The first Sky Cinema (then Sky Movies) channel started as one of the four Sky satellite channels on 5 February 1989. The first movie shown was "Dirty Dancing". The channel became a paid channel for on 5 February 1990. Over time, many different channels with the "Sky Movies" name were started. From 2007, they were grouped by genre (such as "Sky Movies Comedy" or "Sky Movies Action"). Sky Movies changed its name to "Sky Cinema" in 2016.