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

From there on out, every story beat will be familiar to anyone who’s ever seen a come-from-behind underdog loser redemption movie. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026

Rawlings Jr also worked on a handful of TV movies, and his final credit was a 2008 episode of Boston Public. — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 21 July 2026

Jason Bateman’s arrest story sounds like it could be turned into a movie. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 21 July 2026

He’s made a handful of excellent movies despite his Achilles heel. — Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026