Synonyms of movie

movie

noun

ˈmü-vē 

1

as in film

a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track

there was much excitement when it was announced that the popular children's book would be turned into a movie

Synonyms & Similar Words

• film
• documentary
• flick
• motion picture
• moving picture
• feature
• picture
• flicker
• cartoon
• animated cartoon
• short
• docudrama
• featurette
• talkie
• short subject
• B movie
• silent
• B picture
• cofeature

2

as in filmmaking

movies plural the art or business of making a movie

many a small-town girl has gone to Hollywood, dreaming of making it big in the movies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• film
• filmmaking
• cinema
• pictures
• Hollywood
• screen
• silver screen
• big screen
• moviemaking
• Bollywood
• filmdom
• filmland
• showbiz
• show business

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of movie

Skeptics note that many of the movies from the studios for the next three years have already been greenlit. — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2026

And after 10 movies over the past two and a half decades, there’s an 11th — and allegedly final — one on the way, set for release in March 2028. — Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026

Show creator Quinn Shephard told Netflix’s Tudum that her love for Y2K teen movies and erotic thrillers like Carrie, Jennifer’s Body and Heavenly Creatures, as well as her fascination with the Salem witch trials, inspired her to write The Body. — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026

The movie also stars Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Phoebe Bridgers, Matthew Maher, Bokeem Woodbine, and Anna Faris. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026