FILM & CINEMA IN MANCHESTER
FILM & CINEMA IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Film & Cinema in Manchester
Singin' In The Rain
Royal Exchange Theatre
Thu 18 Dec 2025 - Sun 25 Jan 2026
Priscilla Queen Of The Desert - The Musical
Palace Theatre
Thu 19 - Sat 28 Feb 2026
Freaky Friday
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 18 December 2025 - Sunday 11 January 2026
The new musical, Freaky Friday, based on the beloved 1972 novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films, which has captured the hearts of generations, comes to HOME with its UK stage premiere next year. When an overworked mother and her t...Singin' In The Rain
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Thursday 18 December 2025 - Sunday 25 January 2026
A timeless masterpiece, and perhaps one of the greatest musicals ever made - a must-see show for Christmas 2025. A charismatic, tap-dancing extravaganza SINGIN' IN THE RAIN is the much-loved story of the highs and lows of Hollywood as a rad...The Best Movies in Cinemas & Streaming
Manchester Multiple Venues, Manchester
Thursday 18 - 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...All That Heaven Allows (U)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 18 - Tuesday 23 December 2025
★★★★ After the successful but preposterous weepie Magnificent Obsession, director Douglas Sirk reteamed with stars Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson for this exquisite melodrama. He deftly critiques the moral values (and hypocrisy) of 1950...It's a Wonderful Life (U)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 18 - Wednesday 24 December 2025
★★★★★ "It's a Wonderful Life is the closest thing to a postwar American Dickens. This is considered by many to be one of the finest films ever made." ~ Little White Lies. --- Frank Capra's heart-warming 1946 masterpiece has been...moviEscape - SAWtopsy
Moviescape Stockport, Manchester
Thursday 18 December 2025 - Sunday 15 February 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...Baby & Carer/ Prime Minister (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 18 December 2025
In August 2017, in the lead-up to national elections, Jacinda Ardern unexpectedly became New Zealand?s opposition party leader. She had just turned 37.?Two frenetic months later, she was Prime Minister. Just before the final vote was in, sh...Blue Moon (15)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 18 December 2025
On the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi?s bar as his former collaborator Richard Rodgers celebrates the opening night of his ground-breaking hit musical ?Oklahoma!?.?...Eleanor the Great (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 18 December 2025
In Eleanor the Great, June Squibb brings to vivid life the witty and proudly troublesome 94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein, who after a devastating loss, tells a tale that takes on a dangerous life of its own. Scarlett Johansson?s directorial...Eternity (15)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 18 December 2025
In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with and her first love, who died young and has waited decades for her to arrive.?...Fox and His Friends (15)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 18 December 2025
Another of Rainer Werner Fassbinder?s films that is clearly indebted to the Hollywood melodramas of Douglas Sirk, Fox and His Friends is a tale of money, emotion and social class. The plot follows a working-class gay man, played by Fassbind...In the Mood for Love - 25th Anniversary (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 18 - Tuesday 23 December 2025
Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-wan and Su Li-zhen move into neighbouring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite - until a discovery about their spouses creates an intimate bond between them. At once delicately mannered...It Was Just an Accident (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 18 - Wednesday 24 December 2025
A minor traffic accident reunites two men with a shared past. One is set on revenge, but then doubts set in. It Was Just an Accident opens as a languid and at times gently humorous road trip, with the actions of each participant keenly obse...Lurker (15)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 18 - Wednesday 24 December 2025
When rising pop star Oliver encounters retail worker Matthew, it?s the start of a perfect bromance. But as Matthew ingratiates himself into Oliver?s inner circle, the lines between friendship and obsession begin to blur, with dire consequen...Pillion (18)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 18 - Wednesday 24 December 2025
Colin is a quiet, unassuming man with supportive parents whose world is rocked when he enters a dom-sub relationship with towering, attractive biker Ray. Navigating his new role, he learns about its pleasures and pains, including those that...
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 18 - Wednesday 24 December 2025
He solved the murder of the patriarch of a bitter, feuding family. He entered the labyrinthine world of a tech bro to peel away the layers of deceit and treachery to reveal their murderer. Now Benoit Blanc faces his toughest challenge yet ?...The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Friday 19 December 2025 - Sunday 11 January 2026
Tom Hanks narrates an epic experience that offers a new perspective on humankind's past and future voyages to the moon. This winter at Aviva Studios, step into The Moonwalkers - an awe-inspiring immersive experience for all ages. Created by...Avatar: Fire and Ash (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 19 - Wednesday 24 December 2025
James Cameron takes audiences back to Pandora in an immersive new sci-fi adventure. As the Sully family comes to terms with tragedy, deadly new threats emerge which put the future of Pandora?s inhabitants in grave danger.?This work contains...Sunset Boulevard - 75th Anniversary (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 19 - Tuesday 23 December 2025
Sunset Boulevard stars Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, an aging silent film queen, and William Holden as the struggling writer who is held in thrall by her madness, created two of cinema?s most memorable characters. Winner of three Academy...The Shining - 45th Anniversary (15)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 19 - Tuesday 23 December 2025
Aspiring writer Jack Torrance travels to a remote Colorado hotel with his wife and son to take up the position of winter caretaker. In a place haunted by ghosts from the past, which his gifted son becomes all too aware of, Jack gradually lo...The Tale of Silyan (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 19 - Wednesday 24 December 2025
From the Oscar-nominated director of Honeyland, The Tale of Silyan is a poignant and visually arresting story set in the heart of rural Macedonia. Nikola, a farmer grappling with the harsh realities of new government policies, finds himself...The Hallé - The Snowman & Shaun the Sheep
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 20 - Sunday 21 December 2025
The Snowman will be walking in the air, followed by a 'ewe'-nique performance from Shaun the Sheep, as the Halle brings the captivating music of these beloved characters to life in this enthralling concert for all ages. Sit back and enjoy t...A Paw Patrol Christmas (U)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 20 - Sunday 28 December 2025
Join everyone's favourite pups on a big screen mission to save Christmas! Search and rescue pup Rubble is looking forward to Santa bringing him a new laser drill, but things take a turn when Santa comes down with a cold and can't deliver an...How the Grinch Stole Christmas (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 20 - Tuesday 23 December 2025
★★✭ Jim Carrey is at his energetic, engaged peak as the green-haired grouse of the title, and it's a good thing for the visually impressive film that his effervescence shines through his onscreen uniform, as the star is virtually unr...Animalia (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 20 - Tuesday 23 December 2025
Itto, a young woman from a modest rural background, is slowly adapting to the Moroccan privileged codes of her husband?s family. But when supernatural events put the country in a state of emergency, Itto finds herself separated from her hus...The Tarnished Angels (U)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 20 December 2025
Following his 1956 success Written on the Wind, Douglas Sirk reunited with that film?s stars - Rock Hudson, Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone - the following year to make Tarnished Angels: an adaptation of William Faulkner?s 1935 novel, Pylon...Family Film/ The Polar Express (U)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 22 December 2025
Late on Christmas Eve, a young boy lies awake in bed doubting the existence of Santa Claus and nervously waiting to hear the sound of sleigh bells. Instead a magical steam engine roars outside his window, bound for the North Pole. The train...The Marriage of Maria Braun (15)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 22 December 2025
First screened at the 1979 Berlin Film Festival, Rainer Werner Fassbinder?s The Marriage of Maria Braun focusses on the life of a woman navigating post-war West Germany. Hanna Schygulla, one of the director?s most trusted collaborators, pla...The Muppet Christmas Carol (U)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 24 December 2025
★★★★ The Muppets do Dickens with that trademark blast of irreverence, affection and tap-along tunes. ~ The Times. --- A Christmas cinema screening of Brian Henson's 1992 classic, starring The Muppets and Michael Caine. The Muppets ...Family Film/ The Muppet Christmas Carol (U)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 24 December 2025
Charles Dickens? classic wintertime cautionary tale gets a fuzzy, felty makeover courtesy of Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and the rest of the Muppets ? ably assisted by a thoroughly game Michael Caine. One fateful Christmas Eve, the greedy, ....jpg)
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The Music of Hans Zimmer vs John Williams
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 27 December 2025
An epic concert celebrating the very best epic scores from two of the greatest film composers of all time. Includes music from: GladiatorSupermanMan of SteelHarry PotterInceptionJurassic ParkThe Dark Knight RisesPirates of the CaribbeanHook...Train Dreams (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 27 December 2025
Based on the beloved novella by Denis Johnson, Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier, whose life unfolds during an era of unprecedented change in early 20th-century America. Orphaned at a young age, Robert grows into adulth...London Concertante - Christmas at the Movies by Candlelight
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Sunday 28 December 2025
Join London Concertante as they celebrate the festive season through the magical world of Christmas movies. Immerse yourself in snowy adventures, comical catastrophes, true love and the joy of family - relive all of your favourite cinematic...On Falling (15)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 28 December 2025
★★★★ Director Laura Carreira's superb debut feature is reminiscent of Ken Loach in its humane portrayal of soul-destroying work. ~ The Observer. --- Laura Carreira's directorial debut focuses on Aurora, a Portuguese worker in a S...Souleymane's Story (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 29 December 2025
Every second of Souleymane?s new life in France is precious. Having fled Guinea, his asylum interview looms. He powers through the streets of nighttime Paris as a delivery rider, sleeps in hostels and prepares for his make-or-break appointm...The Hallé - Gatsby & The Jazz Age
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 30 December 2025
Round off 2025 in style and get ready to step back in time for a night of glitz and glamour! Featuring a full orchestra, sensational singers Vanessa Haynes, Joe Stilgoe and Strictly Come Dancing's Tommy Blaize, along with the silky soun...Santosh (15)
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 30 December 2025
★★★★ This terrifically tense cop movie digs into sexism and caste prejudice in India. ~ The Guardian. --- Written and Directed by Sandhya Suri. Ripped from her life of domesticity, Santosh, a young widow now desperate to support her...Christy (15)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 31 December 2025
17-year-old Christy is at a crossroads. Kicked out of his suburban foster home, he moves in with his estranged older brother Shane and his young family. As far as Shane is concerned this is a temporary arrangement, but Christy begins to fee...National Theatre Live - The Fifth Step (15)
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Thursday 8 January 2026
Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland. After years in the 12-ste...National Theatre Live - Mrs Warren's Profession (12A)
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Friday 9 January 2026
Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in Bernard Shaw's incendiary moral classic. Vivie W...National Theatre Live - The Fifth Step (15)
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Friday 9 - Saturday 10 January 2026
Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland. After years in the 12-ste...Candlelight - Rings & Dragons
Hall? St Peter's, Manchester
Saturday 10 January - Sunday 22 March 2026
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...Candlelight - Hans Zimmer's Best Works
Hall? St Peter's, Manchester
Thursday 15 - Saturday 17 January 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 ...The Bodyguard - The Musical
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Monday 19 - Saturday 31 January 2026
Starring international leading lady Sidonie Smith as Rachel Marron, Olivier Award nominee Adam Garcia as Frank Farmer, Sasha Monique as Nicki Marron and Coronation Street and Hollyoaks star Matt Milburn as Sy Spector. At certain performance...The Hallé - The Silence of the Lambs: Live in Concert
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 31 January 2026
Chilling and thrilling: experience this cult classic, multi-Oscar-winning film with iconic soundtrack performed live by the Halle orchestra. FBI agent Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) races against time to stop a serial killer nicknamed 'Buf...
Candlelight - Hans Zimmer's Best Works
Hall? St Peter's, Manchester
Friday 6 February 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 ...For the Love of Vampire Diaries UK
Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester
Saturday 7 - Sunday 8 February 2026
Part of the Monopoly Events family of pop culture conventions, attracting thousands of fans annually, if you love The Vampire Diaries Universe then this is the show for you! This event will see guests from all three franchises across the u...National Theatre Live - Hamlet (12A)
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Sunday 8 February 2026
Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare's famous tragedy. Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultima...Batman (1989) In Concert
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 13 February 2026
Experience Tim Burton's Batman on the big screen with Danny Elfman's iconic score performed live by a full symphony orchestra. Relive Michael Keaton's legendary Batman and Jack Nicholson's unforgettable Joker as Gotham City comes alive thr...Candlelight - Valentine's Day Special
