► film especially British English, movie especially American English a series of images that tell a story and are shown in a cinema or on television: · What’s your favourite movie?· It won the award for best foreign film.· a made-for-TV movie
► motion picture formal (also picture) a film – used especially by people who make films or by critics: · a major Hollywood motion picture· Tell us about your latest picture.
► blockbuster informal a very successful film: · Steven Spielberg’s latest Hollywood blockbuster
► flick informal a film – a very informal use: · an action flick
► documentary a film that gives detailed information and facts about a particular subject: · a documentary on the rain forest
► feature film a film made to be shown in cinemas: · The book was later made into a full-length feature film starring Sean Penn.
► comedy a film intended to make people laugh: · Monroe appeared in a number of comedies.
► romantic comedy (also romcom British English informal) a film about two people who are in love, which is intended to make the people who watch it feel happy: · ‘Notting Hill’ is a romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant.
► thriller an exciting film, especially about murder or serious crimes: · ‘The Birds’ is a classic Hitchcock thriller.
► film noir a film that shows strong feelings of fear or evil and whose characters are often immoral, or these films in general: · ‘The Big Sleep’ is a classic Hollywood film noir.
► action film/movie a film that has lots of fighting, explosions etc: · Stallone’s latest action movie
► horror film/movie a frightening film about ghosts, murders etc: · She loves watching old horror movies.
► western a film with cowboys in it: · John Wayne is famous for making westerns.
► science fiction film/movie (also sci-fi film/movie informal) a film about imaginary events in the future or in outer space: · ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ is probably the most famous sci-fi movie ever made.
► gangster film/movie a film about violent criminals
► silent film/movie an old film without any sound: · The 1920s were the golden age of silent movies.
► an independent film/movie a film made by a small film company
► animated film/movie/cartoon a film with characters that are drawn or made using a computer: · One of his first animated films was ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’.
► anime a type of Japanese animated film, which often has a science fiction story: · Miyazaki’s anime film ‘Spirited Away’ became an international success.· an anime character
► CGI the use of computers to create characters and images in a film: · The film uses CGI.· Disney’s latest CGI movie
► short a short film, usually shown before a longer movie in the cinema: · an animated short
► trailer a series of short scenes from a film or programme, shown in order to advertise it in a cinema, on television etc: · We had to sit through all the trailers.
Japanese cartoons and computer animation (=pictures, films etc produced using a computer)