Movies showing in Knoxville this week. Want your event here? Contact us!

Chroma

Free experimental and arthouse cinema screenings.

August 13 – St. James Episcopal Church

Nostros: The Return (1989, dir. Franco Piavoli) – Digital – 7:30 pm – FREE!

Eaux d’artifice (1953, dir. Kenneth Anger) – Digital – 7:30 pm – FREE!

August 20 – St. James Episcopal Church

La Haine (1995, dir. Mathieu Kassovitz) – Digital – 7:30 pm – FREE!

Black Panthers (1968, dir. Anges Varda) – Digital – 7:30 pm – FREE!

Central Cinema

Knoxville’s only independent movie house. Full calendar here.

August 13

Ice Cream Man (2026, dir. Eli Roth) – Digital

August 14 – on film!

Rashomon (1950, dir. Akira Kurosawa) – 16mm – 8:30 pm

August 15

Jurassic Park (1993, dir. Steven Spielberg) – Digital – 5:00 pm

Also showing 8/16-17

August 16

Possession (1982, dir. Andrzej Żuławski) – Digital – 7:45 pm

Also showing 8/15-17

August 17

Skate Video Night – Digital – 8:30 pm

August 18

Wallace & Gromit (1989-2005, dir. Nick Peter & Peter Lord) – Digital – 6:00 pm

Also showing 8/14-17

August 19

TAMIS Presents! FREE!

Honor Among Thieves (c. 1970, dir. Wayne Pitard) – Digital from 8mm scan

August 20

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026, dir. Jane Schoenbrun)

Also showing 8/21-22

Tennessee Theatre

August 15

East Tennessee History Fair – Free!

These Mountains Are Home (1976, WATE-TV) – Digital from 16mm Scan – 11:00 am

Remix the Past Film Festival – 1:00 pm

1776 (1972, dir. Jack L. Warner)- 3:30 pm

August 16

The Parent Trap (1998, dir. Nancy Myers) – Digital – 2:00 pm

August 16

Legally Blonde (2001, dir. Robert Luketic)- Digital – 6:00 pm

Knox County Library

August 19

Honor Among Thieves (c. 1970, dir. Wayne Pitard) – Digital from 8mm scan – Free at Central Cinema!

UTK Cinema Club

Student organization at UTK providing free public film screenings and discussions.

August 19

Operation Avalanche (2016, dir. Matthew Johnson) – Digital – 7:30 pm

Art & Architecture Building Room 109

August 25

Pitch Perfect (2012, dir. Jason Moore) – Digital – 7:30 pm

Outside the student union, on the 21st Mortgage Plaza. Bring a blanket and enjoy a movie under the stars!

Regal Downtown West

Regal’s arthouse cinema.

Multiple screening times, all digital. Full schedule available online, but here are unique independent films being shown:

The Rivals of Amziah King (2025, dir. Andrew Patterson)

Cookie Queens (2026, dir. Alysa Nahmias)

Upcoming Special Events:

Castle in the Sky (1986, dir. Hayao Miyazaki) – 40th Anniversary Screening, 8/22-8/26

Parkway Drive-In (Maryville)

August 14 & 15

The End of Oak Street (2026, dir. David Robert Mitchell) – Digital – 9:00 pm

Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026, dir. Destin Daniel Cretton) – Digital – 11:45 pm

August 21 & 22

The End of Oak Street (2026, dir. David Robert Mitchell) – Digital – 8:55 pm

Scary Movie 6 (2026, dir. Michael Tiddes) – Digital – 11:45