plural movies
1
: a recording of moving images that tells a story and that people watch (as in a theater or on the screen of a television or mobile device) : motion picture sense 2a
watched a movie after dinner
a movie about the Civil War
an action movie
especially
: a feature-length film shown in a movie theater
2
the movies
: a showing of a motion picture especially in a theater
went to the movies last Friday
also
: a theater that shows movies
What's playing at the movies?
3
the movies
: the business of making movies : the medium or industry of film
Examples of movie in a Sentence
He wants to work in the movies.
a career in the movies
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How exactly did a movie about magicians, of all things, become a true Hollywood success story?
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Barry Levitt, Time, 15 Nov. 2025
Between Creed and both Black Panther movies, his films have amassed 14 nominations and four wins over the last decade, and yet Coogler himself has never been nominated for Best Director.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
Butler, Hawke and Madison shared the screen as their characters approach the homes of their would-be victims before Tarantino's movie rewrites history with the Manson cult members' deaths.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
Of course, there are only so many bad movies that are ripe to be remade; only so many movies that are famous enough to feel like safe investments, but also flawed enough to guarantee that Hollywood executives will feel like creative geniuses for improving upon them.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Nov. 2025
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Barry Levitt, Time, 15 Nov. 2025
Between Creed and both Black Panther movies, his films have amassed 14 nominations and four wins over the last decade, and yet Coogler himself has never been nominated for Best Director.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
Butler, Hawke and Madison shared the screen as their characters approach the homes of their would-be victims before Tarantino's movie rewrites history with the Manson cult members' deaths.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
Of course, there are only so many bad movies that are ripe to be remade; only so many movies that are famous enough to feel like safe investments, but also flawed enough to guarantee that Hollywood executives will feel like creative geniuses for improving upon them.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Movie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/movie. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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movie
noun
mov·ie
ˈmü-vē 
2
a
: a story represented in motion pictures
b
pl : a showing of a movie
went to the movies yesterday
3
plural
: the business of making movies : the motion-picture industry
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