moving pictures

plural of moving picture
as in movies
a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track in the 20th century moving pictures became an important form of artistic expression

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Noun
  • The most iconic fashion movies offer not only aesthetic inspiration, but a cultural mirror.
    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
Noun
  • The Grand Finale is the end of the beloved tale of the Crawley family over several years, first as a limited and then regular TV drama series, and then as major motion pictures, with this the third and apparently last of them.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The movie is one of the top-grossing motion pictures of all time.
    Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Premiering at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival, BRATS offers an intimate look at the group's cultural impact in films such as The Breakfast Club (1985), Back to the Future (1985) and Pretty in Pink (1986), as well as behind-the-scenes footage and promotional clips.
    Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Meyer has also appeared on Designated Survivor (2018), The Fix (2019), and Good Girls (2021), and acted in films including Changeland (2019), Unpregnant (2020), and The Enormity of Life (2021).
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Moving pictures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moving%20pictures. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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