



Filmpark Babelsberg transports film fans into the world of film and television just outside Berlin - with great technical effort and fantastic shows.
8 Locations
Berlin is a paradise for film fans, offering everything from restored silents to midnight cult screenings. Passionate and well catered for, film fans here can find a screening to suit almost any taste on any night. This overview gathers Berlin locations that keep cinema culture thriving.
Repertory houses and independent cinemas across the city curate seasons, director retrospectives and themed nights, often with introductions and discussions. Original language screenings serve the international crowd, and festivals beyond the Berlinale fill the calendar. Film bars and clubs add places to talk about what you have just seen.
Browse the venues below to find more for film fans across Berlin, from repertory houses to festivals.




Filmpark Babelsberg transports film fans into the world of film and television just outside Berlin - with great technical effort and fantastic shows.






The grand old Zoo Palast is back! The elaborately restored, traditional cinema in Berlin shows sophisticated entertainment and family films.






The Astor Film Lounge chases away your blues with an extra helping of luxury and plush as well as selected movies.



A little hidden, actually in the third backyard of Höfe am Südstern in Kreuzberg, you will find the small, relaxed arthouse-cinema which has long turned into an institution. In 2013 the Sputnik Kino celebrated its 25th anniversary.


The Arsenal is the repertory cinema located in the Film Museum on Potsdamer Platz and one of the movie theatres of the Berlin International Film Festival Berlinale.


If you like to watch movies in their original version, you will love the Odeon!


The Kino International on Karl-Marx-Allee is finally back and, after comprehensive renovation, shines brighter than ever in February 2026. As a former premiere cinema of the GDR, it combines authentic Eastern architecture with state-of-the-art technology and remains a prime destination for film fans with a sense of history.

Heike Makatsch, Wolfgang Joop and Nadja Auermann have already sipped their champagne in the legendary Paris Bar in Charlottenburg.