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19 Jul – 25 Jul

  1. TMDB 76RT 94

    The Sheep Detectives

    George Hardy is a shepherd who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they can't possibly understand. But when a mysterious incident disrupts life on the farm, the sheep realize they must become the detectives. As they follow the clues and investigate human suspects, they prove that even sheep can be brilliant crime-solvers.

    • Comedy
    • Family
    • Mystery

    Eldorado

  2. The Odyssey

    2026 · 172 min

    Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.

    • Adventure
    • Action
    • Fantasy

    Astor Film Lounge

  3. TMDB 78RT 83IMDb 8.0

    Into the Wild

    After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.

    • Adventure
    • Drama

    Cinéma

  4. The Odyssey

    Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.

    • Adventure
    • Action
    • Fantasy

    Filmpalast Hofheim

  5. TMDB 74RT 100IMDb 7.6

    Kings of the Road

    Itinerant projection-equipment repairman Bruno Winter and depressed hitchhiker Robert Lander - a doctor who has just been through a break-up with his wife and a half-hearted suicide attempt - travel along the Western side of the East-German border in a repair truck, visiting worn-out movie theaters, learning to communicate across their differences.

    • Drama

    DFF Filmmuseum

    W.I.M. Im Lauf der Zeit

  6. The Odyssey

    OV · 2026 · 172 min

    Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.

    • Adventure
    • Action
    • Fantasy

    Astor Film LoungeOV

  7. TMDB 72IMDb 7.2

    The Last Viking

    After serving fourteen years for robbery, Anker is released from prison and reunites with his mentally ill brother Manfred, who alone knows where the stolen money is hidden but has forgotten its location, sending them on a journey to recover the loot and confront who they are.

    • Comedy
    • Crime
    • Drama

    Freiluftkino FrankfurtOmU

  8. TMDB 53IMDb 5.1

    A Dirty Shame

    Sylvia Stickles runs a convenience store with her husband and mother-in-law. One day, Sylvia is hit on the head and transforms from an uptight prude to a sex-crazed lunatic. As she goes on a rampage through town, Sylvia attracts the attention of Ray Ray, a sexual healer and tow truck driver in search of the world's greatest orgasm. Their sexual revolution, however, causes a class war in their tiny Baltimore community.

    • Comedy

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Kultkino

  9. The Odyssey

    Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.

    • Adventure
    • Action
    • Fantasy

    Filmpalast Hofheim

  10. We All Bleed Red

    R: Josephine Links · D 2025, 87 Min · Deutsch

    The intimate relationship that a photographer develops with the people whose photos he’s taking is at the heart of this film. New York-based Martin Schoeller won acclaim for his ultra close-up portraits of figures like George Clooney, Barack Obama, and Taylor Swift, yet here director Josephine Links focuses on his work featuring people who are not in the public eye, including homeless people and death row exonerees. Through testimonies from everyday people he’s interested in capturing, this documentary shows how some of us survive on the margins of society.

    • Documentary

    naxos.Kinonaxos.Kino

  11. The Odyssey

    Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.

    • Adventure
    • Action
    • Fantasy

    Filmpalast Hofheim

  12. TMDB 71RT 81IMDb 7.0

    Barefoot in the Park

    In this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Soon after their marriage, Corie tries to find a companion for mother, Ethel, who is now alone, and sets up Ethel with neighbor Victor. Inappropriate behavior on a double date causes conflict, and the young couple considers divorce.

    • Comedy
    • Romance

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Robert Redford

  13. Ninja Motherf*cking Destruction

    At 18, Leonie and Marlene are best friends, convinced that nothing in the world can tear them apart. But then Leonie falls in love with Naomi, and as she immerses herself in her first great love, she drifts further away from Marlene. However, Leonie increasingly finds the relationship with Naomi overwhelming, and only after their breakup does she realize how much she has isolated herself. She leaves Berlin and starts training as a gardener in Brandenburg, hoping to sort out her feelings and the world around her. But the past years have left their mark on everyone.

    • Drama

    Harmonie

  14. TMDB 74

    Bashu, the Little Stranger

    During the Iran-Iraq War, Bashu, a young boy loses his house and all his family. Scared, he sneaks into a truck that is leaving the area. He gets off the truck in the Northern part of the country, where everything from landscape to language is different. He meets Naii, who is trying to raise her two young children on a farm, while her husband is away. Despite cultural differences, and the fact that they do not speak the same language, Bashu and Naii slowly form a strong bond.

    • Drama
    • War

    DFF FilmmuseumOmUDCP

    Bahram Beyzai

  15. The Odyssey

    Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.

    • Adventure
    • Action
    • Fantasy

    Filmpalast Hofheim

  16. TMDB 78RT 83IMDb 8.0

    Into the Wild

    After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.

    • Adventure
    • Drama

    Cinéma

  17. The Odyssey

    Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.

    • Adventure
    • Action
    • Fantasy

    Filmpalast Hofheim

  18. TMDB 77RT 100IMDb 7.9

    Life, and Nothing More…

    After the earthquake of Guilan, a film director and his son travel to the devastated area to search for the actors from the movie the director made there a few years previously. In their search, they see how people who have lost everything in the earthquake still have hope and try to live life to the fullest.

    • Drama
    • Adventure

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Lecture & Film: Die Filme von Abbas Kiarostami

  19. Sommer auf Asphalt

    89 min

    Les (Mala Emde) lives a fast, spontaneous and carefree life. During the day she races through the city as a bike courier, after work she crashes somewhere with her friends. Stop, pause or think about the future? Not with Les. At least not until her father Bert (Christoph Maria Herbst) - with whom she actually has virtually no contact - turns up unexpectedly and, after an accident, even gets on his bike for his daughter without being asked. When Les then finds out about her unplanned pregnancy, she has completely entered a new reality. The father-to-be Tyler (Aaron Hilmer) would like to have a child, but is unfortunately still one himself. Les' world turns completely upside down - and Bert hasn't even told her that he's going to die soon...

    • Comedy
    • Drama

    Alte Mühle

  20. 22.07.2026 Spotlight - Die Arthouse-Sneak

    Harmonie

  21. TMDB 53IMDb 5.1

    A Dirty Shame

    Sylvia Stickles runs a convenience store with her husband and mother-in-law. One day, Sylvia is hit on the head and transforms from an uptight prude to a sex-crazed lunatic. As she goes on a rampage through town, Sylvia attracts the attention of Ray Ray, a sexual healer and tow truck driver in search of the world's greatest orgasm. Their sexual revolution, however, causes a class war in their tiny Baltimore community.

    • Comedy

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Kultkino

  22. TMDB 67IMDb 3.7

    Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass

    104 min

    During a chase inside a museum, Tom and Jerry find an ancient magical compass and end up being transported through time. Lost in a distant era, they will need to work together to find a way back home.

    • Animation
    • Comedy
    • Family
    • Fantasy
    • Adventure

    Kronberger Lichtspiele

  23. Sia: Nostalgic for the Present

    OmU · 2026 · 75 min

    A bold experience that challenges the genre that trades pop poetry for pure art. Impressive voices, impressive choreography and iconic performances, captured cinematically and sounded by an unparalleled catalog of hits.

    • Documentary
    • Music

    Astor Film LoungeOmU

  24. TMDB 61

    Good Vibes Only

    Based on the true story of a married couple who invented a groundbreaking sex toy heralded as forever changing the way women experience pleasure.

    • Comedy

    Institut français Frankfurt

  25. IMDb 6.9

    22 Lengths

    Tilda's days are strictly structured: she studies, works at the supermarket checkout and looks after her little sister Ida - on some days she also has to look after her alcoholic mother. But this summer brings a change: Tilda receives a promising job offer for a doctorate in Berlin. Viktor also turns up, who, like her, always swims 22 laps in the swimming pool. When Tilda begins to believe that everything could be better, the situation at home spirals out of control.

    • Drama

    Freiluftkino FrankfurtOV

  26. TMDB 77RT 95IMDb 7.9

    All the President's Men

    During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.

    • Drama
    • Mystery
    • Thriller

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Robert Redford

  27. TMDB 77RT 94

    The Sheep Detectives

    100 min

    George Hardy is a shepherd who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they can't possibly understand. But when a mysterious incident disrupts life on the farm, the sheep realize they must become the detectives. As they follow the clues and investigate human suspects, they prove that even sheep can be brilliant crime-solvers.

    • Comedy
    • Family
    • Mystery

    Alte Mühle

  28. TMDB 61

    Good Vibes Only

    Based on the true story of a married couple who invented a groundbreaking sex toy heralded as forever changing the way women experience pleasure.

    • Comedy

    Cinéma

  29. TMDB 61

    Good Vibes Only

    Based on the true story of a married couple who invented a groundbreaking sex toy heralded as forever changing the way women experience pleasure.

    • Comedy

    Deutsch-Französische Gesellschaft FrankfurtCinéma-KinoOmU

  30. We the Surfers / Kingdom of the Evening

    Hafen 2 Offenbach

  31. TMDB 62RT 63IMDb 6.4

    Land of Plenty

    After living abroad, Lana returns to the United States, and finds that her uncle is a reclusive vagabond with psychic wounds from the Vietnam War.

    • Drama

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Wim Wenders

  32. TMDB 67IMDb 3.7

    Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass

    104 min

    During a chase inside a museum, Tom and Jerry find an ancient magical compass and end up being transported through time. Lost in a distant era, they will need to work together to find a way back home.

    • Animation
    • Comedy
    • Family
    • Fantasy
    • Adventure

    Kino Kelkheim

  33. TMDB 69IMDb 7.5

    The Drama

    A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.

    • Romance
    • Comedy
    • Drama

    Freiluftkino FrankfurtOmU

  34. Ballad of Tara

    Tara, a young beautiful widow, returns with her two children from the country to her village. On her way home, she finds out that her grandfather has passed away. She distributes his belongings among her neighbours. But there remains an old sword that no one will accept. One day on the road, she meets an ancient warrior. He claims that his clan have sent him to take the old sword back. Tara finally submits the sword to him, but he returns upon realizing that he has fallen powerfully in love with her.

    • Fantasy
    • Drama

    DFF FilmmuseumOmeUDCP

    Bahram Beyzai

  35. TMDB 67IMDb 6.4

    The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

    95 min

    Having thwarted Bowser's previous plot to marry Princess Peach, Mario and Luigi now face a fresh threat in Bowser Jr., who is determined to liberate his father from captivity and restore the family legacy. Alongside companions new and old, the brothers travel across the stars to stop the young heir's crusade.

    • Family
    • Comedy
    • Adventure
    • Fantasy
    • Animation

    Alte Mühle

  36. TMDB 75RT 95IMDb 7.7

    Sentimental Value

    Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star.

    • Drama

    Haus am Dom – Kath. Akademie Rabanus Maurus

  37. IMDb 6.9

    22 Lengths

    Tilda's days are strictly structured: she studies, works at the supermarket checkout and looks after her little sister Ida - on some days she also has to look after her alcoholic mother. But this summer brings a change: Tilda receives a promising job offer for a doctorate in Berlin. Viktor also turns up, who, like her, always swims 22 laps in the swimming pool. When Tilda begins to believe that everything could be better, the situation at home spirals out of control.

    • Drama

    Hafen 2 Offenbach

  38. TMDB 79RT 84IMDb 8.3

    Heat

    Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.

    • Crime
    • Drama
    • Action

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Filmclub Treppe 41

  39. TMDB 74RT 94IMDb 7.7

    One Battle After Another

    Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.

    • Thriller
    • Crime
    • Comedy

    Freiluftkino FrankfurtOmU

  40. TMDB 62RT 41IMDb 6.6

    Don't Come Knocking

    Howard Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs and young women. If he were to die now, nobody would shed a tear over him, that's the sad truth. Until one day Howard learns that he might have a child somewhere out there...

    • Drama
    • Western

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Wim Wenders

  41. TMDB 67IMDb 7.0

    The Devil Wears Prada 2

    119 min

    Andy Sachs returns to Runway as Miranda Priestly navigates a new media landscape and Runway's position within. The duo reconnect with former assistant Emily Charlton, now the head of a luxury brand that possesses funding which could ensure Runway's survival.

    • Comedy
    • Drama

    Alte Mühle

  42. Karla

    Cameron a womanizing executive gets more than he bargained for when he hires Karla as his personal assistant prior to his upcoming wedding.

    • Comedy

    Haus am Dom – Kath. Akademie Rabanus Maurus

  43. TMDB 74RT 77IMDb 7.2

    Song Sung Blue

    Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it's never too late to find love and follow your dreams.

    • Music
    • Romance
    • Drama

    Hafen 2 Offenbach

  44. TMDB 80RT 93IMDb 8.2

    The Sting

    A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.

    • Comedy
    • Crime
    • Drama

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Robert Redford


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Currently 27 cinemas and film series in Frankfurt and the surrounding area: Astor Film Lounge MyZeil, DFF — Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, Cinéma Frankfurt, Filmpalast Hofheim, Harmonie Theater Frankfurt, Mal seh'n Kino, Hafen 2 Offenbach, Kino Kelkheim, Eldorado Arthouse Kino, Freiluftkino Frankfurt, Open-Air-Kino Bad Vilbel, Orfeo's Erben, Kronberger Lichtspiele, Kino Alte Mühle, Eschborn K, Pupille — Kino in der Uni, MGGU – Museum Giersch der Goethe-Universität, naxos.Kino, Deutsch-Französische Gesellschaft Frankfurt, Haus am Dom – Kath. Akademie Rabanus Maurus, Hugenottenhalle, Institut français Frankfurt, Senckenberg Naturmuseum, Deutsches Ledermuseum Offenbach am Main, Historisches Museum Frankfurt, SCAPE° Offenbach and TAUNALE – Taunus Filmfest Oberursel.

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