Looking for English movies in Basel? You do not need to open each cinema's website one by one. English Cinema Basel gathers the English-language screenings from across the city onto a single page, so you can see what is showing in English in one glance. The listings are updated daily.
The quick answer
Basel has only a handful of cinemas that regularly show films in English, and their undubbed sessions are scattered across different programmes. Instead of checking them separately, browse our films page to find what is playing in English right now, or see all the cinemas we cover in Basel.
What the local labels mean
Swiss cinema listings use a few short codes to tell you whether a film is dubbed or in its original language. The two you will see most in Basel are:
- OV stands for original version, meaning the film runs in the language it was made in rather than dubbed into German. For a Hollywood film, that is English.
- E/d/f means the film is in English (E) with German (d) and French (f) subtitles. The same label is used across Switzerland, where a print often carries subtitles in two national languages at once.
When you find a film through English Cinema Basel, it is already filtered to the English-language sessions, so you do not have to decode every listing yourself.
The cinemas that show English films in Basel
- Arena Cinemas Basel at Stücki Park is a modern multiplex, and it is where you will usually find the current mainstream releases screening in their original English.
- Kult.Kino Atelier on Theaterstrasse, in the city centre, is an arthouse cinema leaning toward independent and international titles, many shown in the original version.
- Kult.Kino Camera on Rebgasse, across the Rhine in Kleinbasel, is the smaller sister venue with a more selective programme.
- Stadtkino Basel on Klostergasse is a repertory cinema that curates classics, retrospectives and festival films, often screened in their original language.
Each name above links to that cinema's page on our site, where you can see its English-language sessions.
Skip the weekly hunt
The whole point of English Cinema Basel is that the weekly hunt is done for you. Rather than visiting each venue's site to hunt for the few undubbed sessions, start from our films page. If you would rather have it arrive in your inbox, subscribe to the weekly newsletter for a roundup of English-language screenings in Basel.
