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Melbourne's top outdoor cinemas
These are our top choices of alfresco cinema in Melbourne.

The 50 most beautiful cinemas in the world
Two of our favourite Melbourne cinemas made the coveted list!

The coolest cinemas in Melbourne
Melbourne is packed with excellent looking cinemas, from Art Deco relics to new age wonders.

Drive-in cinemas in Melbourne
Park yourself in front of the screen, tune into the FM broadcast and enjoy your movie.
Guides for Melbourne movie lovers

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Check out the latest releases in Australian cinemas, all reviewed by Time Out critics

Upcoming film festivals in Melbourne
Attention movie buffs: add these excellent Melbourne film festivals to your diary

The best outdoor cinemas in Melbourne
Catch cult classics, new releases and family favourites under the stars in Melbourne.

Top ten Aussie films to scare off tourists
A sweaty handful of movies making Tourism Australia's job that little bit harder
Movie reviews
Goa-Gunggari-Wakka Wakka Murri filmmaker Leah Purcell has walked a long and winding road from relishing a beloved bedtime story read by her late mother, to the...

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness is a solid reminder of what we love about Sam Raimi’s brand of moviemaking: both superhero (Spider-Man 2)...

Everything Everywhere All at Once
The multiverse is clearly having a moment. After Marvel gave us several Spider-Men and Doctor Stranges in its last two movies, we now have director duo...

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Co-written by JK Rowling and long-time Harry Potter screenwriter Steve Kloves, Fantastic Beasts is the third in a five-movie extension of Warner Bros’...

The Northman
Bored of identikit blockbusters and flatpack franchises which always seem to end with something smashing something else amid an ocean of CGI? Thank Odin, then,...
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The best cinemas in Melbourne

Cinema Nova
Melbourne's largest arthouse movie complex also hosts regular films events, special screenings and festivals

Lido Cinemas
An arthouse complex complete with a jazz bar, rooftop cinema and Huxtaburger
Melbourne's largest arthouse movie complex also hosts regular films events, special screenings and festivals

Cinema Nova
Melbourne's largest arthouse movie complex also hosts regular films events, special screenings and festivals

Lido Cinemas
An arthouse complex complete with a jazz bar, rooftop cinema and Huxtaburger

The Astor Theatre
A single-screen Art Deco theatre with a program of new and classic films in 35mm, 70mm and digital

Coburg Drive-In
One of Melbourne's last remaining drive-ins, this is a cinematic experience brimming with nostalgia

The Sun Theatre
This pint-sized Art Deco cinema counts Quentin Tarantino among its legion of film-loving fans