The Ultimate Picture Palace (UPP)

The Ultimate Picture Palace (UPP) Oxford's very own independent cinema. A single screen in a cosy auditorium showing an eclectic mix of We are open every day of the week. Themed seasons.
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The Ultimate Picture Palace is an independent community-owned cinema showing a mix of indie, international, art-house, mainstream, documentary, and classic films. Our single-screen auditorium has 105 seats with a small bar serving drinks and snacks. However, with social distance restrictions in place, our maximum capacity is now around 30. We don’t show adverts, so the advertised time is the actua

l start time for the film. Other regular special screenings:

Classic Films (Sunday afternoons and Monday evenings). Baby Club (Every other Thursday, 12:00) - screenings exclusively for parents with babies under one-year-old. Wheelchair access
The access to the main entrance of the cinema and ticket office is level, as is the entrance to the screen and bar. The toilets are below the screen down a few steps. However, we have an arrangement in place for our customers to use the facilities of our neighbours. The cinema is just off Cowley Road, on Jeune Street and is easily accessible from the bus stop. There is space for a taxi to stop directly outside the cinema and there are a few disabled parking bays opposite the main entrance.

From bloody meta-horror and Spielberg adventure to Almodóvar on 35mm, there’s plenty coming up at Oxford’s only independ...
09/09/2026

From bloody meta-horror and Spielberg adventure to Almodóvar on 35mm, there’s plenty coming up at Oxford’s only independent cinema...

🩸 Teenage S*x and Death at Camp Miasma - Jane Schoenbrun’s delirious new meta-horror starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson.

🎄 Bitter Christmas - Pedro Almodóvar’s latest is a sun-dappled meditation on memory, creativity and the blurred boundaries between reality and fiction.

🏺 Raiders of the Lost Ark - Spielberg’s whip-cracking classic returns for its 45th anniversary.

🎞️ All About My Mother - Almodóvar’s Oscar-winning masterpiece, presented on 35mm. The start of our All About Almodóvar season.

👑 Lady - Sian Clifford (Fleabag) stars in a riotous mockumentary about aristocracy, loneliness and an increasingly strange hunger for attention.

🚗 Making Cars - discover the history of Cowley’s Morris Motors and Pressed Steel factories in these FREE Oxford Open Doors screenings, with an intro on Saturday and Q&A on Sunday.

🎟️ https://buff.ly/gXmUsIe

UPP above. 📸 Lex Wolf.
08/09/2026

UPP above.

📸 Lex Wolf.

🎞️ ALMODÓVAR ON 35MM 🎞️Pedro Almodóvar’s All About My Mother is a vivid, funny and deeply moving celebration of female r...
07/09/2026

🎞️ ALMODÓVAR ON 35MM 🎞️

Pedro Almodóvar’s All About My Mother is a vivid, funny and deeply moving celebration of female resilience, motherhood, friendship and the extraordinary ways we care for one another. Showing this Saturday in glorious 35mm.

🎟️ https://buff.ly/vT3LGyj

What does Michael Mann’s Thief have to do with romance, diamonds, existentialism - and a 200-pound drill?Film writer and...
07/09/2026

What does Michael Mann’s Thief have to do with romance, diamonds, existentialism - and a 200-pound drill?

Film writer and programmer Georgia Humphreys explores the rogue romance at the heart of Mann’s 1981 neo-noir, from Frank’s obsession with time and craft to the tender, heartbreaking relationship at its centre. Read her deep dive on our blog...

👀 https://buff.ly/aoKczJ2

This week at UPP: From Dolly Parton and Disney classics to dinosaurs, nuns and one very bloody trip to Camp Crystal Lake...
02/09/2026

This week at UPP: From Dolly Parton and Disney classics to dinosaurs, nuns and one very bloody trip to Camp Crystal Lake…

🌟 Nine to Five - Screening in memory of the late, great Dolly Parton. Sing along to the theme song and enjoy Dolly, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin take on their sexist boss.

🦖 The End of Oak Street - A family fight to survive after a cosmic event brings dinosaurs to suburbia. From director David Robert Mitchell (It Follows, Under the Silver Lake).

✍️ & Sons - A dying novelist brings his estranged family back together in this darkly funny drama. Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, and George MacKay star.

🙏 Holy Days - Three unconventional nuns take a road trip across New Zealand in this warm and funny comedy.

👨‍🍳 Tony - Dominic Sessa stars as Anthony Bourdain in this drama about the young chef finding his way in New York’s kitchens.

🎞️ DOUBLE BILL: SUNSET BOULEVARD + FRIDAY THE 13TH
Our Teenage S*x and Death at Camp Miasma-inspired double bill pairs Billy Wilder’s razor-sharp Sunset Boulevard with the iconic slasher Friday the 13th, noting their influence on the highly anticipated Teenage S*x & Death at Camp Miasma. Both screenings are introduced by Dr Michael Goodrum, and book for both films together for 25% off.

🦊 Kino Kids: The Fox and the Hound - Disney’s classic about an unlikely friendship between a fox and a hunting dog.

🎟️ https://uppcinema.com/whats-on/

🎬 Our first ever UPP Film Quiz is TOMORROW 🍿Think you know your Hitchcock from your Hanks? Your Scorsese from your Spiel...
02/09/2026

🎬 Our first ever UPP Film Quiz is TOMORROW 🍿

Think you know your Hitchcock from your Hanks? Your Scorsese from your Spielberg? Put your film knowledge to the test at Big Society, right next door to UPP, from 7.30pm on Thursday 3 September.

Find out more at the link below...

👀 https://uppcinema.com/oxford-film-pub-quiz/

❤️ We were given this gorgeous drawing yesterday by Moeri, along with the sweetest note. As a Japanese exchange student ...
30/08/2026

❤️ We were given this gorgeous drawing yesterday by Moeri, along with the sweetest note.

As a Japanese exchange student spending a short time in Oxford, they wrote about finding a warm welcome at UPP, a place they felt comfortable, and an atmosphere that reminds them of home.

It means so much to us to know that our little corner of Oxford can feel like home to someone, even for a short while. Thank you, Moeri.

💖 Celebrating Dolly Parton 💖 Following the sad news of Dolly’s death, we’re paying tribute to one of the world’s most be...
27/08/2026

💖 Celebrating Dolly Parton 💖 Following the sad news of Dolly’s death, we’re paying tribute to one of the world’s most beloved stars with a special screening of Nine to Five - where Dolly, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin take on one very bad boss.

Grab your popcorn, sing along to the iconic theme song, and enjoy a whole lot of Dolly magic. At UPP on Monday 7 September.

🎟️ https://uppcinema.com/show/nine-to-five/

🚨 STEWART LEE IS COMING TO THE UPP 🚨We’re thrilled to announce that Stewart Lee will be performing his intimate Pea Gre...
27/08/2026

🚨 STEWART LEE IS COMING TO THE UPP 🚨

We’re thrilled to announce that Stewart Lee will be performing his intimate Pea Green Boat show at three late night events at Ultimate Picture Palace this November - with all profits going to our Save the UPP campaign.

Nearly 24,000 people have signed our petition calling on Oriel College to extend our lease and allow the UPP to remain in the building where it has been a cinema since 1911 - and we're delighted to have Stewart Lee's support too.

Stewart learned about film at the UPP in the 1980s, and he’s coming back to perform his darkly comic response to Edward Lear’s The Owl and the Pussy-cat alongside invited musicians improvising a live soundtrack. Each 25-minute performance will be followed by a Q&A and book signing.

Find out more about the events, the Save the UPP campaign and buy tickets below...

🎟️ https://buff.ly/FYWFVVj

🚨 We're launching a brand new monthly film quiz in partnership with our friends Keepin it Reel...Is your mind overflowin...
26/08/2026

🚨 We're launching a brand new monthly film quiz in partnership with our friends Keepin it Reel...

Is your mind overflowing with movie trivia? Do you know your Pixar from your DreamWorks, and your Golden Lions from your Silver Bears? And can you guess the film purely from the poster tagline or a section of dialogue?

Well, we have good news for you! We're launching of a new monthly film quiz, taking place at the Big Society pub right next door to the cinema, starting next Thursday 3rd September.

Find out more below...

👀 https://buff.ly/XJ2K5bj

Address

Jeune Street
Oxford
OX41BN

Opening Hours

Monday 2:30pm - 11pm
Tuesday 2:30pm - 11pm
Wednesday 3pm - 11pm
Thursday 3pm - 11pm
Friday 3pm - 11pm
Saturday 3pm - 11pm
Sunday 2:30pm - 11pm

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+441865245288

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