Synonyms of movie

movie

noun

ˈmü-vē 

1

as in film

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

there was much excitement when it was announced that the popular children's book would be turned into a movie

Synonyms & Similar Words

• film
• documentary
• flick
• motion picture
• moving picture
• feature
• picture
• flicker
• cartoon
• animated cartoon
• short
• docudrama
• featurette
• talkie
• short subject
• B movie
• silent
• B picture
• cofeature

2

as in filmmaking

movies plural the art or business of making a movie

many a small-town girl has gone to Hollywood, dreaming of making it big in the movies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• film
• filmmaking
• cinema
• pictures
• Hollywood
• screen
• silver screen
• big screen
• moviemaking
• Bollywood
• filmdom
• filmland
• showbiz
• show business

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of movie

The movie house era began when the building was rebuilt following the fire and didn’t even last until movies began to talk in 1927. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026

While Godzilla recently celebrated his 72nd birthday, Yamazaki has revived one of the longest running franchises in movies by bringing the series back to its Japanese roots. — ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026

In this movie, it is revealed that Ghidorah is less a king and more a pawn, under the control of calculating Xiliens as part of a plan to subjugate Earth. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2026

Because Songs in the Key of Life is not merely a record but an immersive experience like, say, Dolby Cinema at an AMC movie theater. — Kevin Powell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026