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Top 25 Independent cinemas based in Germany
RevenueBase identified 219 independent cinemas headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 1,033 professional contacts across them, including 190 with verified work emails. Berlin is the largest hub.
This list covers independent cinemas headquartered in Germany, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest independent cinemas based in Germany
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Unter der Dachmarke „CineStar“ werden in Deutschland 46 Kinos in unterschiedlichen Gesellschaften betrieben, darunter Multiplexe, traditionelle Filmtheater sowie Arthouse Kinos.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 75 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “PLAION PICTURES ist ein unabhängiger Filmverleih und Home Entertainment Vertrieb.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 62 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Kinopolis-Gruppe gehört mit einer mehr als 100-jährigen Unternehmensgeschichte zu den traditionsreichsten deutschen Kinounternehmen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In ihrer mehr als dreißigjährigen Geschichte steht die UCI Multiplex GmbH als einer der führenden Kinobetreiber in Deutschland mit zahlreichen Innovationen für Pioniergeist in der…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Yorck Kinogruppe (Yorck Cinema Group) is Berlin's largest group of cinemas and one of Germany leading exhibitors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Gemeinde Isernhagen liegt in der Region Hannover und besteht aus sieben Ortschaften.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mit über 70 Jahren Expertise und bundesweit 14 Standorten ist die Filmpalast-Gruppe ein essenzieller Bestandteil der Kinobranche in Deutschland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “CINECITTA' Multiplexkino - Nürnberg is germanys largest independent Cinema complex.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Currently, Cinedom is the third largest German multiplex cinema and the largest movie theater in Cologne with 14 screens and over 3400 seats.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Splendid Film ist ein unabhängiger Filmverleih und Home Entertainment-Vertrieb und zentraler Teil der Splendid Medien-Gruppe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Alamode Filmdistribution oHG mit Sitz in München ist einer der erfolgreichsten unabhängigen deutschen Filmverleihe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Prorom is one of the leading independent film distributors in Central and Eastern Europe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wir arbeiten bei Cineamo am Kino von morgen und das bedeutet, Wünsche und Ideen von Filmfans und Firmen in das Kinoprogramm zu integrieren: Film, Gaming, eigene Inhalte, Business…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Cinema Filmtheater is an art house cinema in the Maxvorstadt district of Munich, which specializes in the presentation of films in the original version and live broadcasts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ReSee Movies is a community of moviegoers driving change in the film industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ob Kinokette, mittelständiger Kinobetrieb oder Arthouse-Kino, cinetixx liefert Ihnen immer die passende Kassen- und Ticketing-Lösung.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Arthouse-Kino, Regisseurbesuche und Filmtalk zu schwäbischen Snacks im heimeligen Flair eines alten Theaters in der Liebfrauenstraße 58 in Weingarten” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “indenpendent streamen- Streaming Dienst für Art-House Filme - kuratiert von Filmliebhaber:innen - Podcast Produktionen - Open Air Kinos - Film Blog - Wood Shop für Klamotten und…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Das Filmereignis des Jahres am Startwochenende rund um die Uhr F r wodie Nachtschw rmer und Fr haufsteher der Vorstellungen, die zwischen 01 00 und 09 00 Uhr beginnen, ist eine…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: independent cinemas. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names independent cinemas.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of independent cinemas, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name independent cinemas. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Independent cinemas based in Germany at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Germany, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Germany, over 219 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among independent cinemas, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Germany whose own description of what they do matches “independent cinemas”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names independent cinemas), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among independent cinemas, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Germany are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 190 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names independent cinemas, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many independent cinemas are there based in Germany?
RevenueBase identified 219 independent cinemas headquartered in Germany as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Cinestar Deutschland, headquartered in Lubeck, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most independent cinemas?
Berlin leads with 18 headquartered companies, followed by Hamburg (10) and Munchen (8).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 190 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 219 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.