Designating a play, film, etc., performed by actors wearing costumes, esp. one set in a particular historical period and characterized by the use…

As a modifier designating something, esp. a film, produced in a foreign language.

(a) adj. designating a film being shown for the first time or a cinema in which films are normally first shown; (b) n. the first showing or première…

attributive. Designating a film produced by Keystone Studios, esp. a comedy featuring the Keystone Kops, a group of incompetent policemen often…

Of, relating to, or designating a photodrama.

Of a literary publication, esp. a story: issued in successive instalments (as in a magazine or newspaper). Later also: (of a film drama, radio or…

Designating a film, novel, etc., centring on a protagonist's transition from childhood to maturity; designating such works as a genre.

edge-of-your-seat (also edge-of-the-seat, edge-of-seat): (esp. of a film or part of a film) full of suspense or dramatic tension; highly compelling…

Relating to the dramatizing of psychological states or events; spec. relating to or of the nature of a psychodrama (psychodrama, n. 2).

Of a film: (originally) featuring excerpts of various other films, typically linked by a common theme or used to showcase the work of a…

Applied to a ‘serious’ novel, film, etc. which employs the conventional techniques of its art form.

spec. Designating a film, television production, etc., that is made on a relatively low budget; of, relating to, or characteristic of such a film.

Designating a theatrical, film, or television production, etc., that is made on an extremely low (or virtually non-existent) budget; of, relating…

attributive. Film. Of a comedy or genre: having a fast-moving, irreverent style, typically featuring eccentric characters or farcical situations…

attributive. Designating a film made by Ealing Studios in London, esp. (as Ealing comedy) any of a series of comedy films made in the period…

That is a blockbuster (sense 2); resembling or characteristic of a blockbuster; esp. (of a film, book, etc.) conceived on an epic or grandiose scale…

Of or relating to private detectives. Of a novel, film, etc.: dealing with private detectives and their work.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of film noir as a genre.

(of a film, originally and chiefly in Italy during the fascist era) telling an unrealistic story set in elegant surroundings; (also) designating…

Designating a film featuring several individual stories, typically linked by a common theme or incident, and often told within a story which serves…

Not curtailed or shortened. Also, without excisions or omissions.

Originally: designating a film featuring excerpts of various other films, typically linked by a common theme or used to showcase the work of a…

three-dimensional, used esp. of a stereoptic process of filming; also elliptical as n., a three-dimensional realization or state.

attributive. Designating a film made by Hammer Film Productions, esp. any of a series of horror films made during the 1950s, 60s, and 70s…

That is in the style of a film noir; gloomy and fatalistic in character; (also) using cinematic devices such as wide angles and partial lighting…

A joint production; the process or result of financing the production of (or, more rarely, of producing) something, esp. a film or television…

Chiefly in attributive use. Designating a genre of British drama, film, and narrative fiction popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s…

Designating or pertaining to entertainment of this kind.

A dramatized film (usually for television) which is based on a semi-fictional interpretation of real events; a documentary drama.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of cinéma vérité. Cf. ciné verité, adj.

Of creative artists or their work: shunned or repudiated by contemporary society, esp. as being outside the bounds of decency or good taste…

Of or relating to the Mumbai film industry or the films produced there; characteristic of these films, typically in being flamboyant, sensational…

Of independent films, their producers, distributors, etc.: in sense A. 1. Originally U.S.

designating a film (or, in extended use, a publication, website, etc.) of an extremely sexually explicit nature; hardcore, pornographic; (also) of…

Designating a film (or, in extended use, a publication, website, etc.) of an extremely sexually explicit nature; hard-core, pornographic. Often in…

(the medium of) dramatized documentary; = docudrama, n.; frequently attributive.

Rather cheap, and often of inferior quality. Frequently of films.

Shocking, repellent, disgusting; esp. (of a film) featuring crude or base humour; very violent or gory.

A style or genre of film, television show, etc., characterized by striking and easily communicable plots or ideas.

Designating or relating to a film that features or is characterized by (numerous) violent action sequences involving martial arts, esp. kung fu.

designating a film with adult content at the upper end of the R (= restricted) rating (see R, n. 16r, and the next level NC-17 n. at N, n.…

a movie portraying a close friendship between two people of the same sex, typically men; cf. buddy-buddy movie n. at buddy-buddy, n. adj.compounds.

= science fiction, adj.

Designating a film reminiscent of Mondo Cane or belonging to the genre of films it inspired; having subject matter which is bizarre or in…

Relating to or designating a film, interactive game, etc., which focuses chiefly on combat and violence. Cf. slasher, n. additions. Also…

Designating a film, television production, etc., made on a very low budget. Cf. low-budget, adj. 2, no-budget, adj.

= hack-and-slash, adj. Also as n.

Relating to or involving (the graphic depiction of) violence or mutilation; gory, violent. Cf. slasher, n. additions.

fly on the wall: (a) an unperceived observer; one who is able to overhear discussions, etc., without being observed or involved; (b) Cinematography…

Film. Designating or relating to a genre of non-mainstream films, including those considered to be ‘B movies’, films with cult status, or with a…

Characteristic or reminiscent of film noir. Cf. noir, adj. 2, noir, n. 3.

attributive. Denoting situations and objects (such as vehicles, clothing, etc.) similar to those portrayed in the Mad Max films, set in a futuristic…

attributive. Designating or relating to a genre of film comedy in which the plot and action are typically centred around drug (esp. cannabis) use…

Of, relating to, or of the nature of a bonkbuster; sexually explicit; (of a writer) that writes in the style of a bonkbuster.

straight (also direct) to DVD: designating a film distributed on DVD without prior release in cinemas; of or relating to such a film. Often attrib…