Now playing
Today (Wednesday 11th September)
15:15
Radical 12A
2h 6m | Spanish w/ English subtitles18:00
Shadow of a Doubt PG
1h 48m20:30
Sky Peals 12A
Tomorrow (Thursday 12th September)
15:30
The Lady from Shanghai PG
1h 27m17:45
Radical 12A
2h 6m | Spanish w/ English subtitles20:30
Friday 13th September
15:45
Between the Temples 15
1h 51m18:15
Sing Sing 15
1h 46m20:45
Kneecap 18
1h 45m | Irish Gaelic w/ English subtitlesSaturday 14th September
15:30
Sing Sing 15
1h 46m18:00
Kneecap 18
1h 45m | Irish Gaelic w/ English subtitles20:30
Between the Temples 15
1h 51mSunday 15th September
11:00
Olive Gibbs: A Remarkable Woman 12A
50m15:00
Double Indemnity PG
1h 48m17:30
Between the Temples 15
1h 51m20:00
Sing Sing 15
1h 46mToday (Wednesday 11th September)
15:15
Radical 12A
2h 6m | Spanish w/ English subtitles18:00
Shadow of a Doubt PG
1h 48m20:30
Sky Peals 12A
Tomorrow (Thursday 12th September)
15:30
The Lady from Shanghai PG
1h 27m17:45
Radical 12A
2h 6m | Spanish w/ English subtitles20:30
Friday 13th September
15:45
Between the Temples 15
1h 51m18:15
Sing Sing 15
1h 46m20:45
Kneecap 18
1h 45m | Irish Gaelic w/ English subtitlesSaturday 14th September
15:30
Sing Sing 15
1h 46m18:00
Kneecap 18
1h 45m | Irish Gaelic w/ English subtitles20:30
Between the Temples 15
1h 51mSunday 15th September
11:00
Olive Gibbs: A Remarkable Woman 12A
50m15:00
Double Indemnity PG
1h 48m17:30
Between the Temples 15
1h 51m20:00
Sing Sing 15
1h 46mMonday 16th September
18:00
Double Indemnity PG
1h 48m20:30
Kneecap 18
1h 45m | Irish Gaelic w/ English subtitlesTuesday 17th September
18:15
Between the Temples 15
20:45
Sing Sing 15
Wednesday 18th September
18:00
Sing Sing 15
1h 46m20:30
Kneecap 18
1h 45m | Irish Gaelic w/ English subtitlesThursday 19th September
12:30
Sing Sing 15
15:45
Sing Sing 15
18:15
Kneecap 18
1h 45m | Irish Gaelic w/ English subtitles20:45
Between the Temples 15
1h 51mFriday 20th September
15:45
Sing Sing 15
1h 46m18:15
Paradise Is Burning 15
1h 49m | Swedish w/ English subtitles20:45
Blink Twice 15
1h 43mSaturday 21st September
15:30
Beneath The Tides Cert-TBC
1h 15m18:00
Blink Twice 15
1h 43m20:30
Sing Sing 15
1h 46mSunday 22nd September
14:45
The Third Man PG
17:15
Firebrand 15
2h20:00
Paradise Is Burning 15
1h 49m | Swedish w/ English subtitlesMonday 23rd September
18:00
The Third Man PG
1h 45m20:30
Firebrand 15
2hTuesday 24th September
18:00
Paradise Is Burning 15
20:30
Blink Twice 15
Wednesday 25th September
15:15
Sing Sing 15
17:45
Firebrand 15
2h20:30
The Third Man PG
1h 45mThursday 26th September
15:30
Firebrand 15
2h18:15
Sing Sing 15
1h 46m20:45
Blink Twice 15
1h 43mFriday 27th September
16:00
The Critic 15
1h 41m18:15
My Favourite Cake 12A
1h 37m | Persian w/ English subtitles20:45
The Queen of My Dreams 12A
1h 39m | Urdu w/ English subtitlesSaturday 28th September
11:00
Moomins on the Riviera U
1h 17m15:45
My Favourite Cake 12A
1h 37m | Persian w/ English subtitles18:15
The Queen of My Dreams 12A
1h 39m | Urdu w/ English subtitles20:30
The Critic 15
1h 41mSunday 29th September
11:00
Downtown U
15:30
Out of the Past PG
17:45
The Critic 15
1h 41m20:00
My Favourite Cake 12A
1h 37m | Persian w/ English subtitlesMonday 30th September
18:30
Dr. Strangelove PG
1h 35m20:45
The Critic 15
1h 41mTuesday 1st October
18:15
The Critic 15
20:30
Firebrand 15
Wednesday 2nd October
15:45
My Favourite Cake 12A
1h 37m | Persian w/ English subtitles18:15
Out of the Past PG
20:30
The Critic 15
1h 41mThursday 3rd October
12:30
The Queen of My Dreams 12A
16:00
The Critic 15
18:15
The Queen of My Dreams 12A
1h 39m | Urdu w/ English subtitles20:30
My Favourite Cake 12A
1h 37m | Persian w/ English subtitlesFriday 4th October
20:30
Brazil
Monday 7th October
18:00
Brazil
Saturday 12th October
18:15
After Hours 15
1h 37mMonday 14th October
21:00
After Hours 15
1h 37mMonday 21st October
18:15
Naked Lunch
Wednesday 23rd October
20:30
Naked Lunch
Friday 25th October
18:30
21:00
The Rocky Horror Picture Show 12A
1h 40mSaturday 26th October
21:00
Eraserhead
Monday 28th October
18:30
Eraserhead
Thursday 31st October
20:30
Eraserhead
After Hours( 15)
Legendary American director Martin Scorsese's frantic screwball comedy following an uptight office worker's nightmarish late-night odyssey on the streets of New York as he tries to get home with no money.
Saturday 12th October 2024 : 6.15pm | Book tickets |
Monday 14th October 2024 : 9.00pm | Book tickets |
Beneath The Tides( Cert-TBC)
Beneath The Tides is a collection of five short films that explore critical themes present in families and institutions across postcolonial and postmodern African society told by East Africa's most talented filmmakers.
Saturday 21st September 2024 : 3.30pm | Book tickets |
Between the Temples( 15)
Jason Schwartzman plays a Jewish cantor who is losing his faith when a former teacher re-enters his life as a Bat Mitzvah student in this bittersweet odd-couple comedy from American independent filmmaker Nathan Silver.
Friday 13th September 2024 : 3.45pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 14th September 2024 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Sunday 15th September 2024 : 5.30pm | Book tickets |
Tuesday 17th September 2024 : 6.15pm HOH Subtitles / £6 for Members | Book tickets |
Thursday 19th September 2024 : 8.45pm | Book tickets |
Blink Twice( 15)
When a cocktail waitress is invited to a lavish party on a billionaire’s private island, the high life soon becomes a fight for survival. A sharp-witted psychological thriller featuring a star-studded cast led by Naomi Ackie and Channing Tatum.
Friday 20th September 2024 : 8.45pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 21st September 2024 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
Tuesday 24th September 2024 : 8.30pm HOH Subtitles / £6 for Members | Book tickets |
Thursday 26th September 2024 : 8.45pm | Book tickets |
Cuckoo( 15)
A 17-year-old is sent to live with her father at a resort in the German Alps. But beneath the surface of this peaceful vacation spot, she uncovers a shocking secret. Hunter Schafer (Euphoria) gives a mesmerising performance in this chilling horror.
Thursday 12th September 2024 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Double Indemnity( PG)
Based on a novella by James M. Cain, Billy Wilder’s classic exploration of moral decay features a plot that twists and tightens like a noose and stars Barbara Stanwyck as one of cinema’s most iconic femme fatales.
Sunday 15th September 2024 : 3.00pm | Book tickets |
Monday 16th September 2024 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
Downtown( U)
Downtown is an interactive play along film! Based It follows the adventures of Doggy Bag, a paper dog puppet, visiting the shops in preparation for his birthday party. Part of Tiny Ideas Festival 2024.
Sunday 29th September 2024 : 11.00am | Book tickets |
Dr. Strangelove( PG)
An unstable American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, setting off a chain of events that could lead to nuclear catastrophe. Stanley Kubrick’s darkly comedic examination of Cold War paranoia, presented by Daily Info.
Monday 30th September 2024 : 6.30pm | Book tickets |
Eraserhead
Saturday 26th October 2024 : 9.00pm | Book tickets |
Monday 28th October 2024 : 6.30pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 31st October 2024 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Firebrand( 15)
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Karim Aïnouz and featuring outstanding performances by Alicia Vikander and Jude Law, this opulent historical drama brings to light the often overlooked story of Henry’s VIII’s final wife, Katherine Parr.
Sunday 22nd September 2024 : 5.15pm | Book tickets |
Monday 23rd September 2024 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 25th September 2024 : 5.45pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 26th September 2024 : 3.30pm | Book tickets |
Tuesday 1st October 2024 : 8.30pm £6 for Members | Book tickets |
Häxan( 15)
Grave robbing, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath! Join us for a special screening plus live score of Benjamin Christiansen's 1920s silent horror docu-drama exploring the history of witchcraft, demonology, and satanism.
Friday 25th October 2024 : 6.30pm + Live Score | Book tickets |
Kneecap( 18)
An unapologetically raucous and unconventional musical biopic telling the true story of how an anarchic hip hop trio from Belfast became the unlikely leaders of a civil rights movement to revive their mother tongue.
Friday 13th September 2024 : 8.45pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 14th September 2024 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
Monday 16th September 2024 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 18th September 2024 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 19th September 2024 : 6.15pm | Book tickets |
Moomins on the Riviera( U)
Saturday Morning Movies with Tiny Ideas Festival is back! Join us for a one-off screening of beautifully animated adventure Moomins On The Riviera, complete with craft activities at the front of the auditorium.
Saturday 28th September 2024 : 11.00am | Book tickets |
My Favourite Cake( 12A)
A 70-year-old’s solitary routine is suddenly interrupted by a chance encounter with a lonely taxi driver, unexpectedly rekindling her love life. A bittersweet romantic drama exploring the social imbalances of life in Tehran.
Friday 27th September 2024 : 6.15pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 28th September 2024 : 3.45pm | Book tickets |
Sunday 29th September 2024 : 8.00pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 2nd October 2024 : 3.45pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 3rd October 2024 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Naked Lunch
Monday 21st October 2024 : 6.15pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 23rd October 2024 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Olive Gibbs: A Remarkable Woman( 12A)
Olive Gibbs was twice Lord Mayor of Oxford and the first woman chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. One-off screening of a documentary about her remarkable life, followed by a Q&A. Free tickets, booking recommended.
Sunday 15th September 2024 : 11.00am | Book tickets |
Out of the Past( PG)
Jacques Tourneur delivers a masterclass in atmospheric tension and moral ambiguity in this quintessential, hardboiled noir starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas. Screenings presented on 35mm film.
Sunday 29th September 2024 : 3.30pm 35mm Presentation | Book tickets |
Wednesday 2nd October 2024 : 6.15pm 35mm Presentation | Book tickets |
Paradise Is Burning( 15)
In a working class Swedish town, three sisters devise a plan to stop them from being separated by social services. Mika Gustafson’s vibrant coming-of-age drama expertly balances the tension between teenage rebellion and vulnerability.
Friday 20th September 2024 : 6.15pm | Book tickets |
Sunday 22nd September 2024 : 8.00pm | Book tickets |
Tuesday 24th September 2024 : 6.00pm £6 for Members | Book tickets |
Radical( 12A)
In a neglected Mexican border town, a determined teacher introduces a new approach to unlock the potential of his students. Based on an inspiring true story, this heartwarming drama won the Festival Favourite Award at Sundance.
Wednesday 11th September 2024 : 3.15pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 12th September 2024 : 5.45pm | Book tickets |
Shadow of a Doubt( PG)
Evil lurks in the most unexpected places in Alfred Hitchcock’s (Psycho, Vertigo) suspenseful psychological noir, starring Teresa Wright as a young girl who discovers a sinister secret about her seemingly charming Uncle Charlie.
Wednesday 11th September 2024 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
Sing Sing( 15)
In one of the world’s most notorious maximum-security prisons, a group of inmates find meaning through participation in a theatre group. A moving tribute to the transformative power of art featuring starring Colman Domingo (Rustin).
Friday 13th September 2024 : 6.15pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 14th September 2024 : 3.30pm | Book tickets |
Sunday 15th September 2024 : 8.00pm | Book tickets |
Tuesday 17th September 2024 : 8.45pm £6 for Members | Book tickets |
Wednesday 18th September 2024 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 19th September 2024 : 12.30pm Parent + Baby Screening | Book tickets |
Thursday 19th September 2024 : 3.45pm HOH Subtitles | Book tickets |
Friday 20th September 2024 : 3.45pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 21st September 2024 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 25th September 2024 : 3.15pm HOH Subtitles | Book tickets |
Thursday 26th September 2024 : 6.15pm | Book tickets |
Sky Peals( 12A)
When his father dies unexpectedly, a lonely middle-aged motorway service worker tries to understand the man he barely knew. Moin Hussain’s debut feature is an unconventional, sci-fi-tinged character study exploring alienation in modern Britain.
Wednesday 11th September 2024 : 8.30pm HOH Subtitles | Book tickets |
The Critic( 15)
A powerful theatre critic draws a struggling actress into a blackmail scheme that quickly spirals into a tangled web of lies and murder. A darkly compelling thriller set in 1930s London, starring Sir Ian McKellen, Gemma Arterton, and Lesley Manville.
Friday 27th September 2024 : 4.00pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 28th September 2024 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Sunday 29th September 2024 : 5.45pm | Book tickets |
Monday 30th September 2024 : 8.45pm | Book tickets |
Tuesday 1st October 2024 : 6.15pm HOH Subtitles / £6 for Members | Book tickets |
Wednesday 2nd October 2024 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 3rd October 2024 : 4.00pm HOH Subtitles | Book tickets |
The Lady from Shanghai( PG)
Celebrated for its groundbreaking camerawork, dreamlike atmosphere, and Rita Hayworth’s unforgettable performance, Orson Welles' (Citizen Kane) stunning noir follows an Irish sailor lured into a murderous trap.
Thursday 12th September 2024 : 3.30pm | Book tickets |
The Queen of My Dreams( 12A)
After the death of her father, grad student Azra leaves 1990s Toronto to visit her family in Pakistan. On arrival, she is transported—through Bollywood-inspired flashbacks—to 1960s Karachi in this vibrant time-hopping comedy drama.
Friday 27th September 2024 : 8.45pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 28th September 2024 : 6.15pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 3rd October 2024 : 12.30pm Parent + Baby Screening | Book tickets |
Thursday 3rd October 2024 : 6.15pm | Book tickets |
The Rocky Horror Picture Show( 12A)
Get your fishnets out, leather gloves at the ready and “Let's do the time warp again". The Rocky Horror Picture Show is back for our annual Halloween extravaganza!
Friday 25th October 2024 : 9.00pm | Book tickets |
The Third Man( PG)
Set against the haunting backdrop of a bombed-out Vienna, Carol Reed’s iconic award-winning crime drama is a brilliantly crafted noir, blending suspense, wit, and an iconic score. 75th anniversary re-release.
Sunday 22nd September 2024 : 2.45pm + Intro | Book tickets |
Monday 23rd September 2024 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 25th September 2024 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
UPP News
News, blog posts, and announcements from The Ultimate Picture Palace
National Cinema Day at the UPP (Sat 31st Aug)
On Saturday 31st August 2024, The Ultimate Picture Palace is celebrating National Cinema Day by offering audiences £4 tickets to all ... Read more
Lone Star: Dead in the Heart of Texas
“Lefty” filmmaker John Sayles wrote and directed an extraordinary run of intelligent, small-scale independent American movies in the ... Read more
Cinema closed for maintenance (Fri 2 – Thu 8 Aug)
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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!