This ambitious 18-screen development screens art movies and mainstream fodder, and hosts regular meet-the-director events. The 19-screen UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles (7 pl de la...

This glorious edifice is not, as local legend might have it, a block-by-block import, but a 19th-century replica of a pagoda by a French architect. Renovated in the late 1990s,...

Opened in 1932, this huge art deco cinema was designed by Auguste Bluysen with fantasy Hispanic interiors by US designer John Eberson. Go behind the scenes in the crazy...

With its wedding-cake exterior, fairy-tale interior and the largest auditorium in Europe (2,750 seats), this is one of the few cinemas to upstage whatever it screens: no wonder...

Three theatres, three cinemas, a restaurant and a bar make up this versatile cultural centre. Theatre-wise, Molière and other classic playwrights get a good thrashing, but so...

A Left Bank stalwart, the Action group is renowned for screening new prints of old movies. It's heaven for anyone who's nostalgic for Tinseltown classics and quality US...

The MK2 chain's flagship offers an all-in-one night out: 14 screens, three restaurants, a bar open until 5am at weekends and two-person 'love seats'. A paragon of imaginative...

Named after Pasolini's first film, this tiny Latin Quarter cinema has a clear preference for old Italian arthouse. That said, there's still plenty of room on the rolling weekly...

Built in 1935 and boasting a mock ocean-liner foyer, Le Balzac scores highly for design and programming. Jean-Jacques Schpoliansky, the manager, is often found welcoming...

This charming little cinema offers a nicely eclectic repertory selection that ranges from François Ozon and Hayao Miyazaki to shorts and animation, as well as new-release...

The two-screen Champo has been in operation for nearly seven decades, a venerable past recognised in 2000 when it was given historic monument status. In the 1960s it was a...

The exciting programming at this flag-bearer for Latin cultures runs the gamut from Argentinian to Romanian films. Latin dance features at the €17 film-dinner-dancing deals on...

The varied programme here features themed series, experimental and artists' films, and a weekly documentary session. This is also the venue for the Cinéma du Réel festival in...

To celebrate its centenary in 2007, the city's oldest surviving movie house opened a tea room with interior design by Catherine Deneuve. It continues to screen new, often...