Thesaurus results for MOVIES

movies

noun

plural of movie

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 Its wireless 10-inch subwoofer brings deep, room-shaking rumble to action movies and music alike. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026 The actress was best known for starring in the TV shows Heroes and Nashville and for movies including Ice Princess. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026 Four Spanish series seasons and three movies feature in Netflix Top 10s of the streaming giant’s biggest non-English hits ever, more titles than from any other country in the world. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026 Among the bigger concerns was fewer movies coming to theaters as a result of the merger, something that was seen following the merger of Disney and Fox. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 21 Sep. 2026 There’s some crazy statistic about the lack of female leads in films compared to men who lead movies. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026 Olivier was a transformative stage and screen actor and director, the star of classic movies such as Wuthering Heights, Rebecca, Henry V, Hamlet, Othello, and Marathon Man, and the founding artistic director of the Royal National Theatre. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026 Ellison also addressed the main points in the consent degree unveiled by Bonta, which involves a commitment to a minimum of 30 movies a year for the next two years and 32 movies for the next three years. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026 Here, see the stars with the buzziest movies and TV projects at the festival — plus some adorable puppies, courtesy of Project Paws! — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

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De Heer has spent more than 40 years in Tasmania, Australia, directing, writing and producing films across a broad range of genres and subjects.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
The same logic has already appeared in Ellen’s workshop for women in film, where authority gathers under the name of confession.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of film

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This is on top of Perez Hilton and plenty of other sites (Gawker included) that would just flat-out insult people, draw nasty things on their pictures, and just generally malign them.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
Post-ballet, Sorbara will walk ten blocks south of Lincoln Center for a borscht martini at Russian Samovar, where, fittingly, the walls are adorned with pictures of Baryshnikov.

— Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2026

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But this is nonetheless a fascinatingly dark and uncompromising film that reaffirms Nelson’s standing as a vital force in American independent filmmaking for more than three decades.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
Universal acclaim or not, the film launched his groundbreaking directing career and helped usher in a new era of Black independent filmmaking.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of filmmaking

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Strong wind gusts Saturday night took down a gazebo at the popular Daer Nightclub at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino near Hollywood, sending five people to the hospital, officials said.

— Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 21 June 2026
The breakout success of these films has ignited debate across Hollywood about what made these movies so popular, especially among Gen Z moviegoers who haven’t been flocking to cinemas in recent years.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026

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