Filmstudio Glückauf, Independent cinema in Essen, Germany.

Filmstudio Glückauf is an independent cinema in Essen that screens both mainstream blockbusters and specialized film art. The rooms offer modern projection systems and comfortable seating for the film experience.

Opened on 1 March 1924 in the Glückaufhaus, built 1922–1923 to designs by Ernst Bode. A bomb hit destroyed it in 1945; it was rebuilt two years later and received its listed 1950s interior in 1953. After structural defects forced closure on 19 April 2001, the cinema wing was demolished in 2007 and rebuilt behind the preserved façade, reopening on 18–19 December 2009.

The name Glückauf is the traditional miners' greeting of the Ruhr, fitting a cinema housed in the Glückaufhaus of the former Ruhrkohle AG. Its annual programmes have won awards repeatedly, making it one of Germany's most awarded art-house cinemas. It also keeps a Gulbransson cinema organ alongside its Dolby Surround system.

The cinema is at Rüttenscheider Straße 2 in Essen's Südviertel, near the Rüttenscheid district. The hall seats 250 and is equipped with Dolby Surround. The entrance sits behind the listed facade of the Glückaufhaus.

The cinema regularly organizes thematic film series that combine German and international works, creating a space for cultural exchange through movies. These series often follow a common thread and offer access to films that are otherwise difficult to find.