Historical Film Series

Join Shawnee Town in partnership with Aztec Shawnee Theater the 2025 historical film series!  Films will be showing at the newly and beautifully restored Aztec Shawnee Theater at 11119 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, KS 66203. We look forward to seeing you at the movies. Tickets are $8.00 each and are available at the Aztec Box office. Friends of Shawnee Town members are entitled to free admission, learn more and join today online! Specialty cocktails, beverages and snacks will be available for purchase, and non–beverage food truck purchases can be brought inside. 

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King Kong (1933)
Thursday, July 10
7:00pm (doors open at 6:00pm)

Nothing says “summer blockbuster” like King Kong! Way back in 1933, this classic film swung into theaters across the nation, and 102 years later, they are still making new versions!






 

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Nosferatu (1922)
Thursday, October 23 or Thursday, October 30
7:00pm (doors open at 6:00pm)

Join us for an unforgettable night of silent horror... Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is coming to the Aztec Shawnee Theater! This is a bucket-list, must-watch film for any fan of Bram Stoker’s Dracula or the horror genre. A gothic masterpiece of German Expressionism, this 1922 silent film set the tone for every other horror film that followed over the next 100 years!