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11 Nov – 17 Nov

  1. IMDb 7.7

    Forgotten Island

    While celebrating their last night together, high school graduates and best friends Jo and Raissa stumble upon a mysterious portal that transports them to the fantastical island of Nakali. When they discover that the memories of their entire friendship are the price for returning home, Jo and Raissa must race to find a way to leave the island before they forget each other forever.
    • Animation
    • Adventure
    • Fantasy
    • Comedy
    • Family

    Citydome Darmstadt

  2. TMDB 63RT 19IMDb 5.6

    Thir13en Ghosts

    Arthur and his two children inherit his uncle's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to twelve ghosts. When the family, accompanied by a nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped inside an evil machine 'designed by the Devil and powered by the dead' to open the Eye of Hell. Aided by a ghost hunter and his rival, a ghost rights activist out to set the ghosts free, the group must do what they can to get out of the house alive.
    • Horror
    • Thriller

    Citydome Darmstadt

  3. TMDB 86IMDb 8.7

    Wildwood

    Prue and her classmate Curtis are drawn into a magical forest filled with enchanted creatures, loyal allies, and formidable adversaries as they embark on a desperate quest to rescue Prue's abducted baby brother from a murder of crows led by a mysterious woman named Alexandra.
    • Animation
    • Adventure
    • Fantasy

    Citydome Darmstadt

  4. TMDB 74RT 79IMDb 7.2

    Sense and Sensibility

    A charming, witty, and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood.

    • Drama
    • Romance

    Citydome Darmstadt

  5. Steckerlfischfiasko

    Franz Eberhofer and Rudi Birkenberger's next case takes them to Niederkaltenkirchen's new golf course. The two detectives promptly get caught up in a full-blown family feud between two folk festival clans.
    • Comedy
    • Crime

    Citydome Darmstadt

  6. Biermann

    Portrait of the German-German singer-songwriter and intellectual Wolf Biermann, whose famous Cologne concert in 1976 made German history.

    • Documentary

    Rex Darmstadt

  7. Klara and the Sun

    When Klara, an Artificial Friend who wants nothing more than to find the perfect home, meets Josie, each immediately senses a kindred spirit in the other. Josie has a fraught relationship with her mother and they've suffered great loss, but Klara's innocent wonder and unwavering loyalty begin to heal the family and bring light to Josie's complicated world.
    • Science Fiction
    • Drama

    Rex Darmstadt

  8. IMDb 6.0

    Drei Kameradinnen

    Hani, Kasih and Saya have shared a deep friendship since their youth. Now, after years, the three meet again. But no matter where they are, it becomes clear time and again that everyday racism affects their lives. Nonetheless, their friendship gives them strength. Until one dramatic night shakes everything up.
    • Drama

    Citydome Darmstadt

  9. Lügen über meine Mutter

    In the 1980s, the life of a family in a small village is determined by just one issue: the mother's body weight. Her husband Werner decides that she needs to lose weight, Cornelia suffers as a result and their daughter Ela is caught in the middle.
    • Drama

    Rex Darmstadt

  10. TMDB 63RT 19IMDb 5.6

    Thir13en Ghosts

    Arthur and his two children inherit his uncle's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to twelve ghosts. When the family, accompanied by a nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped inside an evil machine 'designed by the Devil and powered by the dead' to open the Eye of Hell. Aided by a ghost hunter and his rival, a ghost rights activist out to set the ghosts free, the group must do what they can to get out of the house alive.
    • Horror
    • Thriller

    Citydome Darmstadt

  11. Die andere Seite

    Since losing her family, a woman is living alone in the wilderness — far away from society, which is dominated by mistrust and fear after the outbreak of a fatal disease. When she is forced to leave this life behind, she not only experiences a boundless freedom, but also remembers the importance of human closeness and the feeling of belonging.
    • Drama
    • Thriller

    Citydome Darmstadt

  12. Corpus Delicti

    In the near future, the “method” controls the health and freedom of society. The life of neuroscientist Mia Holl, who is loyal to the system, changes abruptly when her brother Moritz Holl is wrongly accused of murder and imprisoned. In the fight for truth and justice, Mia begins to question the system and becomes the hunted herself.
    • Drama
    • Science Fiction

    Citydome Darmstadt

  13. TMDB 68IMDb 6.3

    Chopin, a Sonata in Paris

    He is the talk of the town, the most romantic figure of decadent Parisian nights. When his lungs start bleeding, Chopin knows his days are numbered. Composing becomes his only obsession. The ticking clock rushes him to revolutionize music.
    • Drama
    • History
    • Music

    Rex Darmstadt

  14. RT 85

    A Talent for Murder

    A young man travels from New York to Switzerland to try to persuade acclaimed thriller writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final installment of her Tom Ripley series, with his efforts gradually turning more sinister.
    • Drama
    • Crime
    • Thriller

    Rex Darmstadt

  15. IMDb 7.5

    Clayface

    Matt Hagen's meteoric rise from Gotham street kid to Hollywood leading man is tragically cut short when a local crime boss's actions leave him horribly disfigured. Abandoned by his team and with nothing left, Matt seeks out a cutting edge treatment that miraculously returns him to his former self… but also unexpectedly affects his grip on reality, spiraling him down a destructive path of all-consuming revenge.
    • Horror
    • Thriller
    • Science Fiction

    Citydome Darmstadt

  16. TMDB 71IMDb 7.0

    Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

    OV

    A 'Man from the Future' arrives at an LA diner where he must recruit the precise combination of disgruntled patrons to join him on a one-night quest to save the world from the terminal threat of a rogue artificial intelligence.
    • Science Fiction
    • Action
    • Comedy

    Filmkreis TUProgrammkino RexOV

  17. League of Legends Worlds25 - Finals in Cinema

    OmU

    The 2025 League of Legends World Championship is an upcoming esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends, set to be held in China from 14 October to 9 November — in Beijing, Shanghai, and Chengdu. It is the fifteenth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organised by the game's developer, Riot Games.

    Filmkreis TUAudimaxOmU


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Currently 3 cinemas and film series in Darmstadt and the surrounding area: Citydome Darmstadt, Programmkino Rex and Filmkreis TU Darmstadt.

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