A landmark of British realist cinema returns to where it first shocked audiences - SCUM premiered at the Prince Charles Cinema back in 1979, and now it’s back, restored in stunning 4K from 88 Films. Unflinching, savage and still painfully relevant, it screens as part of our Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair season on Tue 17th June at 20:45!

THE PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA FILM QUIZ is revamped and back with a vengeance on Wed 25th June - with a new in-house incarnation that will be bigger, louder, and more gloriously PCC than ever.

Following THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK, we’re proud to continue spotlighting powerful, groundbreaking queer cinema throughout our programme with a curated strand titled LGBTQIA+ STORIES.

For Pride Month, on Tue 3rd June - Funeral Parade Queer Film Society is proud to present The Times of Harvey Milk, Rob Epstein’s powerful portrait of a pioneering gay politician and a tireless advocate for LGBTQ rights.

To celebrate its 50th Anniversary, Stanley Kubrick’s BARRY LYNDON, starring Ryan O’Neal, returns to our screens in 4K this July! See this beautiful painting-like epic like you’ve never seen it, as it is presented from a new 4K restoration that was sourced from a 4K scan of the 35mm original camera negative.  

There are many perks to being a member at The Prince Charles Cinema. One of our favourites is our regular £1 SCREENINGS. That's right! We regularly show films that cost our only £1! How can you beat that offer?

Tickets are now sale to for our 35mm screening of THE PROPOSITION on Tuesday 17th June, featuring a Live in-person Post-Film Q&A from Director John Hillcoat and stars Ray Winstone and Emily Watson!

Relive the hauntingly beautiful British animated classic, WATERSHIP DOWN, as it serves as the Opening Film for Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair on Sunday 15th June. On the day, we will be ed by Andrew Haigh for an Introduction.

Just when we though BLEAK WEEK: CINEMA OF DESPAIR couldn’t get any bleaker, we’ve gone and secured ourselves the London Premiere of David Cronenberg’s latest feature THE SHROUDS on Monday 16th June!

Ahead of the release of 28 Years Later – Don’t miss Danny Boyle’s seminal horror classic 28 DAYS LATER screening for ONE NIGHT ONLY on 21st May! To meet demand, a second show has been added earlier in the evening!

Bleak Week just got bleaker! On Wednesday 18th June, writer and director Paddy Considine s us LIVE ON STAGE with his 2011 directorial debut, TYRANNOSAUR, featuring an Intro and Post-Film Q&A!

A legend of British cinema comes to The Prince Charles Cinema this June! Don’t miss writer & director Mike Leigh live on stage with performances of his films BLEAK MOMENTS & NAKED, as part of Bleak Week on 20th & 21st June.

In case you missed the news, we’ve partnered with American Cinematheque to bring BLEAK WEEK: CINEMA OF DESPAIR to London from 15th - 21st June, and our first wave of shows are now on sale to PCC ! This most dismal week of cinema opens with WATERSHIP DOWN, introduced by Andrew Haigh, will feature both BLEAK MOMENTS and NAKED with Mike Leigh Live in Person for Q&As, and will close with THE DEVIL, introduced by Robert Eggers!

Witness “The Horror...” of Francis Ford Coppola’s APOCALYPSE NOW: FINAL CUT, the definitive version of one of cinema’s most ambitious and surreal war films, and Elenor Coppola’s infamous “making of” Oscar winning documentary HEARTS OF DARKNESS, returning to cinemas from a new 4K restoration! Both screen back-to-back in a “Make Your Own Double Feature” on 5th & 10th July! - TICKETS HERE!

Ever wondered what movies looked like before the digital age? 70mm is as close to cinematic magic as it gets - bigger, richer, sharper. With the triumphant return of LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and many more selections below, there's never been a better time to experience it.

Our FRIDAY NIGHT FRIGHTS season has been a runaway success for the last few months, since it’s inception back in December. We’ve just added a whole load of films to the slate including THE EVIL DEAD TRILOGY, ONE CUT OF THE DEAD, FRIDAY THE 13TH, MANHUNTER & SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. GET TICKETS!

A24 fans in London can enjoy some of our classic films in the cinema all over again. We’re hosting a week of screenings from the beloved film studio, featuring EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, UNCUT GEMS, MIDSOMMAR, MOONLIGHT, LADY BIRD, PAST LIVES and THE LIGHTHOUSE.

We’re absolutely crime-ridden here at the PCC, and we’re not apologising for it. This email is your guide to the best in criminal cinema. From slick heists to bloody showdowns, we’ve got the criminals you’ll want to get to know! We’ll start you off with a Tarantino triple whammy: PULP FICTION, RESERVOIR DOGS and ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD - back on the big screen, tickets HERE!

F.W. Murnau's original vampire classic, NOSFERATU, returns on 8th June with improvised LIVE SCORE from the brilliant Hugo Max! Plus, Hugo Max takes on more Silent Classics, including Benjamin Christensen's HÄXAN on 18th May and 29th June, and F. W. Murnau’s FAUST on 25th May and 23rd June!

We’re excited to announce that David Lynch and Mark Frost’s television phenomenon TWIN PEAKS is coming to the Prince Charles Cinema! We’ll kick things off with SEASON 1, with weekly episode screenings in July and an all-night TWIN PEAKS: SEASON 1 MARATHON on Saturday 30th August!

On Sunday 4th May, don't miss the return of the original SCOOBY-DOOBLE FEATURE : featuring the loveable 2002 live-action adaptation of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon series, SCOOBY-DOO, and its 2004 sequel, SCOOBY DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED, back-to-back from 35mm prints in one night! Accept no imitations!

On Wednesday 23rd April, us for an exclusive FREE to PCC ONLY Preview Screening of the new Netflix film HAVOC (on Netflix 25th April), starring Tom Hardy and Forest Whitaker. On the night, we will be ed by Director Gareth Evans for an Intro and Post-Film Q&A. **FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE TO PCC in two hours!

On April 21st, Bank Holiday Monday, enter a world of 1970s political paranoia with our back-to-back screenings of Alan J. Pakula’s Paranoia Trilogy. Three of the greatest thrillers ever made - ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN, THE PARALLAX VIEW, and KLUTE!

We’ve got another matinée strand featuring the films from another European great – ÉRIC ROHMER! Don’t miss these delicately told stories of longing and morality from Éric Rohmer – a vital staple of French cinema. Highlights include THE MARQUISE OF O, PERCEVAL LE GALLOIS, THE AVIATOR’S WIFE, A GOOD MARRIAGE, PAULINE AT THE BEACH and THE GREEN RAY.

Explore the works of the enfant terrible of the 1970s New German Cinema movement – RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER. From April to June, we'll be diving into the filmography of the late, great filmmaker with a matinée selectrospective season that features eleven classics, including LOVE IS COLDER THAN DEATH, THE MERCHANT OF FOUR SEASONS, ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL, EFFI BRIEST, THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT and FOX AND HIS FRIENDS.

Don't miss Krzysztof Kieślowski's THREE COLOURS TRILOGY, returning to the PCC in solo screenings. BLUE - 12th April & 1st May • WHITE - 26th April & 15th May • RED - 11th May & 29th May!

We’re bringing you a season of six selections from THE FILMS OF SEAN BAKER. Starting with TAKE OUT then PRINCE OF BROADWAY, TANGERINE, THE FLORIDA PROJECT, RED ROCKET and finally more screenings of 2025’s Best Picture winner ANORA!

That’s right, Peter Jackson's THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY: EXTENDED EDITIONS are back over the next few months as part of our famous All-Night & All Day Marathons and as individual shows in 4K!

STUDIO GHIBLI finally returns to the PCC! We’re giving you a triple offering of Miyazaki classics - SPIRITED AWAY, MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO & THE BOY AND THE HERON!

Joe Wright’s beloved adaptation of Jane Austen’s PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen, celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year. Catch this beloved favourite of TikTok on the big screen for TWO WEEKS ONLY from Friday 25th April to Thursday 8th May!

Witness some true anime masterpieces on the big screen, as we screen two companion pieces to Hideaki Anno’s Neon Genesis Evangelion – EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)² and THE END OF EVANGELION in Double Feature on Friday 18th April and in solo performances throughout May and June! Plus, we have the return of Hideaki Anno’s epic 2023 masterpiece EVANGELION:3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A TIME this July! Tickets HERE.

Press play on our CINEMATIC JUKEBOX season and browse a selection of varying genres, moods and eras with what is maybe our most eclectic season, browse away HERE!

Browse away at 53 selections, from classics to more obscure favourites from directors spanning the globe with our WORLD CINEMA season. Get your tickets HERE!

It’s about time for some more Movie Marathon fun as we line up a variety of selections of All-Night cinema. Beyond LOTR TRILOGY there’s our DAVID LYNCH MARATHON, classic MYSTERY MOVIE MARATHONS, and THE TWILIGHT SAGA!

It's been over 25 years since the late-great Satoshi Kon's eerily prescient feature debut was released. The anime thriller was way ahead of its time, as it predicted the dark age of internet celebrity; depicting the fame free-fall, sinister fandoms and a young woman's descent into insanity on and offline.

us this Spring and Summer, as we present a selection of classics from the master Japanese filmmaker, Akira Kurosawa. This strand will feature his heaviest of hitters like SEVEN SAMURAI, IKIRU and DRUNKEN ANGEL, as well as some of his lesser-screened classics such as HIGH AND LOW, STRAY DOG, THE BAD SLEEP WELL, I LIVE IN FEAR, and THE MEN WHO TREAD ON THE TIGER’S TAIL.