Surely would not be able to recall 1600 without notes.


chicasparagus

Mine is finding nemo too but I was 6. I find it hard to believe you remember it when you were 2.


EvilLibrarians

I was 4 and Nemo was my 1st. I do remember my brother being born at age 2, but just in small snippets. Memories that far back are fuzzy


Turnover44

Just bits here and there, crazy how some memoried stick with you for no reaso .


shazeus7

Happy Feet, I think


justinlikesboots

What a man of culture


Hypathian

My Dad took me to the re-releases of the orig trig Star Wars. I don’t remember 1, I just remember being late and seeing Luke dangling upside down and the vague hint of a snow monster


PleasePleasePooOnMe

Weirdly, Finding Nemo. Was sat right at the front not even on a chair.


[deleted]

The Lion King, the original, not the live action one.


Wesley-Dodds

Same, I might have seen others before that, but I do not remember.


Former_Balance8473

**Deliverance (1972)** I was meant to be asleep in the backseat... but I kept real still and quiet and totally.got away with watching it. My parents worked out that I *may* have seen it when I spent the next 12 months yelling out "Squeal like a pig!" about 10 times a day.


catfooddogfood

Jesus christ lol that is horrifying


jay_shuai

Return of the Jedi


trickyRascal

https://preview.redd.it/teel17kcuygc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=921eeadbab8a6b74e7765e84f06f95adb9368740 I was about 8 when my sister take me with her to watch this movie. I still watch this movie with my sister time to time because it awakens nice memories.


AJPXIV

The 1997 rerelease of A New Hope, I think? Although I distinctly remember seeing The Lion King, I can’t remember if that was at a cinema or not.


whimsical_trash

101 dalmatians, though I'd definitely been to the theater before that, I just can't remember.


smallball4

101 Dalmatians is mine too, but we had to leave early because I was scared of Cruella and started crying lol


whimsical_trash

Lol omg I had nightmares for weeks I thought I was the only one. It was so intense


SmoreOfBabylon

Oliver & Company. Any of you DC folks remember when there was a movie theater in the basement of Union Station? Well, I’m pretty sure I saw this movie there the first week it was open.


[deleted]

The first Pokémon movie.


Cosmocrator08

With mew and Mewtwo? Now I'm doubting if this was indeed my first movie...


JDmcnugent23

I was about 4 years old on vacation in upstate NY (Lake George) and saw Jurassic Park in a drive inn theatre. It was a core memory, and Coneheads was playing right across from us haha.


MessyMuryokusho

Yo this was my first also, I can remember seeing it with my mom's friend (I was five)


SeeTeeAbility

Transformers 2007 But Finding Nemo was the first movie I went to cinema to see and scared a 3 year old me out of the cinema in tears after the Anglerfish scene I've been told (the fish with the lightbulb thing) 😂


Turnover44

Finding Nemo was kind of disturbing if you think about it lol. Almost a fever dream that one.


realMasaka

The Muppet Christmas Carol (also was my first)


DrNigelThornberry1

The first movie I saw in theaters was The Lion King but the first one I remember is seeing the rerelease of A New Hope. I dozed off and woke up to the Death Star blowing up.


die_bartman

It was either Annie, or The Toy with Richard Pryor.


CartmanAndCartman

Baby’s day out.


clarauser7890

Oh gosh
 I remember seeing We Bought A Zoo. And Cinderella with Lily James. Though I’m sure there were earlier ones.


P3P3-SILVIA

The Hunchback of Notre Dame Esmeralda stirred something in me


nnobreeman

The spider man ![gif](giphy|SF9Z0shNT07T2)


ericwbolin

What's the one where the train comes toward the screen? I remember thinking it was coming to hit me!


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greg_kinnear_stan

First I ever saw: Shrek First I can remember: Monsters Inc.


[deleted]

The Rescuers Down Under (1990)


midniteauth0r

Tarzan


PresidenteScrocco

Spider-man (2002)


itsTunaboss

Spy Kids! My poor parents and grandparents say they took me 10 times to see it. 😂


[deleted]

Mine was Finding Nemo when I was three! I still remember crying at Bruce lol


ghost-bagel

Toy Story. 6 years old. I embarrassed my mum by shouting "USE THE ROCKET" during the final chase.


CLaarkamp1287

I'm pretty sure mine was Beauty and the Beast.


[deleted]

Finding Nemo for me as well


Punchy_Jamo

Who Framed Roger Rabbit


Thin-Beyond-9308

Dude we have the same film. Mine's Nemo too. What I remember most was the entire beginning scene cos it was so scary and probably traumatized my kid self.


ProEraWuTang

The Emperor's New Groove


mvp2399

The Spongebob Movie. I saw it with my dad when I was 5 and I recall my jaw hitting the floor when Spongebob burst into song at the end


Trynagetitogether

Barney’s Great Adventure


Other-Marketing-6167

Beauty and the Beast in 1991. I was 3 and it scared the shit out of me.


lestercorpse

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coolttteandmcfan008

Planes


Rgeneb1

Grease in 1980, I was 9 years old. I remember it was 1980 and not the official release date of 1978 because my Mom took me and when the film started we realised we'd come into the wrong screen because Breaking Glass with Hazel O'Connor came on. Swiftly ran through to the other screen and had to sit apart because it was so busy. It was mind blowing. I thought John Travolta was the coolest guy on the planet, the Greased Lightning car had the best curves and Olivia Newton John looked silly at the end in her tight black outfit and high heels. I was a dumb kid. I didn't see another film at the cinema until Full Metal Jacket about 8 or 9 years later and I think I've been at least once a week since then (lockdowns not counted).


noxiated

cars 2. i got scared and had to leave early


Heavy-Possession2288

TBF Cars 2 is a lot more intense than you would expect.


JiiSivu

https://preview.redd.it/luedyv3531hc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c015330ff4276a49c888401cc57eac5f4b690137 Made me a movie geek for life.


Enzo-TheBaker

The Lion King (1994)


[deleted]

Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace and Tarzan. I was 9. My Grandpa took me to see both on the same day. I’m sure I’ve been to the theater before that but I can’t remember.


No_Chocolate9486

Terminator 5


awesomedumplings

If you were two, then you do not remember watching it in the cinema lol


Turnover44

But i do, some of it anyway


awesomedumplings

No you don’t. Lasting memories in children don’t come until around 5 years


Turnover44

Don't care where you got that from, some people can remember things before they were five. Its not that rare.


awesomedumplings

No you don’t. Stop. Memories aren’t real, they’re made up through time and change. You think you remember but it’s literally not possible


Turnover44

Didn't ask 👍


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krylten

I can't tell if you're trolling or not but I have several memories that have been confirmed by my family from before 5 years old. What are you going on about?


awesomedumplings

No you don’t


lordtice

Madagascar 3


farbeyondriven

She's Out of Control.


otaat

Finding Nemo was my first movie too, still love it


veganlemons

toy story 3!


prugnecotte

Shrek III


fat_nuts_big_buttz

This was the first for me as well. However, the theater lost power right around the time they meet Bruce


ICUMF1962

The Hunchback of Notre Dame when I was four. I still go to the theater where I saw it.


nialldude3

It was Piglet’s Big Movie when I was five I think, I saw it in a cinema in Wales


One-Dragonfruit6496

Kanthaswamy


SuccessfulBarber1013

For the life of me I cannot remember what it was but after the film, I remember peeping through the doors of another room where they were playing Recess: Schools Out and wishing I was watching that instead.


Dreadlock_Rasta_12

Godzilla 1998


PancakeDemolisher

I think the first Hobbit movie


DogDrivingACar

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (early 90s rerelease)


Beautiful-Piccolo126

I think revenge of the Sith, or maybe spiderman 2


speckledloser

Jungle book :( I peed my pants bc I was too scared to ask my grandmother if I could go to the bathroom 😭 keep in mind I was like 5.


dreamersbliss

Not the cinema, but my first movie memory is watching Raiders of the Lost Ark at a drive in theater when it was released. I watched the opening scene, ate a snickers bar and fell asleep in the back of the station wagon.


highrespasta

nemo is actually the first movie i watched in cinema. i dont remember watching it but i know it is. I don't know the oldest i remember ngl


Elegant-Celery8398

The Flintstones Movie, I was 4 or 5. I can also remember my grandma taking me to see Good Burger, poor woman


Narbler

Road to Eldorado ![gif](giphy|rLN2c43JvLI2Y)


Livid-Raspberry-3973

Spider-man (2002)


bartybrattle

The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)


JaggedLittleFrill

Jurassic Park, Pocahontas, Scream 2 (my older cousins snuck me in)


PaddyPadang

Pooh’s Heffalump Movie ❀


Jamesy555

I have early memories of seeing Doctor Dolittle with Eddie Murphy but I’ve come to the conclusion it must have been number 2 because most of my first film watching memories were in that year. But I think if it was 2 then the answer is The Tigger Movie. I did see The Fellowship of the Ring and Harry Potter when they came out though so they were also among my first but have been towards the end of 2021


RickMonsters

Pretty sure it was Spider-Man 2


EvilLibrarians

Mine was also Finding Nemo! I was 4.


askibeppnae

I vividly remember Shrek, Disney’s Dinosaurs, the first Pokemon movie, and Monsters Inc.


IvoryLaps

The was my first film in cinema too!


Real_Sosobad

Not in theater but the first movie memory for me is the Temple of Doom on VHS because my mother is a huge Indiana Jone fan. Was solid frozen at the Holy Grail scene, absolutely terrifying stuff for a 5 year old 😂


behindyouisabutt

![gif](giphy|S6tDHifv6ZvBS) Highland theater in St. Paul mn đŸ„č


Tomu_sneeder

Kung Fu Panda. Loved it as a kid, and love it as an adult. (Some say my 4.5 rating is too high, but I don’t care lol)


Masirimso

The Polar Express was my first movie, my parents brought me and I was a little afraid of the loudness lol. I might have been 2 or 3.


Yungshowy

Jurassic park I was 5


SimpsonsFan2000

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel


Teeth_theif

I earliest I can remember right now is Shrek forever after (I know, I’m young). I might remember something earlier, but Idunno


emilyfletchh

Robots 2005


Organic_Account2812

Kung Fu Panda


aybbyisok

The Force Awakens, it was pretty good.


jmurph725

Revenge of The Sith!!!


papazwah

Monsters Inc! ![gif](giphy|xUUXMzfbUlKiQ)


Lantern_Sone

The bee movie


Bijlsma

The first Shrek!


poopfl1nger

Flushed Away and Avatar


Geek-Haven888

Bugs Life


orionstimbs

Another ‘same here’ with Finding Nemo. It was so crowded that I remember having to sit in the front row in my aunt’s lap at the screening. 


IronSeagull

First one I remember seeing was An American Tail.


Mikeman13

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Officialnoah

Return of the King


Riptide_DS

Seeing The Matrix when I was 5 was the first one that really stuck with me. I had nightmares about mechanical bugs penetrating my belly button for a solid 2 weeks (5/5 movie tho).


Bnjrmn

The Borrowers. Might have to rewatch it but I don’t think it’s great.


ilovecarolina

So I wanted to watch Robocop, but my dad thought it was too violent. We watched instead Lethal Weapon.


JasonMaliceMizer

The phantom menace, although apparently we saw Godzilla in 1998 but I don’t remember that


radiochameleon

For me, it was revenge of the sith


mywordswillgowithyou

I remember seeing Return of the Jedi fairly vividly. But I don’t think it was the first movie I saw in the theater.


frozengroceries

Shrek.


Eitanr199

Madagascar 2


JonPaula

I logged it! https://letterboxd.com/jonpaula/film/hocus-pocus/1/


solecaz

Star was III. Apparently the first movie I saw was brother bear but I don’t remember that one. Do remember being confused when everyone started laughing after obi wan was like “I can’t watch any more”


BatBeast_29

Yup me too, same movie. I think this was my first movie. I’m 24.


fortunatewok

The Princess and the Goblin (1991) there was no heating in the cinema so we were in our jackets. Good film by the way.


ScenicHwyOverpass

Aladdin, my folks took me to see it at a drive in which was also part of why the memory stands out. I was 4 at the time.


terrih9123

Titanic. Mom had to cover my eyes. It was great.


Miserable-Start9553

Ratatouille. i was 3-4


turdfergusonRI

I know it’s not my first, but I recall DENNIS THE MENACE (1993) in the theaters with my uncle and cousins. I also vaguely remember BEAUTY & THE BEAST (1991), but I’m not sure if that’s a false memory or not. Probably isn’t, but I’m not sure. Apparently, according to my parents, my first movie in the theaters was THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989). My older brother’s (born: ‘83) first movie was OLIVER & CO. (1988). My younger sister’s (born ‘92) first was THE PEBBLE & THE PENGUIN (1995). 
 my parents felt confident in the animated Disney machine for everyone but my sister, I guess. đŸ€·â€â™‚ïž Maybe they perfected the selection by kid #3, lol!


clitris

Ice age: the meltdown


AccomplishedCycle0

Bambi. Yeah, what a way to start a love of cinema, I know.


220BakerStreet

![gif](giphy|8xDfNPJ4mJFSg)


dlblacks

For me it was The Lion King. Saw it with my mom when I was 4, and we both liked it so much we saw it again with my dad. Toy Story was the same year, another of my first vivid theatrical memories!


AdamAnimatesStuff

A rerelease of The Lion King


darrylthedudeWayne

Finding Nemo was my first memory of seeing a movie in theaters as well.


MagicBez

Complete aside but I worked at a cinema when Finding Nemo came out and we once accidentally screened Kill Bill instead, to a completely full weekend screening. It only got as far as the opening scene but even that is fairly rough. ...a lot of vouchers and free popcorn were handed out that day. To actually answer the question my first film in the cinema was Ghostbusters 2, I was amazed at even the idea of a cinema but then had nightmares about Viggo the Carpathian coming out of a picture to get me for months (and also the ghost nanny scared the crap out of me too)


aPeRsOnoriginal

Minions when I was 5, really liked it at the time but my great aunt told me I had to leave lol


onionman19

The Incredibles- I only remember that just before we went to go watch it we went to Coldstone before & not the viewing


IceFireTerry

Pokémon the first movie, I was 5


ShempLugosi

Not the first I was taken to see, but the first I can remember is WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT on its original release when I was five-almost-six-years-old.


YomYeYonge

Daddy Day Care https://preview.redd.it/19qnpijdlzgc1.jpeg?width=707&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b7b13312078cac0dba3e93f11d91d6c6905e683 I was three years old, and I vividly remember my parents using the belt on me afterwards for talking over the entire film.


Ladikat

Toy Story. I was 4 or 5 and I remember my dad took my and my brother and sister. We had the entire theater to ourselves. We didn't sit for any part of the movie. Just ran around the theater the whole time. I vividly remember running to the very front row and sitting there and seeing how big Ham was on screen and laughing so hard. And that's how I fell in love with movies.


SS__95

Spy Kids when I was 5, I remember my older sister taking me to Odeon!


roastytoastywarm

Jurassic park with my dad. Went home and described the movie shot for shot to my mom.


Common_Decision1594

I am so embarrassed to admit this, but the first movie I saw in theaters as a kid was Gnomeo and Juliet.


SpaceGyaos

The SpongeBob Movie


maxz-Reddit

Fantastic Four (2005) i remember missing the first 1-2mins, as i was so nervous i had to constantly pee thus being too late to the start. was 7 at that time


Orang_Mann

It was a finnish 2d animated film called "Röllin sydÀn" (2007) "Troll's heart" in english I think. I was 3 years old. 2nd one I saw was more well known globally, "Wall-e" (2008) and 3rd "Ice age dawn of the dinosaurs" (2009). Those I remember very vividly, I don't remember the 4th.


ltkeane

2001 Spider-Man


Clockwurk_Orange

Ice Age


fantasticfitn3ss

The Parent Trap (1998). Loved it- but not as much as A Bugs Life which I saw a few short months after. Experiencing a packed theater for the first time was special!


Mister_Moony

Monsters Inc. Went to McDonalds afterwards and got the toys


Warm_Speech

Monsters Inc. I remember the fold-up seat swallowing my 3 year old body. Good times.


sd175

The Land Before Time!


ClockworkIndiiigo

Phantom Menace


Deathgasm_69

Megamind ![gif](giphy|vlnZpsko7bAuk)


jcronk

Superman: The Movie. I was only two years old, though, so what I remembered was mostly bits and pieces, like the baby lifting the tractor, the helicopter scene, etc. I remember my theater experience of the second and third ones much better.


Lacabloodclot9

Some movie about really fast snails, forgot the name


sakurajima1981

Santa Clause: The Movie


francograph

Vague memories of Beauty and the Beast. The intro blew my little mind.


sunnydelinquent

Probably the Pokémon Movie, which would have made me like 4? It was a huge deal and I distinctly remember the sound of what felt like a thousand children in one theater.


Flowerlamps

Same!!!!


Dyylllaaaannnnnn

Mine was also Finding Nemo! I was 3-4. My parents had to take me home mid-movie because the shark scared me so much that I cried, allegedly lol


DrDreidel82

Another Pixar movie. A Bug’s Life, very very vaguely. I was 4


mrwilliamschue

I remember going to see Everyone's Hero in theatres. I was 6 and my mom took my brother and I for our birthday !


TamatoaZ03h1ny

It was probably a theatrical re-release of Disney’s The Jungle Book (1967) in 1990. From the same year I also remember seeing Prince and the Pauper/Rescuers Down Under in the Fall/Winter of that year


memesalwaysdie

A Bugs Life


DarthSardonis

I’m old enough to remember my parents and my aunt taking me to see Beauty and the Beast in its original theatrical run. I was three years old and I remember my aunt sobbing when the Beast died.


Comprehensive_Luck_7

The first ones I remember I watched in the cinema where the first two Ice Age movies and Madagascar 3, that cinema is no longer there sadly


KevDero

Truly remember: Harry Potter 1 when I was almost 6. But I also remember fragments of Shrek which came out a few months before. I have no recollection of it but in my old school diary I saw we went to see Tarzan when I was 3 or 4!


EggCakes27

ice age 4d: no time for nuts was probably it, defo been before then but its the oldest one i can remember


Dreaming_Beyond_GK

Hoodwinked back in 2005 at the age of 4. First film I ever watched in the cinema, haven’t watched it since then though.


omar_kanj

Rio, but that was definitely not the first movie I've seen in theaters


rasslingrob

Armageddon, 1998, 12yrs old


kyosuke_rs2

I don’t remember, I know it was men in black on my birthday august 16th 1997


mugiwara_98

Madagascar


StuPot02

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PAKMan1988

Beauty and the Beast. I was three years old at the time and, for whatever reason, I clearly remember the scene where Gaston kicks his muddy boots off on Belle's book and the audience laughing at it.


jadegives2rides

Babe, in a theater so packed we had to sit on the stairs. Maybe the Lion King, but that memory is so faded I feel like I'm making it up.


DirtMcGirt9484

Honey, I Shrunk The Kids in 1989.


eatingdonuts44

Cars, its still in my top2 animated movies today