The david lean cinema

NO ORDINARY FILMS, NO ORDINARY CINEMA

What's On

We have two special screenings in August which include Q&A's:
Wednesday 05 August at 7.00pm - ALL OF US STRANGERS plus Q&A
Tuesday 18 August at 7.00pm - COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT plus Q&A

Backrooms

BACKROOMS: EVERYTHING MUST GO

2026 | Dir Kane Parsons | USA | 126 min
Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass

Clark, a furniture showroom owner discovers a mysterious doorway in his basement leading to the Backrooms — an endless maze of empty, eerie rooms. Drawn into the strange alternate dimension, he becomes increasingly obsessed, returning night after night to explore its depths. When Clark confides in his therapist, Dr Mary Kline, she struggles to believe his claims. But after Clark disappears while attempting to document the Backrooms with friends, Dr Kline is forced to venture into the unsettling labyrinth herself in search of her missing patient.

Contains sequencies of flashing lights that may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

Tuesday 21 July at 7.30pm
Saturday 25 July at 2.00pm (HOH)

Disclosure Day

DISCLOSURE DAY

2026 | Dir Steven Spielberg | USA | 145 min
Stars: Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth

Steven Spielberg, the director of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, ET and War of the Worlds, continues with his fascination for the extraterrestrial with this sci-fi thriller. When TV weather presenter Emily Blunt is seized by an otherworldly force live on air, a terrifying chain of events is set in motion across the globe. Josh O’Connor and Colin Firth also star as a whistleblower and a ruthless government operative. Seven billion people. One explosive truth. Disclosure Day is coming.

Contains sequencies of flashing lights that may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

Wednesday 22 July at 5.30pm
Thursday 23 July at 2.30pm (HOH) and 7.00pm

Zootropolis 2

ZOOTROPOLIS 2

2025 | Dir Jared Bush and Byron Howard | USA | 108 min
Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Ke Huy Quan

Also known as Zootopia 2 (in the USA), this Bafta winning, Oscar nominated caper reunites the voice cast and creative team behind Zootropolis (2016) with critics widely agreeing it was worth the wait. In a world populated only by animals, bunny cop Judy Hopps and new recruit, Nick Wilde the fox, team up to crack a new case with the help of pit viper Gary De’Snake and expose the corruption of the powerful Lynxley family. With countless film and pop culture references for the adults, slick animation, warmth and humour for the kids, this is Disney family entertainment at its best.
Family Film Club in partnership with Croydon Family Hubs.

Thursday 23 July at 11.00am

Finding Emily

FINDING EMILY

2026 | Dir Alicia MacDonald | UK | USA | 111 min
Stars: Angourie Rice, Spike Fearn, Yali Topol Margalith

Just in time for summer, we’re thrilled to present Finding Emily, a homegrown romcom very much in the style of Notting Hill and Rye Lane. Set in Manchester, the film follows Owen, a young musician who goes on a night out and meets Emily, the girl of his dreams — only to discover the next morning that the phone number she gave him is missing a digit. So, with the help of another Emily (a psychology student with her own motive for joining the hunt), he begins a quest across campus to find his elusive love.

This film contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

Tuesday 28 July at 2.30pm and 7.30pm (HOH)

The Devil Wears Prada 2

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2

2025 | Dir David Frankel | USA | 119 min
Stars: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt

Twenty years on, The Devil Wears Prada 2 struts back onto the scene with its original cast and a fresh dose of high-fashion drama. Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) — ice-cold stare intact — is fighting to keep her fashion magazine Runway relevant as the print media world crumbles. Her former protégé Anne Hathaway returns in considerably better shoes, but it's former assistant-turned-rival Emily Blunt who may prove Miranda's most formidable foe yet. Stilettos are sharpened, alliances tested, and the drama is more fabulous than ever.

Wednesday 29 July at 7.30pm

Arco

ARCO

2026 | Dir Ugo Bienvenu | USA | 88 min

In 2075, 10-year-old Iris sees a mysterious boy in a rainbow jumpsuit falling from the sky. Arco comes from a distant, idyllic future where time travel is possible. Iris takes Arco in and will do whatever it takes to help him return home. This Oscar and BAFTA nominated hand-drawn animation is an uplifting film full of colour and excitement. “Director Bienvenu… has crafted a family film that’s offbeat and full of heart” (Time Out)
Family Film Club in partnership with Croydon Family Hubs.

Thursday 30 July at 11.00am

A Private Life

A PRIVATE LIFE (Vie Privee)

2025 | Dir Rebecca Zlotowski | France | 107 min
Stars: Jodie Foster, Daniel Auteil, Virginie Efira

Jodie Foster plays Lilian Steiner, an American psychiatrist adrift in Paris — divorced, estranged from her son, and losing herself in her patients' troubles. When one of her patients is found dead in an apparent suicide, Steiner can't let it go. Armed with little more than professional instinct and the reluctant company of her ex-husband played by Daniel Auteil, she begins to dig. What unfolds is part Hitchcockian thriller and part wry relationship comedy.
French with English subtitles.

Thursday 30 July at 2.30pm and 7.30pm

Ghost (relaxed)

1990 | USA | 126 min
Sat 18 July at 11.00am (relaxed)

Backrooms

2026 | USA | 126 min
Tues 21 July at 7.30pm

Disclosure Day

2026 |  USA | 145 min
Wednesday 22 July at 5.30pm

 Zootropolis 2

2025 | USA | 108 min
Thursday 23 July at 11.00am

Disclosure Day

2026 | USA | 145 min
Thurs 23 July at 2.30pm (HOH) and 7.00pm

Backrooms

2026 | USA | 126 min
Sat 25 July at 2.00pm (HOH)

Finding Emily

2026 | UK | USA | 111 min
Tues 28 July at 2.30pm and 7.30pm (HOH)

 The Devil Wears Prada 2

2026 | USA|  119 min
Weds 29 July at 7.30pm

Arco

2026 | USA | 88 min
Thursday 30 July at 11.00am

 

A Private Life

2026 | France | 103 min
Thursday 30 July at 2.30pm and 7.30pm
(French with English subtitles)

Fame

1980 | USA | 134 min
Tues 04 Aug at 11.00am (Dementia Friendly)

Effi O Blaenau

2026 | UK | 91 min
Tues 04 Aug at 2.30pm and 7.30pm
(Welsh with English subtitles)

All Of Us Strangers

2023 | UK | USA | 105 min
Weds 05 Aug at 7.00pm (Plus Q&A)

Savage House

2026 | UK | 114 min
Thurs 06 Aug at 2.30pm (HOH) and 7.30pm

Stand By Me

1986 | USA | 88 min
Tues 11 Aug at 2.00pm and 7.30pm

 

 Primavera

2025 | Italy | 111 min
Weds 12 Aug at 2.30pm
Italian with English subtitles

Les Liaisons Dangereuse

2026 | UK | 180 min (incl 15 min interval)
Weds 12 Aug at 6.30pm

Minions & Monsters

2026 | USA | 90 min
Thurs 13 Aug at 11.00am

The Last Viking

2025 | Denmark | 116 min
Thurs 13 Aug at 2.30pm and 7.30pm
(Danish with English subtitles)

Finding Emily

2026 | UK | USA | 111 min
Fri 14 Aug at 11.00am
Babes In Arms screening

Fame

1980 | USA | 134 min
Sat 15 Aug at 11.00am (Relaxed)

Nino

2025 | France | 96 min
Tuesday 18 Aug at 2.30pm
(French with English subtitles)

Come See Me In The Good Light

2025 | USA | 104 min
Tues 18 Aug at 7.00pm (plus Q&A)

Nino

2025| France | 96 min
Weds 19 Aug at 7.30pm
(French with English subtitles)

Toy Story 5

2026 | USA | 102 min
Thurs 20 Aug at 11am, 2.30pm (HOH) and 7.00pm

The Sheep Detectives

2025 | UK | USA | 109 min
Sat 22 Aug at 2.00pm

Ish

2025 | UK | 89 min
Tues 25 Aug at 2.30pm and 7.30pm

 

The Odyssey

2026 | UK | USA | 172 min
Weds 26 Aug at 5.30pm

 

The Odyssey

2026 | UK | USA | 172 min
Thurs 27 Aug at 2.30pm and 7.00pm (HOH and no trailers for the evening)

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TBC

2026 | XXX | xxx min
Sat 29 Aug at 2.00pm

 

about Us

Just a 13 minute train from London Bridge, or 10 minutes from Clapham Junction, The David Lean Cinema in Croydon is a gem of a volunteer-led community cinema, which, after closing in 2011, reopened as a result of local campaigning in 2014.
Often collaborating with The Cinema Museum, we frequently screen on 35mm and are a champion of accessibility with frequent descriptive subtitled and Dementia-Friendly screenings - and there are NO adverts!

Films

We screen more than 20 films
each month, ranging from cult classics to the latest blockbusters, as well as stunning world cinema, the best of British, sing-alongs, and more. Without our passionate and dedicated team of volunteers, the David Lean Cinema simply wouldn’t function. It’s our love of community and thirst for quality films that has made our little cinema persevere.

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Info

Ticket sales provide our main source of income; 80% in FY 2023/24.
This revenue stream will increase in proportion to our audience growth. We will continue to price our tickets competitively, including to offer concessions for those who are 65 or over, 25 or under, students, people with a disability, and those in receipt of Pension Credit, Universal Credit, Income Support or Job Seekers allowance.