118 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.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express - Live On Stage
4 Nov 2026 – 25 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Belfast
6 Nov 2026 – 13 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Brunello: The Gracious Visionary
3 Nov 2026 – 10 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Children of Blood and Bone
9 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Cinecity 2026: A Long Winter
6 Nov 2026 – 5 Jan 2027
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
CINECITY: DRAW TO FILM
9 Nov 2026
Fabrica (Brighton)
Disney's Hexed
4 Nov 2026 – 26 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
DocDays: Life Support
9 Nov 2026 – 26 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
Dudley
7 Nov 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Fatherland
9 Nov 2026 – 12 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Forgotten Island
9 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
George Michael: The Faith Tour
8 Nov 2026 – 10 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Ghosts: The Possession of Button House
9 Nov 2026 – 12 Nov 2026
Picture House (Uckfield)
Ghosts: The Possession of Button House
9 Nov 2026 – 11 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
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 – 14 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Ghosts: The Possession of Button House
31 Oct 2026 – 13 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Ghosts: The Possession Of Button House
9 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Ghosts: The Possession of...
9 Nov 2026 – 11 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
GIANT – The Play
4 Nov 2026 – 18 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Godzilla Minus Zero
9 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Godzilla Minus Zero
6 Nov 2026 – 9 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
I Know Where I'm Going!
6 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
6 Nov 2026 – 5 Jan 2027
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
In the Shadows
6 Nov 2026 – 13 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
In the Shadows
4 Nov 2026 – 12 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Incendies
5 Nov 2026 – 26 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Jailer 2 (Tamil)
6 Nov 2026 – 13 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Klara and the Sun
5 Nov 2026 – 12 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
La Bola Negra
28 Oct 2026 – 5 Jan 2027
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
La Bola Negra | Picturehouse Recommends
8 Nov 2026 – 15 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Mamma Mia: Here We Go...
9 Nov 2026 – 11 Aug 2027
Depot (Lewes)
Mighty Mornings
8 Nov 2026 – 15 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Minions & Monsters
9 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Nightborn
6 Nov 2026 – 13 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
One in a Million
9 Nov 2026 – 12 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Parent & Baby ONLY: Wild Horse Nine
9 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie
9 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
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
Sense and Sensibility (2026)
5 Nov 2026 – 10 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Sensory Friendly Screenings
8 Nov 2026 – 13 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
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
9 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Superworm
7 Nov 2026 – 10 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Tad and the Magic Lamp
6 Nov 2026 – 13 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
The Irregular at Magic High School: Yotsuba Arc
6 Nov 2026 – 13 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
THE LOST CHILDREN OF TUAM
9 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Touche
6 Nov 2026 – 13 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Verity
9 Nov 2026 – 20 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)
Cinecity 2026: Paper Tiger
10 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Fjord
10 Nov 2026 – 16 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
FJORD
10 Nov 2026 – 13 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
NFF Presents: Fjord
10 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Sadia Pineda Hameed in conversation & 2026 Jarman Award Artist Film Programme
10 Nov 2026
Towner (Eastbourne)
UKJFF: Bookends
10 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
BAR TRASH: Creature Double Feature
11 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
CINECITY: 'Carved By The Wind' (with Q&A) - Presented By Brighton and Sussex Medical School
11 Nov 2026
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (Brighton)
INTO FILM: Flow (U)
11 Nov 2026
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (Brighton)
Sense and Sensibility (U)
11 Nov 2026
Trinity Theatre (Royal Tunbridge Wells)
Annie
12 Nov 2026 – 14 Nov 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Baby Picture
12 Nov 2026 – 26 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
CINECITY: Son of the White Mare (12A)
12 Nov 2026
Fabrica (Brighton)
Donga Naa Koduku
12 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Hadestown: The Musical
12 Nov 2026
Trinity Theatre (Royal Tunbridge Wells)
Super Nature + Q&A
12 Nov 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
The Education of Jane Cumming (Cinecity)
12 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Cinecity 2026: Tender Loving Care
13 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Fjord
13 Nov 2026 – 15 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Ghosts: The Possession of Button House
13 Nov 2026 – 18 Nov 2026
Towner (Eastbourne)
Melting Vinyl & CINECITY presents: The Phantom Of The Opera (1925)
13 Nov 2026
Fabrica (Brighton)
The Cat in the Hat: Sensory Friendly
13 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Cinecity 2026: Club Kid
14 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
CINECITY: Family Film + Workshop: Maya, Give me a Title (U)
14 Nov 2026
Fabrica (Brighton)
Dog-Friendly - Ghosts: Possession of Button House
14 Nov 2026 – 29 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Ghosts: The Possession of Button House
14 Nov 2026 – 16 Nov 2026
Gulbenkian Arts Centre (Canterbury)
Kids' Club
14 Nov 2026 – 26 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Pip and Posy: Sandpit Friends
14 Nov 2026 – 19 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Relaxed Screening: The Apartment
14 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Double Indemnity
15 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Frida: The Girl Just Doesn't Go Away
17 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
La Grazia Offers a Surprising Portrait of Italian Politics
17 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
LPFF 2026 Short Session: Between Worlds
18 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
Britten’s Children
19 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
GIANT - The Play
19 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
GIANT – The Play
19 Nov 2026 – 22 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
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)
You Can See Everything
19 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
GIANT – The Play
20 Nov 2026
Hailsham Pavilion
Josephine
20 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
LDNDOCS 2026: Jean Michel-Basquiat
20 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
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
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)
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)
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)
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express
26 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Buddy
26 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
NEXT LEVEL ANIME: PAPRIKA
26 Nov 2026
Fabrica (Brighton)
How to enjoy Toy Story 5 to infinity… and beyond
27 Nov 2026 – 27 Jun 2027
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
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)