FILM & CINEMA IN MANCHESTER
FILM & CINEMA IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Film & Cinema in Manchester
Candlelight - Hans Zimmer's Best Works
Manchester Cathedral
Thu 18 Jun - Fri 7 Aug 2026
Back To The Future The Musical
Manchester Opera House
Tue 13 Jul - Sat 21 Aug 2027
Home Alone in Concert - The Film with Live Orchestra
The Bridgewater Hall
Wed 2 - Thu 3 Dec 2026
The Holiday In Concert - The Film with Live Orchestra
The Bridgewater Hall
Wed 9 - Fri 11 Dec 2026
The Karate Kid The Musical
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Wednesday 20 - Saturday 23 May 2026
The Karate Kid - The Musical brings the legendary 1984 film to life on stage. Don't miss the unforgettable theatrical experience of the season as this heartfelt coming-of-age story takes flight with spectacular musical numbers and dazzlingl...Northern Soul: Still Burning (15)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 20 - Thursday 28 May 2026
A new documentary charting the history of Northern Soul from its birth at the world-famous Wigan Casino. Following on from 2012 documentary Keep on Burning - The Story of Northern Soul, this new film further explores the cultural phenomeno...Horizon of Khufu - Journey to Ancient Egypt
Transmission House, Manchester
Wednesday 20 May - Sunday 28 June 2026
The Pyramids of Egypt have arrived in the UK for the first time! This immersive and groundbreaking expedition takes you back to the golden age of ancient Egypt, allowing you to explore the depths of the iconic pyramids, meet the goddess Bas...Best of British: Jewish Culture Month (18)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 20 May 2026
An entertaining and thought-provoking evening of some of the most outstanding British-Jewish short films commissioned by UK Jewish Film over the first quarter of the 21st century.?Screening in this programme:Beshert? (Dir. Lewis Rose) - Whe...Hokum (15)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 20 May 2026
When reclusive novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote Irish inn to scatter his parents? ashes, the staff?s tales of an ancient witch haunting the honeymoon suite take hold of his mind. Soon, disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance...Normal (15)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 20 - Thursday 28 May 2026
For Sheriff Ulysses, his provisional posting to the quaint Midwestern town of Normal was meant to be a welcome respite from both his marital woes and recent moral injuries in the line of duty. But when a botched bank robbery interrupts the ...Orphan (15)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 20 - Thursday 28 May 2026
1957. In Budapest, after the uprising against the Communist regime, a young Jewish boy, Andor, raised by his mother with idealized tales of his deceased father, has his world turned upside down when a man appears, claiming to be his true fa...Our Land (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 20 - Thursday 21 May 2026
Our Land dares to tread where few have trespassed before, asking the timely question of who has the right to roam in the English countryside?The UK is a wild and beautiful place, but the vast majority of it is off limits to the general publ...Romeria (15)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 20 - Thursday 21 May 2026
Marina, 18, orphaned at a young age, must travel to Spain?s Atlantic coast to obtain a signature for a scholarship application from the paternal grandparents she has never met. She navigates a sea of new aunts, uncles, and cousins, uncertai...Rose of Nevada (15)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 20 - Thursday 28 May 2026
In a forgotten fishing village, a boat mysteriously appears in the old harbour. The Rose of Nevada, lost at sea with all hands 30 years ago, has returned. For the few who remember, it?s a sign. The boat must go out to sea again, maybe then ...The Christophers (15)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 20 - Thursday 28 May 2026
Lori divides her time between freelance art restoration and work in a food truck. Her lacklustre fortunes change when she?s approached by the estranged heirs of brilliant painter Julian Sklar with an exciting proposition: Lori will steal a ...The Drama (15)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 20 May 2026
A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.?This film contains flickering or flashing lights that may affect those with photosensitive epilepsy....moviEscape - SAWtopsy
Moviescape Stockport, Manchester
Thursday 21 May - Tuesday 14 July 2026
Inspired by the hit SAW movie franchise, SAWtopsy at moviESCAPE, Stockport's leading Escape Room offering, is a gory and ominous room with dim, atmospheric lighting, however it does not feature any jump scares - well none that are delibe...The Plumber (15)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 21 May 2026
Spending most of her days alone at home while her husband is away at work, a young anthropology student is troubled by repeated visits from her building?s gregarious repairman. Class conflict is fought through polite insults, perverse mind ...Eagles of the Republic (15)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 22 - Thursday 28 May 2026
Egypt?s most adored actor George Fahmy is pressured to star in a film commissioned by the highest authorities. Fahmy reluctantly accepts the role and finds himself thrown into the inner circle of power. Like a moth drawn to the flame, he be...
Finding Emily (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 22 - Thursday 28 May 2026
When a lovesick musician is given the wrong number for his dream girl, he teams up with a driven psychology student to find her. Together, they spark a hilarious campus-wide frenzy that tests their own hearts and ambitions along the way.??T...The Corinthians: We Were The Champions (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 23 May 2026
This is the incredible real-life story of the original rebel girls of football - The Corinthians Ladies FC from Manchester - who defied The FA's 50-year ban on women playing to become global champions. Told exclusively by 10 surviving playe...Recovered: The Daleks' Master Plan comes HOME (18)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 23 May 2026
Experience an evening of Doctor Who on the big screen with Recovered: The Daleks? Master Plan comes HOME. This special event presents the first three episodes of 1965 serial The Daleks? Master Plan ? two of which were recently recovered fro...Dirty Dancing in Concert
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sunday 24 May 2026
You fell in love with their first dance, now it's your turn to relive it. Dirty Dancing in Concert is a cinematic live-to-film concert event that brings the iconic love story back to the big screen, with a twist. Watch the digitally remaste...All About Eve (U)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 24 May 2026
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, young Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great veteran actress Margo Channing. Eve manoeuvres her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensatio...Dog-friendly Screening/ Finding Emily (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 24 May 2026
When a lovesick musician is given the wrong number for his dream girl, he teams up with a driven psychology student to find her. Together, they spark a hilarious campus-wide frenzy that tests their own hearts and ambitions along the way.?Fi...Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 24 May 2026
Frida Kahlo is a phenomenon. She is arguably the world?s favourite female artist - beloved by young and old. Exhibition on Screen?s award-winning film is back in cinemas by popular demand with an exciting new addition from the curators of t...Kokuho (15)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 24 May 2026
Nagasaki, 1964. After the death of his father, the leader of a yakuza gang, 14-year-old Kikuo is taken under the wing of a famous Kabuki actor. Alongside Shunsuke, the actor?s only son, Kikuo decides to dedicate himself to this traditional ...Sexuality Summer School/ Laws of Love + Sanctus + discussion (18)
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 26 May 2026
The Sexuality Summer School returns to HOME for its 2026 edition, and another evening of fascinating film and discussion. The theme for the 2026 edition is ?On the Biological? - an exploration of contemporary political and intellectual deba...Shrek - 25th Anniversary Screening (U)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 27 - Sunday 31 May 2026
Once upon a time - well, 25 years ago (2001) - in a faraway swamp, there lived an ogre named Shrek. The ogre's precious solitude is shattered by the arrival of an assortment of annoying fairytale characters - all banished from their kingdom...Titicut Follies (18)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 27 May 2026
Frederick Wiseman?s landmark debut film takes us inside a Massachusetts institution for the criminally insane, unflinchingly documenting the treatment and mistreatment of inmates. Wiseman?s unique ability to observe and sculpt reality using...The MGM Story - The Magic of the Musical
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Thursday 28 May - Sunday 7 June 2026
A Musical Celebration of the Hollywood Hit Factory. Transporting audiences through the history of musical theatre's golden age, The MGM Story dives into the tale of how the Hollywood studio nurtured the talent of stars that were to include ...National Theatre Live - Playboy of the Western World
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 28 - Saturday 30 May 2026
Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Eanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhan McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge's riveting play of youth and self-discovery. Pegeen Flaherty's life is turned upside down when a young m...Baby & Carer/ Finding Emily (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 28 May 2026
When a lovesick musician is given the wrong number for his dream girl, he teams up with a driven psychology student to find her. Together, they spark a hilarious campus-wide frenzy that tests their own hearts and ambitions along the way.??F...NT Live/ The Playboy of the Western World (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 28 - Saturday 30 May 2026
Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins ?anna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobh?n McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge?s riveting play of youth and self-discovery. Pegeen Flaherty?s life is turned upside down when a young m....jpg)
NARUTO - The Symphonic Experience
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Friday 29 May 2026
NARUTO: The Symphonic Experience is a live concert that brings the beloved anime to life on a grand scale. This two-hour event features a film montage of iconic scenes from over 220 episodes, synchronized to a live orchestra performing Tos...Backrooms (15)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 29 May - Thursday 4 June 2026
A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom. Young cinematic upstart and YouTuber Kane Parsons adapts his viral internet sensation for the big screen; adding new scope to the legendary online world of ?The Backrooms?. ...Cult/ Cronos (15)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 29 May 2026
Guillermo del Toro?s Cannes prize-winning directorial debut offers a unique take on the classic vampire story. When antiques dealer Jes?s Gris discovers an ancient artefact in the form of a golden mechanical scarab, he is unaware of the pow...Family Film/ Monsters Inc. (U)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 29 May 2026
There's a reason why there are monsters in children's closets - it's their job. Monsters, Inc. is the most successful scream-processing factory in the monster world, and there is no better Scarer than James P. Sullivan ? or Sulley to his fr...Don't Bother to Knock (18)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 31 May 2026
Reeling from a recent break-up, Jed Towers checks into a New York hotel and is immediately drawn to one of his fellow guests. Nell Forbes appears to be glamorous and worldly, and she?s staying in the room directly opposite ? for Jed, she mi...The Misfits (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 1 - Sunday 14 June 2026
Marilyn Monroe delivers her final performance in this haunting, elegiac piece of Hollywood history. Nevada, the "leave it" state: a gathering ground for misfits, burnouts, empty bottles and spare atom bombs. It's home to a host of interesti...Punku (18) + Q&A
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Deep in the Peruvian Amazon lowlands, Meshia, a Matsigenka Indigenous teenager, discovers Ivan, a young boy who vanished two years ago and was presumed dead. Determined to save him, she embarks on a journey upriver into the mountains, headi...The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 4 - Friday 5 June 2026
The viral internet sensation The Amazing Digital Circus comes to its highly anticipated conclusion in a feature-length theatrical release. This special cinema release combines episode 8 with the all-new, hour-long episode 9 for fans to expe...Family Film/ Zog + Zog and the Flying Doctors (U)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 7 - Friday 26 June 2026
With the arrival of a new series showcasing more of Zog?s adventures, revisit the first big screen outings for Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler?s loveable dragon. Screening in this programme:?Zog?Zog wants to learn how to fly, roar, and b...Niagara (18)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 7 June 2026
Ray and Polly Cutler arrive in Niagara Falls on their honeymoon ? only to find that their cabin is occupied by another couple. George and Rose Loomis have returned to the Falls, the site of their own honeymoon, in the hope of saving their s...Madfabulous (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 8 June 2026
When the flamboyant Henry Paget arrives in 1890's North Wales to claim his aristocratic inheritance, his theatrical flair and defiant eccentricities send shockwaves through the upper-class elite, much to the amusement of the local townspeop...Annie
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Tuesday 9 - Saturday 20 June 2026
Set in 1930s New York during The Great Depression, brave young Annie is forced to live a life of misery at Miss Hannigan's orphanage. Her luck soon changes when she's chosen to spend a fairytale Christmas with famous billionaire, Oliver War...Some Like It Hot (U)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 10 - Sunday 21 June 2026
Joe and Jerry are down on their luck jazz musicians who find themselves out of a job when the police raid the speakeasy they perform in. Things go from bad to worse when they inadvertently stumble upon a gang war and must go on the run afte...National Theatre Live - Playboy of the Western World
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Sunday 14 June 2026
Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Eanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhan McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge's riveting play of youth and self-discovery. Pegeen Flaherty's life is turned upside down when a young m...Rozpad (18) + discussion
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 17 June 2026
Rozpad, which translates to English as Decay, is the first feature film about the disaster at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine ? an incident often referred to by the Russian spelling of the town?s name, Chernobyl. It is A...
Candlelight - Hans Zimmer's Best Works
Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Thursday 18 June 2026
The most awe-inspiring music from one of the greatest film composers of all time brought to you by a string quartet in an intimate candlelight setting. No doubt these tracks will sound familiar, as they give life to iconic films such as ...Everybody to Kenmure Street (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 18 June 2026
In May 2021, a UK Home Office dawn raid triggers one of the most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory. In Pollokshields, Scotland?s most diverse neighbourhood, hundreds of residents rush to the streets to sto...Wallace & Gromit with Live Brass Band
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Sunday 21 June 2026
One of the UK's finest ensembles, The WFEL Band of Stockport have teamed up with Aardman to bring you Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers - but as you've never heard it before. To mark 30 years since the film premiered, the WFEL Fairey ...Family Film/ Missing Link (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 21 June - Saturday 4 July 2026
Meet Mr. Link: 8 feet tall, 630 lbs, and covered in fur, but don?t let his appearance fool you? he is funny, sweet, and adorably literal, making him the world?s most lovable legend. Tired of living a solitary life in the Pacific Northwest, ...Effi o Blaenau (15) + discussion
HOME, Manchester
Monday 22 June 2026
Based on Gary Owen's much lauded and widely performed monodrama, Iphigenia in Splott, Effi o Blaenau is director Marc Evans' cinematic interpretation set against the wide open landscapes of North Wales. ?The film follows Effi, a young woman...Cactus Pears (15) + Q&A
