List of cinemas in Singapore

This is a list of cinemas in Singapore. All of Singapore's cinemas are fully digital, with the majority of them equipped with Dolby Surround 7.1 speakers. Most movies are presented in Mandarin Chinese subtitles along with English subtitles for non-English language films, though options for English subtitles-only films are also offered.[1]

Cinemas

Key:

  – Operated by Carnival Cinemas
  – Operated by Golden Village
  – Operated by Shaw Organisation as Shaw Theatres
  – Operated by mm2 Entertainment as Cathay Cineplexes, defunct since 2025
  – Operated by Eng Wah Global as WE Cinemas, defunct since 2024
  – Operated by other minor film chains

Currently operational cinemas

There are 30 cinema outlets currently operational across Singapore. Golden Village has the most outlets in the list than any other vendors, with 18. Then followed by Shaw Organisation with 8.

Cinema Area Operator Year opened Screens Seats Features Notes Ref
3D[a] Dolby[b] Atmos DTS:X D-Box IMAX Premium[c] Family[d] English[e]
Balestier Balestier Shaw Organisation 1999 11 721 Yes Yes Lumiere 1-4 Lumiere 1-4 Dreamers Merged from two cinemas, Hoover and President.
Bugis+ Downtown Core Golden Village 2023 8 1250 Yes Yes Gold Class Express 1 & 2 Yes Formerly operated by Filmgarde until 2021.
Capitol Theatre Downtown Core Golden Village 2015 1 800 Yes Only operates from December to March every year.
Causeway Point Woodlands SAS Cineplex 2026 7 1784 Yes 10-hall cineplex previously operated by Studio Cinemas until 1999. Reduced to seven halls in 2001 and operated by Cathay Cineplexes until 2025. [2][3]
Century Square Tampines Golden Village 2026 6 668 Yes Yes Previously operated by Shaw Organisation as Century Cineplex from 1995 to 2017.[4] It was then operated by Filmgarde, then Cathay Cineplexes until 2025.[5][6] [2]
Cineleisure Orchard Road Golden Village 2023 6 1410 Yes Yes Yes Previously operated by Cathay Cineplexes 1997-2023. Until 2025, ran concurrently with The Projector with three halls each. [7][8][9]
City Square Mall Kallang Golden Village 2009 6 1082 Yes Gemini 4 Yes Formerly a New World Amusement Park theatre location under Shaw Organisation.
Djitsun Bedok Bedok Golden Village 2018 6 588 Yes Yes Yes Formerly Princess Raja theatre from 1982-2008 under tenure of Chong Gay, then Overseas Organisation.
Downtown East Pasir Ris Golden Village 2025 6 980 Formerly operated by Cathay Cineplexes from 2008 to 2025.
Funan Downtown Core Golden Village 2019 7 441 Yes Yes Gold Class Express 5
Deluxe Plus 3 & 4
Gemini 2 & 7 		Yes
Grand, Great World City River Valley Golden Village 1999 5 566 Yes Yes Gold Class 2 & 3 Yes Formerly a Great World Amusement Park theatre location under Shaw Organisation.
Golden Mile Tower Kallang Carnival Cinemas 2014 4 1007 Yes Previously opreated by Chong Gay Theatres from 1973 as one large hall. Now run concurrently with Filmhouse (formerly, The Projector) with 3 halls and 550 seats. [10][11][12][13]
i12 Katong Katong Golden Village 2011 8 921 Yes Yes Gold Class 1 & 2 Yes
Jem Jurong East Shaw Organisation 2025 8 1186 Premiere 1 & 2 Formerly operated by Cathay Cineplexes from 2013 to 2025.
Jewel Changi Airport Changi Shaw Organisation 2019 11 828 Yes Yes Hall 5
Lumiere 1 & 2 		Yes Lumiere 1 & 2 Dreamers
Junction 8 Bishan Golden Village 1993 6 1148 Yes Yes Hall 1 & 2 Yes
Jurong Point Jurong West Golden Village 1995 6 1080 Yes Yes Yes
King Albert Park Mall Bukit Timah EagleWings Cinematics 2018 5 135 Yes Gold/Platinum/Silver [14][15]
Lot One Choa Chu Kang Shaw Organisation 1996 8 664 Yes
Lido Orchard Road Shaw Organisation 1993 11 1978 Yes Yes Yes Lumiere Grand 1/Premiere 1 & 2 Yes Formerly a small theatre of the same name from 1959 to 1990; originally a 5-hall cineplex, then expanded to eight halls in late 1996 before a major refurbishment in 2010, which expanded to 11 halls.
Nex Serangoon Shaw Organisation 2010 10 1285 Yes Yes Premiere 1 & 2
Oldham Theatre Downtown Core Asian Film Archive 2019 1 134 Yes Yes Yes
Paya Lebar Quarter Paya Lebar Shaw Organisation 2019 12 986 Yes Yes Yes Lumiere 1 & 2
Plaza Singapura Orchard Road Golden Village 1998 10 1734 Yes Yes Yes
SingPost Centre Paya Lebar Golden Village 2017 8 772 Yes Yes Duo-Deluxe 1 & 2 Yes
Suntec City Downtown Core Golden Village 2014 11 1410 Yes Yes Gold Class 1 & 2 Yes Formerly operated by WE Cinemas as a 5-hall cineplex.
Tampines Mall Tampines Golden Village 1996 8 1791 Yes Yes Event only Yes
Tiong Bahru Plaza Tiong Bahru Golden Village 1994 5 800 Yes Yes Yes All halls equipped with Induction Loop technology for the deaf. Formerly a 6-hall cineplex.
VivoCity Telok Blangah Golden Village 2006 15 2194 Yes Yes GVmax Yes Event only Yes Includes one GVmax hall.
Waterway Point Punggol Shaw Organisation 2016 11 1450 Yes Yes Yes [16]
Yishun 10 Yishun Golden Village 1992 10 1499 Yes Yes Event only Yes Cinema outlet run as a multiplex building.

Upcoming cinemas

Cinema Area Operator Year to open Screens Seats Notes Ref
No upcoming cinemas currently.

Outgoing cinemas

No outgoing cinemas currently.

Defunct cinemas

There were 148 cinema outlets that were previously operational but now ceased operations due to various reasons such as low patronage, redevelopments, or transfer of operating vendor. The operator for each cinema outlet lists only the recent vendor, unless otherwise stated; furthermore, cinema outlets that are still available but replaced with a different vendor, or was temporarily closed due to refurbishment, are separate from this table.

Transfer of vendors

Defunct cinemas that are being transferred and redeveloped into new cinemas that are currently operational.

Notes

  1. ^ For the sake of convenience, all cinema halls are screened digitally, with some outlets run with laser projection or RealD. Outlets with halls containing the option to upgrade to 3D screening (excluding IMAX) will be marked.
  2. ^ For the sake of convenience, all cinema halls are equipped with Dolby 7.1 Surround system by default. Outlets with the option for different audio systems, such as Dolby Atmos, Auro 11.1 or DTS:X, will be marked.
  3. ^ Premium seatings are Deluxe and Gold Class (Golden Village), and premiere (Shaw). Golden Village also has Duo Deluxe, a combination of Couple seating.
  4. ^ Kids feature are for Dreamers (Shaw) only; Golden Village also have family-oriented screenings at certain occasions, such instances which are indicated in yellow.
  5. ^ Most films are provided with Mandarin Chinese, along with English subtitles for non-English subtitles by default. Some cinema halls have options for English-only subtitles, which are marked.

References

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  7. ^ Lui, John (13 June 2023). "Golden Village and The Projector collaboration to replace Cathay Cineplex at Cineleisure". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
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  9. ^ Lui, John (1 August 2025). "The Projector Returns to Golden Mile Tower as Cineleisure Collaboration Ends". The Straits Times. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
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