on film

idiom

: in the form of a movie or video
The accident was captured on film.
seeing the works of Shakespeare on film

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Muriel’s From American Horror Story to Disney’s Princess and the Frog, New Orleans’s relationship with the otherworldly has been well documented on film and television. Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025 Before Ben Stiller made his mark on film, television and comedy, his parents, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, were an unstoppably uproarious duo. Andrew McGowan, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025 This, of course, was evident on film. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025 Grierson & Leitch write about the movies regularly and host a podcast on film. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for on film

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“On film.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20film. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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