At drive-ins, the best seats are reserved for punctual cineastes and fashionably late monster trucks. Avoid Hobbesian parking battles with today's Groupon: for $25, you get four general-admission movie tickets to Fifth Avenue Cinemas (a $51 value, including HST).

The friendly film wheelers at Fifth Avenue Cinemas screen an eclectic mix of mainstream hits and little-known independent flicks in their Burrard Street theatre. Before settling into seats, moviegoers can visit concession stands purveying organic and fair-trade coffee and snacks. Screening rooms come equipped with snuggle-accommodating loveseats, with armrests that can be raised so you and a fellow movie buff or anthropomorphic dachshund can cuddle throughout the film. Upcoming flicks include Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn. Though this Groupon is for a quartet of general-admission tickets, customers can upgrade tickets to 3-D shows for an extra $12 or can downgrade to 1-D shows for free.