Coming soon
It’s A Wonderful Life
Showing from December 18, 2022
The ultimate Christmas classic in which George Bailey discovers the true meaning of Christmas with a little help from his guardian angel. Find out more
Japanese Film Club presents: Tampopo
Showing from May 12, 2024
Jûzô Itami's humorous and tantalising ‘Ramen Western’ about two Japanese truck drivers who stumble upon a run-down fast food noodle ... Find out more
Kino Kids Cinema Club: The Muppet Christmas Carol
Showing from December 22, 2024
The Muppets tell their version of Dickens's classic festive tale about a bitter old man's redemption. Gonzo, Kermit, Miss Piggy and ... Find out more
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Showing from November 22, 2025
Pepa’s frantic search for her vanished lover spirals into a whirlwind of jealous fiancées, hostage-taking terrorists, and absurd ... Find out more
Johnny Guitar
Showing from November 22, 2025
Saloon owner Vienna faces a lynch mob after being framed for robbery, fighting for her life and freedom on the town’s edge. ... Find out more
Johnny Guitar + Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Showing from November 22, 2025
From Nicholas Ray’s feverish western of passion and paranoia to Pedro Almodóvar’s riotous farce of love and betrayal, this pairing ... Find out more
Bugonia
Showing from November 14, 2025
Two conspiracy-obsessed cousins kidnap a tech CEO they believe is an alien overlord. Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons star in Yorgos ... Find out more
Relay
Showing from November 14, 2025
A solitary fixer protecting whistleblowers is drawn into deadly danger when a biotech scientist seeks her help. Lily James and Riz ... Find out more
Kalamita (Calamity)
Showing from December 15, 2025
A drifting student becomes a train conductor and the object of multiple affections in Věra Chytilová’s witty, subversive satire. ... Find out more
Deprisa, Deprisa
Showing from December 9, 2025
A waitress falls for a young criminal and joins his reckless gang in a fast-paced tale of love and rebellion. Carlos Saura’s gritty ... Find out more
I, The Worst of All
Showing from November 30, 2025
In 17th-century Mexico, brilliant nun-poet Sor Juana defies patriarchal rule and religious persecution. María Luisa Bemberg’s luminous ... Find out more
Zodiac Killer Project + Director Q&A
Showing from December 1, 2025
Filmmaker Charlie Shackleton turns his failed true crime project into a sharp, funny reflection on obsession and storytelling. Mixing ... Find out more
Kino Kids Cinema Club: The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Showing from November 30, 2025
A spirited pirate captain and his quirky crew sail the seas, dreaming of winning Pirate of the Year. After failed adventures, they ... Find out more
Cinema Under the Stairs: Secret Santa
Showing from December 15, 2025
Will you get what you want for CUTSMAS? Join CUTS (Cinema Under The Stairs) for their annual festive knees-up filled with mulled wine, ... Find out more
Die My Love
Showing from November 21, 2025
Grace pursues her writing dream in a remote country house with partner Jackson, but motherhood’s isolation fractures her reality. ... Find out more
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Showing from November 21, 2025
After The River’s success, Bruce Springsteen retreats to rural New Jersey, battling fame’s pressures and past traumas while forging ... Find out more
Kontinental ’25
Showing from November 25, 2025
Tasked with evicting a homeless man, bailiff Orsolya plunges into a spiralling, absurd bureaucratic nightmare in heart of ... Find out more
Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
Showing from November 23, 2025
Murnau’s iconic Nosferatu is reimagined as Count Orlok’s vampiric pursuit collides with Radiohead’s atmospheric KID A and Amnesiac. ... Find out more
The Choral
Showing from November 28, 2025
As World War I decimates membership of a Yorkshire choir, a group of teenagers and the gifted yet scandalous Dr. Guthrie step in. ... Find out more
Belén
Showing from December 1, 2025
After a miscarriage in conservative Argentina, a hospitalised woman is unjustly charged with infanticide. Supported by her attorney ... Find out more
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Preview Screening)
Showing from November 29, 2025
A girl trapped under Israeli fire reaches Red Crescent volunteers who battle impossible rescue protocols to save her. Kaouther Ben ... Find out more
Anemone
Showing from November 28, 2025
A former soldier in Northern England reunites with his estranged brother, reopening wounds from a violent, shadowed past. Daniel ... Find out more
The Thing With Feathers
Showing from December 5, 2025
A grieving father’s reality fractures after his wife’s sudden death, and finds himself haunted by a giant talking crow. Benedict ... Find out more
The Running Man
Showing from December 5, 2025
In a brutal, televised bloodsport, fugitives are hunted by elite killers for nationwide entertainment. To save his dying daughter, Ben ... Find out more
Fiume o morte!
Showing from December 6, 2025
Igor Bezinović revisits D’Annunzio’s 1919 ultranationalist occupation of Fiume, blending archival footage, reenactments, and ... Find out more
Pillion
Showing from December 12, 2025
Quiet traffic warden Colin’s life radically shifts when a domineering biker draws him into an unexpected BDSM relationship. Navigating ... Find out more
Alpha
Showing from December 13, 2025
Rebellious Alpha clashes with her doctor mother amid fears she’s infected by a terrifying blood-borne disease turning victims to ... Find out more
The Ice Tower
Showing from December 12, 2025
Runaway teenager Jeanne finds refuge in a film studio adapting The Snow Queen and becomes enthralled by enigmatic star Cristina. ... Find out more
It Was Just An Accident
Showing from December 19, 2025
Azerbaijani mechanic Vahid suspects a customer is his former Iranian torturer. After years of censorship and a recent spell in jail, ... Find out more
Blue Moon
Showing from December 19, 2025
On 31 March 1943, lyricist Lorenz Hart drinks alone at Sardi’s as former collaborator Richard Rodgers basks in Oklahoma!’s triumph. ... Find out more
Once Upon a Time in the West
Showing from January 1, 2026
A ruthless mercenary targets a widow’s newly inherited land, forcing an outlaw and a enigmatic gunslinger to defend her. Leone’s ... Find out more
Music At Oxford presents: The Great Beauty
Showing from December 7, 2025
An aging journalist drifts through Rome’s decadent elite, confronting mortality and lost love after tragic news. Paolo Sorrentino’s ... Find out more
UPP News
News, blog posts, and announcements from The Ultimate Picture Palace
It’s a Shame about Ray: Nicholas Ray – Rebel outsider
I wrote in a recent blog that, in spite of directing both West Side Story and The Sound of Music plus the supernatural chiller The ... Read more
Supporting the UPP: Small Changes to Ticket Prices
From Friday 17th October, ticket prices at the UPP will change. This is our first increase in over two years and has been a carefully ... Read more
Melodramarama!
Old-school Hollywood drama. Scandal in the suburbs. Love, obsession, and social tension, all in glorious Technicolor. This November, ... Read more
Plan your visit
Our beautiful art deco inspired auditorium can be found just off East Oxford's Cowley Road. We are open 7 days a week. We open the cinema and box office 30 minutes before the scheduled start time of each film, and the Box Office then closes 10 minutes after the film starts. We don’t show adverts, just a couple of trailers, so don't be late as the film itself starts very close to the advertised time!