Another Berlin perennial, this twin-screen theatre runs a varied programme featuring indie crossover and UK films. Formerly a neighbourhood Turkish cinema,...

Housed in a restored landmark building by Hans Poelzig, this cinema focuses on new German independent film, but English-language fare is on the up,...

A massive complex, containing a cinema, theatre and gallery, operated by a friendly Berlin arts collective. There's also a party floor with a playlist...

Eight screens showing films in their original language, mostly English. Despite a few random sparks of creativity, it is mainstream fare and all major...

In the east, the Colosseum built in 1924 from a stable for the horses that pulled the first trams, was restored by the Soviets to become the finest cinema...

The Filmpalast dates from 1948 when a café was converted into a small cinema called the KiKi (Kino im Kindl) and was later redesigned and enlarged to become...

The Odeon is a last hold-out of the big, old, single-screen neighbourhood cinema. Deep in the heart of Schöneberg, programming is exclusively...

The Delphi was originally a popular 1920s dance palace. Bombed out during the war, it was rebuilt as the Delphi Filmpalast and became a major Cinemascope...

Only in Berlin would a dedicated gay cinema simultaneously be a multiple award-winner for children's programming. Those who have come of age can find gay...

Ufa Palast Am Zoo did not survive the bombing but its replacement, the Zoo Palast, was built to continue the tradition. Opened as a duplex theatre in 1957,...