FILM & CINEMA IN MANCHESTER
FILM & CINEMA IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Film & Cinema in Manchester
Candlelight - Hans Zimmer's Best Works
Hallé St Peter's
Fri 5 Dec 2025 - Fri 6 Feb 2026
Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical
Hope Mill Theatre
Sat 15 - Sun 30 Nov 2025
Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Saturday 15 - Sunday 30 November 2025
From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation, The Producers, comes this monster musical comedy. The comedy genius, Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny film into a brilliant stage creation - Young Frankenstein! Grandson...The Best Movies in Cinemas & Streaming
Manchester Multiple Venues, Manchester
Saturday 15 November - 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...moviEscape - SAWtopsy
Moviescape Stockport, Manchester
Saturday 15 November - Saturday 13 December 2025
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...Alpha (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 15 - Thursday 20 November 2025
Alpha, 13, is a troubled teenager who lives alone with her mother. Their world comes crashing down the day she comes home from school with a tattoo on her arm.??This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible...Bugonia (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 15 - Thursday 20 November 2025
Jesse Plemons is outstanding as a conspiracy-obsessed paranoiac who, with the help of his brother, kidnaps a powerful CEO, believing she is an alien intent on destroying Earth. An inspired take on Jang Joon-hwan?s 2003 South Korean satire S...Come See Me in the Good Light (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 15 - Wednesday 19 November 2025
Come See Me in the Good Light is an intimate and unexpectedly uplifting portrait of love and mortality, which follows acclaimed poet Andrea Gibson and their partner Megan Falley as they face Andrea?s terminal cancer diagnosis. ?Through poet...Die My Love (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 15 - Thursday 20 November 2025
From renowned filmmaker Lynne Ramsay, Die, My Love is a visceral and uncompromising portrait of a woman engulfed by love and madness. Anchored by a ferocious, tour de force performance from Jennifer Lawrence, and co-starring Robert Pattinso...Dragonfly (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 15 - Thursday 20 November 2025
Have we become a nation of strangers? In Dragonfly, neglected pensioner Elsie finds an unexpected ally in her younger neighbour Colleen. Over time, Elsie gains a friend and the troubled Colleen finds a fresh purpose in life as she shops, cl...Frankenstein (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 15 - Thursday 20 November 2025
Few contemporary filmmakers are as adept at balancing attention to detail and technical prowess with genuine emotional heft as Academy Award-winning filmmaker Del Toro (Pan?s Labyrinth, The Shape of Water). His take on Mary Shelley?s master...Palestine 36 (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 15 - Thursday 20 November 2025
1936. As villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless. With risin...The Choral (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 15 - Thursday 20 November 2025
1916. A Yorkshire village?s choral society finds its ranks depleted as men head off to war. With the annual performance looming, the society is forced to change its entry rules to enlist some unlikely teens and the musically gifted but soci...The Mastermind (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 15 - Thursday 20 November 2025
1970s America has witnessed a generational chasm and a society torn apart by Vietnam. But JB Mooney, an unemployed carpenter, is oblivious to these cultural changes as he bumbles towards a major art heist. Kelly Reichardt?s (First Cow) smar...Train Dreams (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 15 - Wednesday 19 November 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...Tsai Ming-Liang: Temporal Landscapes Scene 5 (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 15 November 2025
A collection of short films presented as part of Asia Triennial Manchester?s Temporal Landscapes programme, celebrating award-winning director Tsai Ming-Liang. Films in this programme:Walking on Water (2013) - Tsai Ming-Liang revisits his c...Distant Voices Still Lives (15) + discussion
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 16 November 2025
Set in a world before Elvis, a Liverpool before The Beatles, Terence Davies' debut feature is a remarkable evocation of working-class family life in the 40s and 50s, and a visionary exploration of memory. Through a succession of searing vig...
The Talented Mr Ripley
Lowry, Salford
Monday 17 - Saturday 22 November 2025
"I never wanted to murder anyone. It was necessary." Step into a world of deception, desire, and deadly ambition. How far would you go to become someone else? Tom Ripley is a nobody - scraping by in New York, forging signatures, telling lit...It's a Wonderful Life (U)
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Monday 17 - Sunday 23 November 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...Some Nights I Feel Like Walking (18)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 17 November 2025
Teenager Zion runs away from home and meets a group of street hustlers at a Manila bus terminal. The group take Zion under their wing ? until a shocking incident compels them all to leave the city, and take a journey into the past. In Some ...Game (15) + Q&A
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 18 November 2025
Late summer 1993. After stealing a stash of money and drugs, aging raver David flees a forest party and crashes his car deep in the woods. Trapped in the wreckage, injured and helpless, he hangs suspended between life and death. When a myst...The Best of Tim Burton & Dark Fantasy by Moonlight
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Wednesday 19 November 2025
A spellbinding live concert celebrating the music from cinema's most whimsical and eerie masterpieces - from Tim Burton's gothic fantasy films to cult classics of the dark and magical. Programme: 75 minutes of spine-tingling, heartwarming, ...Of Time and the City (12A) + Q&A
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 19 November 2025
Director Terence Davies displays his rare sensitivity for the telling image, the haunting melody and the spoken word in this unique documentary portrait of his home city, Liverpool. Combining Davies? own witty, literate narration with archi...An Audience with Sir Phil Redmond
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 20 November 2025
Phil will be in conversation with Professor Kirsty Fairclough, Manchester Metropolitan University, discussing his career as a creator-writer-producer, ahead of his keynote speech at Is TV for the Working Class? ? Bridging TV?s Class Divide ...Double Bill: Wicked + Wicked For Good (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 20 November 2025
Experience the epic conclusion to a global cultural phenomenon with a special double bill presenting Wicked alongside Wicked For Good. Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Eri...Pillion (18)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 20 November 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...Wicked For Good (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Friday 21 - Sunday 23 November 2025
Elphaba, now demonized as The Wicked Witch of the West, lives in exile, hidden within the Ozian forest while continuing her fight for the freedom of Oz?s silenced animals and desperately trying to expose the truth she knows about The Wizard...The Muppet Christmas Carol In Concert
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 22 November 2025
Back by popular demand, Disney's much loved 1992 musical comedy The Muppet Christmas Carol returns to The Bridgewater Hall, the beloved festive movie brought to life by a talented orchestra performing its musical score live in time with the...Bel Ami (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 22 November 2025
A sleepy town in China. A middle-aged man is unwilling to endure a stagnant existence ? so, upon experiencing true love, he decides to come out of the closet. Meanwhile, a lesbian couple go in search of a gay man, in order to get married an...The Deep Blue Sea (12A) + intro
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 23 November 2025
Hester Collyer leads a privileged life in 1950s London as the beautiful wife of high court judge Sir William Collyer. To the shock of those around her, she walks out on her marriage to move in with young ex-RAF pilot, Freddie Page. But her ...Mazel tov (15)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 24 November 2025
In this funny and warm-hearted, Argentinian family comedy, prodigal son, Dario Roitman, returns to Buenos Aires for the wedding and batmitzvah of the decade. Just a few hours before his flight, his father unexpectedly passes away, and the R...Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 25 - Saturday 29 November 2025
A timeless fairytale and Academy Award-winning movie, The Red Shoes has captivated audiences and inspired generations of dancers with its powerful tale of obsession, possession and one girl's dream to be the greatest dancer in the world. V...
Top Hat - The Musical
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Tuesday 25 - Saturday 29 November 2025
You're invited to the musical equivalent of the finest vintage champagne. Based on RKO's classic 1935 Motion Picture which starred Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Matthew White & Howard Jacques' stage adaptation's West End premiere won th...Benediction (12A) + intro
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 25 November 2025
Known primarily today as an anti-war poet, Siegfried Sassoon?s life is rich with contradictions that make the life-spanning narrative of Benediction the perfect approach. Awarded for his gallantry in World War I, he went on to fiercely oppo...Terence Davies Archive - In Conversation with Edge Hill University
HOME, Manchester
Tuesday 25 November 2025
Join archivists from Edge Hill University for a fascinating exploration of the personal archive of master British filmmaker Terence Davies. This in conversation event will uncover the riches of the Terence Davies Archive ? a remarkable gate...Mariana's Room (15)
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 26 November 2025
In WW2-era Ukraine, 11-year-old Hugo, on the brink of adolescence, is taken in by his mother?s friend, Mariana, a sex worker at a brothel frequented mostly by German soldiers. Suspicious of one another at first, the two develop a strong and...Freaky Friday
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 27 November 2025 - Sunday 11 January 2026
Directed by Andy Fickman Book by Bridget Carpenter Music by Tom Kitt Lyrics by Brian Yorkey 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 genera...National Theatre Live - The Fifth Step (15)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 27 - Saturday 29 November 2025
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...Singin' In The Rain
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025 - Sunday 18 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...Candlelight - Rings & Dragons
Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 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...Dirty Dancing Bottomless Brunch
Freight Island, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
Nobody Puts Brunch Baby in the Corner! Get the gang together and get those group chats ready, because Brunch Baby are hosting a massive 'Dirty Dancing' themed Bottomless Brunch and you're all invited! Prepare yourselves for the ultimate br...Ariana Goes Wicked Brunch
Area, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
A spellbinding fusion of pop perfection and Broadway magic at this live vocal show by the UK's no. 1 Ariana Tribute, Hariana, and her dancers. It's going to be a "Defying Gravity" experience with a show-stopping performance by the UK's #1 A...Family Film/ CBeebies Panto 2025: Cinderella (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 29 November - Saturday 6 December 2025
Sparkling with CBeebies stars, this unique adaption of pantomime classic Cinderella is full of music, magic and festive fun for all the family. Join Cinderella, Buttons and some funny new characters for a story that celebrates finding your ...Wes Banderson - The Music of Wes Anderson
The Blues Kitchen, Manchester
Sunday 30 November 2025
Performing a selection of the original score music and deep-cut needle-drops from the films of Wes Anderson. The five-piece ensemble effortlessly switches between instruments as they navigate the soundtracks of Rushmore, The Grand Budapest...Bad Shabbos (12A)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 30 November 2025
David and his soon-to-be-converted fianc?e, Meg, dread an upcoming Shabbat dinner at the Upper West Side home of David?s parents, Ellen and Richard. They have their reasons: Meg?s Catholic parents have been invited, neurotic Ellen is known ...Hans Zimmer
Co-op Live, Manchester
Tuesday 2 December 2025
The multiple Oscar and Grammy Award winner Hans Zimmer enters The Next Level - and brings Europe with him! The Next Level promises a completely new show featuring groundbreaking electronic soundscapes and a spectacular light production t...Love Actually In Concert - The Film with Live Orchestra
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Directed by Richard Curtis and originally released in cinemas in 2003, Love Actually tells ten separate yet interweaving stories of love around Christmas time. The film features an all-star ensemble cast, including Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson...
British-Jewish Life on Film 2025 (12A) + Q&A
HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 3 December 2025
An evening of entertaining, poignant and life-affirming films about British Jewish life commissioned by UK Jewish Film.?Films in this programme:?To Fly or Float (dir. Charlotte Peters) - Birmingham, 1979. Newly-orphaned Eva moves in with he...The Man in Grey (PG)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 4 December 2025
Having been a successful writer in 1930s British cinema, Leslie Arliss began working as a director in the following decade. With The Man in Grey, released in 1943, he was able to gather a collection of rising stars - including Margaret Lock...Candlelight - Hans Zimmer's Best Works
St Philip's Church Salford, Manchester
Friday 5 December 2025
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 Wicked Lady (PG) + discussion
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 6 December 2025
Writer and director Leslie Arliss reunited with Margaret Lockwood and James Mason ? the stars of 1943?s The Man in Grey ? for what is perhaps the most famous of all the Gainsborough Melodramas: The Wicked Lady. Based on the novel, Life and ...Still Pushing Pineapples (CTBA)
HOME, Manchester
Sunday 7 December 2025
What happens when you?ve created the worst hit song ever ? at least according to the music press??What comes after fleeting fame, and what does it mean to grow old still chasing a dream?Kim Hopkins? moving and funny follow up to her documen...Testimony (CTBA)
