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

The national touring program of the Slamdance Film Festival is making its first-ever stop in Atlanta this weekend, helping to build audiences for independent films from emerging directors. — Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Another chart that Follows showed on Thursday that may not have surprised the crowd but was still not happy news focused on the percentage of indie films that generate a profit. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026

The slate for this year’s Midnight Madness very much speaks to that ethos, as Kuplowsky walked us through the 10 films that make up this year’s energizing movie mix tape. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2026

Both films currently boast a Certified Fresh badge on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with a respective 90% and 94% approval rating from critics. — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026

There are obviously a lot of clips from Hollywood films in the documentary. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026

That tendency toward downbeat storytelling has befallen many Spider-Man films over the years. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

The Ho Chi Minh City studio has spent more than a decade producing multi-genre Vietnamese films. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 July 2026

Eisenberg’s The Debut, which stars Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti, is also expected to play at Telluride, along with new films from Andrew Haigh and Mike Leigh. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 30 July 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