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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“Always dreamt of having this moment again,” Wayans said, while thanking Glickman and executive producer Marc Weinstock during a short speech at the movie’s premiere.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

And while there’s nothing wrong with that per se, being so confined to a single location is one of the movie’s most glaring missteps.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

This was an era of moviegoing when premieres were essential to a movie’s box office success, drawing substantial marketing opportunities.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The combination of thematic sincerity and confident visual sophistication makes for a strangely disarming, almost lyrical experience, closer to a poem than a film — a feeling amplified by the movie’s brisk length.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Shortly after the movie's release, Dennis McLellan, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, found me through Spielberg's company.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson