Babylon Kreuzberg is an arthouse cinema on Dresdener Straße, near Kottbusser Damm, run by the Yorck cinema group. Yorck says it opened in 1955 as the HELO, built in the ruins of an apartment building close to the border between the American and Russian sectors, and that it became the Kent, showing Turkish films, in the 1970s. It joined Yorck in 1986 and took the name Babylon; the auditorium was divided in two in 1989. A 2025 renovation added 4K laser projection in auditorium 1, air conditioning, new seats and accessible toilets.
Yorck describes the Babylon as an OV/OmU cinema, with special events alongside its main programme; it is a venue for the Pornfilmfestival Berlin and hosts surf film nights. Yorck also lists some screenings as OmeU. None of these labels by itself means English audio. Our listings here are for English-audio screenings.
Yorck lists Kottbusser Tor (U1, U3, U8) and buses M29 and 140, with bike racks at the entrance. There is one step at the entrance door; Hall A and Hall B can both be reached at ground level through an emergency exit, but Hall B has no wheelchair spaces. Yorck asks visitors to tell staff in advance. Its accessibility page has the details.