Synonyms of films

films 1 of 2

noun

plural of film

as in movies

a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track

watched a film on the Hopi Indians at the multicultural center

Synonyms & Similar Words

• movies
• documentaries
• pictures
• flicks
• motion pictures
• moving pictures
• features
• flickers
• animated cartoons
• shorts
• short subjects
• featurettes
• docudramas
• cartoons
• talkies
• silents
• B movies
• B pictures
• cofeatures

films

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of film

as in videotapes

Related Words

• videotapes
• images
• pictures
• photos
• photographs
• retakes
• rephotographs
• snaps
• mugs
• shoots

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of films

Noun

This year’s selection of Singapore films and co-productions reflects an increasingly diverse creative ecosystem that is producing internationally competitive work. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

The Guardian and mk2 films have announced global release plans for Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s bombshell documentary NAZA. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026

The trifecta of fall festivals—Venice, Telluride, and Toronto—is over, and now there’s a much clearer picture of which films could be true Oscar contenders this year. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026

And the films shot here were often standard multiplex fare, not exactly making inroads in storytelling or vision. — Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Horror films and increasingly brutal crime stories reveal the very large market for the subject. — Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

Of these three films, The Uprising is admittedly the least heist-explicit; Paul Greengrass’s shaky cam mostly follows marching mobs lambasting the king and furious revolts against soldiers and tax collectors. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026

A lot of attention is inevitably going to fall on the world premieres or the fresher films that just played in Venice or Telluride. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026

The complete list of grant recipients and their films from Cycles 2 and 3 can be found below. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026

Verb

The flashbacks to Emma’s adolescence, which Borgli films with some curiosity, are far more engaging than the film’s depictions of the chatty Boston bourgeoisie, which exude self-satisfied certainty. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026