as in film
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
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Recent Examples of movies
Listen to the Obama playlists Barack Obama is known for releasing his songs of the summer playlist each year, and his end-of-year favorites in books, movies and music.
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Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
The English-language remakes of the Culpables movies and the Spanish-language originals have crushed the latest Prime Video viewing charts.
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Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
24 June 2026
Talk of resetting expectations and opportunities led to questions about the star’s upcoming movies.
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
24 June 2026
Bookcases such as this one, with 12 cubbies for storing books and movies and adding decorative touches, also help keep things tidy.
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Better Homes & Gardens,
24 June 2026
But this is also naturally a way for Sony to get more of its own franchises into those spaces and maybe even some of its new movies down the road.
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Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
24 June 2026
Cusack has voiced Jessie for almost 27 years across four movies.
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Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
In fact, like costar Kate Jackson, Smith carved out a niche as a star of TV movies for the better part of two decades.
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Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 June 2026
Well, just one petabyte is equal to roughly 250 million high resolution photos or the storage capacity of 250,000 smartphones or 13 years' worth of continuous high-definition movies.
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David Wade,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
The English-language remakes of the Culpables movies and the Spanish-language originals have crushed the latest Prime Video viewing charts.
—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
24 June 2026
Talk of resetting expectations and opportunities led to questions about the star’s upcoming movies.
—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
24 June 2026
Bookcases such as this one, with 12 cubbies for storing books and movies and adding decorative touches, also help keep things tidy.
—
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 June 2026
But this is also naturally a way for Sony to get more of its own franchises into those spaces and maybe even some of its new movies down the road.
—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
24 June 2026
Cusack has voiced Jessie for almost 27 years across four movies.
—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
In fact, like costar Kate Jackson, Smith carved out a niche as a star of TV movies for the better part of two decades.
—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 June 2026
Well, just one petabyte is equal to roughly 250 million high resolution photos or the storage capacity of 250,000 smartphones or 13 years' worth of continuous high-definition movies.
—
David Wade,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for movies
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The film received six Oscar nominees, including one for Blyth, and Crawford — who became good friends with Blyth — won best actress for her role.
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The pair posed for photos and watched the film together.
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Later pictures showed the structure being towed within the lagoon.
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Space-age music blared night-club-loud as pictures of birds, plants, and flowers cascaded down the walls.
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There is a romanticized version of independent filmmaking that people often imagine — a passionate artist with a great script, a group of believers, and a dream that somehow finds its way to the screen.
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He is primarily focused on documentary cinema and observational filmmaking.
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The mother of two has repeatedly accused Samantha and their father, former Hollywood lighting director Thomas Markle, of selling stories to the British tabloids.
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The prolific Hollywood subgenre of the body-swap comedy had already been around a while when Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan teamed up for the surprise hit, Freaky Friday.
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“Movies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/movies. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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