Gardena Cinema

Gardena Cinema Gardena Cinema is the oldest and only vintage single-screen stand-alone movie cinema in Southwest Lo
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Gardena Cinema was built in 1946 and has been operated by Judy Kim and the Kim family since 1976. Gardena Cinema is the only old-fashioned, single-screen, family-operated movie theater in the South Bay, showing first-run films and repertory titles. Since the closure of indoor cinema in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Gardena Cinema has provided outdoor drive-in film exhibition in response

to the need to provide COVID-19 safe entertainment activities. Gardena Cinema is conveniently located 15 minutes southeast of Los Angeles International Airport, 1 mile south of SpaceX Headquarters, and 10 minutes south of the NFL Rams/Chargers Football Stadium.

Coming soon to  - Thursday 5/217:30pm THE MOVIE SCREENERS CLUBFriday 5/227:30pm BETTER TOGETHERSaturday 5/232:00, 5:00 &...
05/19/2026

Coming soon to -

Thursday 5/21
7:30pm THE MOVIE SCREENERS CLUB
Friday 5/22
7:30pm BETTER TOGETHER
Saturday 5/23
2:00, 5:00 & 8:00pm JOHN CARPENTER’S THE THING, Hosted by
Sunday 5/24
3:00 & 7:30pm BETTER TOGETHER
Monday 5/25
THE FURIOUS, Hosted by
Friday 5/29
7:30pm THE NEVERENDING STORY, with star in-person!
Saturday 5/30
3:00, 5:30 & 8:00pm GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES
Sunday 5/31
12:00pm MANZANAR FISHING CLUB/LITTLE GUAYALE

Tickets for all shows available now at Gardenacinema.com 🎟️ Join us at our family owned theater for an awesome movie on the big screen!

05/18/2026
Oh hi Mark! Get ready for the ultimate cinematic explosion on June 20th at  - it’s a DOUBLE FEATURE you won’t believe! W...
05/18/2026

Oh hi Mark! Get ready for the ultimate cinematic explosion on June 20th at - it’s a DOUBLE FEATURE you won’t believe! We’re talking the legendary cult classic The Room paired with the jaw-dropping, only-in-theaters madness of Big Shark - all on the BIG SCREEN!
Special guest star GREG SESTERO himself (Mark from The Room, Georgie in Big Shark, and the bestselling author of The Disaster Artist) is bringing the energy, Q&A, the stories and no comments kept in his pocket! You’ll be yelling “What a story, Mark!” all night long!
Join us at 6:00pm for an epic meet & greet before the films kick off - snag exclusive Room and Sestero merch that’ll make your Room collection legendary.
Tickets available now at Gardenacinema.com & Gardenacinema.eventbrite.com 🎟️

SATURDAY JUNE 20TH:
6:30 pm: The Room (2003)(R): In San Francisco, a super-chill banker’s picture-perfect life gets totally flipped when his sneaky fiancée dives into a wild affair with his best friend.
9:00 pm, Big Shark (2023)(PG-13): Hold onto your life jackets - three fearless firefighters battle to save New Orleans from a massive, unstoppable shark attack in this epic adventure!

Join us at  on Saturday May 30th as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s birth by showing one of her b...
05/17/2026

Join us at on Saturday May 30th as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s birth by showing one of her best films on the big screen: GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES! Co-starring Jane Russell & directed by the great Howard Hawks, the film follows “showgirls Lorelei Lee (Monroe) & Dorothy Shaw (Russell) who travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei’s fiancé, as well as a rich, enamored old man & many other doting admirers.”
Showtimes are at 3:00, 5:30 & 8:00pm. Tickets available now at Gardenacinema.com 🎟️
Come on out to to help us celebrate an all time cinema great, the legendary Marilyn Monroe!🎂

Christopher Nolan directed & co-wrote INTERSTELLAR, which plays today, Sunday 5/17, at  at 3:00 & 7:30pm! Come watch thi...
05/17/2026

Christopher Nolan directed & co-wrote INTERSTELLAR, which plays today, Sunday 5/17, at at 3:00 & 7:30pm! Come watch this out of this world sci-fi drama on the big screen with us!
Tickets available now at Gardenacinema.com Gardenacinema.eventbrite.com & at our box office🎟️
INTERSTELLAR (2014) - Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway & Jessica Chastain:
“In a dystopian future where Earth has become near-uninhabitable, a team of astronauts embark on a mission to find a new home for humanity.“

This is the Director's version of the poster. Interesting how this version was never provided to me until the AI generat...
05/16/2026

This is the Director's version of the poster. Interesting how this version was never provided to me until the AI generated one caused a big stir. I hope you will give this movie a chance. A family risked their future so that someone did not feel alone.

Speaking of feeling alone, I felt attacked by haters who did not even know me. If you knew me, you would know how much I support the creative community. Thank you to those of you who reached out to check on my mental health. Social media can be a poisonous place with cowards who spit hate and vitriol and then close their accounts or block me. Closed accounts = closed minds. Communication = progress.

Special thanks to those who accepted my apology and took the time to gently explain their position, rather thank spewing more hate and vitriol. Kindness goes a long way. 🙏

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14948 Crenshaw Boulevard
Gardena, CA
90249

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