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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Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 13 Dec. 2025
The streaming platform is no longer moving forward with a TV series reimagining Louis Sachar's 1998 YA novel and the 2003 Disney movie adaptation that starred a young Shia LaBeouf, Entertainment Weekly has confirmed.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Dec. 2025
That’ll be a whole new way to see films at the Berlinale, for once watch each and every one in the competition and discuss them all in-depth with a group of intelligent and movie-loving people.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 12 Dec. 2025
That's the sort of move that could allow Lucasfilm to later expand the canon period with new movies and/or shows.
—Ian Stokes, Space.com, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Movie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/movie. Accessed 14 Dec. 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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