the movies
plural noun
chiefly US
1
: a showing of a movie in a theater
We are going to the movies tonight.
also
: a movie theater
What's (playing/showing) at the movies?
2
: the business of making movies : the film industry
He wants to work in the movies.
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Advertisement That was true outside of the movies, too.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
As the decades passed, the number of film screenings ticked up, and the mainstream notability of the movies presented grew.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Are young kids interested in the movies?
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
There’s that middle market of filmmaking - the kind of the movies that aren’t being made for nothing, but aren’t being made for hundreds and hundreds of millions, that are getting neglected.
—Jeff Conway, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
As the decades passed, the number of film screenings ticked up, and the mainstream notability of the movies presented grew.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Are young kids interested in the movies?
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
There’s that middle market of filmmaking - the kind of the movies that aren’t being made for nothing, but aren’t being made for hundreds and hundreds of millions, that are getting neglected.
—Jeff Conway, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the movies
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“The movies.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20movies. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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