movies

noun

plural of movie
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 Sarandos was a voracious consumer of movies and television, a passion that stretched back to his days working at home-video stores. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026 Paramount still needs to deliver on an aggressive slate of 30 movies per year across the two studios, so there’s plenty of opportunity to go around. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 29 Sep. 2026 Black Bear, the company behind movies such as Train Dreams and Sing Sing, has a new head of television distribution. — Peter White, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026 In movies Rocky had seen the ghosts didn’t usually make a lot of sense. — Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026 Its wireless 10-inch subwoofer brings deep, room-shaking rumble to action movies and music alike. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026 The actress was best known for starring in the TV shows Heroes and Nashville and for movies including Ice Princess. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026 There’s some crazy statistic about the lack of female leads in films compared to men who lead movies. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026 Olivier was a transformative stage and screen actor and director, the star of classic movies such as Wuthering Heights, Rebecca, Henry V, Hamlet, Othello, and Marathon Man, and the founding artistic director of the Royal National Theatre. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for movies
  1. film
  2. pictures
  3. filmmaking
  4. Hollywood
Noun
  • Every action is decisive and cannot be reversed, just as the film runs ever forward through the projector.
    — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • For us at Palari Films, this film isn’t just about a filmmaker’s return after 15 years.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of film
Noun
  • But the sight of a man sleeping atop the shelter next to a shopping cart caught the attention of onlookers, some of whom pulled out their phones to take pictures, as first reported by KTLA.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Troublesome Creek, Kentucky, overflowed, destroying pictures of the late 13-year-old boy whom Campbell helped raise — and just about everything else in her home.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of pictures
Noun
  • But this is nonetheless a fascinatingly dark and uncompromising film that reaffirms Nelson’s standing as a vital force in American independent filmmaking for more than three decades.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Universal acclaim or not, the film launched his groundbreaking directing career and helped usher in a new era of Black independent filmmaking.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of filmmaking
Noun
  • Strong wind gusts Saturday night took down a gazebo at the popular Daer Nightclub at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino near Hollywood, sending five people to the hospital, officials said.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 21 June 2026
  • The breakout success of these films has ignited debate across Hollywood about what made these movies so popular, especially among Gen Z moviegoers who haven’t been flocking to cinemas in recent years.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
Definition of Hollywood

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“Movies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/movies. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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