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This study aimed to examine pre-service elementary school teachers'perception of authentic English materials and to explore their analysis ofauthentic English material. A questionnaire was administered to the subjectsin order to describe their English learning and to identify their perception ofauthentic English materials. As an English educators, each subject selected amovie and analyzed the movie from the perspective of the following threedomains; grammar, pronunciation, and culture. According to the results ofthis study, the pre-service elementary school teachers were fond of moviesthat involve 'love' as the main subject. From a grammar perspective, 'tense'was the area that the subjects concern themselves with the most, followedby 'modal verbs,' 'comparatives,' and 'relative pronouns'. They analyzed'linking' and 'flap' phenomena the most in the area of pronunciation, followedby 'contraction' and 'softening' phenomena. In regard to culture, theyanalyzed the movies in respect to 'food,' 'parties,' 'appellation,' etc. After theanalysis task of each movie, they showed very positive perceptions ofutilizing movies as English teaching materials. Several implications andapplications are discussed based on the findings of the study.