Sharon Cinema, Movie theater and heritage site in Netanya, Israel.

Sharon Cinema is an abandoned movie theater in Netanya, built in 1950 on a kurkar hill at the intersection of Smilansky, Herzl and Sha'ar HaGai streets. The building, designed by architects Samuel Barkai and Heinz Fenchel, has a hall and balcony with 1,300 seats and a facade with International Style features.

The theater was designed by architects Samuel Barkai and Heinz Fenchel and opened in 1950 as a modern entertainment venue. It stands as one of the earliest examples of International Style cinema architecture in the country.

The cinema's name comes from the Sharon plain, and its hall and balcony seated 1,300. It closed in 1991 and has stood abandoned since; proposals in 2003 for a cinematheque and a 2008 municipal renovation budget came to nothing. In 2021 the Marathon Fund and the Itzik Teshuva Group bought the complex for 40 million shekels.

The building is abandoned and closed to the public, so it can only be seen from the street. It stands on a kurkar hill at the junction of Smilansky, Herzl and Sha'ar HaGai streets, the site of Netanya's first settlement. Look up at the facade for the International Style elements designed by Samuel Barkai and Heinz Fenchel.

The cinema stands on a kurkar hill at the junction of Smilansky, Herzl and Sha'ar HaGai streets, the site of Netanya's first settlement. Its 1,300 seats were split between a hall and a balcony. Aaron Landa, among the city's founders, initiated the building; his house was later donated to the municipality.