200 films to get you out and about in East Sussex
Get your walking boots on and discover East Sussex's cinematic secrets, from spooky screenings to film courses and outdoor events.
A FREE outdoor screening of ‘Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas‘
1 Dec 2026
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea)
All Night Horror Madness 19
25 Nov 2026 – 29 Jan 2027
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Andre Rieu's 2026 Christmas Concert: Let it Snow
30 Oct 2026 – 29 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Andre Rieu's 2026 Christmas Concert: Let it Snow
6 Nov 2026 – 5 Jan 2027
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Andre Rieu's 2026 Christmas Concert: Let It Snow
4 Nov 2026 – 4 Dec 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express
26 Nov 2026 – 1 Dec 2026
Picture House (Uckfield)
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express
26 Nov 2026 – 10 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Avengers: Doomsday
16 Nov 2026 – 16 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Blockhead + Microbudget Feature Workshop
10 Nov 2026 – 6 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Book to Film Club
21 Nov 2026 – 19 Apr 2027
Depot (Lewes)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
6 Nov 2026 – 5 Jan 2027
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Brunello: The Gracious Visionary
3 Nov 2026 – 10 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
BTS WORLD TOUR 'ARIRANG' IN JAKARTA: LIVE VIEWING
4 Nov 2026 – 28 Dec 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Cbeebies Panto - Treasure Island
4 Nov 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Central Tech Set-Up
12 Nov 2026 – 10 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Cinecity 2026: I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
1 Nov 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Classic Sundays
8 Nov 2026 – 27 Dec 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
Disclosure Day
5 Nov 2026 – 17 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Discover
1 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Dog-Friendly Cinema
7 Nov 2026 – 20 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Dune
5 Nov 2026 – 4 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Dune: Part Three
10 Nov 2026 – 19 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Elf
15 Nov 2026 – 20 Dec 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm
Fatherland
6 Nov 2026 – 3 Dec 2026
Towner (Eastbourne)
Film Club – Cabaret (1972)
1 Dec 2026
Hailsham Pavilion
Fjord
29 Nov 2026 – 2 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
From Hilde, With Love
6 Nov 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Gear up, true believers
5 Nov 2026 – 24 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Ghosts: The Possession of Button House
28 Oct 2026 – 27 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Green Screen: We, The Hated + Q+A
15 Nov 2026 – 9 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Home Alone
5 Nov 2026 – 19 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Home Alone
14 Nov 2026 – 23 Dec 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm
Homegrown
11 Nov 2026 – 8 Dec 2026
Depot (Lewes)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
28 Nov 2026 – 22 Dec 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm
How to enjoy Toy Story 5 to infinity… and beyond
4 Nov 2026 – 27 Jun 2027
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
30 Nov 2026 – 4 Dec 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
6 Nov 2026 – 5 Jan 2027
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
IMAX
5 Nov 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
ODEON Hastings
It's a Wonderful Life 80th Anniversary
12 Nov 2026 – 11 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
KnitFlicks
14 Nov 2026 – 12 Dec 2026
Depot (Lewes)
La Bola Negra
28 Oct 2026 – 5 Jan 2027
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Lost Christmas
5 Nov 2026 – 28 Dec 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint Q&A
9 Nov 2026 – 3 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
MET Opera 2026-27: La Fanciulla Del West
4 Nov 2026 – 12 Feb 2027
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Met Opera 2026-27: Manon
4 Nov 2026 – 2 Apr 2027
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Met Opera 2026-27: Otello
4 Nov 2026 – 23 Apr 2027
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Misery
5 Nov 2026 – 15 Feb 2027
Depot (Lewes)
National Theatre Live: Golden Boy
4 Nov 2026 – 8 Jun 2027
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
National Theatre Live: Hay Fever
4 Nov 2026 – 13 Jan 2027
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope
2 Nov 2026 – 15 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
4 Nov 2026 – 18 Feb 2027
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Nightborn
28 Nov 2026 – 1 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Orlando, My Political Biography
6 Nov 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning
4 Nov 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Pan's Labyrinth 20th Anniversary Restoration
5 Nov 2026 – 5 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
RBO 2026/27: Tosca
4 Nov 2026 – 4 May 2027
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
RBO Cinema Season 2026-27: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
4 Nov 2026 – 23 Mar 2027
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
RBO Cinema Season 2026-27: Così Fan Tutte
4 Nov 2026 – 22 Feb 2027
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
RBO Cinema Season 2026-27: Götterdämmerung
4 Nov 2026 – 2 Feb 2027
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
RBO Cinema Season 2026-27: Romeo and Juliet
4 Nov 2026 – 25 May 2027
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
RBO Cinema Season 2026-27: Swan Lake
4 Nov 2026 – 22 Apr 2027
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
RBO Cinema Season 2026-27: The Nutcracker
1 Dec 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
RBO Cinema Season 2026-27: The Nutcracker (2025)
1 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
RBO Live 2026-27: The Nutcracker (2025 Encore)
1 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
ROYAL BALLET & OPERA CINEMA SEASON 2026-27
10 Nov 2026 – 1 Dec 2026
Kino-Teatr (St Leonards-on-Sea)
Scorsese/De Niro
8 Nov 2026 – 6 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Sensory Friendly Screenings
8 Nov 2026 – 13 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Sicario
5 Nov 2026 – 7 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
The Color of Money
28 Nov 2026 – 3 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
THE GIFT
6 Nov 2026 – 23 Dec 2026
The Old Market (Hove)
The Holiday in Concert - Film with Live Orchestra
1 Dec 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
The Hunger Games have returned… to the big screen
4 Nov 2026 – 12 Dec 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
The Motorcycle Diaries
5 Nov 2026 – 15 Mar 2027
Depot (Lewes)
The Nutcracker
1 Dec 2026
The Astor Theatre, Deal
The Polar Express (U) Screen @ The Avenue
21 Nov 2026 – 23 Jan 2027
The Avenue Theatre (Sittingbourne)
The Silence of the Lambs
5 Nov 2026 – 2 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
The Social Reckoning
3 Nov 2026 – 9 May 2027
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
We, the Hated
6 Nov 2026 – 8 Dec 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
We, The Hated + Q+A
16 Nov 2026 – 6 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Wicked at Gulbenkian
20 Nov 2026 – 3 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Wild Horse Nine
5 Nov 2026 – 5 Jan 2027
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Wildwood
27 Nov 2026 – 1 Dec 2026
Hailsham Pavilion
Wildwood
28 Oct 2026 – 24 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Apocalypto
2 Dec 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Parkway Drive - Home
2 Dec 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Southland Tales
2 Dec 2026
Wagner Hall (Brighton)
The Royal Ballet THE NUTCRACKER
2 Dec 2026 – 20 Dec 2026
Hailsham Pavilion
White Wall Cinema: Southland Tales
2 Dec 2026
Wagner Hall (Brighton)
Behemoth
3 Dec 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Die Hard
3 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Father Mother Sister Brother (Subtitled)
3 Dec 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
Street Fighter
3 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Violent Night 2
3 Dec 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Behemoth!
4 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Behemoth!
4 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Dune: Part Two
4 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Home Alone + Booby Trap Christmas Card Making Workshop
4 Dec 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
4 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
RBO Encore 2026-27: The Nutcracker (2025 Encore)
4 Dec 2026 – 11 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
RBO Encore 2026-27: The Nutcracker (2025 Encore)
4 Dec 2026 – 11 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
The Cat in the Hat
4 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
The Grinch
4 Dec 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm
Violent Night 2
4 Dec 2026 – 13 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Wild Horse Nine
4 Dec 2026 – 10 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Andre Rieu 2026 Christmas Concert: Let it Snow
5 Dec 2026
ODEON Hastings
Jet Lag: The Game — Hide + Seek Italy
5 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Kaledu Nelaukiant
5 Dec 2026 – 13 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Prima Facie
5 Dec 2026 – 7 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Relaxed screening: Elf
5 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Scrooged
5 Dec 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm
ANDRÉ RIEU’S 2026 CHRISTMAS CONCERT: LET IT SNOW
6 Dec 2026 – 13 Dec 2026
Hailsham Pavilion
André Rieu's 2026 Christmas Concert: Let It Snow!
6 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Andy Goldsworthy in Conversation with Andrew Graham-Dixon
6 Dec 2026
Kino-Teatr (St Leonards-on-Sea)
Disney's Hexed: Sensory Friendly Screening
6 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Family Film: The Muppet Christmas Carol
6 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Get Santa
6 Dec 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm
Giant: The Play
6 Dec 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
Love Actually Live in Concert
6 Dec 2026
Theatre Royal Brighton
The Apartment
6 Dec 2026 – 12 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
The Godfather
6 Dec 2026 – 7 Dec 2026
Picture House (Uckfield)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
6 Dec 2026 – 20 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
You Can See Everything
6 Dec 2026 – 9 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
An Eye For An Eye
7 Dec 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
CINEMA CRAPADISO (FREE!)
7 Dec 2026
Caroline of Brunswick (Brighton)
Die Hard
7 Dec 2026
Hailsham Pavilion
The Holiday in Concert
7 Dec 2026
Brighton Centre
Campus Cinema Club: The Shining
8 Dec 2026
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (Brighton)
I Love Boosters
8 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
In the Shadows
8 Dec 2026 – 9 Dec 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Met Opera Encore 2026-27: Samson et Dalila
8 Dec 2026 – 11 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Gremlins Christmas Event
9 Dec 2026
Picture House (Uckfield)
The Muppet Christmas...
9 Dec 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Finding Fela
10 Dec 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
Kino Collective
10 Dec 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Onslaught
10 Dec 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Whispers in the Woods (Subtitled)
10 Dec 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
Finding Fela
10 Dec 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
Django Chutney and Mike Hatchard
11 Dec 2026
Kino-Teatr (St Leonards-on-Sea)
Ebenezer
11 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Saving Santa
11 Dec 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm
A Talent for Murder
12 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Family Film: The Polar Express
12 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
12 Dec 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm
Sensory Friendly Cinema
12 Dec 2026 – 13 Dec 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote: Paint Me A Murder
12 Dec 2026
Quarterhouse (Folkestone)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Extended Editions
12 Dec 2026 – 13 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Cries and Whispers
13 Dec 2026
Picture House (Uckfield)
FAMILY FILM + WORKSHOP: ERNEST AND CELESTINE
13 Dec 2026
Fabrica (Brighton)
Jingle All the Way
13 Dec 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm
RBO Live: The Nutcracker
13 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Rocky III & Rocky IV Double Bill (+ Interval)
13 Dec 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
The Nutcracker
13 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Whispers in the Woods + Intro
13 Dec 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
Holiday Inn
14 Dec 2026
The Alexander Centre (Faversham)
Ken Russell's The Devils
14 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Avengers: Doomsday
15 Dec 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Die Hard
15 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Dune: Part Three
15 Dec 2026 – 24 Dec 2026
Picture House (Uckfield)
Dune: Part Three
15 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Avengers: Doomsday
16 Dec 2026 – 24 Dec 2026
Picture House (Uckfield)
Next Level Anime: Tokyo Godfathers
16 Dec 2026
Fabrica (Brighton)
Onwards and Sideways
16 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Dune: Part Three
17 Dec 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint (Subtitled)
17 Dec 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
The Beetlejuice Experience
17 Dec 2026
Hailsham Pavilion
Arthur Christmas
18 Dec 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm
Avengers: Doomsday
18 Dec 2026 – 24 Dec 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Dine Hard
18 Dec 2026
Faith In Strangers (Margate)
Dune: Part Three
18 Dec 2026 – 18 Jan 2027
Depot (Lewes)
Dune: Part Three
18 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Dune: Part Three
18 Dec 2026
ODEON Hastings
Gremlins
18 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
The Hunger Games: The Sunrise on the Reaping
18 Dec 2026 – 19 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
18 Dec 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
CINEMA: Elf -(2003) Staring Will Ferrell | Includes a visit From Santa!
19 Dec 2026
The Queen’s Hall (Cranbrook)
Cinema: Elf – Buddy's Musical Christmas
19 Dec 2026
The Queen’s Hall (Cranbrook)
Last Christmas
19 Dec 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm
It's a Wonderful Life
20 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Elf
21 Dec 2026 – 22 Dec 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
It's a Wonderful Life 80th Anniversary Screening
21 Dec 2026 – 24 Dec 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
Little Women
21 Dec 2026 – 28 Dec 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Love Actually in Concert
21 Dec 2026
Brighton Centre
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
21 Dec 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
The Polar Express
21 Dec 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm
Family Film + Workshop: The Muppet Christmas Carol (plus bloopers!) (U)
22 Dec 2026
Fabrica (Brighton)
Home Alone (Relaxed)
22 Dec 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
The Muppet Christmas Carol
22 Dec 2026 – 23 Dec 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
Jumanji 3
23 Dec 2026
ODEON Hastings
The Angry Birds Movie 3
23 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Jumanji: Open World
24 Dec 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
King
24 Dec 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
The Muppet Christmas Carol
24 Dec 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm
Jumanji 3
25 Dec 2026
ODEON Hastings
Crimbo Limbo
26 Dec 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
Folkestone Harbour Arm
Taxi Driver
26 Dec 2026 – 30 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
The Apartment
27 Dec 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
BTS WORLD TOUR 'ARIRANG' IN JAKARTA: LIVE
29 Dec 2026
ODEON Hastings
Mr. Irrelevant
31 Dec 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
New Year's Eve Concert with BerlinerPhilharmoniker
31 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Wicker (Subtitled)
31 Dec 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
