Fanthom's Big Screen Classics 2025

Every year, TCM had released a monthly selection of classic films back on the big screen in movie theaters across America as part of their "Big Screen Classics" series. Last year, Fanthom bought this series out and they did a great job of continuing it on. Instead of Ben Mankiewicz introducing each film, Fanthom brought in Leonald Maltin to share his thoughts and give a little behind-the-scenes commentary prior to the picture. 

This year, the Big Screen Classics continues with some interesting selections as well as some old-and-true classics: 

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - June 14, 15 and 18 (Father's Day weekend)

Clueless (30th Anniversary) - June 29, 30

This is Spinal Tap - July 5,7

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (50th Anniversary) - July 13, 16

Sunset Boulevard (75th anniversary) - Aug 3, 4

The Sound of Music (60th Anniversary) - Sept 13, 14 and 17

Rocky IV - Rocky vs Drago - Nov 5, 9

Oddly, there are no films listed for the month of October or December but sometimes they issue a film at a short notice, so check out Fanthom's website to see what the latest releases are. 

TCM's Big Screen Classics Schedule 2024

TCM has announced the line-up for their Big Screen Classic series for 2024 and there is quite a nice selection of films that are well-worth seeing on the big screen. First off, the series is no longer called "TCM's Big Screen Classics" but is now going by the name "Fathom's Big Screen Classics Series"....same films, same host, just a different name.

Many of the titles included are films that are celebrating an anniversary, such as The Wizard of Oz which is 85 years old this year (!), and Blazing Saddles which turns 50. 

Here is the complete line-up including show dates (which may change): 

The Wizard of Oz - Jan. 28th, 29th and 31st

My Fair Lady - Feb. 4th and 5th

Labyrinth - March 6th and 10th

Gone with the Wind - April 8th, 9th, and 10th

Steel Magnolias - May 5th and 8th

The Muppet Movie - June 2nd and June 3rd

South Park - Bigger Longer and Uncut - June 23rd, June 26th

The NeverEnding Story - July 21st and July 22nd

Rear Window - August 25th and August 28th

Blazing Saddles - September 15th and September 18th

Mean Girls - October 3rd and October 6th

The Fifth Element - November 17th and November 20th

White Christmas - December 15th and December 16th

Click here to view the schedule on Fathom's website. 

Coming Soon: TCM Presents Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ( 1982 )

Mark your calendar, Trekkies! TCM Big Screen Classics will be bringing Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan back into theaters for a 3-day special event showing on September 4th,5th, and 8th. This film, the second in a five-film Star Trek series, has Ricardo Montalban's character Khan Singh ( who made a 1967 Star Trek appearance in "Space Seed" ) return to exact revenge on Captain Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise. 

You can purchase tickets online at Fanthom Events or at your local theater. 

TCM Big Screen Classics - 2022 Schedule

Every year, 12 classic films are chosen by TCM to be brought back to theaters across the nation as part of the TCM Big Screen Classics series. Some years the selection of films is better than others and, for 2022, the line-up is particularly good with a nice mixture of genres. Lately, they have been playing films that mark an anniversary of so many decades and next year is no exception. 

Please note, most of these films play on two dates each but, at the moment, we are only aware of one release date, so circle your calendar if something catches your fancy. 

January 23rd - Casablanca - 80th Anniversary ( 1942 )

February 20th  - Lady Sings the Blues 50th Anniversary ( 1972 ) 

March 13th - The Quiet Man 70th Anniversary ( 1952 ) 

April 10th - Singin' in the Rain 70th Anniversary ( 1952 ) 

May 29th - Smokey and the Bandit ( 1977 ) 

June 12 - Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? 60th Anniversary ( 1962 )

July 17th - Cabaret 50th Anniversary ( 1972 ) 

September 4th - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ( 1982 ) 

September 25th - Poltergeist 40th Anniversary ( 1982 ) 

October 16th - In the Heat of the Night ( 1967 ) 

November 13th - To Kill a Mockingbird 60th Anniversary ( 1962 )

December 18th - It's A Wonderful Life 75th Anniversary ( 1947 ) 

TCM Big Screen Classics - 2020

Every year since 2015, Fanthom Events teams up with TCM for their Big Screen Classics series which brings classic films back to movie theaters across the country. Meet Me in St. Louis ( 1944 ) was showing most recently and the film looked and sounded marvelous.

Their 2020 line-up is a mixed lot with a number of not-so-classic pictures tossed into the bag. More pre-1975 films would have been welcomed, but nevertheless, this series is a wonderful way to see classic movies that normally would only be viewed on a television screen.

All plot descriptions are courtesy of Fanthom Events website: 

https://www.fathomevents.com/series/tcm-big-screen-classics


An American in Paris - January 19 & 22

Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron sing and dance to the music of George and Ira Gershwin in this winner of six Academy Awards®, including Best Picture.

Love Story - February 9, 12

Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV (Ryan O'Neal) and music student Jennifer Cavilleri (Ali MacGraw) share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other.

The Color Purple - February 23

Academy Award® winner Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover and Oprah Winfrey star in director Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Color Purple".

King Kong - March 15

In the classic adventure that made her a star, Fay Wray plays the beautiful woman who conquers the savage heart of a giant ape.

A League of Their Own - April 26, 27, 29

Big league box office stars Geena Davis, Madonna, Lori Petty and Tom Hanks pitch up as The Rockford Peaches, a brash and ballsy team of tryers with a talent they were never meant to have and the guts to take it all the way!

Airplane! - May 17, 20

Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty join panicky passengers, inept ground controllers and an inflatable auto-pilot (named “Otto,” of course!) in the disaster-film spoof voted “one of the 10 funniest movies ever made” by the American Film Institute.

Annie - June 14, 17

Director John Houston's film adaptation of the Broadway smash hit, ANNIE, which in turn was based on the perennial cartoon favorite, Little Orphan Annie. This musical extravaganza features stunning performances by Carol Burnett, Bernadette Peters, Tim Curry and Albert Finney.

The Blues Brothers - June 28, July 1

Comedy icons John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd star in the outrageously funny musical comedy The Blues Brothers.

Ghost - July 19, 22

One of the most memorable romantic films ever and winner* of two Academy Awards®, Sam (Patrick Swayze), living as a ghost, discovers his death wasn’t just a random robbery gone bad.

Babe - August 9, 12

Academy Award® winner and Best Picture nominee, Babe is the inspirational story of a shy Yorkshire piglet who doesn’t quite know his place in the world. 

Close Encounters of the Third Kind - September 13, 14, 17

Richard Dreyfuss stars as cable worker Roy Neary, who along with several other stunned bystanders experience a close encounter of the first kind - witnessing UFOs soaring across the sky. After this life-changing event, the inexplicable vision of a strange, mountain-like formation haunts him. 

Psycho - October 11, 12

Join the Master of Suspense on a chilling journey as an unsuspecting victim (Janet Leigh) visits the Bates Motel and falls prey to one of cinema’s most notorious psychopaths - Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins). 

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - November 8, 9

A feisty misfit sent to a mental hospital inspires his fellow patients to assert themselves, much to the chagrin of the strong-willed head nurse, who turns out to be more dangerous than any of the inmates. Based on the novel by Ken Kesey and the play by Dale Wasserman. 

Fiddler on the Roof - December 13, 14

Director Norman Jewison offers this uplifting classic about a poor Jewish milkman (Topol) in Czarist Russia who, along with his devoted family, battles financial challenges and growing anti-Semitism within his village.

TCM Big Screen Classics 2018

TCM and Fanthom have teamed up for another year-long celebration of classic film with their Big Screen Classics which will be screened in theaters across the nation. This year, they have a few particularly juicy titles mixed in with some questionable "classics" in their line-up of films : 

January: The Treasure of Sierra Madre ( 1948 ) Jan. 14, 16
February: The Philadelphia Story ( 1940 ) Feb. 18, 21
March: Vertigo ( 1958 ) Mar. 18, 21
April: Grease ( 1978 ) Apr. 8, 11
May: Sunset Boulevard ( 1950 ) May 13, 16
June: The Producers ( 1967 ) June 3, 6
July: Big ( 1988 ) July 15, 18
August: The Big Lebowski ( 1998 ) Aug. 5, 8
August: South Pacific ( 1958 ) Aug. 26, 29
September: Rebel Without a Cause ( 1955 ) Sep. 23, 26
October: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ( 1939 ) Oct. 14, 17
November: Die Hard ( 1988 ) Nov. 11, 14
December: White Christmas ( 1954 ) Dec. 9, 12

For more information, check out Fanthom's website:  TCM Big Screen Classics - Fanthom Events.