This vintage 1909 cinema is a neighborhood nonprofit with an international reputation for distributing documentaries and showing controversial films banned elsewhere. Tickets to film-festival premieres, rare revivals and raucous Oscars telecasts sell out – buy them online – but if the main show's packed, discover riveting documentaries in teensy next-door Little Roxy instead. No ads, plus personal introductions to every film.
Roxie Cinema
The Mission, Dogpatch & Potrero Hill
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
3.21 MILES
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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4.45 MILES
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0.43 MILES
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Nearby The Mission, Dogpatch & Potrero Hill attractions
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