105 family films for a cinema trip
Get the family film fix in East Sussex with our pick of the best cinematic treats for a day out with the little ones in tow.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
14 Nov 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
ODEON Hastings
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express - Live On Stage
4 Nov 2026 – 25 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Annie
12 Nov 2026 – 14 Nov 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Belfast
12 Nov 2026 – 14 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Bristol Avonmeads
12 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Brunello: The Gracious Visionary | Picturehouse Recommends
3 Nov 2026 – 10 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Children of Blood and Bone
13 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Cinecity 2026: Club Kid
14 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
CINECITY: Earth (directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko) - with live score by Roksana Smirnova & Misha Kalinin
14 Nov 2026 – 25 Nov 2026
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (Brighton)
CINECITY: Family Film + Workshop Maya, Give me a Title (U)
14 Nov 2026
Fabrica (Brighton)
Disney's Hexed
4 Nov 2026 – 26 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Disney's Hexed: Sensory Friendly Screening
13 Nov 2026 – 27 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Dog-Friendly - Ghosts: Possession of Button House
14 Nov 2026 – 29 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Donga Naa Koduku
13 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Donga Naa Koduku
13 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Dudley
13 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Fatherland
14 Nov 2026 – 18 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Fjord
13 Nov 2026 – 19 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Fjord
10 Nov 2026 – 13 Jan 2027
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Forgotten Island
13 Nov 2026 – 27 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Forgotten Island
13 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Ghosts: The Possession of Button House
14 Nov 2026 – 17 Nov 2026
Picture House (Uckfield)
Ghosts: The Possession of Button House
28 Oct 2026 – 27 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Ghosts: The Possession of Button House
3 Nov 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Ghosts: The Possession of Button House
14 Nov 2026 – 18 Nov 2026
Towner (Eastbourne)
GIANT – The Play
13 Nov 2026 – 22 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
GIANT – The Play
4 Nov 2026 – 18 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Godzilla Minus Zero
13 Nov 2026 – 27 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Godzilla Minus Zero
10 Nov 2026 – 9 Jan 2027
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Hamnet
14 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Hoppers
13 Nov 2026 – 29 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
6 Nov 2026 – 5 Jan 2027
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Josephine
13 Nov 2026 – 18 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
La Bola Negra
28 Oct 2026 – 5 Jan 2027
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
La Bola Negra | Picturehouse Recommends
13 Nov 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Mighty Mornings
9 Nov 2026 – 17 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Minions & Monsters
12 Nov 2026 – 27 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Miss Moxy
14 Nov 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
One in a Million
12 Nov 2026 – 26 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Pip and Posy: Sandpit Friends
14 Nov 2026 – 19 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Raise The Red Lantern
13 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Reading
13 Nov 2026 – 24 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Relaxed Screening: The Apartment
14 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Robot Dreams
6 Nov 2026 – 15 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Sense and Sensibility
7 Nov 2026 – 14 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
8 Nov 2026 – 7 Jan 2027
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Shaun The Sheep: The Beast Of Mossy Bottom
12 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
14 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Tad And The Magic Lamp
12 Nov 2026 – 27 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
The Cat in the Hat
13 Nov 2026 – 4 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
The Hunger Games have returned… to the big screen
14 Nov 2026 – 12 Dec 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
The Magic Faraway Tree
13 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
The Muppets
13 Nov 2026 – 13 Oct 2027
Depot (Lewes)
The Sheep Detectives
14 Nov 2026 – 16 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Verity
13 Nov 2026 – 27 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
We're Going on a Bear Hunt + The Tiger Who Came To Tea
9 Nov 2026 – 10 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
We’re Going On A Bear Hunt + The Tiger Who Came To Tea
13 Nov 2026 – 27 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Wildwood
6 Nov 2026 – 14 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Double Indemnity
15 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Sensory Friendly Screenings
15 Nov 2026 – 13 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
One in a Million
16 Nov 2026 – 19 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Parent & Baby ONLY: Ghosts: The Possession of Button House
16 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Frida: The Girl Just Doesn't Go Away
17 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
The Mummy
17 Nov 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
ODEON Hastings
LPFF 2026 Short Session: Between Worlds
18 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
Toy Story 5
18 Nov 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
ODEON Hastings
70 Syaal (Punjabi)
19 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Britten’s Children
19 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
GIANT – The Play
19 Nov 2026 – 22 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
GIANT – The Play
19 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
Giant: The Play
19 Nov 2026 – 22 Nov 2026
Picture House (Uckfield)
Cinema City Picturehouse
20 Nov 2026 – 5 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
GIANT – The Play
20 Nov 2026
Hailsham Pavilion
LDNDOCS 2026: Jean Michel-Basquiat
20 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
20 Nov 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
20 Nov 2026 – 24 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
20 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Family Film: Tad and the Magic Lamp
21 Nov 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Forgotten Island
21 Nov 2026
Hailsham Pavilion
Making Marie Antoinette
21 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
World Children's Day: Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory
21 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Fences
22 Nov 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
Forgotten Island – Relaxed Screening
22 Nov 2026
Hailsham Pavilion
Frozen 2
22 Nov 2026 – 27 Nov 2026
Folkestone Harbour Arm
GIANT – The Play
22 Nov 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
GIANT – The Play (15)
22 Nov 2026
Trinity Theatre (Royal Tunbridge Wells)
Klara and the Sun
22 Nov 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Pip and Posy: The Cinema Show
22 Nov 2026 – 26 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Fences
22 Nov 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
Animal Farm
25 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Animal Farm
25 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Focker In Law
25 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express
26 Nov 2026 – 10 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express
26 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express – Live On Stage
26 Nov 2026 – 29 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Buddy
26 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
DocDays: Life Support
26 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
One Battle After Another
26 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Hexed
27 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Minions & Monsters
27 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Nightborn
28 Nov 2026 – 1 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Fjord
29 Nov 2026 – 2 Dec 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Godzilla Raids Again
29 Nov 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
Tiddler
29 Nov 2026 – 3 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Witness for the Prosecution
29 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)