The present invention discloses a pressure filter, which comprises multiple groups of filter plates, wherein the adjacent filter plates are arranged in a contact manner, and each filter plate is provided with a material channel and a pressure filtration space with a variable volume and for accommodating a material. One end of the material channel is communicated with the pressure filtration space, and the other end is communicated with the pressure filtration space of the adjacent filter plate. Each filter plate is further provided with an air channel for communicating the filter plate pressure filtration space and a liquid channel for communicating the pressure filtration space of the adjacent filter plate. Filter screens are arranged on both sides of the filter plates and are positioned inside the adjacent pressure filtration space, wherein a filter cloth is covered outside the filter screen. The pressure filter of the present invention has characteristics of fewer components, simple and reliable structure, and low equipment maintenance workload. The present invention provides a pressure filtration method. According to the pressure filtration method of the present invention, two-stage pressure filtration and one-stage drying are adopted, wherein the first stage is that a driving pump is adopted to feed the material to carry out pressure filtration, the second stage is that high pressure air pressurizes the filter cloth to carry out pressure pressing, and the third stage is that the material is dried with high temperature air, such that pressure filtration efficiency is improved, and effects of automatic material unloading and filter cloth cleaning are achieved through the high pressure air.