Thesaurus results for MOVIE

movie

noun

ˈmü-vē

Definition of movie

as in film

a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track there was much excitement when it was announced that the popular children's book would be turned into a movie

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as in filmmaking

movies plural 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 movie North American movie theaters were flooded with new films this weekend, including a video game reboot, a big budget survival thriller and a Jane Austen adaptation. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026 But frankly, that sounds apocryphal, like a movie scene — which is helpful, because there is a film in development. — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 Monia Barbaro, on screen now in Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial, looked every bit the movie star in a sultry Armani Privé gown, as did Alexa Demie in a Chanel dress that invoked the sartorial spirit of Cher. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 18 Oct. 2026 The interview came after McAvoy took over the role of Professor Charles Xavier from Stewart in the X-Men prequel movies First Class (2011), Days of Future Past (2014), Apocalypse (2016) and Dark Phoenix (2019). — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for movie

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The nearly six-minute film shows how the team combines precision machining, assembly, and repair to accelerate robot development.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Dyrholm’s casting in Incidents of Intimacy marks a homecoming for the Danish actress who was part of the ensemble cast in Thomas Vinterberg’s Cannes Jury Prize winner The Celebration, the first film to be made under the original manifesto.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 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

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The next documentary in Netflix‘s excellent Untold film series will zone in on Love, who scammed women out of money while posing as a wideout with the San Francisco 49ers, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
The off-beat documentary about… well, the title says it all, has crossed the $2 million mark 25 days into its run.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026

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