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Common collocations with film in American Collocation

film noun

US /fɪlm/

types of film

animated
avant-garde
classic
documentary
feature
feature-length
full-length
live-action
low-budget
silent

Are you not tempted to make a live-action film with real actors?

genres of film

arthouse
blockbuster
gangster
horror
porn
science-fiction
sci-fi
slasher
vampire
zombie

Scorsese has shown that he is capable of so much more than the gangster films that have made his name.

make a film

make
remake
shoot

It is always hard when you try to remake a classic film and this was no exception.

take part in the making of a film

direct
edit
produce

The film is directed by Mike Nichols, one of whose first films was The Graduate starring Dustin Hoffman.

make a film available for the public to see

distribute
release
screen
show

Redbus Film Distribution will release the film in the United Kingdom.

From time to time we will screen films more informally in the cafe.

watch a film

see
view
watch

I don’t watch films much.

be an actor in a film

appear in
be in
co-star in
star in

She started as a child actor, and has been in dozens of films.