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

People don’t like to imagine themselves being murdered or dragged through the mud, so these slasher films that would otherwise be enjoyable are hard to stomach sometimes. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

The fast-talking Sun, who previously worked at Chinese video streaming platforms iQIYI, Youku and ByteDance’s Douyin, launched Feixiang Universe last year to produce AI films. — Ling Wei, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Ted Sarandos has seemed to keep his word at granting a certain number of Netflix films a 45-day theatrical window. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026

Toronto has one of the largest lineups of any festival, with more than 100 films screening over the course of the 11 days (not including market screenings). — John Ross, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026

At the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the English character actress is pulling triple duty, appearing in no fewer than three films. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

Playing the part largely for laughs, Moore actually has more in common with Lazenby than Connery; his Bond is softer and sillier than the original, an approach Moore would double down on in later films — often to the chagrin of Bond purists. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2026

In the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, many studios either shuffled their product directly to streaming or waited a mere 17 days for their films to become available to buy or rent at home. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

Below, Entertainment Weekly ranks all five films in the Indiana Jones franchise. — Frank Deruggiero, Entertainment Weekly, 3 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