At the movies: 16 of our favourite cinemas in Belgium

For full cinema listings including UGC, see cinebel.be.

BRUSSELS

Cinema Aventure
Inside the Galeries du Centre, this intimate cinema is the place to see a film that’s no longer on at other theatres. The bar is worth a detour.
57 Rue des Fripiers

Cinema Nova
A non-profit that has been around for more than 20 years and works hard to get its hands on indie films with little commercial potential.
3 Rue d’Arenberg

Palace
Specialises in new arthouse and foreign movies. Its restaurant serves lunch and dinner six days a week, with brunch on Sundays.
85 Boulevard Anspach

Le Stockel
Neighbourhood cinema with a limited but good choice of mainstream and art house films.
17 Avenue de Hinnisdael

Vendome
Five screens and widely varied programming.
18 Chaussée de Wavre

Kinograph
Neighbourhood movie house at See U in Ixelles is a temporary project in the former military barracks. The first cinema cooperative in Brussels offers an eclectic programme with cult, classic and new films as well as mini festivals.
227 Avenue de la Couronne

OUTSIDE BRUSSELS

Le Caméo
Part of the Liège Grognoux group, this independent cinema complex occupies a renovated Art Deco building in the centre of Namur. Original version art-house and mainstream films, preview screenings and events, plus bar-restaurant.
49 Rue des Carmes

Cartoon’s
Authentic 1970s cinema with three screens and underground cafe.
4-6 Kaasstraat, Antwerp

Cine Centre
Neighbourhood cinema chain also in Jodoigne and Stockel, Brussels.
91 Avenue de Mérode, Rixensart

De Cinema
Old movies only, with special themed screening nights.
4 Maarschalk Gérardstraat, Antwerp

Cinescope
Multi-screen complex offering a full programme of original version films.
55 Grand-Place, Louvain-la-Neuve

Cines Wellington
Seven-screen complex in Waterloo town centre. The 40-year-old family-run cinema offers a diverse programme of films for all ages.
165 Chaussée de Bruxelles

Grignoux
Cinéma Churchill, Cinéma & Brasserie Sauvenière and Cinéma & Café le Parc all come under the Grignoux umbrella and its vast offer of quality films and events in Liège.

Pathé
The complex boasts a 4DX theatre, guaranteeing a complete special effects experience. Pathé/Cinépoint cinemas are also in Verviers, Bastogne, Libramont and Marche.
141 Grand’Rue, Charleroi

Quai 10
The film and gaming complex is part of Charleroi’s regeneration. Five movie theatres screen quality mainstream and arthouse films in original version. The quayside site also houses a brasserie.
10 Quai Arthur Rimbaud

Sphinx
The longest-running cinema in Flanders has been pulling in the art-house crowds since 1928.
3 Sint-Michielshelling, Ghent

Studio Skoop
Founded in 1970 and hasn’t changed much since.
63 Sint-Annaplein, Ghent