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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
In books and movies, though, versions of amnesia lurk everywhere … Amnesiacs might not much exist, but amnesiac characters stumble everywhere through comic books, movies, and our dreams.
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Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025
As Screen Rant reported in 2019, Carpenter and Hill originally planned the Halloween franchise films to be an anthology of standalone movies that took place on Halloween night, and the creators felt Michael's arc ended in Halloween II.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
That’s why, in the nineteen-sixties, the New Wave became an inspiration to filmmakers worldwide and put movies at the center of cultural life.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Elon Musk is a fan of movies, or pretends to be.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
That’s why no movies about young people, from a young person’s point of view, really existed.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Today, all the big movies open during the summertime, but Jaws was the trendsetter.
—Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Loria also noted that Snow White sold a lower percentage of premium tickets than other recent movies—only about a third, compared to an average of 40 percent.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
He’s starred in movies such as Shall We Dance?
—Kate Hogan, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025
As Screen Rant reported in 2019, Carpenter and Hill originally planned the Halloween franchise films to be an anthology of standalone movies that took place on Halloween night, and the creators felt Michael's arc ended in Halloween II.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
That’s why, in the nineteen-sixties, the New Wave became an inspiration to filmmakers worldwide and put movies at the center of cultural life.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Elon Musk is a fan of movies, or pretends to be.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
That’s why no movies about young people, from a young person’s point of view, really existed.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Today, all the big movies open during the summertime, but Jaws was the trendsetter.
—Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Loria also noted that Snow White sold a lower percentage of premium tickets than other recent movies—only about a third, compared to an average of 40 percent.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
He’s starred in movies such as Shall We Dance?
—Kate Hogan, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for movies
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These are Logan Paulsen and his wife Kelly’s rescue dogs, all different ages and sizes, all at the door of their comfortable northern Virginia home to greet his students for another day of film study and training.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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There’s no telling how expensive the wardrobe budget is on the film, but this lookalike style is just $30 right now.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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The video showed dozens of videos and pictures sent to her, all featuring people eating McDonald's fries as a show of solidarity.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Go through a corn maze, sip on apple cider, and take silly pictures with the cardboard cutouts.—
Kylie Petty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Oct. 2025
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Deol also expresses nostalgia for earlier eras of filmmaking.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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Rose, did Mary’s background as a therapist enhance the filmmaking in that scene, or others?—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
9 Oct. 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 26 Oct. 2025.
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