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Brisbane’s Best Boutique Cinemas

Brisbane has a thriving collection of boutique cinemas, from original 1920s and 70's movie theatres that have retained their character to contemporary art house cinemas with plush seating and bars. Here are 13 of the best:

Angelika Cinemas
Angelika Cinemas
Elevate your cinema experience at Brisbane's luxurious new film centre with SoHo lounges & enchanted balcony bar
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Elizabeth Picture Theatre
Elizabeth Picture Theatre
The Elizabeth Picture Theatre is a luxury cinema in the heart of the Brisbane, housed in the stunning heritage-listed
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Red Hill Cinemas
Red Hill Cinemas Red Hill
Red Hill Cinemas have risen from the ashes of the old Red Hill skate arena and the original picture theatre on that site
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Hawthorne Cinemas
Hawthorne Cinemas buiding facade
One of a few historical Brisbane movie theatres still in operation, the Hawthorne Cinemas started life as The Roxy in 1922
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Cinebar Rosalie Village
Entrance to the Cinebar Rosalie
Cinebar Rosalie Village is a hidden gem - a quartet of tiny boutique cinemas
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Palace Barracks Cinemas
Palace Barracks Cinemas, Petrie Terrace, Brisbane
This state-of-the-art cinema complex is a top spot to see latest release films, art-house movies and
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New Farm Cinemas
New Farm Cinemas
The iconic Village Twin Cinema, renamed New Farm Cinemas, features the famous Purple Room in fully restored glory
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Australian Cinematheque GOMA
GOMA cinemathequeeople watching Hitchcock film in GOMA cinematheque
The Australian Cinematheque occupies a pair of intimate custom designed theatrettes which are encased in the black box jutting out from the road side of GOMA
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Hawthorne Deluxe Cinema
Hawthorne Deluxe Cinema
Hawthorne Deluxe Cinema is the glamorous 21st century sibling to the historic Hawthorne Cinema across the road
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Balmoral Cinema
Foyer with columns and coloured carpet inside the Balmoral Cinema in Bulimba
The first cinema to operate on this site, the Avro, opened as a single open air cinema in 1912 and closed after the end of World War I
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Regal Twin Cinema
Regal Twin Cinema Graceville
This, the last of Brisbane’s twin cinemas, occupies the site of the original open air theatre called Graceville Picture Gardens
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Palace James St Cinemas
Palace Centro Cinemas sign surrounded by palm trees in Fortitude Valley on James St.
This boutique cinema complex in leafy James St is the centre for multicultural films
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Dendy Cinemas Portside
Entrance to the Dendy Cinemas Portside in Hamilton
Since the old Dendy closed at the historical Elycium Theatre in the city, this spankingly modern cinema wears the mantle of the only Dendy in town
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