London’s most fun cinema – it’s home to regular singalongs – is also one of its cheapest, with tickets starting at £1 for members. It’s great for catching up on recent multiplex hits, arty vintage classics and indie oddities. But best of all are the famous all-night movie pyjama parties. From back-to-back teen flicks and Arnie marathons to the complete works of Wes Anderson, these dusk-till-dawn happenings are the Prince Charles’s stock in trade. Not all screenings are under £10 (the all-nighters most definitely aren’t). But classic movies tend to be £10.50 or less – and if you buy a £15 annual membership it all gets even cheaper.
‘Back in my day, you could see a film for 20p and still have change for a bag of chips on the way home.’ It’s been the anecdote of choice for grumbly codgers for decades, and their disapproving view of today’s cinema prices is hard to argue with. But there are still lots of cheap cinemas in London – you just need to know where to look. Read on for our pick of London’s best cheap cinemas, where the value still won’t impress your grandad, but you’ll at least get change from a tenner.
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