What 'Retro Movies' are playing at Bloomington's Starlite Drive-In in 2025?

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21-05-2025

Gearheads take notice: The Starlite Drive-in Theater's Retro Movies this year will feature plenty of grease, grilles and growling engines, ranging from the 1968 Ford Mustang GT fastback from the Steve McQueen classic 'Bullitt' to the 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am in 'Smokey and the Bandit' and the 1994 Toyota Supra MK IV used in the original 'The Fast and the Furious' movie.
But don't fret if gasoline, gaskets and gauges aren't your thing: The Starlite, 7640 S. Old Ind. 37, will be offering plenty of entertainment for families with little ones, with such fantasy classics as 'The Dark Crystal,' from the mind of Muppets creator Jim Henson, or the animated adventures of Fievel Mousekewitz in 'American Tail' or the live action adventures of Atreyu and the dragon Falkor in 'The Neverending Story.'
Here's the lineup for this year's Retro Classics. Movies will start a few minutes after dusk, which means showtimes will vary. Admission to these movies is free.
You may be cool, but you'll never be as cool as Steve McQueen when he speeds after bad guys in San Francisco in his black 1968 Ford Mustang GT fastback. Famous movie critic Leonard Maltin said the movie features one of the best car chases ever captured on film. Here's your chance to see it on a big screen.
This romantic musical comedy from 1978 features chart-toppers such as 'You're the One that I Want,' and solidified the star power of Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta.
Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and Jackie Gleason star in this 1977 action comedy road movie about truck driving bootleggers.
From the mind of Muppets creator Jim Henson, this dark fantasy revolves around a quest and a powerful crystal on a damaged planet.
Brothers Jake (John Belushi) and Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) are 'on a mission from God' in this 1980 action musical comedy. And while they're asked to play 'both kinds of music: country and western,' you can hear plenty of tunes from other genres, from artists including James Brown, Cab Calloway and Aretha Franklin.
The 1986 disaster film was co-written by 'Jurassic Park' author Michael Crichton, stars Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz and has lots of special effects.
Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Michelle Rodriguez are in this movie, but the real stars are the cars, smoking tires and roaring engines. Catch the original movie in this series — before it turned ludicrous.
Another Jim Henson movie, this one from 1986, and co-directed by George Lucas, of 'Star Wars' fame. This musical fantasy stars David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly.
The original 1979 Australian dystopian road warrior film starring Mel Gibson. Weird outfits, weird hairdos, lots of grime, dust, diesel and action.
This 1986 sports drama starring Gene Hackman is quintessential viewing for any basketball fan in Indiana or just those who love to root for the underdog. Inspired in part by the Milan High School team that won the 1954 state championship.
Executive produced by Steven Spielberg this animated tale tells the story of a family of mice that leaves Russia to find freedom in the U.S.
A Howard Hughes-penned comedy starring Dan Aykroyd and John Candy. Think bears and boats and lightning strikes.
Another animated movie executive produced by Spielberg, this 1988 adventure film depicts the adventures of a young apatosaurus named Littlefoot and his companions, which include a triceratops, a stegosaurus and a saurolophus.
In this 1988 adventure film, a group of kids (played by actors including Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Martha Plimpton and Ke Huy Quan) try to save their homes from foreclosure by following a treasure map that leads to the long-lost fortune of legendary pirate One-Eyed Willy. Goonies never say die, even if they hear, 'Hey, you guys.'
A teen (Kevin Bacon) moves from Chicago to a small town, where a strict dancing ban is administered by the local minister (John Lithgow.) You already know what's going to happen, but you won't be able to keep your feet still because of the chart-topping and Oscar-winning title track.
A Christmas comedy starring Will Ferrell as Buddy, the elf.
A 1990 sports drama starring fast cars and Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid and Cary Elwes.
This 1978 coming-of-age movie was written and directed by George Lucas and stars Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard and an at-the-time unknown carpenter named Harrison Ford.
The 2001 animated comedy features the voices of Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow and Mike Myers as the eponymous ogre who tries to rescue a princess.
This 1984 fantasy based on a German novel by Michael Ende tells the tale of young heroes fighting 'The Nothing' with the help of a night hob, a rock biter and a luck dragon named Falkor. Spoiler alert: Don't get attached to Artax.
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This article originally appeared on The Herald-Times: 'Retro Movies' showing in 2025 at Bloomington's Starlite Drive-In