Thesaurus results for MOVIE

movie

noun

ˈmü-vē

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

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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

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Recent Examples of movie This is what we’ve been told time and again, in movies and TV shows from Mommie Dearest and Carrie to Mad Men and The Sopranos, where the mother monster shows up in all her pill-popping, guilt-tripping, fright wig-wearing splendor to wreak havoc on her innocent children’s—and our—psyches. —

Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026 While Egypt is known for its movies and Lebanon for its pop singers and composers, Syria's TV series have for decades been seen as the gold standard in the region. —

ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026 When the movie was released, students loved seeing their campus on screen. —

Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 23 Feb. 2026 Conan O’Brien is in a Toy Story movie. —

Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for movie

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Brown made his film directorial debut with the 2005 documentary Off the Chain, which explored the widespread abuse of American pit bull terriers.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
Driven out of the family mansion, mother and child relocate to the less auspicious Belleville, New Jersey — one of the film’s few genuinely funny touches — where Mary whiles away her days in the employ of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026