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Best Movie Theaters in Tokyo

22 places, each checked by our team.

• 109 Cinemas Premium Shinjuku 109シネマズプレミアム新宿Shinjuku / Kabukicho — All-premium-seat cinema in Tokyu Kabukicho Tower with sound systems supervised by Ryuichi Sakamoto and an English website.
• Bunkamura Le Cinéma Shibuya Miyashita Bunkamura ル・シネマ 渋谷宮下Shibuya — Bunkamura's arthouse cinema, relocated in 2023 to two large screens by Miyashita Park, showing European and Asian auteur films.
• Cinema City (Cinema Two) シネマシティ（シネマ・ツー）Tachikawa — Independent Tachikawa cinema famed for its sound: engineers tune each screening, and special 'extreme sound' shows draw fans from across Tokyo.
• Cinema Neko シネマネコOme — 63-seat cinema inside a wooden registered cultural property in Ome, bringing films back to a town without a cinema for decades.
• Cinema Vera Shibuya シネマヴェーラ渋谷Shibuya / Maruyamacho — 142-seat Shibuya repertory cinema devoted to themed retrospectives of classic Japanese and Hollywood films, often on 35mm.
• Eurospace ユーロスペースShibuya / Maruyamacho — Long-running Shibuya arthouse with two screens, championing European, Asian and independent Japanese cinema.
• Grand Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro グランドシネマサンシャイン 池袋Ikebukuro — Ikebukuro mega-multiplex with Japan's largest IMAX screen (25.8 m wide), ULTRA 4DX, ScreenX and BESTIA premium-sound screens.
• Human Trust Cinema Shibuya ヒューマントラストシネマ渋谷Shibuya — Three-screen Shibuya cinema where limited-release foreign films, indie hits and retrospectives often land.
• K's Cinema K's cinema（ケイズシネマ）Shinjuku-sanchome — 84-seat Shinjuku mini-theatre for independent Japanese and international films, documentaries and small festivals.
• Meguro Cinema 目黒シネマMeguro — Cosy Showa-style basement repertory cinema by Meguro Station, pairing recent hits and classics in weekly themed programmes.
• Shin-Bungeiza 新文芸坐Ikebukuro — Ikebukuro's beloved 264-seat repertory house, known for themed retrospectives, 35mm prints and Saturday all-night screenings.
• Shinjuku Wald 9 新宿バルト9Shinjuku-sanchome — Nine-screen T-Joy multiplex in Shinjuku-sanchome with Shinjuku's first Dolby Cinema and a strong line-up of anime releases.
• Theatre Image Forum シアター・イメージフォーラムShibuya / Aoyama — Arthouse cinema near Aoyama showing documentaries, restored classics, avant-garde and experimental work.
• TOHO Cinemas Hibiya TOHOシネマズ 日比谷Hibiya / Yurakucho — TOHO's 13-screen flagship in Tokyo Midtown Hibiya, with IMAX Laser, wall-to-wall TCX screens and leather recliner seats.
• TOHO Cinemas Nihonbashi TOHOシネマズ 日本橋Nihonbashi — Comfortable nine-screen TOHO cinema in COREDO Muromachi with two TCX large screens, one with Dolby Atmos.
• TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills TOHOシネマズ 六本木ヒルズRoppongi — Nine-screen cinema in Roppongi Hills with a 521-seat TCX screen with Dolby Atmos, MX4D and electric leather recliners.
• TOHO Cinemas Shinjuku TOHOシネマズ 新宿Shinjuku / Kabukicho — Twelve-screen TOHO multiplex under the life-size Godzilla head in Kabukicho, with IMAX Laser, a TCX/Dolby Atmos screen and MX4D.
• United Cinemas Aqua City Odaiba ユナイテッド・シネマ アクアシティお台場Odaiba — Thirteen-screen cinema in Aqua City Odaiba with 4DX and Japan's first ScreenX 270-degree panoramic theatre.
• United Cinemas Toyosu ユナイテッド・シネマ豊洲Toyosu — Twelve-screen cinema in LaLaport Toyosu with 4DX, premier pair seats and a lounge cafe overlooking the water.
• Uplink Kichijoji アップリンク吉祥寺Kichijoji — Five-screen indie cinema under Kichijoji PARCO with individually designed auditoriums, flat-panel speakers and craft-beer snacks.
• Waseda Shochiku 早稲田松竹Takadanobaba — Student-favourite meigaza near Waseda showing weekly double bills of classic and recent films, with an English programme page.
• Yebisu Garden Cinema 恵比寿ガーデンシネマEbisu — Stylish two-screen arthouse cinema in Yebisu Garden Place focusing on international and independent films.