The Rio Theatre

The Rio Theatre The Rio Theatre is Vancouver's favourite independently owned and licensed venue offering an eclectic If it can be done, we'll do it.
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Buttering your popcorn since 1938, the Rio Theatre is the cultural anchor of East Vancouver's historic Commercial Drive neighborhood. Movies, concerts, comedy, burlesque and so much more. See www.riotheatre.ca for our current calendar and showtimes. Steps away from the Commercial Broadway Skytrain and numerous buses, there is also ample street parking adjacent to this beautiful, art-deco artspace. Please note that as we are a licensed venue, minors are not permitted at some events.

RESTORED AND RETURNING! Television will never be the same. /// NETWORK, Sidney Lumet's razor-sharp 1976 media satire, re...
07/17/2026

RESTORED AND RETURNING! Television will never be the same. /// NETWORK, Sidney Lumet's razor-sharp 1976 media satire, returns to the big screen in a brand new 50th Anniversary Restoration. Veteran newscaster Howard Beale (Peter Finch) is told he's being dumped for "skewing old," so he announces on air that he'll kill himself during his final broadcast. When the network sees the ratings spike, an ambitious executive (Faye Dunaway) convinces her bosses to let the broadcast go ahead. Starring William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch and Robert Duvall.

Screening as part of Arthouse Theatre Day 2026.

Saturday, August 1
Movie 1:00 pm

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Tickets and info www.riotheatre.ca

Happy Friday, ! We are diving into a (well deserved) weekend with screenings of new titles including the RuPaul disaste...
07/17/2026

Happy Friday, ! We are diving into a (well deserved) weekend with screenings of new titles including the RuPaul disasterpiece STOP! THAT! TRAIN!, John Woo’s classic action drama THE KILLER, John Early’s MADDIE’S SECRET, final fütball soccer ball ⚽️ finals, plus a Saturday night screening of POSSESSION in honour of the late, great actor Sam Neill.

Keep an eye on our calendar for even more live shows and movies, including two very special appearances from icons John Cameron Mitchell (with the 25th Anniversary Tour of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH) and Carole Pope (with her new doc, ANTIDIVA).

Details, info, showtimes and tickets 🎫 www.riotheatre.ca

COMING SOON! A brutal murder. A brilliant killer. A cop who can't resist the danger. /// In one of Paul Verhoeven's most...
07/16/2026

COMING SOON! A brutal murder. A brilliant killer. A cop who can't resist the danger. /// In one of Paul Verhoeven's most provocative films, BASIC INSTINCT follows Detective Nick Curran (Michael Douglas) as he's pulled into a web of s*x, lies and violence that leads back to Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone), a seductive, mysterious crime novelist. The deeper Curran digs, the more he starts giving in to his baser instincts instead of his investigatory ones.
Nominated for Best Film Editing and Best Original Score at the 1993 Academy Awards.

"Ruthless craftsmanship is Paul Verhoeven's highest form of politics." (Slant Magazine)

Wednesday, July 29
Movie 6:40 pm

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Tickets and info www.riotheatre.ca

07/16/2026

TOMORROW! The greatest trainwreck in herstory pulls into the station. /// STOP! THAT! TRAIN! follows best friends Tess (Ginger Minj) and DeeDee (Jujubee), stewardesses on the glitzy Glamazonian Express, who team up with the snobby first class crew (Symone, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Marcia Marcia Marcia) and President Gagwell (RuPaul) to stop a catastrophic Stormaganza from derailing the train straight into disaster.

"It's Airplane! with drag queens. What more could we ask for?" (Mashable)

Friday, July 17
Movie 6:00 pm

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Tickets and info www.riotheatre.ca

SATURDAY! We are dimming the lights, raising a glass, and firing up the projector in tribute to the late, great actor Sa...
07/16/2026

SATURDAY! We are dimming the lights, raising a glass, and firing up the projector in tribute to the late, great actor Sam Neill with one of his most memorable performances as a husband whose marriage is falling apart in Andrzej Żuławski‘s iconic and endlessly influential horror thriller, POSSESSION.

2021 4K Restoration. A Metrograph Pictures release.

“That the film is much more than a gawk-at-it freak show is testament to Zulawski’s talent for making even the most exaggerated behavior resonate with pointed and potent emotion.” (Time Out Magazine)

“This is not the type of horror movie you take your friends to for a laugh; this is what you watch with your ex and realize how much worse things could have been.” (The Stranger)

“[Possession] remains one of the most grueling, powerful, and overwhelmingly intense cinematic experiences that you are likely to have in your lifetime.” (Roger Ebert.com)

Saturday, July 18

July 18
8:30 pm

Tickets 🎫 www.riotheatre.ca

FRIDAY! One vicious hitman. One fierce cop. Ten thousand bullets. /// John Woo's THE KILLER blasts back onto the big scr...
07/15/2026

FRIDAY! One vicious hitman. One fierce cop. Ten thousand bullets. /// John Woo's THE KILLER blasts back onto the big screen in 4K. A Hong Kong hitman (Chow Yun-Fat) accidentally blinds an innocent nightclub singer (Sally Yeh) during a hit and vows to pay for her sight-restoring surgery, but he needs one more job first. When he's double-crossed, he's forced to team up with the rogue cop (Danny Lee) hunting him. With Kong Chu and Kenneth Tsang.

"The work of a filmmaker operating at the highest level of his abilities." (The Dissolve)

Friday, July 17
8:15pm
Presented in 4K 📽️

Tickets and info www.riotheatre.ca

07/15/2026

SATURDAY! What happens to democracy when the press surrenders to power? /// STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! is a gripping portrait of journalist Amy Goodman, undeterred by armed soldiers, evasive politicians and riot police over three decades of reporting some of the most consequential stories of our time.

From the frontlines of global conflicts to the organized chaos of her daily news show Democracy Now!, Goodman broadcasts stories routinely silenced by commercial media. Oscar-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin (TROUBLE THE WATER, THE JANES) take us behind the scenes with the warm, wisecracking granddaughter of an Orthodox rabbi as she navigates a news landscape reshaped by technology, corporate consolidation and political assaults on truth itself.

Sunday, July 18
3:45 pm

Tickets and info www.riotheatre.ca

Address

1660 East Broadway
Vancouver, BC
V5N1W1

Opening Hours

Monday 5:30pm - 12am
Tuesday 5:30pm - 12am
Wednesday 5:30pm - 12am
Thursday 5:30pm - 12am
Friday 5:30pm - 2am
Saturday 1pm - 12am
Sunday 1pm - 12am

Telephone

+16048793456

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