Synonyms and antonyms of Movies and types of movie in American Thesaurus

animation (noun)

cinema an animated movie or cartoon

anime (noun)

a style of Japanese animated movie or TV program

biopic (noun)

informal a movie based on the events of someone’s life

blue movie (noun)

old-fashioned a movie that shows people having sex

B movie (noun)

a movie that is inexpensive to make and not very good

buddy movie (noun)

a movie that is mainly about the friendship between two people

cartoon (noun)

a movie or television show, especially for children, that is made by photographing a series of drawings so that people and things in them seem to move

chick flick (noun)

informal a movie intended especially for women, often about a romantic relationship

chiller (noun)

informal a book or movie that tells a frightening story

costume drama (noun)

a play or movie about a particular historical period in which the actors wear clothes typical of that period

director’s cut (noun)

a movie in the form that is exactly what the director intended, before changes are made to produce the final form that is shown to the public

docudrama (noun)

a television program or movie based on events that really happened

documentary (noun)

a movie or television program that deals with real people and events

Ealing comedy (noun)

one of a series of humorous British movies produced during the 1950s

epic (noun)

a long book or movie about famous and exciting people and events from the past

feature (noun)

old-fashioned the main movie that you see after a short movie at a movie theater

feature film (noun)

a movie of standard length

film (noun)

a series of moving pictures with sound that you can watch at the movie theater or at home

film noir (noun)

movies that present the world as a sad place in which the characters are caught in complicated or dangerous situations

filmstrip (noun)

cinema a movie, especially a short movie that gives information, rather than one that tells a story

flick (noun)

informal a movie

high-concept (adjective)

a high-concept movie has a story that is quick and easy to explain and a subject and style that is likely to make it very popular and therefore make a lot of money

home movie (noun)

an informal movie that someone makes themselves, often about their own life and family

horror movie (noun)

a movie that is intended to frighten people, especially one about murders, frightening creatures, or evil people

miniseries (noun)

a movie made to be shown on television in several parts on different days

motion picture (noun)

a movie made to be shown in theaters

movie (noun)

a story or series of events recorded by a camera and shown as moving pictures on a screen in a theater or on television

the moving image ()

movies, television, video, etc.

moving picture (noun)

old-fashioned a movie

newsreel (noun)

a news report on film that was shown in movie theaters in the past

new wave (noun)

cinema a style of movies made in France in the 1960s

Nordic noir (noun)

crime fiction, movies or TV programs that come from Scandinavian countries, with dark stories and realistic social settings

pic (noun)

informal a movie

the pictures (noun)

a movie

print (noun)

cinema one of several copies of a movie, for use in movie theaters

procedural (noun)

a movie, TV show, book, etc. that focuses on the ways in which a process happens, in particular how police investigate and solve a crime

remake (noun)

a movie or song that uses the same story or music as one made before

road movie (noun)

a movie in which the main characters go on a trip together by car, truck, etc.

romance (noun)

books and movies about romantic relationships

romance (noun)

cinemaliterature a book or movie about a romantic relationship

satire (noun)

a play, book, movie, etc. that uses this humor

screwball comedy (noun)

a movie whose characters are silly and unreasonable in a funny way, or this type of movie

shocker (noun)

informal a book, movie, or play about something shocking

short (noun)

cinemainformal a movie that lasts only a few minutes, sometimes shown at a theater before the main movie

silent movie (noun)

American a movie in which voices and other sounds are not heard, especially a very old movie

slasher (noun)

informal a horror movie in which there is a lot of blood and violence

sleeper (noun)

a movie or a book that becomes very popular although it was not expected to

spaghetti western (noun)

a movie about the Wild West, especially one made at a low cost in Europe by an Italian movie company

talkie (noun)

old-fashioned a movie in which you hear the actors speak. Old movies with no speaking are called silent movies.

Technicolor (cinema)

cinema a color film process used in movies

turkey (noun)

informal a movie or play that is very unsuccessful

vehicle (noun)

something that is created for a specific person or purpose, especially a movie, television show, etc. for one actor

video (noun)

in the past, a movie recorded onto videotape

weepie (noun)

informal a tearjerker

western (noun)

a movie about the western United States in the 1800s, usually with cowboys

whodunit (noun)

informal a book or movie about a murder, in which you do not know who committed the murder until the end