Imax
Choose from our regularly scheduled films, or select one from our Omni film library that matches your curriculum. Subject to availability, these films may be reserved for school groups (minimum of 50 people) at 11:00 a.m. For more information, call 617-723-2500.
Reservation:
Required at least two weeks in advance
Required at least two weeks in advance
Grades:
3 - Adult
3 - Adult
- Africa: The Serengeti (Omni Film)
- Witness a spectacle that few humans have ever witnessed: the Great Migration, taking viewers on a journey with over 1.5 million animals as they travel more than 500 miles across the Serengeti plains in Tanzania and Kenya. (details).
Reservation:
Required at least two weeks in advance
Required at least two weeks in advance
Grades:
3 - Adult
3 - Adult
- Coral Reef Adventure (Omni Film)
- Follow the real-life expedition of ocean explorers and underwater filmmakers Howard and Michele Hall. The Halls guide us to the islands and sun-drenched waters of the South Pacific, including Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Fiji, Tahiti and the mysterious depths of Rangiroa Atoll, to document the health and beauty of coral reefs ... (details).
Reservation:
Required at least two weeks in advance
Required at least two weeks in advance
Grades:
3 - Adult
3 - Adult
- Dolphins (Omni Film)
- Romp with inquisitive Atlantic spotted dolphins, acrobatic dusky dolphins, and the familiar bottlenose dolphin of Flipper fame. This film captures a range of behavior from these fascinating creatures, from rarely seen fish-herding behavior to a close-up look at complex communication activities. (details).
Reservation:
Required at least two weeks in advance
Required at least two weeks in advance
Grades:
3 - Adult
3 - Adult
- Everest (Omni Film)
- Everest is the dramatic true story of a team of climbers who found hope, strength and triumph in the wake of tragedy. Their successful ascent of Mount Everest, just days after fellow mountaineers and friends died there, is a compelling story about the human spirit and a mountain they love, respect and sometimes fear ... (details).
Reservation:
Required at least two weeks in advance
Required at least two weeks in advance
Grades:
3 - Adult
3 - Adult
- Forces of Nature (Omni Film)
- Presenting the awesome spectacle of natures' most severe acts, this film follows three scientists at work: a meteorologist tangling with Midwestern tornadoes, a volcanologist studying gas-spewing giants in the Caribbean, and an earthquake specialist wielding GPS and sonar technologies in Turkey. Their ... (details).
Reservation:
Required at least two weeks in advance
Required at least two weeks in advance
Grades:
K - Adult
K - Adult
- Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk (Omni Film)
- More than an exhilarating odyssey through one of our nation's most storied natural treasures, the mighty Colorado River, this large-format film celebrates the power and vitality of Earth's most precious resource — water — and its vulnerability to our growing presence on the planet. Join environmentalist Robert F ... (details).
Reservation:
Required at least two weeks in advance
Required at least two weeks in advance
Grades:
3 - 12
3 - 12
- Greece: Secrets of the Past (Omni Film)
- Explore the beautiful Greek islands and the roots of the Golden Age of Greece as we will follow a team of archaeologists piecing together the puzzles of ancient history and learn how the field of archeology has progressed. See how the island of Santorini—possibly home of Atlantis—was formed ... (details).
Reservation:
Required at least two weeks in advance
Required at least two weeks in advance
Grades:
3 - 12
3 - 12
- Hurricane on the Bayou (Omni Film)
- This large-format film takes viewers to one of the most vibrant places in America: the Louisiana bayou and the city of New Orleans—a region overflowing with life, love, music, history, and heartbreaking natural beauty. Tragically, the delta's bountiful coastal wetlands are eroding into the ... (details).
Reservation:
Required at least two weeks in advance
Required at least two weeks in advance
Grades:
3 - Adult
3 - Adult
- Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa (Omni Film)
- Join a band of trekkers as they journey through rugged terrain and extreme conditions to look out from Africa's highest point in David Breashears' latest mountain adventure large-format film. (details).
Reservation:
Required at least two weeks in advance
Required at least two weeks in advance
Grades:
3 - Adult
3 - Adult
- Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West (Omni Film)
- This spectacular documentary traces the 28-month, 8,000-mile search for a northwest passage. Two hundred years after the launch of this expedition, this drama brings to life a great American adventure story. Audiences will experience the danger and beauty of the unknown West as it unfolded before the eyes of Lewis and Clark ... (details).
Reservation:
Required at least two weeks in advance
Required at least two weeks in advance
Grades:
3 - Adult
3 - Adult
- Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs (Omni Film)
- Part historic journey and part forensic adventure, this film follows explorers and researchers as they piece together fascinating archaeological and genetic clues. Experience the dramatic re-creation of a late 19th-century discovery: a cache of 40 royal mummies, including 12 Egyptian kings, in a single tomb ... (details).
Reservation:
Required at least two weeks in advance
Required at least two weeks in advance
Grades:
3 - Adult
3 - Adult
- Mysteries of Egypt (Omni Film)
- Stunning panoramic views of Egyptian landscapes and monuments frame the stories of an ancient civilization through the eyes of an Egyptian man who enchants his granddaughter with tales of the past. Be transported to a distant time and place where the Nile River Valley cuts an emerald swath through the desert sands ... (details).
Reservation:
Required at least two weeks in advance
Required at least two weeks in advance
Grades:
3 - Adult
3 - Adult
- Mystery of the Nile (Omni Film)
- On December 25, 2003, a team of explorers set out to complete a full descent of the world's greatest river. Four months later, they reached the mouth of the Nile at the Mediterranean Sea, becoming the first in history to make the 3,260-mile journey. Following the captivating human adventure, this MacGillivray ... (details).
Reservation:
Required at least two weeks in advance
Required at least two weeks in advance
Grades:
3 - Adult
3 - Adult
- Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure (Omni Film)
- This film chronicles the dramatic tale of explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated 1914-1916 British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. While never accomplishing its goal of the first crossing of the Antarctic continent, this expedition has become a testament to heroism and human endurance, with ... (details).
Reservation:
Required at least two weeks in advance
Required at least two weeks in advance
Grades:
3 - Adult
3 - Adult
- Special Effects (Omni Film)
- An IMAX® production that explores the ground-breaking special effects portrayed in Hollywood films from the very originals to the breathtaking special effects in movies today. This film takes the audience on a "behind the scenes" look into what goes on during the production of a movie and how the special effects are created ... (details).
Reservation:
Required at least two weeks in advance
Required at least two weeks in advance
Grades:
3 - Adult
3 - Adult
- Stormchasers (Omni Film)
- This tale of scientific discovery and natural wonder will take you on a journey around the planet to experience the most extreme storms—monsoons, hurricanes and tornadoes—and to witness the dramatic efforts of scientists in pursuit of understanding and predicting these weather events. (details).
Reservation:
Required at least two weeks in advance
Required at least two weeks in advance
Grades:
3 - Adult
3 - Adult
- The Alps (Omni Film)
- John Harlin III was just nine years old when his father, the world-famous alpinist John Harlin II, fell to his death while attempting a new route up the North Face of Eiger — the most notorious peak in the Swiss Alps. In this new large-format film, join Harlin as he approaches the mountain that ... (details).
Reservation:
Required at least two weeks in advance
Required at least two weeks in advance
Grades:
3 - Adult
3 - Adult
- The Greatest Places (Omni Film)
- Journey on a geographical odyssey to seven of the most dynamic landscapes on Earth, including Greenland's giant icebergs, Okavango's green oasis, Tibet's Chang Tang Plateau, and Iguazu's immense waterfall. (details).
Reservation:
Required at least two weeks in advance
Required at least two weeks in advance
Grades:
3 - Adult
3 - Adult
- To the Limit (Omni Film)
- Follow the spectacular feats performed by three athletes: a rock climber, an Olympic skier and a prima ballerina. Encounter the amazing workings of the human body with the use of endoscopic photography while witnessing the complex process behind an athlete's greatest physical achievements. (details).
Reservation:
Required at least two weeks in advance
Required at least two weeks in advance
Grades:
3 - Adult
3 - Adult
- Wild Ocean (Omni Film)
- Witness one of nature's greatest migration spectacles as breaching whales, feeding sharks, and billions of fish collide with the most voracious predator of all — humankind. (details).
Reservation:
Required at least two weeks in advance
Required at least two weeks in advance
Grades:
3 - 12
3 - 12
- Wired to Win: Surviving the Tour de France (Omni Film)
- Chugging steadily uphill, the rider threads his racing cycle through the cheering mass of spectators lining the roadway. Ahead of him, a mountain rises—green and terribly far away, the road vanishing into it. Yet the rider powers on, unaffected by the crowd, unflagging in the face of what must be an agonizing climb ... (details).
Reservation:
Required at least two weeks in advance
Required at least two weeks in advance
Grades:
3 - Adult
3 - Adult
- Yellowstone (Omni Film)
- Witness the spectacular beauty, dramatic geothermal activity and wildlife unique to this region. From the quintessential sunrise over the Grand Tetons, a river-running trip with the Hunt Party, to the brink of the Lower Falls of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and even down inside Old Faithful. (details).
