as in film
the art or business of making a movie a master director who is one of the most revered figures of filmland

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Recent Examples of filmland This year, filmland ushered in a new Scream Queen: Jenna Ortega. Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2022 Assayas employs the standard tropes of vampiric lore — endless nights, sleepy days, doomed relationships that can only last so long — to poignantly parallel the lives of those bloodsucking monsters of filmland with the lives of those who inhabit them on screen. Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2022 As an event in filmland the first unfolding of ‘The King of Kings’ on the screen took precedence even over the opening of a theater that in itself is a revelation of art and beauty. Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for filmland
Noun
  • These are Logan Paulsen and his wife Kelly’s rescue dogs, all different ages and sizes, all at the door of their comfortable northern Virginia home to greet his students for another day of film study and training.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • There’s no telling how expensive the wardrobe budget is on the film, but this lookalike style is just $30 right now.
    Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • A lot of fun, very comedic movie.
    Charles Infosino, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In addition to the Dick Wolf drama, Flueger is also known for his appearances on the other Chicago universe shows, Chicago Med and Chicago Fire, but also for movies such as Brothers, alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire, and Natalie Portman, and the 2011 version of Footloose.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Deol also expresses nostalgia for earlier eras of filmmaking.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Rose, did Mary’s background as a therapist enhance the filmmaking in that scene, or others?
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Lopez).
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In prison, Molina uses his imagination to retreat into the comfort of his favorite movie, starring fictitious silver screen diva Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez, to get through the horrors of Argentina’s repressive regime.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Rice's book famously got a big screen adaptation in 1994, starring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Kirsten Dunst.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Halkias, who plays Dave Louvopolis in Tires, has been racking up small and big screen credits, quickly becoming a breakout star in film and TV.
    Frank DiGiacomo, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Filmland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filmland. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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