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 mm2 Entertainment as Cathay Cineplexes

  – Operated by Filmgarde Cineplexes

  – Operated by Golden Village

  – Operated by Shaw Organisation as Shaw Theatres

  – Operated by Eng Wah Global as WE Cinemas

  – Operated by other minor film chains

Currently operational cinemas

The list of all the cinema chains across Singapore, with 32 outlets currently operational. Golden Village has more outlets in the list than any other vendors, with 17. It is then followed by Shaw Organisation with seven; Cathay Cineplexes with four; and Carnival Cinemas with two.

Cinema	Area	Operator	Year opened	Screens	Seats	Features										Notes	Ref
						3D[a]	Dolby[b]	Atmos	DTS:X	D-Box	IMAX	Premium[c]	Couple[d]	Family[e]	English[f]
321 Clementi	Clementi	Cathay Cineplexes	2015	10	728		Yes	Hall 9				First Class Hall 1				Formerly Empress theatre from 1981 to 2006, and distributed Eng Wah from 2015 to November 1, 2024.	[2][3]
Balestier	Balestier	Shaw Organisation	1999	11	721	Yes	Yes		Lumiere 1-4			Lumiere 1-4				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	Cathay Cineplexes	2001	7	1784		Yes								Yes	Previously operated by Studio Cinemas until 2001 as a 10-hall cineplex.
Century Square	Tampines	Cathay Cineplexes	2023	6	720		Yes	Hall 2							Yes	Previously operated by Filmgarde until 24 April 2022.
Cineleisure	Orchard Road	Golden Village	2023	6	TBA	Yes	Yes								Yes	Previously operated by Cathay Cineplexes 1997-2023. Run concurrently with The Projector with three halls each and TBA seats.	[4][5]
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.
NTUC Downtown East	Pasir Ris	Cathay Cineplexes	2008	6	970	Yes	Yes								Yes
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	1973	4	1007		Yes									Run concurrently with The Projector with three halls and 550 seats.	[6][7][8]
i12 Katong	Katong	Golden Village	2011	8	921	Yes	Yes					Gold Class 1 & 2			Yes
Jewel Changi Airport	Changi	Shaw Organisation	2019	11	828	Yes	Yes		Hall 5 Lumiere 1 & 2		Yes	Lumiere 1 & 2
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					[2][9]
Lot One	Choa Chu Kang	Shaw Organisation	1996	8	664	Yes
Lido	Orchard Road	Shaw Organisation	1993	11	1978	Yes	Yes				Yes				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	National Museum	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
S11 Dormitory Punggol	Punggol	Carnival Cinemas	TBA	2	404		Yes									Currently closed until further notice.	[10]
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						[11]
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
*SCAPE	Orchard Road	Cathay Cineplexes	2025	TBD	TBD
Jem	Jurong East	Shaw Theatres	2025	TBD	TBD

Outgoing cinemas

Defunct cinemas

There were 144 cinema outlets that were previously operational but now ceased operations due to various reasons such as low patronage, redevelopments, or transfer of operating vendor. Each reason of closure are categorized into certain tables as such. 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.

Cinema	Area	Operator	Screens	Seats	Tenure	Notes	Ref
AMK Hub	Ang Mo Kio	Cathay Organisation	8	1784	2007-2024		[12]
Ang Mo Kio	Ang Mo Kio	Plaza Development	1	unknown	1980-1986
Arcadia	Bedok	Independent	1	unknown	unknown
Bedok	Bedok	Bombay Talkies	2	1427	1982-2006	Formerly operated by Cathay Organisation and then Golden Village.
Broadway	Ang Mo Kio	Ayngaran International	2	1178	1981-2003	Formerly operated by Cathay Organisation and then Golden Village.
Bugis Junction	Downtown Core	Shaw Organisation	3	1080	1995-2016	Formerly operated by United Artists until 1995.
Cathay	Orchard Road	Cathay Organisation	8	1812	1939-2022	Temporarily closed for refurbishment from 2000 to 2006.	[13]
Central, Toa Payoh	Toa Payoh	Independent	1	unknown	1972-1997	Formerly operated by Chong Gay Theatres, then Cathay Organisation and Golden Village.
Central Mall	Clarke Quay	Studio City Cinemas	4	779	1997-1999
Changi	Bedok	Shaw Organisation	3	1154	1981-2000
Chinatown	Outram	Shaw Organisation	2	684	1990-1999
Ciros	Telok Blangah	Shaw Organisation	1	unknown	1958-1986
Clementi-Commonwealth	Clementi	Overseas Organisation	2	unknown	1981-2000	Formerly operated by Chong Gay Theatres.
Da Dong Ya	Bukit Timah	Independent	1	unknown	1942-1946	Also known as Syonan-to Cinema.
Dalit	Bukit Merah	Borneo Filem Organisation	1	unknown	1982-1995
Diamond	Downtown Core	Independent	1	unknown	1947-1977
Eastpoint	Bedok	Golden Village	6	1490	1997-2002	Formerly operated by Studio City Cinemas.
Empire	Hougang	Independent	1	unknown	1916-unknown
Galaxy/Gala	Bukit Timah	Cathay Organisation	1	850	1978-1990s
Gay/Happy World Amusement Park	Kallang	Eng Wah Organisation	3	unknown	1940s-1990s	Also called New Happy, Silver City, or Victory Amusement Park.
Golden City	Bukit Merah	Golden Star Film Unit	1	unknown	1965-1984
Golden Sultan	Downtown Core	D&D Trading	1	1080	1982-2003	Formerly operated by Cathay Organisation.
Hollywood	Paya Lebar	Eng Wah Organisation	1	unknown	1958-1995
Imperial	Thomson	Independent	1	unknown	1970-1985
JCube	Jurong East	Shaw Organisation	7	1010	2012-2023
Jem	Jurong East	Cathay Cineplexes	10	1600	2013-2025		[14]
Jubilee	Ang Mo Kio	Eng Wah Organisation	4	734	1975-2010
Jurong Drive-In	Jurong East	Cathay Organisation	1	900	1971-1985	Largest drive-in of Asia when opened in 1971 until closure on 30 September 1985.
Jurong	Jurong East	Shaw Organisation	6	1003	1994-2008
Kallang	Kallang	Chong Gay Theatres	1	1708	1972-1982
King's Theatre	Bukit Merah	Eng Wah Organisation	1	unknown	1950s-1980s
Kok Wah	Hougang	Independent	1	unknown	1960s-1980s
Kreta Ayer People's Theatre	Outram	unknown	1	unknown	1969-1997	Formerly operated by Cathay Organisation and then Golden Village.
Leisure Park Kallang	Kallang	Filmgarde cineplexes	6	822	2002-2025	Formerly Leisure-Drome at East Shore from 1982 to 2001 under tenure of Cathay Organisation, then Shaw Organisation. Final Filmgarde outlet to cease operation.	[15][16][17]
Liberty	Marine Parade	Shaw Organisation	1	unknown	1980-1990
Liwagu	Bedok	Borneo Filem Organisation	1	1142	1982-1995
Majestic	Outram	Cathay Organisation	1	1194	1928-1998
Mandarin	Kallang	Eng Wah Organisation	2	unknown	1975-2000
Marina	Downtown Core	Eng Wah Organisation	2	700	1986-1998		[18]
Marina Leisureplex	Downtown Core	Golden Village	6	1451	1996-2014
Marlborough	Rochor	Shaw Organisation	1	682	1909-1960s
Mercury	Hougang	Independent	1	unknown	1960s-1980s
Metropole	Tanjong Pagar	Kong Ngee Co Ltd	1	unknown	1958-1986
New City	Geylang	Independent	1	unknown	1960s-1999
New Town/New Crown	Ang Mo Kio	Overseas Organisation	2	1800	1982-2003	Formerly operated by Chong Gay Theatres.
Ocean	Bedok	Independent	1	unknown	1960s-1986
Odeon	Downtown Core	Cathay Organisation	1	1546	1953-1984
Odeon-Katong	Geylang	Cathay Organisation	1	unknown	1950s-1993
Oriental	Outram	Shaw Organisation	2	unknown	1990s-2000
Palace/Paradise	Geylang	Overseas Organisation	1	unknown	1965-1992	Formerly operated by Cathay Organisation.
Paramount	Serangoon	Independent	1	unknown	1958-1983
Parkway Parade	Marine Parade	Cathay Organisation	7	898	2017-2023
Pavilion	Tampines	Golden Village	4	unknown	1993-1998	Formerly operated by Cathay Organisation.
Plaza	Kallang	Ayngaran International	1	unknown	1974-2009	Formerly operated by Plaza Development.
Premiere	River Valley	Plaza Development	1	477	1978-1982
Prince	Rochor	Shaw Organisation	4	2000	1976-2008	Formerly operated by United Artists for a period of time before returning to Shaw. Also called Alhambra and Marlborough, later as Shaw Tower.
Queens	Geylang	Shaw Organisation	1	unknown	1932-1982
Queenstown/Queensway	Bukit Merah	Overseas Organisation	2	1715	1977-1999	Formerly operated by Chong Gay Theatres.
Regal	Bukit Merah	Cathay Organisation	1	unknown	1979-1998
Republic	Marine Parade	Shaw Organisation	3	unknown	1982-1999
Rex	Little India	Carnival Cinemas	3	734	2009-2018
Riverside Point	River Valley	Studio City Cinemas	3	670	1996-1999
Roxy	Geylang	Shaw Organisation	1	1200	1931-1978
Ruby	Novena	Cathay Organisation	1	unknown	1958-1983
Savoy	Jurong West	Shaw Organisation	2	1578	1978-1998
Seletar Mall	Sengkang	Shaw Organisation	8	739	2014-2024
Singapura	Changi	Shaw Organisation	1	unknown	1960s-1990s
Sin Wah	Bukit Panjang	Independent	1	unknown	unknown
Straits	Woodlands	Independent	1	unknown	unknown
Sun Plaza	Sembawang	Eng Wah Organisation	6	1243	2000-2009
Taman Jurong	Jurong West	Shaw Organisation	1	unknown	1970s-1990s
Toa Payoh	Toa Payoh	Eng Wah Organisation	5	934	1975-2010
Venus	Bukit Merah	Kong Ngee Co Ltd	1	1200	1965-1985
Vision	Hougang	Shaw Organisation	4	1200	1993-2000
West Mall	Bukit Batok	Cathay Organisation	6	1006	1998-2025	Formerly operated by Eng Wah Organisation.
White Sands	Pasir Ris	Eng Wah Organisation	4	800	1997-1999
Woodlands	Woodlands	Shaw Organisation	2	619	1981-1999
Yangtze	Outram	Independent	2	425	1977-2016
Yong Hua	Kovan	Independent	1	unknown	1960s-1980s
Zenith	Hougang	Independent	1	unknown	1975-1984

Transfer of vendors

Cinema	Area	Operator	Screens	Seats	Tenure	Notes	Ref
Cineleisure Orchard	Orchard Road	Cathay Organisation	9	1873	1997-2023	Hall 5 equipped with RealD 3D projection system.
East Shore (formerly Leisure-Drome)	Kallang	Shaw Organisation	3	unknown	1982-2001	Formerly operated by Cathay Organisation.
Empress	Clementi	Eng Wah Organisation	3	1326	1981-2024	Temporary closed from 2006 to 2013 for redevelopment into 321 Clementi. The sole cinema was then merged into Cathay Cineplexes.
Great World Amusement Park	River Valley	Shaw Organisation	4	unknown	1930s-1980s	Also called Atlantic, Canton, Globe and Sky. Would become Great World City.
Hoover	Novena	Shaw Organisation	1	900	1960-1996	Merged with President at Balestier and retained vendor.
Lido	Orchard Road	Shaw Organisation	1	unknown	1959-1990	Repurposed into Shaw House and retained vendor.
New World Amusement Park	Whampoa	Shaw Organisation	3	unknown	1920-1980s	Also called Grand, Pacific and State. Would become City Square Mall.
President	Novena	Shaw Organisation	1	1200	1973-1996	Merged with Hoover into Shaw Plaza at Balestier and retained vendor.
Princess Raja	Bedok	Overseas Organisation	3	1900	1982-2008	Formerly operated by Chong Gay Theatres.

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 elite club and Platinum movie suites (Cathay), First Class (Eng Wah), Deluxe and Gold Class (Golden Village), and premiere (Shaw). Golden Village also has Duo Deluxe, a combination of Couple seating.
4. Couple seatings are Duo/Gemini (Golden Village), Lumiere (Shaw) and Ultima (Cathay). Golden Village also has Duo Deluxe, a combination of Premium seating.
5. Kids feature are for Dreamers (Shaw) only; Golden Village also have family-oriented screenings at certain occasions, such instances which are indicated in yellow.
6. 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.