Free advance movie screenings in Minneapolis
1 advance screening this week across 5 Minneapolis theaters. Updated continuously from 40+ sources.
What's playing in Minneapolis
Film events in Minneapolis
Festivals, concerts, Q&As, tapings, and repertory. Not advance screenings.
Psycho
Oct 3, 2026 · Park Square Theatre
Amc Screen Unseen: October 5
Oct 5, 2026 · AMC Rosedale 14
Jim Henson's Labyrinth
Oct 6, 2026 · First Avenue
Jim Henson's Labyrinth
Oct 6, 2026 · Fitzgerald Theater
They're Here
Oct 7, 2026 · Riverview Theater
Where it's happening
12 venues plottedPopular theaters in Minneapolis
5 active
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Free advance screenings in Minneapolis
The Twin Cities are a stronger film market than their size suggests, anchored by a long-running independent film society and a festival that has run for more than four decades. What arrives here is a mix rather than a single stream: studio advance screenings, Alamo Drafthouse's own programming out in the east metro, and a steady run of film-with-live-orchestra nights at Orchestra Hall that show up in listings right alongside the free passes.
Two things dominate Minneapolis listings. MSP Film Society programs year-round at The Main Cinema and runs the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, which is where most premieres and filmmaker Q&As land. Separately, Alamo Drafthouse arrived in the metro with its Woodbury location and programs its own preview and special-event screenings directly, so a meaningful share of what you see here comes from the chain rather than from a national pass platform. Studio advance screenings arrive on top of both, clustered around wide releases.