Favorite drive-in movies

Favorite drive-in movies

Favorite drive-in movies. The first drive-in movie theater opened 78 years ago today in an era when cars symbolized opportunity. 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.