156 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
10 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express - Live On Stage
4 Nov 2026 – 25 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Bad Apples
3 Nov 2026 – 12 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Belfast
10 Nov 2026 – 12 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Bring Her Back
10 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Brunello: The Gracious Visionary
3 Nov 2026 – 10 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Children of Blood and Bone
10 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 2026: Paper Tiger
10 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Cinema Parties at Picturehouse
10 Nov 2026 – 30 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Disney's Hexed
4 Nov 2026 – 26 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Dune
10 Nov 2026 – 4 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Family Favourites - All Tickets £2.49
10 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Fatherland
10 Nov 2026 – 18 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Fjord
10 Nov 2026 – 10 Jan 2027
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
FJORD
10 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
George Michael: The Faith Tour
10 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Ghosts: The Possession of Button House
10 Nov 2026 – 12 Nov 2026
Picture House (Uckfield)
Ghosts: The Possession of Button House
10 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 – 17 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
10 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Ghosts: The Possession of...
10 Nov 2026 – 11 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
GIANT – The Play
4 Nov 2026 – 18 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Godzilla Minus Zero
10 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Godzilla Minus Zero
10 Nov 2026 – 9 Jan 2027
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Godzilla Minus Zero
10 Nov 2026 – 17 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Hadestown: The Musical
10 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Hamnet
10 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Hoppers
10 Nov 2026 – 27 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
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
Insidious: Out of the Further
10 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Jailer 2 (Tamil)
10 Nov 2026 – 11 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Jailer 2 (Tamil)
10 Nov 2026 – 17 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Jak Zyc Zeby Nie Zwariowac
10 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Josephine
10 Nov 2026 – 18 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
Kids' Club
10 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
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
10 Nov 2026 – 17 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Mamma Mia: Here We Go...
9 Nov 2026 – 11 Aug 2027
Depot (Lewes)
Mighty Mornings
9 Nov 2026 – 17 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
Minions & Monsters
9 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Monster Mia
10 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
NFF Presents: Fjord
10 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Nightborn
6 Nov 2026 – 13 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
One in a Million
10 Nov 2026 – 17 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
One in a Million
10 Nov 2026 – 19 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Other Mommy
10 Nov 2026 – 17 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie
10 Nov 2026 – 12 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie
10 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)
Sadia Pineda Hameed in conversation & 2026 Jarman Award Artist Film Programme
10 Nov 2026
Towner (Eastbourne)
Sense and Sensibility
7 Nov 2026 – 14 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
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
10 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Showcase Bristol Avonmeads
10 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Showcase Cinema de Lux Reading
10 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
Tad And The Magic Lamp
9 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
The Cat in the Hat
10 Nov 2026 – 4 Dec 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
The Irregular at Magic High School: Yotsuba Arc
6 Nov 2026 – 13 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
THE LOST CHILDREN OF TUAM
10 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
The Magic Faraway Tree
10 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
The Outrun
10 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
THE SNOWMAN™ & THE SNOWMAN™ AND THE SNOWDOG
10 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Touche
10 Nov 2026 – 17 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
UKJFF: Bookends
10 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
Verity
10 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)
We’re Going On A Bear Hunt + The Tiger Who Came To Tea
10 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Wildwood
6 Nov 2026 – 14 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
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)
reDiscover Haunted | Programme Notes
11 Nov 2026 – 24 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Sense and Sensibility (U)
11 Nov 2026
Trinity Theatre (Royal Tunbridge Wells)
Toy Story 5
11 Nov 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
ODEON Hastings
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
12 Nov 2026
Fabrica (Brighton)
Donga Naa Koduku
12 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Donga Naa Koduku
12 Nov 2026 – 18 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
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)
Blood Money
13 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Cinecity 2026: Tender Loving Care
13 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Ek Onkar
13 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Fjord
13 Nov 2026 – 19 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Fjord
13 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Fjord | Picturehouse Recommends
13 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Ghosts: The Possession of Button House
13 Nov 2026 – 18 Nov 2026
Towner (Eastbourne)
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
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 – 19 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)
Forgotten Island
15 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Frida: The Girl Just Doesn't Go Away
17 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
Incendies
17 Nov 2026 – 26 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
La Grazia Offers a Surprising Portrait of Italian Politics
17 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy
17 Nov 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
ODEON Hastings
Raise The Red Lantern
17 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
LPFF 2026 Short Session: Between Worlds
18 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
70 Syaal
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
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
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
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)
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
Focker-in-Law (Club Vue Preview)
24 Nov 2026
Vue Cinema Thanet - Westwood Cross
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 – 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
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
Next Level Anime: Paprika (15)
26 Nov 2026
Fabrica (Brighton)
One Battle After Another
26 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
Hexed
27 Nov 2026
ODEON Hastings
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)