Lens choice can help, but it’s only one part of a cinematic look. From the answers here, the most relevant lens traits are:

• fast maximum aperture: A wide aperture helps create shallow depth of field and stronger background blur, which many people associate with a cinematic style.
• focal length: Longer lenses often feel more cinematic because they compress perspective and make backgrounds feel closer and less distorted. Very wide lenses can work too, but panning with them can make perspective distortion more obvious.
• controlled rendering: Lower distortion and pleasing out-of-focus areas can help, but they matter less than aperture and focal length.

That said, composition, lighting, color control, and post-processing are just as important, often more so. Techniques mentioned include tighter framing, controlled color palette, letterbox-style presentation, reduced saturation, and subtle vignette. In other words, a lens can support the look, but it won’t create it by itself.

If you want a practical starting point, look for a relatively fast normal-to-short-telephoto lens rather than relying only on a wide kit zoom.