Harry Potter and The Dark Knight among 450 films to be re-released when UK cinemas reopen

Twilight, The Hunger Games, Back to the Future and the Fast and Furious franchise will also be returning to screens

A spate of popular films will be re-released as cinemas prepare to re-open across the UK after being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Approximately 450 films, including the Harry Potter franchise, the Dark Knight trilogy and Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, will be coming to UK screens in the near future.

The titles were chosen by the Film Distributor’s Association, the UK’s leading distributors, and published in a collection called Relaunching Cinema: Content for Recovery.

In England, Vue cinemas are scheduled to reopen from 4 July, and Cineworld from 10 July. Odeon and Showcase have both stated they plan to reopen in “early July”.

While there are a couple of big releases on the horizon – Disney’s live-action Mulan remake is out on 24 July, and Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi blockbuster Tenet is scheduled for 31 July – cinemas are relying on the appeal of re-releases to see them through the opening weeks.

Many of these will be franchise films. As well as Harry Potter, the Back to the Future, Matrix, Hunger Games, Twilight and Fast and Furious franchises will be made available to watch in cinemas.

Recent acclaimed films such as the Oscar-winning Parasite, 1917 and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood will also be gracing the nation’s screens, alongside classics like Casablanca, Lawrence of Arabia and His Girl Friday.

Here’s a list of some of the other films that will be making their way back to cinemas:

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Bicycle Thieves

Breakfast At Tiffany’s

Singin’ In The Rain

Some Like It Hot

The Third Man

Bohemian Rhapsody

Gravity

La La Land

The Philadelphia Story

Roman Holiday

Aquaman

Bad Boys For Life

Crazy Rich Asians

Do The Right Thing

The latest Jumanji films

Moonlight

28 Days Later

Bend It Like Beckham

Dunkirk

The Italian Job

Four Weddings And A Funeral

Paddington

Rocketman

Apollo 13

The Conjuring series

Mad Max: Fury Road

Anchorman

Bridesmaids

The Hangover trilogy

Knives Out

Jojo Rabbit

Despicable Me

Peter Rabbit

The Princess Bride

Pan’s Labyrinth

Parasite

Onward