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We show Classic Films ranging from the early days of cinema to today, and offer Special Event screenings for groups and organizations across Eastern Iowa!

10/11/2026

This Wednesday October 14th, we have a fun, fright-filled movie showing! Doors open at 6:30pm, film at 7pm! It’s Beetleju— don’t say his name!! 👻 (1988, Rated PG)

10/05/2026

MOVIE NIGHT is coming to a galaxy near you! October 7th at the Amana Performing Arts Center (1977, Rated PG)

See the film that started it all! ON THE BIG SCREEN — A young farm boy leaves his desert home world to join a ragtag group of rebels in their fight against an evil galactic empire… MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!

09/26/2026

Next Wednesday September 30th, we’re showing a CLASSIC you won’t want to miss! Winner of 7 Academy Awards in 1974 (Best Picture, Director, Writing & Score, to name a few!) The story of two grifters who pull the ultimate hustle to take down a nefarious crime boss in 1936 Chicago (Rated PG, 1973) *brief use of ethnic profanity

Doors open at 6:30pm, film at 7pm!

09/20/2026

Coming this Wednesday September 23rd, a magical world of pure imagination is coming to the big screen at the Amana Performing Arts Center! It’s the Ever-Lasting Gobstopper of movies! Doors open at 6:30pm, film at 7pm! (1971, Rated G)

09/15/2026

Get ready for a truly fantastic CLASSIC MOVIE this Wednesday! A veteran photographer with a broken leg, remedies his boredom by watching neighbors from his back window, when he believes he’s witnessed one of them commit a dastardly crime! The suspense is thrilling in this film from 1954! Come over to The Amana Performing Arts Center this Wednesday and find out what happens!

09/04/2026

Grab your ruby slippers and head on down the Yellow Brick Road to enjoy this timeless classic film! (Rated G, 1939) Wednesday September 9th at The Amana Performing Arts Center! Doors open at 6:30pm, film at 7pm!

08/29/2026

UPCOMING MOVIE ALERT! Wednesday September 2nd, we’re bringing this legendary thriller to the BIG SCREEN! (1975-Rated PG) Film starts at 7pm!

08/24/2026

Coming this Wednesday August 26th, an epic fantasy adventure you won’t want to miss on the big screen! (1984 Rated PG)

08/17/2026

Join us this Wednesday August 19th at the Amana Performing Arts Center for another fantastic movie night!

Max is a scavenger in the wastelands of a post-apocalyptic Australia, when he happens up on a corrupted market town lead by a merciless ROCK STAR! Will he survive the battle arena known as The Thunderdome??

Find out this Wednesday! Film at 7pm!

08/07/2026

Join us next Wednesday August 12th at The Amana Performing Arts Center for this magical fantasy adventure from 1986! (Rated PG)

A teenage girl travels to a mystical realm to rescue her baby brother from the clutches of a menacing Goblin King! Cue the muppet creatures, catchy musical numbers, and 80’s Rock Star hair!

Film at 7pm, doors open at 6:30pm! Wear your best 80’s style and claim a free bag of popcorn!

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PO Box 193
Amana, IA
52208

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