Living in Costa Rica Retirement Relocation Tours.

First Run Movies and Video Rentals in Costa Rica

On my retirement tours I am always asked if movie theaters in Costa Rica show pictures in English.  The answer is, yes they do. Movies are in English with Spanish subtitles with the exception of those for small children which are dubbed into Spanish because  some can’t read yet. Also there are a few foreign films shown at the Sala Garbo theater that are only in Spanish.

Most first run movies make their way to Costa Rica usually within a few weeks of their release in the U.S. The recent Batman movie came out here at the same time as it did in the rest of the world.

If you are the type of person who likes to watch movies in the comfort of your own home you basically have three choices. First, you can rent  DVDs in English almost anywhere in Costa Rica. I have a video rental store right around the corner from my home in Heredia. The cost is a little over two dollars and they have specials where you rent two movies and get a third for free.

Your second choice is to have a satellite TV dish from SKY TV (formerly Direct TV here) or the DISH Network. We have the latter and there many movie channels in English from which to choose.

In Costa Rica there is also regular cable TV (Cable Tica or Amnet) which has handful movie channels but doesn’t offer the variety of satellite TV.

As you can see form the above, movie buffs can retire in Costa Rica and not miss their favorite flicks in English. I would like to point out that this is just one of the many activities there are to stay busy and happy in Costa Rica during your retirement.