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

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

In both films, acting is the central source of the characters’ motivations. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 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

Ghobadi is a festival regular whose films have played at Cannes, Berlin, San Sebastian, TIFF and other events. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 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

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

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

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