movie; film; picture; moving picture; moving-picture show; motion picture; motion-picture show; picture show; pic; flick




a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

"they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"

Type of:
  • show
  • product; production

Types:
  • telefilm
  • feature; feature film
  • final cut
  • home movie
  • collage film
  • coming attraction
  • shoot-'em-up
  • short subject
  • documentary; docudrama; documentary film; infotainment
  • cinema verite
  • film noir
  • skin flick
  • rough cut
  • silent movie; silent picture; silents
  • slow motion
  • talking picture; talkie
  • three-D; 3-D; 3D
  • musical; musical comedy; musical theater


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