as in film
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 movies
The number of girls and women leading the top movies of 2025 also hit a seven-year low.
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2026
Most of Skydance’s biggest movies were based on IP that was around long before its founding.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026
Fictional ghostwriters now show up as main characters in popular books and movies, as in Robert Harris’s novel The Ghostwriter, Colleen Hoover’s, Verity, Hernan Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel Trust.
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
Lifetime is entering the microdrama game with a series tied to one of its upcoming original movies.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 4 Mar. 2026
Theaters are still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 2023 Screen Actors Guild strike prevented a lot of movies from being shown on the silver screen.
—Joseph Hernandez
march 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
Melissa Barrera, who starred in the fifth and sixth movies, was fired from the seventh installment in 2023 after expressing support for the Palestinian cause and criticizing Israeli actions in the Israel-Hamas war.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
The theatrical business has been in flux in recent years as consumer habits have shifted, studios grapple with how long movies should play in cinemas before hitting the home market, and streaming siphons away potential releases.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2026
Film fans can also watch family-friendly movies during the summer in Luckie Park, a public recreation area.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2026
Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2026
Most of Skydance’s biggest movies were based on IP that was around long before its founding.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026
Fictional ghostwriters now show up as main characters in popular books and movies, as in Robert Harris’s novel The Ghostwriter, Colleen Hoover’s, Verity, Hernan Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel Trust.
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
Lifetime is entering the microdrama game with a series tied to one of its upcoming original movies.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 4 Mar. 2026
Theaters are still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 2023 Screen Actors Guild strike prevented a lot of movies from being shown on the silver screen.
—Joseph Hernandez
march 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
Melissa Barrera, who starred in the fifth and sixth movies, was fired from the seventh installment in 2023 after expressing support for the Palestinian cause and criticizing Israeli actions in the Israel-Hamas war.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
The theatrical business has been in flux in recent years as consumer habits have shifted, studios grapple with how long movies should play in cinemas before hitting the home market, and streaming siphons away potential releases.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2026
Film fans can also watch family-friendly movies during the summer in Luckie Park, a public recreation area.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for movies
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Throughout the early 20th century female film directors were few and far between, and could often be counted on one hand — from Alice Guy-Blanché and Lois Weber to Dorothy Arzner.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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This time round, though, an unfortunate silliness sometimes creeps in, where the film risks tipping over Shakespearean-size emotions into embarrassing bathos.—
Miriam Balanescu,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2026
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The spokesperson also responded with names and pictures of several men from Los Angeles who have been taken into custody by ICE and convicted of serious crimes.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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His Instagram account showed pictures of snowy backdrops and time spent with family and friends.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Following the brouhaha around whether art should be divorced from politics at the Berlinale, the organizers of the 8th Joburg Film Festival at Tuesday night’s opener were adamant that all voices and viewpoints are welcome, noting that African filmmaking is inherently political.—
Thinus Ferreira,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2026
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The co-production between Chile, Argentina and Italy not only solved a practical problem, but reaffirmed our belief that collaborative filmmaking is one of the most vital ways to sustain independent cinema.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Feb. 2026
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The mother of two has repeatedly accused Samantha and their father, former Hollywood lighting director Thomas Markle, of selling stories to the British tabloids.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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The prolific Hollywood subgenre of the body-swap comedy had already been around a while when Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan teamed up for the surprise hit, Freaky Friday.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Movies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/movies. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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