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The double feature is a motion picture industry phenomenon in which theatres would exhibit two films for the price of one, supplanting an earlier format in which the presentation of one feature film would be followed by various short subject reels.
- Evergreen Writer
- After Hours (1985) & Good Time (2017) An average word processor in Manhattan has the worst night of his life when he agrees to meet up with a girl he met at a coffee shop in Soho in Martin Scorsese's underrated gem, After Hours.
- Do the Right Thing (1989) & La Haine (1995) On the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, the hate and bigotry of a group of people living on one street slowly build until it explodes into violence in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing.
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) & The Crucible (1996) A doctor in a small town in Southern California is perplexed when patients begin to tell him that their loved ones are exhibiting strange behaviors that are leading them to believe they are actually imposters.
- 28 Days Later (2002) & Shaun of the Dead (2004) Four weeks after an incurable virus spreads across the U.K. at the hands of animal rights activists, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary in a country where most of its inhabitants are infected with the virus in 28 Days Later.
A double feature in film is a screening of two separate movies for the price of one ticket, traditionally showcased back-to-back in cinemas. It’s a concept that harkens back to the golden age of Hollywood when movie theaters sought ways to attract audiences during the Great Depression and beyond.
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World / Rock Steady Row.
- A Goofy Movie / Turning Red.
- Ready or Not / Dead Body.
- Blood Simple / The Frontier.
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- GoodFellas (1990) and Moonstruck (1987)
- Gaga: Five Foot Two (2017) and A Star Is Born (2018)
- Groundhog Day (1993) and 50 First Dates (2004)
- Snowpiercer (2013) and Water for Elephants (2011)
37 titles. 1. Local Hero (1983) PG | 111 min | Comedy, Drama. 7.3. Rate. 84 Metascore. An American oil company has plans for a new refinery and sends someone to Scotland to buy up an entire village, but things don't go as expected. Director: Bill Forsyth | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay, Denis Lawson.
Feb 16, 2022 · Evergreen List. Jude Pepler July 30, 2023. 10 Must-See Double Feature Films That You Need To Binge: The beloved event of the true double feature experience may be all but extinct these days, commercially, but that doesn’t mean it will ever be fully lost on cinephiles.
