movie, film, picture, moving picture, motion picture, picture show, pic, flick

a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"

• feature, feature film — the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater
• home movie — a film made at home by an amateur photographer
• coming attraction — a movie that is advertised to draw customers
• shoot-'em-up — a movie featuring shooting and violence
• short subject — a brief film; often shown prior to showing the feature
• documentary, docudrama, documentary film, infotainment — a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
• cinema verite — a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director
• peepshow — a short pornographic film shown in a small coin-operated booth
• silent movie — a movie without a soundtrack
• slow motion — a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster rate
• talking picture, talkie — a movie with synchronized speech and singing
• three-D, 3-D, 3D — a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance

• show — a public exhibition or entertainment

• sequence, episode — film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
• credit — an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work
• subtitle, caption — translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
• credits — a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film)
• scene, shot — a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film