Make It To The Movies In Leicester

Leicester is blessed with a great variety of cinemas, both mainstream and arthouse, plus fantastic organisations putting on special events and showings. Whether you’re looking for the latest blockbuster, a film festival, foreign language showings or themed evenings, we have got you covered.

Here’s what’s taking place over the next few months!

Obviously the Phoenix is Leicester’s top independent cinema showing a range of the latest blockbusters, arthouse and classic movies, plus independent and foreign films from across the world. We can’t give a full listing, head to their website for that, but here are just a few of the highlights.

Robert Redford Selectrospective. Running through January and February, this tribute to one of the great  Hollywood stars includes such classics as Ordinary People, All The President’s Men and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Knowing Me, Knowing You – The True Self in Japanese Cinema. The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme returns as part of a UK-wide festival, bringing a collection of films that centred on the theme of the true self and the quest to understand it. Films include Nemurubaka: Hypnic Jerks, Conflagration, Strangers in Kyoto and Ghost Killer.

There will also be screenings of a special 4k restoration of Sunset Boulevard, Park Chan Wook’s No Other Choice, a Holocaust Memorial Day showing of i was 8814, and a rare screening of seminal Danish cycling documentary A Sunday in Hell with an intro by The Guardian’s William Fotheringham.

But there are films every day of the week plus events, art exhibitions, live music and comedy, not to mention the special Lazy Sunday screenings where you can get a breakfast from the in-house restaurant before the 12.30 screening for just £14.95!

Take a look at the Phoenix’s full listings here.

Located just a stone’s throw from the city centre and with a full range of mod cons including fully reclining armchair style seating, three times the usual legroom and 4k iSense screens with Dolby Atmos sound. Take a look at their event cinema listings here.

22 January – National Theatre Live Hamlet

5 Feb – R.E.M. X Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr.

6 Feb – Stray Kids: The Dominate Experience live show

26 Feb – National Theatre Live The Audience with Helen Mirren

The Showcase Cinema in Leicester City Centre has regular event cinema screenings, with classic movies, world cinema and arts performances on screen. The highlights are below but take a look at their full listings here.

8 January – Shakespeare in Love

9 January – Labyrinth 40^th anniversary screening

17 January – The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Extended Edition Marathon

16-17 January – The Evil Dead

18, 20 & 22 January – The Good The Bad and the Ugly

22 & 24 January – Megadeth: Behind the Mask

23-24 January – Evil Dead 2

31 January – Leicester Film Club presents a 40^th anniversary screening of Big Trouble in Little China in the Director’s Lounge.

A range of World Cinema including Sarvam Maya, Dhurandar, Back to the Past, The Raja Saab and Jana Nayagan

Just outside Leicester at the Meridian Business Park, Vue offers an alternative venue, with great value tickets plus a range of special event cinema experiences including dance, theatre, opera, sport and music. Check out the listings here

12 January – The Met: Live in HD 2025-26 Season: I Puritani

14 January – RBO Cinema Season 2025-26: La Traviata

6-8 February – Stray Kids: The Dominate Experience

9 February – RBO Cinema Season 2025-26: Woolf Works

22 January – National Theatre Live Hamlet

26 February – National Theatre Live The Audience with Helen Mirren