Film ClubsFilm Clubs

A volunteer-run charity screening world cinema in Wimbledon since 2004

A weekly cult and B-movie film night with themed drinks, from the Token Homo collective

Immersive album listening sessions in complete darkness at cinema venues

World cinema at The Exchange, Twickenham — a film society since 1963

Dark, transgressive, and enigmatic cinema — thematic screenings in London

The UK's only 16mm-only film club, screening rare prints in a 15-seat room in Clapton since 2011

A queer film society unearthing cinema's forgotten trans and queer histories, with a regular season at the Prince Charles Cinema

The Studio Ghibli podcast and live screening series from Michael Leader and Jake Cunningham

Monthly screenings of underseen and unstreamed cinema at The Castle Cinema, Hackney — with a quintessentially east London sensibility

Bringing forgotten and unavailable films back to UK cinemas, curated by Geoffrey M. Badger

The UK's only weekly queer cinema night, held every Wednesday in the basement bar of Dalston's Rio Cinema

A film club and podcast celebrating cinema from across the Arab world, curated by Sarah Agha

Cult horror and exploitation film nights with informed introductions

Late-night horror double bills with themed pairings at Rio Cinema, Dalston

A London film club for bold, surprising, and carefully chosen cinema

A film club dedicated to digital cinema, screening at The Castle Cinema in Clapton

An affordable London film club screening independent films for £5, with Q&As and a welcoming community atmosphere

Japanese cinema on the big screen at the Rio Cinema, Dalston

A friendly film discussion group for older audiences at the Lexi Cinema, Kensal Rise's community-run social enterprise cinema

18+ queer horror nights with live shadow casts, drag, and Halloween Monsters Balls

Accessible horror screenings in London, run by and for disabled and chronically ill film lovers

Monthly screenings of cult and camp films in London

East London's trans film club, programming eclectic cinema with a discerning trans audience in mind at Dalston Superstore

A student-run film club at King's College London screening cult classics and gloriously disreputable cinema

A cult film collective bringing the weird, the obscure, and forgotten classics to London audiences

A membership screening club founded in 2009, covering silent films, world cinema, and cult movies in West London

A film club championing emerging filmmakers with screenings, education, and industry connections

London's oldest specialist horror and fantasy film society, founded in 1966

Late-night Hong Kong martial arts classics from Marlon Palmer, reviving the 1980s kung fu circuit

Auteur cinema from Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia — a curatorial collective since 2014

The UK's only film club dedicated to the folk and working culture of the British Isles

A pop-up cinema screening classics and counterculture films, with a badge for every show

Feminist film screenings continuing the Rio Cinema's feminist programming tradition since the 1970s

London's only monthly FLINTA film series, centring sapphic and queer storytelling with film, poetry and performance

Themed film nights from Ranjit S. Ruprai — Turbans Seen On Screen, Bombay Mix, and Midnight Excess