Synonyms and antonyms of Films and types of film in British Thesaurus

animation (noun)

cinema an animated film or cartoon

anime (noun)

a style of Japanese animated film or TV programme

biopic (noun)

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

blue movie (noun)

old-fashioned a film that shows people having sex

B-movie (noun)

a film that is cheap to make and not very good

buddy movie (noun)

a film that is mainly about the friendship between two people

Carry On film (noun)

one of several very successful humorous films made in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s. The same actors appear in each film and each film includes silly situations and a lot of jokes about sex.

cartoon (noun)

a film or television programme, 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 film intended especially for women, often about a romantic relationship

chiller (noun)

informal a book or film that tells a frightening story

costume drama (noun)

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

director’s cut (noun)

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

docudrama (noun)

a television programme or film based on events that really happened

documentary (noun)

a film or television programme that deals with real people and events

Ealing comedy (noun)

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

epic (noun)

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

feature (noun)

old-fashioned the main film that you see after a short film at a cinema

feature film (noun)

a film of standard length

film (noun)

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

film noir (noun)

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

filmstrip (noun)

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

flick (noun)

informal a film

high-concept (adjective)

a high-concept film 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 film that someone makes themselves, often about their own life and family

horror film (noun)

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

miniseries (noun)

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

motion picture (noun)

mainly American a film made for the cinema

movie (noun)

mainly American a film shown in a cinema or on television

the moving image ()

film, television, video, etc

moving picture (noun)

mainly Americanold-fashioned a film

newsreel (noun)

a news report on film that was shown in cinemas in the past

new wave (noun)

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

Nordic noir (noun)

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

pic (noun)

informal a cinema film

the pictures (noun)

mainly American a film

print (noun)

cinema one of several copies of a film, for use in cinemas

procedural (noun)

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

psychodrama (noun)

theatrecinema a play or film about people’s feelings

remake (noun)

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

road movie (noun)

a film in which the main characters go on a journey together by car, truck etc

romance (noun)

cinemaliterature a book or film about a romantic relationship

romance (noun)

books and films about romantic relationships

satire (noun)

a play, book, film etc that uses this humour

screwball comedy (noun)

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

shocker (noun)

informal a book, film, or play about something shocking

short (noun)

cinemainformal a film that lasts only a few minutes, sometimes shown at a cinema before the main film

silent film (noun)

British a film in which voices and other sounds are not heard, especially a very old film

slasher (noun)

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

sleeper (noun)

mainly American a film or a book that becomes very popular although it was not expected to

snuff movie (noun)

a video of someone really being murdered that is then sold for profit

spaghetti western (noun)

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

talkie (noun)

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

Technicolor (cinema)

cinema a process for making cinema films in colour

turkey (noun)

informal a film or play that is very unsuccessful

vehicle (noun)

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

video (noun)

in the past, a film recorded onto videotape

weepie (noun)

informal a film, play, novel etc that has emotional scenes that make people cry

weepy ()

another spelling of weepie

western (noun)

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

whodunnit (noun)

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