GST

Upcoming Films at Giant Screen Theater

Film tickets sold separately from Museum gallery admission.

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Halloween

Halloween (1978)

Sunrise

Sunrise (1927)

Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Wings

Wings (1927)

Underworld

Underworld (1927)

ATB

America the Beautiful (2026)

Made You Look

Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art (2020)

Knives Out

Knives Out (2019)

Matilda

Matilda (1996)

Big Picture Film Festival

Big Picture Peoria Film Festival

Coyote

Coyote vs. Acme (2026)

Big Picture Film Festival

Big Picture Peoria Film Festival

planes trains

Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

Sleepless

Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

National Treasure

National Treasure (2004)

You've Got Mail

You've Got Mail (1998)

When Harry Met Sally

When Harry Met Sally (1989)

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Past Films

The Peoria Riverfront Museum's Giant Screen Theater shows some of the best films of all time. From current blockbusters to family friendly films to genre classics, enhance your movie experience with a visit to the largest Film Society screen in the nation. 

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The Experience

The Peoria Riverfront Museum's Giant Screen Theater is where our community comes together.

Lifelike projection and sound technology bring a new era of film screening to the museum, which uses its 194-seat theater to turn your average trip to the movies into an experience you'll never forget.

Engage with the Giant Screen with the greatest Hollywood and international films of all time, immersive award-winning documentaries like Dinosaurs of Antarctica, family friendly films every Saturday morning in our Kids Pix series, and a blockbuster feature film every Saturday night. The theater also features a stage for multi-media presentations and live performances.

The Screen

At five by seven stories (52-ft high and 70-ft wide), our Giant Screen Theater's screen extends beyond your field of vision, for a completely lifelike experience. This makes our screen the LARGEST Film Society screen in America, home to to a dedicated Film Society.

A Film Society is an ever-growing circle of film lovers, who come together to watch screenings of films not otherwise shown in a mainstream cinema. The Peoria Riverfront Museum's Film Society is over 4,000 strong, with access to exclusive sneak peeks at upcoming movies, and more! 

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The Technology

Lifelike dual 4K 36,000-lumen laser projection and 21-speaker 65,000-watt surround sound provide visitors with an unsurpassed, immersive viewing experience.

New ultra-bright dual Barco 3-DLP 36,000 lumen 4K laser video projectors deliver exceptionally rich color and depth for lifelike 2D and 3D content. The twin projectors, dedicated to right and left vision fields, allow true 3D projection.

The upgraded Dolby 21-speaker surround sound system packs more than 65,000 watts of powerful, balanced, crystal-clear sound aided by JBL speakers, Crown amplifiers, Biamp and Dolby Cinema processing, Shure wireless microphones, Alchemy video servers, and Crestron automation.