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.

A packed house, powerful conversations, and a community coming together. ❤️Thanks to Oxford Stand Up To Racism for filli...
22/07/2026

A packed house, powerful conversations, and a community coming together. ❤️

Thanks to Oxford Stand Up To Racism for filling UPP with solidarity and hope at last night's screening of Everybody to Kenmure Street.

New classics season posters looking 🔥
21/07/2026

New classics season posters looking 🔥

Won't somebody please think of the children('s milk delivered in dirty bottles)... our favourite slide from yesterday's ...
19/07/2026

Won't somebody please think of the children('s milk delivered in dirty bottles)... our favourite slide from yesterday's fascinating talk by local historian Liz Wooley about the Penultimate Picture Palace in the 1970s.

Every journey tells a story.To celebrate the release of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, we're hitting the road with a s...
17/07/2026

Every journey tells a story.

To celebrate the release of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, we're hitting the road with a season of films that search for the American soul. From dusty highways and endless plains to small towns, forgotten frontiers, and the Pacific coast, these are journeys of homecoming, escape, memory, loss, and discovery. Because the road is never just about where you're going...

📍 Paris, Texas
Sat 25 Jul, 5.30pm / Wed 29 Jul, 8pm

📍 Boogie Nights
Fri 31 Jul, 8pm / Sat 1 Aug, 5.30pm

📍 The Wizard of Oz
Sat 8 Aug, 2pm

📍 Stand By Me
Sun 9 Aug, 2.30pm / Tue 11 Aug, 5.45pm

📍 Dead Man
Sat 15 Aug, 4.45pm / Mon 17 Aug, 8.30pm

📍 Daughters of the Dust
Sun 16 Aug, 1.30pm / Wed 19 Aug, 5.30pm

📍 The Straight Story
Sun 23 Aug, 3pm / Mon 24 Aug, 6pm

🎟️ https://buff.ly/w9teAjf

Artwork by John Scarratt.

A little snapshot of the talented makers (and their makes!) from tonight's Together We Make craft-a-long screening of La...
16/07/2026

A little snapshot of the talented makers (and their makes!) from tonight's Together We Make craft-a-long screening of Lady Bird. So much creativity in one room! 🎬🧵

Badge up.
16/07/2026

Badge up.

We're thrilled to be featured by the Financial Times in its World's Most Breathtaking Cinemas article today 🥳 Being reco...
15/07/2026

We're thrilled to be featured by the Financial Times in its World's Most Breathtaking Cinemas article today 🥳

Being recognised alongside a handful of the world's most spectacular cinemas is an incredible honour and a testament to the unique experience we strive to create at UPP.

👀 https://buff.ly/juDWhpO

We've got a fantastic week of films and special events lined up from Friday...🎸 Nirvana: The Band, The Show, The Movie –...
15/07/2026

We've got a fantastic week of films and special events lined up from Friday...

🎸 Nirvana: The Band, The Show, The Movie – One of the films of the year, Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol bring their cult guerrilla TV series to the big screen.

🤠 Toy Story 5 - Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the gang are back and they're facing their greatest challenge yet: a kid who'd rather swipe a screen than pick up a toy.

⚔️ The Last Viking - A surreal and brilliant Danish black comedy starring Mads Mikkelsen as someone who believes they're John Lennon and can't remember where they buried the loot from a decades old heist.

💚 Effi O Blaenau - Back for an extra screening after proving so popular with audiences last week. Leisa Gwenllian is searing in this spikily funny adaptation of Gary Owen's celebrated one-woman play.

🎉 Winstanley - Join us as we celebrate 50 years of UPP Cinema with a special screening of the very first film we showed on our opening day in 1976. The event includes an introduction and a fascinating talk about the history of the cinema.

✊ Everybody to Kenmure Street - Featuring a special introduction from Oxford Stand Up To Racism, this inspiring documentary tells the story of a community coming together in solidarity.

🎟️ https://uppcinema.com/whats-on/

New programme just dropped! 👉 Swipe for everything coming up over the next four weeks, from The Odyssey, Toy Story 5 and...
14/07/2026

New programme just dropped! 👉 Swipe for everything coming up over the next four weeks, from The Odyssey, Toy Story 5 and The Invite to beloved favourites like Interstellar, Boogie Nights, Stand By Me, The Wizard of Oz and plenty more.

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

Telephone

+441865245288

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