home movie
noun
: a movie that one makes for people to watch in one's home and that is usually of the family or a family event
We watched home movies of the family reunion.
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As the co-chairman continues to push the need to channel that inner 10-year-old, the episode switches to home movie footage of the players as kids, interspersed with match action from the game against Charlton.
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 27 June 2025
Stewart was looking for South Side residents’ old home movie footage, shot on 8 millimeter, Super 8 and 16 millimeter film.
—Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
For the film, Hargitay conducts interviews with all of her siblings separately, gets access to Jayne’s storage locker that had been untouched for decades and contains a treasure trove of memorabilia from her mother’s career as well as the lives of her kids, plenty of home movie and more.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 18 May 2025
Episodes 1 and 2 of the Tim Burton Docuseries cover everything from Burton’s time growing up in Burbank, Calif., and his earliest art and home movie creations to his days as a student at CalArts.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 27 June 2025
Stewart was looking for South Side residents’ old home movie footage, shot on 8 millimeter, Super 8 and 16 millimeter film.
—Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
For the film, Hargitay conducts interviews with all of her siblings separately, gets access to Jayne’s storage locker that had been untouched for decades and contains a treasure trove of memorabilia from her mother’s career as well as the lives of her kids, plenty of home movie and more.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 18 May 2025
Episodes 1 and 2 of the Tim Burton Docuseries cover everything from Burton’s time growing up in Burbank, Calif., and his earliest art and home movie creations to his days as a student at CalArts.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Home movie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20movie. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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