Now playing
Today (Sunday 10th December)
20:00
Saltburn 15
2h 11mTomorrow (Monday 11th December)
18:00
The Red Shoes PG
2h 15m21:00
Saltburn 15
2h 11mTuesday 12th December
18:00
Saltburn 15
20:45
Wednesday 13th December
16:00
The Eternal Daughter 12A
18:15
20:30
The Red Shoes PG
2h 15mThursday 14th December
12:30
Saltburn 15
15:30
Saltburn 15
2h 11mToday (Sunday 10th December)
20:00
Saltburn 15
2h 11mTomorrow (Monday 11th December)
18:00
The Red Shoes PG
2h 15m21:00
Saltburn 15
2h 11mTuesday 12th December
18:00
Saltburn 15
20:45
Wednesday 13th December
16:00
The Eternal Daughter 12A
18:15
20:30
The Red Shoes PG
2h 15mThursday 14th December
12:30
Saltburn 15
15:30
Saltburn 15
2h 11mFriday 15th December
16:00
Fallen Leaves 12A
1h 21m | Finnish & Arabic w/ English subtitles18:00
Maestro 15
2h 9m20:45
Saturday 16th December
15:45
Maestro 15
2h 9m18:30
20:45
Fallen Leaves 12A
1h 21m | Finnish & Arabic w/ English subtitlesSunday 17th December
15:00
Black Narcissus PG
1h 41m17:15
Maestro 15
2h 9m20:00
Monday 18th December
18:15
Black Narcissus PG
1h 41m20:30
Maestro 15
2h 9mTuesday 19th December
18:00
Maestro 15
20:45
Fallen Leaves 12A
1h 21m | Finnish & Arabic w/ English subtitlesWednesday 20th December
16:00
Maestro 15
2h 9m18:45
Fallen Leaves 12A
1h 21m | Finnish & Arabic w/ English subtitles20:45
Thursday 21st December
16:00
Fallen Leaves 12A
1h 21m | Finnish & Arabic w/ English subtitles18:00
20:15
Maestro 15
2h 9mFriday 22nd December
15:30
Fallen Leaves 12A
1h 21m | Finnish & Arabic w/ English subtitles17:30
It's a Wonderful Life U
2h 10m20:15
Napoleon 15
2h 37mSaturday 23rd December
14:30
It's a Wonderful Life U
2h 10m17:15
Napoleon 15
2h 37m20:30
Tuesday 26th December
15:00
A Matter of Life and Death U
1h 44m17:30
Napoleon 15
2h 37mWednesday 27th December
15:15
Napoleon 15
18:30
20:45
Fallen Leaves 12A
1h 21m | Finnish & Arabic w/ English subtitlesThursday 28th December
12:30
15:30
Fallen Leaves 12A
1h 21m | Finnish & Arabic w/ English subtitles17:30
A Matter of Life and Death U
1h 44m20:00
Napoleon 15
2h 37mFriday 29th December
15:00
17:30
Napoleon 15
2h 37m20:45
I Know Where I'm Going! PG
1h 33mSaturday 30th December
15:15
17:30
20:00
Napoleon 15
2h 37mSunday 31st December
14:45
17:15
Napoleon 15
2h 37mMonday 1st January
13:00
Amadeus PG
3h16:45
19:15
Napoleon 15
2h 37mTuesday 2nd January
18:15
I Know Where I'm Going! PG
1h 33m20:30
Wednesday 3rd January
15:30
18:00
20:15
Napoleon 15
2h 37mThursday 4th January
16:00
I Know Where I'm Going! PG
1h 33m18:15
20:45
A Matter of Life and Death( U)
Following a British pilot who falls in love with an American radio operator while cheating death, Powell and Pressburger's stylish melodrama unfolds as a richly humanistic journey through time and space.
Tuesday 26th December 2023 : 3.00pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 28th December 2023 : 5.30pm | Book tickets |
Amadeus( PG)
Join us on New Year's Day as we celebrate the 40th-anniversary of Miloš Forman's (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) opulent and Oscar-winning tale of Mozart's musical genius and Antonio Salieri's jealous vengeance.
Monday 1st January 2024 : 1.00pm | Book tickets |
Anselm( PG)
Filmed over a two-year period, filmmaker Wim Wenders’ (Paris Taxas, Wings of Desire) presents a portrait of Anselm Kiefer, one of the most innovative and important painters and sculptors of our time.
Saturday 30th December 2023 : 3.15pm | Book tickets |
Tuesday 2nd January 2024 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 3rd January 2024 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 4th January 2024 : 8.45pm | Book tickets |
Black Narcissus( PG)
A group of nuns face their inner demons as desires clash with religious duty in Powell and Pressburger's exquisitely shot, psychosexual melodrama set deep in the wilderness of the Himalayan mountains.
Sunday 17th December 2023 : 3.00pm | Book tickets |
Monday 18th December 2023 : 6.15pm | Book tickets |
Eileen( 15)
Adapted from Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel and starring Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway, William Oldroyd (Lady Macbeth) constructs an atmospheric and intricately twisted tale of obsession in 1960s America.
Friday 15th December 2023 : 8.45pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 16th December 2023 : 6.30pm | Book tickets |
Sunday 17th December 2023 : 8.00pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 20th December 2023 : 8.45pm Deaf/HOH Subtitles | Book tickets |
Thursday 21st December 2023 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 23rd December 2023 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 27th December 2023 : 6.30pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 28th December 2023 : 12.30pm Parent + Baby Screening | Book tickets |
Fallen Leaves( 12A)
Aki Kaurismäki (Le Harve) makes a masterful return with this tender tale of star-crossed lovers who meet by chance in a local karaoke bar. Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
Friday 15th December 2023 : 4.00pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 16th December 2023 : 8.45pm | Book tickets |
Tuesday 19th December 2023 : 8.45pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 20th December 2023 : 6.45pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 21st December 2023 : 4.00pm | Book tickets |
Friday 22nd December 2023 : 3.30pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 27th December 2023 : 8.45pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 28th December 2023 : 3.30pm | Book tickets |
I Know Where I'm Going!( PG)
Set against the backdrop of the windswept Scottish Hebrides, Powell and Pressburger’s passionately romantic and feminist masterwork is back on the big screen, newly restored to 4K courtesy of the BFI.
Friday 29th December 2023 : 8.45pm | Book tickets |
Tuesday 2nd January 2024 : 6.15pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 4th January 2024 : 4.00pm | Book tickets |
It's a Wonderful Life( U)
The ultimate Christmas classic in which George Bailey discovers the true meaning of Christmas with a little help from his guardian angel.
Friday 22nd December 2023 : 5.30pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 23rd December 2023 : 2.30pm | Book tickets |
Maestro( 15)
Bradley Cooper stars and directs in this passionately romantic biopic about the life of American conductor Leonard Bernstein and his three-decade-long marriage to actress Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan).
Friday 15th December 2023 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 16th December 2023 : 3.45pm | Book tickets |
Sunday 17th December 2023 : 5.15pm | Book tickets |
Monday 18th December 2023 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Tuesday 19th December 2023 : 6.00pm Deaf/HOH Subtitles | Book tickets |
Wednesday 20th December 2023 : 4.00pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 21st December 2023 : 8.15pm | Book tickets |
Napoleon( 15)
From the battles which catapulted him to fame to his turbulent marriage to Josephine, Ridley Scott’s sweeping historical epic glimpses into the psyche of one of the most controversial figures in European history.
Friday 22nd December 2023 : 8.15pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 23rd December 2023 : 5.15pm | Book tickets |
Tuesday 26th December 2023 : 5.30pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 27th December 2023 : 3.15pm Deaf/HOH Subtitles | Book tickets |
Thursday 28th December 2023 : 8.00pm | Book tickets |
Friday 29th December 2023 : 5.30pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 30th December 2023 : 8.00pm | Book tickets |
Sunday 31st December 2023 : 5.15pm | Book tickets |
Monday 1st January 2024 : 7.15pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 3rd January 2024 : 8.15pm | Book tickets |
Saltburn( 15)
Barry Keoghan, Rosamund Pike, and Richard E Grant star in Oscar-winning filmmaker Emerald Fennell’s (Promising Young Woman) wicked comedic satire of privilege, desire, and the UK class system.
Sunday 10th December 2023 : 8.00pm | Book tickets |
Monday 11th December 2023 : 9.00pm | Book tickets |
Tuesday 12th December 2023 : 6.00pm Deaf/HOH Subtitles | Book tickets |
Thursday 14th December 2023 : 12.30pm Parent + Baby Screening | Book tickets |
Thursday 14th December 2023 : 3.30pm | Book tickets |
The Eternal Daughter( 12A)
An artist (Tilda Swinton) and her mother (Tilda Swinton) return to their former family home which is now a haunted hotel in Joanna Hogg's (The Souvenir) suspenseful and chilling Gothic ghost story.
Wednesday 13th December 2023 : 4.00pm Deaf/HOH Subtitles | Book tickets |
The Red Shoes( PG)
The 75th anniversary of an undisputed masterpiece of British cinema. Powell and Pressburger’s visually ravishing fantasia about a young ballerina caught between her desire to dance and her yearning for love.
Monday 11th December 2023 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 13th December 2023 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Tótem( 12A)
Mexican filmmaker Lila Avilés’ touching drama, following her acclaimed debut The Chambermaid, unfolds as an emotional portrayal of family upheavals told through the eyes of a child.
Tuesday 12th December 2023 : 8.45pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 13th December 2023 : 6.15pm | Book tickets |
Wonka( PG)
Timothée Chalamet stars in this sweet, musical spin on the origin story of famed chocolatier Willy Wonka, crafted by the creative duo behind the Paddington films, Paul King and Simon Farnaby.
Friday 29th December 2023 : 3.00pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 30th December 2023 : 5.30pm | Book tickets |
Sunday 31st December 2023 : 2.45pm | Book tickets |
Monday 1st January 2024 : 4.45pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 3rd January 2024 : 3.30pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 4th January 2024 : 6.15pm Deaf/HOH Subtitles | Book tickets |
UPP News
News, blog posts, and announcements from The Ultimate Picture Palace

Our December 2023 programme is now on sale!
A gothic ghost story, deadpan comedy from Finland, an epic historical drama, and a season of classics celebrating the work of two of ... Read more

The Wicker Man: A Modern Idyll With Ancient Roots
The darkest days of December might not be the obvious time to visit a mythical Scottish island called Summerisle but any chance to see ... Read more

Lars But Not Least
Before he fell from grace so spectacularly, there was a time when Danish auteur and enfant terrible Lars Von Trier was turning out ... 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!