20 Must Watch Movies at the Plaza Classic Film Festival 2017

The Plaza Classic Film Festival returns for the tenth year with an incredible movie lineup.

This year the Plaza Classic Film Festival will screen a ton of classic films including the The Big Lebowski, Jaws, Psycho and even The Exorcist. There’s also the 30^th anniversary of La Bamba, starring Lou Diamond Phillips which will be screened for free on Friday, August 4^th and Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart will also be celebrating its 75^th anniversary and will be shown on Saturday, August 5^th. For the complete movie schedule, click HERE.

The Plaza Classic Film Festival begins Thursday August 3 – Sunday, August 13^th – Get your festival pass which includes access to all ticketed festival movies, a jump-the-line express lane, reservations and much more. Purchase your festival pass HERE.

Check out the 20 movies you must not miss at this year’s Plaza Classic Film Festival:

The Graduate

50th Anniversary
Admission: $20
Thursday, August 3 at 7 p.m.
Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Katherine Ross, Anne Bancroft

National Lampoon's Animal House

Mills Plaza Drive-in/Walk-up
Admission: $5 at the door
Thursday, August 3 at 9 p.m.
Mills Plaza Parking Garage
Starring: John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Donald Sutherland, Karen Allen, Tom Hulce

Peggy Sue Got Married

Special Guest: Kathleen Turner
Admission: $10
Friday, August 4 at 7 p.m.
Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks

La Bamba

30th AnniversaryPlaza Outdoor
Admission: FREE
Friday, August 4 at 9 p.m.
Oregon Street
Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Admission: $6
Saturday, August 5 at 11 a.m.
Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum

Casablanca

75th Anniversary
Admission: $8
Saturday, August 5 at 7 p.m.
Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Admission: FREE
Saturday, August 5 at 9 p.m.
Oregon Street
Starring: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick

The Terminator

Admission: $8
Saturday, August 5 at 9:30 p.m.
Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn

Citizen Kane

Admission: $8
Sunday, August 6 at 7 p.m.
Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorhead

Singin' in the Rain

Admission: $8
Monday, August 7 at 7 p.m.
Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor

Psycho

Admission: $8
Tuesday, August 8 at 7 p.m.
Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles

Mildred Pierce

Admission: $6
Wednesday, August 9 at 1 p.m.
Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth

To Kill a Mockingbird

35mm
Admission: $8
Wednesday, August 9 at 7 p.m.
Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Gregory Peck, Brock Peters, Phillip Alford, Mary Badham, Robert Duvall

The Exorcist

Extended Director's Cut
Admission: $8
Thursday, August 10 at 7 p.m.
Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Lee J. Cobb

Frida

Plaza Art House
Admission: $4
Thursday, August 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush

Ghostbusters

Mills Plaza Drive-in/Walk-up
Admission: $5 at the door
Thursday, August 10 at 9 p.m.
Mills Plaza Parking Garage
Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver