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 most iconic fashion movies offer not only aesthetic inspiration, but a cultural mirror.
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Liam Hess, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2025
San Sebastián has a long tradition as a focus of pro-democracy protest under Franco and, after democracy was won in general elections of 1977, of screening political and social issue movies.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
The triple-threat entertainer and business mogul has spent more than three decades building an empire—and her homes are every bit as headline-making as her music, movies, and love life.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2025
Your past three movies on the surface are very different.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
New shows and movies are always being added, so here are my top picks for this weekend and the week ahead, plus everything new streaming below.
—PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
His work has been licensed for movies, music videos, advertisements and newscasts.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Distributors like to see how movies play for Telluride’s cross-section of the national arthouse audience, passing word of mouth from line to line.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
While their moms were tending to patients, the two friends walked through the hallways, played games and watched movies in the hospital's lounges and open areas to kill the time.
—David Chiu, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Liam Hess, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2025
San Sebastián has a long tradition as a focus of pro-democracy protest under Franco and, after democracy was won in general elections of 1977, of screening political and social issue movies.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
The triple-threat entertainer and business mogul has spent more than three decades building an empire—and her homes are every bit as headline-making as her music, movies, and love life.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2025
Your past three movies on the surface are very different.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
New shows and movies are always being added, so here are my top picks for this weekend and the week ahead, plus everything new streaming below.
—PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
His work has been licensed for movies, music videos, advertisements and newscasts.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Distributors like to see how movies play for Telluride’s cross-section of the national arthouse audience, passing word of mouth from line to line.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
While their moms were tending to patients, the two friends walked through the hallways, played games and watched movies in the hospital's lounges and open areas to kill the time.
—David Chiu, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for movies
Noun
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The coverage Jaden Hicks isn’t going to enjoy the film.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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In fact, it could be said that few creative mediums go together quite like fashion and film.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
6 Sep. 2025
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There were reporters and photographers all around, clamoring for interviews and pictures.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Hanson has always been a great fashion photographer, especially good at capturing feminine exuberance, but the span of time that has passed since these pictures were taken now establishes them as bona-fide historical artifacts to boot.—
Jillian Steinhauer,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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With its mix of full-length features, short films and documentaries from at home and abroad, the schedule speaks to the breadth and depth of Black filmmaking internationally.—
Julie Hinds,
Freep.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Despite a 2010 ban on filmmaking, media appearances and travel, Panahi continued working in secret.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
30 Aug. 2025
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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 10 Sep. 2025.
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