FILM & CINEMA IN MANCHESTER
FILM & CINEMA IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Film & Cinema in Manchester
Wed 2 Dec 2026 - Sat 9 Jan 2027
Mon 27 Jul - Sat 1 Aug 2026
Tue 13 Jul - Sat 21 Aug 2027
Horizon of Khufu - Journey to Ancient Egypt
Friday 17 - Friday 31 July 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 Ba...
moviEscape - SAWtopsy
Friday 17 July - Monday 31 August 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 delib...
Blue Heron (12A)
Friday 17 - Thursday 23 July 2026
Set on Vancouver Island in the late 1990s, Blue Heron follows eight?year?old Sasha and her Hungarian immigrant family as they attempt to build a new life, only to be destabilised by the increasingly dangerous behaviour of her older brother...
How to Live on Earth (12A)
Friday 17 - Thursday 23 July 2026
How to Live on Earth is a visionary feature documentary that explores our vital connection to nature and its role in our future. Presented by Benedict Cumberbatch, this ultimate 'how-to guide' features inspirational, cutting-edge stories a...
Nirvanna: The Band - The Show - The Movie (15)
Friday 17 - Thursday 23 July 2026
Based on the cult Canadian web and TV series Nirvanna the Band the Show, this big screen outing represents the next chapter in Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol?s beloved mockumentary following the creative travails of two hapless Toronto musi...
Portrait of a Lady on Fire - 4K Reissue (15)
Friday 17 - Thursday 23 July 2026
France in the late 18th century. Painter Marianne is commissioned by an affluent countess to paint the wedding portrait of her sheltered but headstrong daughter H?lo?se, in the hope it will find her a wealthy husband. While posing as her h...
Rosebush Pruning (18)
Friday 17 - Thursday 23 July 2026
Underneath the Catalonian sun, a rich white American family lives in hedonistic isolation, seeking love and validation through one another, their designer wardrobes and pop music. When an outsider infiltrates the family, buried tensions su...
The Invite (15)
Friday 17 - Thursday 23 July 2026
Joe and Angela?s marriage is on thin ice, and tonight may be when it all falls apart. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbours for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit t...
The Last One for the Road (15)
Friday 17 - Thursday 23 July 2026
Surviving bar-to-bar on anecdotes and the ?good old days?, two blustery 50-somethings hatch a plan to change their luck by digging up the cash their old pal buried before he left for Argentina. En route to the airport, they come across a s...
The Odyssey (15)
Friday 17 - Thursday 30 July 2026
Odysseus, the legendary Greek king of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War, chronicling his encounters with mythical beings such as the Cyclops Polyphemus, the Sirens, and the witch-goddess Circe, wh...
We're Nothing At All (18)
Friday 17 - Thursday 23 July 2026
On Valentine?s Day, a double-decker bus explodes in a fiery blast, killing many and leaving charred remains, with evidence pointing to a deliberate act by two passengers, Fai and Ike - a gay couple from troubled backgrounds living on the m...
Battleship Potemkin (featuring a soundtrack by the Pet Shop Boys)
Friday 17 July 2026
During the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin leads a mutiny against their tyrannical officers. Eisenstein?s landmark blend of art and politics brims with technical brilliance, and a pioneering approach to edit...
Angel's Egg - 4K Restoration (12A)
Saturday 18 - Thursday 23 July 2026
In an underwater city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds delicately in her arms. While exploring the city, she encounters a boy with a gun, who is searching for a bird he has seen in his dreams. ?The pair form an unusual all...
The Girls (PG)
Saturday 18 - Wednesday 22 July 2026
Sumitra Peries? groundbreaking Sri Lankan film offers a tender and transporting journey through young dreams and first loves. ?Kusum, a poor but studious village girl who cleans the house of a wealthy family, sparks a connection with Nimal...
Family Film/ A Close Shave + A Matter of Loaf and Death (PG)
Sunday 19 July 2026
Revisit the wonderful world of eccentric inventor Wallace and his faithful sidekick Gromit with a double-bill of classic animations.?Films screening in this programme are:A Close Shave?Trade is booming for Wallace and Gromit's Wash'n'Go wi...
Family Film/ The Croods (U)
Sunday 19 - Friday 31 July 2026
Join the Croods on the journey of a lifetime in this epic comedy-adventure. When their cave is destroyed, the Croods set out to explore a spectacular landscape filled with fantastic creatures, strange surprises, and a whole new world of ad...
HOME Young Film Collective Showcase (15)
Wednesday 22 July 2026
The HOME Young Film Collective is a 6 month programme for 18 - 25 year olds, based in Manchester and Greater Manchester. The Young Film Collective meet for weekly workshops and industry talks. They are also HOME?s Young Programmers, having...
National Theatre Live - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (15)
Thursday 23 July 2026
Marianne Elliott directs Lesley Manville and Aidan Turner in a striking new adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' classic novel. A thrilling game of love, lies and social warfare. Among the glittering salons of the super-rich, patriarchy equa...
On The Sea (15)
Thursday 23 July 2026
Jack has been married to Maggie for over half his life. He works on the mussel beds in North Wales alongside his younger brother, Dyfan, and Dyfan?s three sons. Jack has always assumed that his own boy, Tom, will join the family business o...
On The Sea (CTBA)
Thursday 23 July 2026
Jack has been married to Maggie for over half his life. He works on the mussel beds in North Wales alongside his younger brother, Dyfan, and Dyfan?s three sons. Jack has always assumed that his own boy, Tom, will join the family business o...
Blue Film (18)
Friday 24 July - Monday 24 August 2026
When fetish camboy Aaron Eagle visits a client in exchange for $50,000, he discovers a masked man with a camera and a series of increasingly probing questions - only to discover a disturbing tie to his past.?This provocative debut film fro...
The President's Cake
Friday 24 July 2026
From debut Iraqi director Hasan Hadi, The President?s Cake is a beautiful tale of love, friendship and resilience told from the perspective of a child growing up under Saddam Hussein?s oppressive regime.? Set during the first Gulf War, Lam...
The Chicago Blues Brothers
Saturday 25 July 2026
The Chicago Blues Brothers are back - and they're tearing the roof off the Country Bunker!Celebrating 45 years of the legendary Blues Brothers legacy, this live concert delivers a high-energy night of electrifying blues, foot-stomping coun...
Comic Con Manchester
Saturday 25 - Sunday 26 July 2026
One of the UK's largest pop culture conventions, attracting over ten thousand fans annually to our Monopoly Event's home venue, Bowlers Exhibition Centre in Manchester. The main attraction every year is of course the star guests, with a...
Family Film/ Chicken Run (PG)
Sunday 26 July - Saturday 15 August 2026
Life on Tweedy's Chicken Farm is far from pleasant for the inmates. Ginger the hen's various attempts at escape have failed, but when Rocky the famous Flying Rooster crash lands in the farm, she sees the chance she has been waiting for: Ro...
The Rocky Horror Show
Monday 27 July - Saturday 1 August 2026
Having been seen by over 35 million theatregoers, The Rocky Horror Show is the story of two squeaky clean college kids-Brad and his fiancee Janet. When by a twist of fate, their car breaks down outside a creepy mansion whilst on their way ...
Girlhood (15)
Monday 27 July 2026
Struggling with an oppressive family situation and facing up to dead-end education and employment prospects, teenager Marieme is tempted to start a new life after meeting a group of free-spirted girls outside of school. Marieme changes her...
Welfare (18)
Wednesday 29 July 2026
Unfolding like a Kafka-esque novel, Frederick Wiseman?s remarkable, penetrative documentary reveals the absurdities of New York?s welfare system from the point of view of the staff administering it and the claimants attempting to access it...
Petite Maman (U)
Thursday 30 July 2026
After the death of her beloved grandmother, eight-year-old Nelly meets a mysterious friend in the woods. Together they embark on a fantastical journey of discovery which helps Nelly come to terms with this newfound loss.C?line Sciamma?s mo...
Wuthering Heights (15)
Friday 31 July 2026
A bold and original imagining of one of the greatest love stories of all time, Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights stars Margot Robbie as Cathy and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff, whose forbidden passion for one another turns from romantic to ...
Family Film/ Ice Age (U)
Friday 31 July 2026
During the ice age, a woolly mammoth with a tragic past joins a wisecracking sloth and a scheming saber-toothed tiger on a perilous journey to reunite a human boy with his hunter father.?Age guidance?Ice Age is rated U, and is suitable for...
Outdoor Screening/ Amazing Animations for 0-7 Year-Olds (U)
Saturday 1 - Sunday 2 August 2026
Just like childhood, the world of animation is full of wonder and simple pleasures. Carefully chosen for our littlest film fans, this programme features 12 short films ? full of joy and showcasing stories from all around the world. There w...
Puffin Rock and the New Friends (U)
Saturday 1 - Sunday 2 August 2026
Enjoy a big screen outing from the cute characters of Puffin Rock ? the charming children?s series set on a beautiful island off the coast of Ireland. In Puffin Rock and the New Friends, Oona, Baba, May, and Mossy are joined by new friends...
Ish (15)
Monday 3 August 2026
Set and filmed in Luton, Ish follows 12-year-old best friends Ish and Maram, who wrestle to hold onto their friendship in the wake of a police stop and search. As the ripples of that event take hold of their lives, the boys try to make sen...
Ish (CTBA)
Monday 3 August 2026
Set and filmed in Luton, Ish follows 12-year-old best friends Ish and Maram, who wrestle to hold onto their friendship in the wake of a police stop and search. As the ripples of that event take hold of their lives, the boys try to make sen...
Monday Matinee 'Passport to Pimlico'
Monday 3 August 2026
Come and join us for a screening of one of Ealing Films classic productions. When an unexploded WWII bomb is unexpectedly detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a buried cellar full of treasures, including an ancient document proving that the ar...
David Byrne's American Utopia (18)
Wednesday 5 - Saturday 15 August 2026
Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman's brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show in 4K. In his wildly popular Broadway show American Utopia, David Byrne reflects on human connections, life and how on earth we work through it. ...
Candlelight - Hans Zimmer's Best Works
Friday 7 August 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...
How to Have Sex (15)
Saturday 8 August 2026
★★★★ "Full-on energy, likable performances and uncompromisingly daft jokes turbocharge this debut feature from British film-maker Molly Manning Walker." ~ The Guardian. Molly Manning Walker's startlingly frank and stylish UK debut,...
Family Film/ Flushed Away (U)
Saturday 8 - Friday 28 August 2026
Roddy St. James is a pampered pet rat who thinks he?s got it made. But when a sewer rat named Sid comes spewing out of the sink and decides it?s his turn to enjoy the lap of luxury, Roddy schemes to rid himself of the pest by luring him in...
Time and Water (PG)
Saturday 8 - Thursday 13 August 2026
Renowned Icelandic poet and author Andri Sn?r Magnason is chasing something elusive. As the glacial ice of his homeland melts, he constructs a cinematic time capsule to hold onto this moment and send it to the future, before everything he ...
David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts (U)
Sunday 9 August 2026
Widely considered Britain?s most popular artist, David Hockney remains a global sensation, whose exhibitions in London, New York, Paris and beyond, have attracted millions of visitors.?Featuring intimate and in-depth interviews with Hockne...
The Stranger
Friday 14 August 2026
In 1930s Algeria, the apathetic Meursault (Benjamin Voisin) shows total indifference to life. His emotional detachment leads to a murder, followed by a trial that scrutinises both the crime and his character. Based on the monumental work o...
James - Getting Away With It
Monday 17 August 2026
The theatrical premiere of documentary James: Getting Away With It - featuring a live performance and Q&A from the band. Following a world festival premiere at SXSW London, James: Getting Away With It gets its theatrical release back home ...
Bitter Christmas (15)
Thursday 20 August 2026
Ra?l is a respected filmmaker in the midst of a creative crisis. When tragedy strikes one of his closest collaborators, he draws inspiration from it to write his next film. Little by little, he imagines Elsa, a filmmaker struggling to writ...
NOFX: 40 Years Of Fuckin' Up
Thursday 20 August 2026
Join Fat Mike for the UK Premiere of an uncensored look at your favourite punk band's favourite punk band: NOFX....
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (15)
Thursday 20 August 2026
After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original's star, a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, t...
DroneArt Show: Harry Potter
Friday 21 - Saturday 22 August 2026
DroneArt Show: Harry Potterâ„¢ blends cutting-edge drone technology with the iconic music from the Harry Potterâ„¢ films to create a spellbinding spectacle under the stars. As 1,200 drones move in perfect harmony above you, iconic moments ...
Rental Family
Friday 21 August 2026
Phillip Vanderpleog lives in the Japanese capital. Looking for any work opportunities, he is employed by a ?rental family? company, which provides clients with actors who play stand-in roles of absent loved ones. The work offers Phillip po...
Family Film/ Early Man (PG)
Saturday 22 - Saturday 29 August 2026
A plucky cave man named Dug, his sidekick Hognob and the rest of their tribe face a grave threat to their simple existence. Lord Nooth plans to take over their land and transform it into a giant mine, forcing Dug and his clan to dig for pr...
