FILM & CINEMA IN MANCHESTER
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13 Going On 30 - The Musical
Manchester Opera House
Sun 21 Sep - Sun 12 Oct 2025
A Knight's Tale The Musical
Manchester Opera House
Fri 11 Apr - Sat 10 May 2025
Shirley Valentine

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Tuesday 11 February - Saturday 8 March 2025
Be transported to sunny Greece with this beloved northern comedy! Mina Anwar reprises the title role in Willy Russell's heart-warming comedy following her acclaimed performance in our 2020 production. This will once again see Mina resetting...The Best Movies in Cinemas & Streaming

Manchester Multiple Venues, Manchester
Tuesday 11 February - Wednesday 31 December 2025
If you are looking for a film to watch, ManchesterTheatres. com have rounded-up the best movies currently showing at Manchester's cinemas, and we are offering discounted tickets at Odeon, Vue, Cineworld and HOME too. We've also compiled...A Complete Unknown (15)

HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 11 - Thursday 13 February 2025
★★★ Timothee Chalamet is brilliant and believable in James Mangold's conventional Dylan biopic. ~ BBC. --- Timothee Chalamet stars as Bob Dylan in the ballad of a true original. A Film by James Mangold. Co-starring Edward Norton, El...HOME Film Pass

HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 11 February - Wednesday 31 December 2025
See everything everywhere (almost all at once) with the new HOME Film Pass! Experience new releases at HOME, any time, as many times as you like for one monthly price. For just £18 you'll also get a range of perks to make the most of your ...Macbeth starring David Tennant & Cush Jumbo (15)

HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 11 February - Tuesday 18 March 2025
David Tennant (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) and Cush Jumbo (The Good Wife, Criminal Record) lead a stellar cast in an 'enthralling' (★★★★★ Daily Telegraph) new production of Shakespeare's MACBETH, filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse i...Discounted Cineworld Cinema Tickets

Cineworld Cinemas Manchester, Manchester
Tuesday 11 February - Wednesday 31 December 2025
Buy your Cineworld cinema tickets in Manchester at a reduced price: "Group 1 Tickets" from only £5.49 (saving up to £1.50 per ticket): Cineworld Bolton - [click here]--- "Group 2 Tickets" from only £8.99 (saving up to £4 per ticke...Discounted Odeon Cinema Tickets

Odeon Cinemas, Manchester
Tuesday 11 February - Wednesday 31 December 2025
A must for film buffs, treat yourself to any movie, on any day, at any time at Odeon Cinemas in Manchester for a fantastically cheap price: From £6.99 Monday to Thursday (saving up to £6 per ticket), or £8.99 any day of the week ...Discounted Vue Cinema Tickets

Vue Cinemas Manchester, Manchester
Tuesday 11 February 2025 - Sunday 4 January 2026
A must for film buffs, treat yourself to any movie, on any day, at any time at Vue Cinemas in Manchester for a fantastically cheap price: "Yellow Tickets" from only £6.50: Vue Manchester Printworks - [click here]Vue Manchester Red Q...A Real Pain (18)

HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 11 - Thursday 13 February 2025
★★★★ Jesse Eisenberg writes, directs and stars in a film that manages to be ruefully perceptive and laugh-out-loud funny, often at the same time. ~ The Telegraph. --- "One of the best films of the year." Written, directed by and s...Bring Them Down (15)

HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 11 - Thursday 13 February 2025
★★★ The title says it all: Bring Them Down is a difficult film to stomach, and this confident yet grisly tale occasionally lingers in places it shouldn't. ~ Irish Independent. --- A gritty revenge thriller about two warring families ...Hard Truths (12A)

HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 11 - Thursday 13 February 2025
★★★★ British Oscar-nominated director Mike Leigh is back on form in this gruelling tale. ~ The Times. --- From acclaimed filmmaker Mike Leigh, comes Hard Truths. Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin. The Oscar-nom...September 5 (15)

HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 11 - Thursday 13 February 2025
★★★★ This old-school procedural of the Munich Games massacre is a slick grown-up thriller. ~ Irish Independent. --- "September 5" unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news toda...The Brutalist (18)

HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 11 - Thursday 13 February 2025
★★★★★ Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones star in a majestic historical epic from the director Brady Corbet. This may be the film to beat at the Oscars. ~ The Times. --- Brady Corbet's staggering epic, starring Adrien Brody, Felicity...The Fire Inside (12A)

HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 11 - Thursday 13 February 2025
★★★★ Barry Jenkins is back with a blazing biopic of Olympic boxer Claressa 'T-Rex' Shields, featuring rising star Ryan Destiny and 'Atlanta' actor Brian Tyree Henry. ~ Independent. --- See the making of a champion in this compelling...The Seed of The Sacred Fig (15)

HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 11 - Thursday 13 February 2025
★★★★★ This Oscar-nominated thriller is a blistering attack on the Iranian regime. If Mohammad Rasoulof was to make just one film worth having to flee Iran for, this gripping family thriller would be it. ~ Evening Standard. --- Him...Hold On To Your Butts

Lowry, Salford
Wednesday 12 - Saturday 15 February 2025
65 million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth... 30 years ago, a movie about dinosaurs ruled the box office... Hold On To Your Butts is a must see "shot-for-shot" parody of the greatest dinosaur film of all time. After selling out in New ...Macbeth starring David Tennant & Cush Jumbo (15)

Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Wednesday 12 February 2025
David Tennant (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) and Cush Jumbo (The Good Wife, Criminal Record) lead a stellar cast in an 'enthralling' (★★★★★ Daily Telegraph) new production of Shakespeare's MACBETH, filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse i...Twilight + intro

HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 12 February 2025
A story of immortal love, Twilight kick-started a hit movie franchise and a long-lasting bond with a generation of film fans. ...Candlelight - Valentine's Day Special

Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Thursday 13 February 2025
Discover romantic music from the world of rock, pop and movies played by a string quartet this Valentine's Day in an awe-inspiring location under the gentle glow of candlelight. ...The Phantom of the Opera at The Royal Albert Hall (PG)

Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Friday 14 February 2025
A cinema screening of Phantom Of The Opera At The Albert Hall starring Ramin Karimloo as 'The Phantom' and Sierra Boggess as 'Christine'. They are joined by a supporting cast and orchestra of over 200, plus some very special guest appearanc...It Happened One Night (U)

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 14 February 2025
★★★★✭ The first of only three films to win the "Big Five" Oscars, this classic farce introduced the world to screwball and remains as fresh, fast and funny 90 years on. ~ ManchesterTheatres. com. --- To celebrate its 90th annivers...Before Sunrise (15)

HOME, Manchester
Friday 14 - Sunday 16 February 2025
★★★★★ Not a romcom, not a romantic drama, but just ... a romance, a brief encounter on a train without heartache, a strange and wonderful moment-by-moment miracle that never seems cloying or absurd. Richard Linklater's film from 1...Brief Encounter (PG)

HOME, Manchester
Friday 14 - Sunday 16 February 2025
★★★★★ Co-adapted by Noel Coward from his own one-act play Still Life, this is one of the finest films ever made in Britain. Radio Times. --- Perhaps the most romantic British film ever made, Brief Encounter is the 1945 gem from...Dog Man (U)

HOME, Manchester
Friday 14 - Sunday 23 February 2025
★★★✭ DreamWorks' second feature-length Dav Pilkey adaptation is a lot of bark and solid bite; zippy, beautifully constructed family fun. ~ Little White Lies. --- Part dog, part man, all hero. From DreamWorks Animation-creators of th...Memoir of a Snail

HOME, Manchester
Friday 14 February 2025
A bittersweet memoir of a melancholic woman called Grace Pudel - a hoarder of snails, romance novels, and guinea-pigs....To a Land Unknown

HOME, Manchester
Friday 14 February 2025
To a Land Unknown charts how good people can do bad things when forced into an impossible situation. ...Sing-a-long-a Dirty Dancing

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Saturday 15 February 2025
The producers of Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music and Sing-a-Long-a GREASE bring you their latest interactive film. The brand new singalonga screening of the classic film starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. It's the Summer of 1963, it's ...Sing-a-Long-a Encanto

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Saturday 15 February 2025
Gather la Familia! It's time to celebrate something truly Magical. From the producers of Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music and Sing-a-Long-a Frozen the brand new smash hit film musical of 2021 about the Family Madigral with lyrics on screen that...Pauline Black: A 2-Tone Story (15) + Q&A with Pauline Black

HOME, Manchester
Saturday 15 February 2025
This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Pauline Black (lead singer, The Selecter) and Nikki Parrott (producer, Pauline Black: A 2-Tone Story), hosted by broadcaster Karen Gabay. --- Pauline Black, lead singer of hit 2-Tone band The Se...Before Nikkah + Q&038;A

HOME, Manchester
Sunday 16 February 2025
Set across one day in London, and paying homage to Richard Linklater?s Before Sunrise, Before Nikkah is a soulful and charming romantic comedy. ...A Samurai in Time

HOME, Manchester
Monday 17 February 2025
When an Edo-era samurai travels through time to the 21st century, he puts his sword skills to good use ? as an extra on a period drama TV set....Rita, Sue & Bob Too!

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Tuesday 18 - Saturday 22 February 2025
St Helens' Regal Entertainments Ltd proudly presents the return of the record breaking Adults Only hilarious 1987 cult classic Rita, Sue & Bob Too!TV favourite Jake Quickenden heads the stellar cast as Bob in the production. Jake will be ...In The Wake

HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 19 February 2025
A bizarre serial murder puts a spotlight on devastating injustices and unhealed trauma in Sendai nine years after the 2011 earthquake disaster....Candlelight - Rings & Dragons

Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Thursday 20 February 2025
Discover the beautiful soundtracks of fantasy films performed by a string quartet under the gentle glow of candlelight at this multi-sensory musical experience in an awe-inspiring location. Expect to hear music from Rings of Power, The Lo...National Theatre Live - The Importance of Being Earnest (PG)

HOME, Manchester
Thursday 20 - Saturday 22 February 2025
Showing as though live, on the big screen, three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde's most celebrated comedy. While assuming the role of a...I'm Still Here (15)

HOME, Manchester
Friday 21 February 2025
★★★★ From The Motorcycle Diaries to On the Road, Salles is a great celebrator of liberation, both personal and political. The two come together in stirring and poignant ways here. You can feel the shadow of a contemporary Brazilian ...Picnic at Hanging Rock &8211; 4K Restoration

HOME, Manchester
Friday 21 February 2025
A classic of Australian cinema, Picnic At Hanging Rock remains one of the most chillingly atmospheric and beautifully enigmatic films ever made....Schmeichel + Q&038;A

HOME, Manchester
Friday 21 February 2025
Owen Davies? documentary features unprecedented access to the international sporting hero, Peter Schmeichel....September Says

HOME, Manchester
Friday 21 February - Thursday 6 March 2025
Sisters July and September are thick as thieves, though very different. September Says explores familial ties ? and a love so intense it transforms reality....The Monkey

HOME, Manchester
Friday 21 February 2025
When twin brothers Hal and Bill discover their father?s old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths starts occurring all around them. ...BFI Future Film Festival presents: Northern Perspectives + Q&038;A

99% Cloudy&8230;Always

HOME, Manchester
Sunday 23 - Tuesday 25 February 2025
Kazuha, a woman with Asperger?s syndrome, begins to drift apart from her husband over conventional expectations of having children in this uncompromising drama....Oppenheimer (15)

Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Monday 24 February - Saturday 1 March 2025
★★★★✭ "This combustible and relentlessly-paced biography of the 'father of the the atomic bomb' is a contender for Christopher Nolan's best film." ~ Little White Lies. Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer is a...National Theatre Live - The Importance of Being Earnest (PG)

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Tuesday 25 February 2025
Showing as though live, on the big screen, three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde's most celebrated comedy. While assuming the role of a...Ichiko

HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 26 February 2025
When Ichiko goes missing, her boyfriend immediately begins to search for her. But he discovers that she?s not who he thought she was? ...The Best of Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival (18)

HOME, Manchester
Thursday 27 February 2025
Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival present a diverse selection of outstanding short films showcasing unique LGBTQ+ stories from around the world. This showcase of standout films from Iris 2024, featuring award-winning stories on love, ident...Baby &038; Carer/ The Fire Inside

HOME, Manchester
Thursday 27 February 2025
The inspirational true story of Claressa Shields, the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing....I Am Martin Parr

HOME, Manchester
Friday 28 February 2025
★★★★ Parr's work is kinder, cleverer and funnier than anything in Little Britain. ~ Time Out. --- Since the 1970s, English photographer Martin Parr has held up a sometimes tender, sometimes critical and always mischievous mirror to ...Cult/ Barb Wire

HOME, Manchester
Friday 28 February 2025
Revisit this 90s cyberpunk classic, featuring a brilliant bombshell performance from Pamela Anderson....Superboys of Malegaon

HOME, Manchester
Friday 28 February 2025
A ragtag group of friends discover the magic of cinema while living in the shadow of Bollywood....The Summer with Carmen
