Cineteca Nacional de Mexico

5 Dilan Herath - 2 months ago

I was able to watch a new English movie here (Crimes of the Future). It was in the original English audio with Spanish subtitles. Great experience as a foreign visitor.

Safety: 5/5
I went to a 6:45pm showing since I was worried about walking back to my room in the dark.
I worried for nothing.
After the movie ended around 8pm, it was indeed dark but there was so much tourist activity and security presence, it didn't matter. There are lots of cars driving down the main roads deep into the night so it feels safe. Other people are watching movies too, so you have safety in public crowds.

Price: 5/5
My ticket cost 60 pesos (3USD) for 1 adult.

Availability: 5/5
Buy tickets ahead of time online for good seats. I got mine the night before and the whole middle section was booked except for a few single seats.
Tip: the email confirmation gives you a QR code. As long as you have that, you can enter. Ignore the other instructions about messing with alphanumeric codes etc.

Atmosphere: 5/5
There is a wonderful open park area once you enter off the street. Lots of couples hang out and relax. Saw some picnics too. From there, you turn right and enter a little area with shops, restaurants, and typical therater snacks. From this area, each of showing rooms (salas) are connected.

4 Luis Gonzalez - a year ago

Very good exterior design. Going to the cinema is very cheap and you can see all types of movies. Overall, the location is great and its worth visiting for a while to also have time to visit the gift shops which have great stuff. The only con, is that the cinema rooms themselves are not as well designed as the exterior and food/beverages are not too cheap.

4 Andres Minjarez - a week ago

One of my favorite places to visit in the city. Even if you're not there to watch a movie, there are coffee shop, restaurants, and park-like areas to hang out. Really lovely and the architecture it's amazing

3 Hiram Zayola - 2 weeks ago

It always has been a place where you can enjoy cinema of quality with an affordable price. However, the last two visits have been a deception... an Italian movie "Bad neighbors" and a Mexican one called something about "whales" both where trash, the Mexican one was one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my entire life. They should improve their selection.

5 Ernesto Guadarrama - 2 years ago

Excellent movie theaters. Now we visited one with an excellent French movie from 1947 that you could not see anywhere else. Very good film. The premises were very good and.clean. nice tables outside to have a refreshment and some cafe shops.

The atmosphere is nice. Students and young people were very happy. I was surprised to see so many people fill the theater for this movie, that by the way was very nice.

Parking was a little difficult in the street, but you can go to the Cineteca parking building, just look for it in Google and you'll arrive in no time.

5 Black Ryder - 2 weeks ago

The best cinema complex in the entire country, with not only a fantastic and extremely well mixed selection of national and international films—with some commercial ones from time to time—but also cool and informative temporary exhibitions, truly affordable prices for everyone, good facilities (even if some of the seats from screens 2 and 3 have seen better days) and a relaxing vibe all around for either lounging in the gardens or at any of the restaurants or cafeterias which range from reasonably price to slightly more expensive depending on your wallet. Of these, I particularly recommend Café 8 1/2—with its Monday-to-Friday menu—and Señorito—the Saratoga club sandwich never disappoints. Add its affordable car park fee and the fact that you can spend an entire day here either alone or with company, and you’ve got yourself one of the truly cultural landmarks of Mexico City.

5 Mauricio Ramírez Gordon - a month ago

Great cinema and cool place to hang around. Cafes, bistros, public clean toilets, and a garden where you can enjoy a small picnic. 10 screens projecting a variety of blockbusters, indie films, and foreign films, both old (eg Citizen Kane) and new (eg Druk when it was first released)