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movies

NOUN

presentation of action on continuous film

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cinema feature film flick motion picture picture show videotape

STRONG

celluloid screenplay talkie

WEAK

cine cinematics cinematograph moving picture photoplay silent silver screen talking picture

Example Sentences

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As Walker Percy wrote in his 1961 novel, “The Moviegoer,” movies can reflect and express a people’s spiritual condition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Paramount has said it plans to produce more movies once combined with WBD than the two companies have made separately.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Gangster flicks are perhaps among the most misunderstood movies out there.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

This discovery "reminded me of a trailer for the first in a series of epic movies", Godfrey commented in a linked Nature paper.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

It was true what she told Boaz: movies were like dreaming.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny