Grand Illusion Cinema

Screen Count: 1

Seattle's oldest continuously running movie theater showing classic, foreign, rare and campy films.

Screen Count: 1

About Us:The Grand Illusion Cinema is the longest running independent cinema in the city, and has become a landmark of the film community. Opened in 1968 by Randy Findley in a converted dentists office the cinema became the citys first arthouse and showcased foreign and revival films. The cinema was a success and lead to Randy opening the Seven Gables Cinema and eventually starting the local...

As Seattle's last surviving independent movie theater, this wonderful cinema is as much a civic treasure as a place of business. Specializing in movie classics, rare foreign films and long series of films by single directors, the intimate, 35-seat theater is almost always filled to capacity. It is recommended that you come early and have a snack before the show in the stylish little coffeehouse...