Whats the first movie you saw at the Drive-In?

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IAmATree76@reddit

Empire Strikes Back - and i remember it vividly!

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RaeAhNa@reddit

"Bug" (the fire roach movie). I was probably 5 or 6 and was traumatized.

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Think_Seaweed_7314@reddit

Double feature Missing in Action 2 and Rambo 2, don't remember what was first.

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One of my earliest memories was all seven of us pulling into the station wagon. Two of my brothers and I sat in the back-back on the rumble seat, although I usually ended up on the floor. It was carpeted and Dad kept it clean so that was ok. Mom filled one of those big yellow Tupperware buckets with popcorn so we wouldn't have to buy any, and we saw a double feature. First was Herbie Goes Bananas and the second was a movie called No Deposit, No Return, which I didn't remember anything about. I was probably asleep on the floor by then.

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stabbingrabbit@reddit

UHF. Weird Als movie. I was the only one who got the "Badgers? We dont need no stinking badgers" joke. I laughed so hard and then laughed because I was the only one who got the joke I almost fell out of the lawn chair

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Argle@reddit

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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IamLarrytate@reddit

Battle for the planet of the apes, I was 6 or 7!

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53Thatswhatshesaid53@reddit

The 1st one I remember is Raiders of the Lost Arc. I think we saw Empire Strikes Back before that, but I don't have many memories from before I was 5.

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classicsat@reddit

First, and only Drive In experience was Bedknobs And Broomsticks, and one of the Herbie movies. That was as a kid. By the time I became a teen and participate in drive-in theater shenanigans, that one closed down, and it was the only one reasonable close, as a teen. As an adult, there is one two towns over, and even my towns indoor cinema has gone (last film I saw there was American Pie), and I am not in a social state where "going to the show" is a thing.

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heresjoanie@reddit

Benji!

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AdultinginCali@reddit

The movie I remember (but probably not my first) is Mary Mary Bloody Mary (1975) but I was born in 74 so it must have shown like several years later.

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binderdriver@reddit

The Godfather....

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Gfilter@reddit

Star Wars!!!

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Lewdubs@reddit

Yeah, pretty sure this was my first drive in movie as well. I do remember finding $20 laying in the grass.

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celtictraveler13@reddit

Came here to say this too! In the back of my parents' wood paneled station wagon, my brother & I were spellbound watching it! Still a Star Wars nerd all these years later!

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kyguy2022@reddit

I was in the back of a station wagon too! My brother had to stay home because he was only a few months old though

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HailMaryPoppins@reddit

Poseidon Adventure. I was afraid of ships & smokestacks for a long time after that. I thought everyone would eventually fall into one and die.

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CheeseburgerSmoothy@reddit

Billy Jack. I was five and I was supposed to be asleep in the back seat. Also saw my first movie boobs that night!

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sonpleasestop15@reddit

Superman 2

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clampion12@reddit

No one actually watched the movies, we drank wine coolers and cheap beer in our cars while we made out in the back seat. 🤣

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Nazz1968@reddit

The Longest Yard in 1974. I still prefer the original over the remake.

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stephanielmayes@reddit

Food of the Gods, I was 4 or 5, NOT appropriate.

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kerosenehat63@reddit

Unfortunately none. Never been

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Fluffymanolo@reddit

I have an unfair advantage living in central Florida. We have a working drive-in showing digital movies less than 30 minutes from my house. I haven't been to it in a couple years, I don't go out to see movies in general anymore. The screen was destroyed by hurricane Milton but they were able to rebuild. Instead of wood poles, they now have metal poles that are storm rated because of donations made by the community to help them rebuild. So basically, if anyone is ever in the Tampa Bay area and wants to watch a drive-in movie head down to the Ruskin Family Drive-in and make sure you bring cash because they do not accept credit cards. Also, the snack bar is VERY reasonably priced. Might be the last place in the United States where a family of five can have a night of entertainment for $50 or under...

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WeirdWritings1989@reddit

Jaws at the Plainfield Edison Drive-In…so awesome being 5 years old, sitting on the roof of the car and seeing that shark coming through the boat.

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Redkris73@reddit

I'm pretty sure it was Grease. I was 5, we were on a beach holiday, the drive in was literally a 2 minute walk from our shack.

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Entire-Meringue6995@reddit

Grease

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Alternative-Neat-123@reddit

I want to say Herbie or Darby O'Gill or something like that in the 70s. Had a college summer job at an outdoor and saw Robin Hood, Basic Instinct and Hudson Hawke about 42 billion times

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HissTankDriver@reddit

The Muppet Movie - fell asleep.💤 Dark Crystal- Peed myself from fear. Today, probably same results.

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plinkitee@reddit

I know my family went to the drive-in several times but the only movie I remember is The Shootist.

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Designer-Effort-1426@reddit

Logan’s Run and Rollerball

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Otherwise-Gazelle-24@reddit

Bambi

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Key_Comfortable1764@reddit

same!

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DetroiterInTX@reddit

That I remember? The Black Hole

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Helpful-nothelpful@reddit

Herby.

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brickbaterang@reddit

Meatballs

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hanoverfist34@reddit

Poseidon adventure. 1972. I feel asleep after the wave hit.

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Key_Comfortable1764@reddit

Bambi

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mommaTmetal@reddit

Snow White- I was like 3 or 4

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brontosaurex@reddit

Behind the Green Door

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totallyjaded@reddit

Ghostbusters

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Hecallzmemadpants@reddit

Our parents took us to see “the end” with Burt Reynolds. I remember being super mad that we weren’t seeing an entire movie. They could not convince me that was the name of the movie

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rehtaeh128@reddit

Bad News Bears

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1questions@reddit

Not sure. Might’ve been The Dark Crystal.

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Soundtracklover72@reddit

Star Wars! I don’t remember it much because I was 4

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Internal-Hat958@reddit

The Lost Boys

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Motor_Wasabi3127@reddit

The Bad News Bears / Paper Moon double feature. Our parents let us watch from the station wagon roof in our PJs

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The_Burghanite@reddit

Jaws

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McGruffin@reddit

Yup, me too

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discordiariffic@reddit

Same. Double feature with Westworld.

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MoonstoneBouncyHouse@reddit

Incredible Shrinking Woman

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smpenn@reddit

Lady and The Tramp.

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McGruffin@reddit

Jaws

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OwnLobster1701@reddit

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

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drum_nerd@reddit

Jaws, then later Porkys

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Criseyde2112@reddit

Live and Let Die. That snake haunted my dreams for years.

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sageguitar70@reddit

The Aristocrats!

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stripmallbars@reddit

A Bruce Lee double feature

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Financial_Mountain38@reddit

I was given the choice of either Jason and the Argonauts or Laserblast! Little me chose very poorly.

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RBR_DB_361804@reddit

Airplane....but Blues Brothers was behind us and I tended to watch more of that.

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elderflowerfairy23@reddit

Never been to a drive in cinema. Born in 71 but in Ireland. We didn't have much in the way of cool entertainment.

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PutPuzzleheaded5337@reddit

Any which way but loose. Clint Eastwood. Last one was James Bond “Moon Raker”.

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plattner-da@reddit

Early one for sure, Corvette Summer

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KnightKrawler68@reddit

First I can remember was Carrie 1976.

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1958-Fury@reddit

We went to the drive-in a lot when I was really young, so I can't say for sure what was first. But I do remember seeing the first Star Wars movie several times, and the animated Lord of the Rings. My brother and I would often watch from the roof of the station wagon. I always fell asleep before the movie was over.

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617Annon@reddit

Clash of the Titans!

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The__Relentless@reddit

Original Clash of the Titans, maybe. Can't remember.

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magdocjr@reddit

Yellow rose of Texas.

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jrtski@reddit

The Corpse Grinders.... Summer of 1971. I was 6 and my sister got stuck babysitting me. So she and a bunch of friends decided to take me with them to the drive-in.

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ShouldReallyBeBetter@reddit

My girlfriend and I were on a double date with another couple and the drive-in had a double feature. We saw Basket Case. I have no idea what the second movie was because that was our turn in the back seat.

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likewhenyoupee@reddit

The only one I remember is Star Wars

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EdtheHammer@reddit

We were stationed in Okinawa when Star Wars came out, got transferred to California, saw Star Wars at a drive-in when we got back to the states, I was 4ish and remember it

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squishy_bricks@reddit

James Bond, *Live & Let Die* 1973 or 1974

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Capable_Aide5676@reddit

The first movie I saw at a drive-in was Star Wars - I was 4 years old.

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Secure_Anteater_3419@reddit

Young Frankenstein

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Skatchbro@reddit

The back seat. 😉

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Immediate-Rub3807@reddit

There was a drive in maybe 10 minutes from my house and I’d went many times and don’t ever remember seeing a single movie

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egret_society@reddit

Jaws. I didn’t bathe for that whole summer

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DCLascelle@reddit

Probably The Great Train Robbery or Capricorn One, and possibly together on the same night.

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Puzzled-Atmosphere-1@reddit

Star Wars!!! With my cousins, all piled into my Uncles station wagon!

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geddylee1@reddit

Star Wars

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Giantandre@reddit

There is a story in my family of my dad running over the speaker pole at a drive in when we went to Cinderella - I have no memory of this I had to be 2 or 3 years old. I also remember a girl suggesting we go to a drive in. Totally shocking to me that she didn’t really care about the movie. I was a super dummy

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Jodies-9-inch-leg@reddit

Motel Hell 9 years old….. Typical 70’s parenting thought that was perfectly fine

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Kblast70@reddit

Snow White

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Sideshow_Industries@reddit

Krull

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OrganizationFuzzy586@reddit

The exorcist. I was 8 in the back of the station wagon. They told me to go to sleep.

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TouristRoutine602@reddit

Creature from the Black Lagoon

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HartbrakeFL21@reddit

Soggy Bottom USA. 1981-ish? The one and only time my dad took me to the movies. He didn’t disappear or anything. He just didn’t care much for movies. Couldn’t sit still long enough. He’s passed now, age 53, back in 2003. I’m 50 now. I’m correcting his behavior by loving watching movies, and even being in 1 or 2 as a film actor. Soggy Bottom USA. What a throwback.

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Signal_Raccoon_316@reddit

Star Trek the motion picture.

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mary_wren11@reddit

Double feature of Star wars and American graffiti, the former was terrifying and the latter was boring. I was very little.

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Decent_Direction316@reddit

Blazing Saddles.....what's it about? Don't remember.

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wildcardfoxy@reddit

I was very young, probably early 70s. A vampire mother was feeding her baby blood. And then I fell asleep.

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revmhj@reddit

Faces of Death IV. Halloween 1995. My freshman year of college. Had never seen a real live drive in before that.

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Top-West1514@reddit

Andromeda Strain

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Johnny_Jaga@reddit

Cheech and Chong's Up in smoke.

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Garuda34@reddit

I saw Next Movie and Nice Dreams at the drive-in, but I think the first time I saw Up In Smoke was on cable at a buddy's house. My family didn't get cable until after I had moved out & joined the Army.

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