Alamo Drafthouse’s South Bay Film Fest w/ $10 Food + Drink Voucher (Sept. 19-21)

Submitted by the Event Organizer

“Free” Film Fest at Alamo Drafthouse – $10 food/drink voucher required for free tickets
September 19–21, 2025 | Mountain View & Santa Clara

Alamo Drafthouse’s brand-new South Bay cinemas host a long weekend of free movies with Free Film Fest, offering more than 30 iconic titles across both the Mountain View and Valley Fair locations. The lineup spans family favorites (Shrek, The Lego Movie, The Iron Giant), Bay Area standouts (Sinners, Sorry to Bother You, Vertigo), comedies and cult gems (Miss Congeniality, Best in Show, Oldboy), and epic big-screen spectacles (Interstellar, RRR, The Matrix).

Admission is free with the reservation of a $10 food and beverage voucher, good toward Alamo’s scratch-made menu. Seating is limited; tickets are available now at drafthouse.com/freefilmfest.

Locations:

• Alamo Drafthouse Mountain View (The Village at San Antonio Center)

• Alamo Drafthouse Valley Fair (inside Westfield Valley Fair, Santa Clara)

Mountain View
Screening at Alamo Drafthouse Mountain View, located in The Village at San Antonio
Center.

● Three widescreen epics from Christopher Nolan – INCEPTION,
INTERSTELLAR, and TENET.
● Two lush period pieces from distinct perspectives – the new 4k restoration of
BARRY LYNDON and the 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen’s PRIDE &
PREJUDICE.
● Two all-timer family classics – director Brad Bird’s THE IRON GIANT and
SHREK.
● Three contemporary sensations from Bay Area luminaries – Ryan Coogler’s
instant classic SINNERS, Boots Riley’s social satire SORRY TO BOTHER YOU,
and Jon M. Chu’s 2021 adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s debut musical, IN
THE HEIGHTS.
● SS Rajamouli’s revolutionary international sensation, RRR, screening in Telugu
with English subtitles.
● The legendary Talking Heads concert film, STOP MAKING SENSE.
● Plus, four other Bay Area classics – Alfred Hitchcock’s VERTIGO, David Fincher’s
THE SOCIAL NETWORK and ZODIAC, and of course, Leonard Nimoy’s STAR
TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME (the one with the whales).

Valley Fair
Screening at Alamo Drafthouse Valley Fair, located inside Westfield Valley Fair in
Santa Clara.

● Appropriate to Alamo Drafthouse Valley Fair’s kaiju theme, two very different
monster classics – Guillermo Del Toro’s 2013 brawler PACIFIC RIM, and 1965’s
INVASION OF ASTRO-MONSTER featuring a faceoff between Godzilla, Rodan,

and King Ghidorah.
● Two delightful family favorites – THE LEGO MOVIE and MINIONS: THE RISE OF
GRU.
● The birth of the modern superhero genre, Richard Donner’s 1978 version of
SUPERMAN, and director Matt Reeves’ noirish reinvention of the Caped
Crusader, THE BATMAN.
● Three turn-of-the-century comedy pageants – Christopher Guest’s sublime BEST
IN SHOW, MISS CONGENIALITY, and the darkly hilarious DROP DEAD
GORGEOUS.
● Two modern marvels – Quentin Tarantino’s tribute to a place and time lost to
history and infamy, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, and George Miller’s
high-octane tour de force, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD.
● Three mind-altering masterworks – David Lynch’s MULHOLLAND DR., Richard
Kelly’s DONNIE DARKO, and Park Chan-wook’s OLDBOY.
● Two by Lana and Lily Wachowski – the reality-shifting THE MATRIX, and their
wild candy-colored mega blast, SPEED RACER.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.