Favorite Drive-in Movies

Best Drive-in movies
Here we look at Favorite drive-in movies according to people. But what does drive in movies mean? Richard Hollingshead's first had a vision for an open-air movie theater where moviegoers could watch the movies while on drive.The first drive-in movie theater opened 78 years ago today in an era when cars symbolized opportunity. Hollingshead's drive-in was first drive-in movie theater opened in New Jersey June 6, 1933, on Admiral Wilson Boulevard at the Airport Circle in Pennsauken, a short distance from Cooper River Park. To celebrate the birthday of the drive-in, let's take a look at the best of drive-in fare, from classic B-movies and exploitation films to contemporary blockbusters and sing-alongs. 

'Attack of the Crab Monsters'

Release Date: Feb. 10, 1957

Cast: Richard Garland, Pamela Duncan, Russell Johnson

'Plan 9 from Outer Space'

Release Date: July 22, 1959

Cast: Gregory Walcott, Tom Keene, Bela Lugosi. Directed by Ed Wood

'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!'

Release Date: Aug. 6, 1965

Cast: Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams

'Blazing Saddles'

Release Date: Feb. 7, 1974

Cast: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens

'Jaws'

Release Date: June 20, 1975

Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss

'Grease'

Release Date: June 16, 1978

Cast: Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta, Stockard Channing

'The Thing'

Release Date: June 25, 1982

Cast: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David

'Troll 2'

Release Date: Oct. 12, 1990

Cast: Michael Stephenson, George Hardy, Margo Prey

'Twister'

Release Date: May 10, 1996

Cast: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes

'Men in Black'

Release Date: July 2, 1997

Cast: Will Smith , Tommy Lee Jones , Linda Fiorentino

'Cars'

Release Date: June 8, 2006

Cast: Owen Wilson , Bonnie Hunt, Paul Newman

'Hairspray'

Release Date: July 20, 2007

Cast: John Travolta, Nikki Blonsky, Queen Latifah

'Mamma Mia'

Release Date: July 3, 2008

Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan

'Tropic Thunder'

Release Date: Aug. 13, 2008

Cast: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr.