Collocations for "movie"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "movie" in context.
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movie
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [horror, comedy, drama, thriller, romantic, sci-fi, porno] movie
- [a home, an independent, an 8mm, a gonzo] movie
- a [studio, Hollywood, Bollywood] movie
- [an open-air, a drive-in] movie
- the [most watched, top-grossing] movie
- my favorite movie (of all time)
- a [good, bad, horrible, disappointing, great] movie
- [watch, see, record, download, stream, rent] movies
- [appear, be, star, feature, cameo] in a movie
- [produce, direct, shoot, film, make] a movie
- went to the movies (last night)
- am going to the movies with my [friends, girlfriend]
- the movie was a (total) [flop, disaster, hit, success]
- the movie grossed [$50 million]
- the movie was shot [on location, in Prague]
- made a [career, living, fortune] in the movies
- a movie about [utopia, dinosaurs, dreams]
- a movie starring [Harrison Ford, Grace Kelly]
- movie [reviews, critics, forums, websites, theaters, awards, clips]
- a movie [star, actor, actress, producer, director]
- have a movie date with
'movie' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Chinese
- German
- Italian
- OK
- Spanish
- about
- act
- action
- actor
- adventure
- advertise
- advisory
- after
- air
- alien
- also
- amazing
- amusing
- appear
- appreciate
- arabic
- artwork
- asleep
- ass
- attend
- average
- award
- awesome
- awful
- backdrop
- bad
- badass
- base
- begin
- best
- black
- blockbuster
- blood
- blow
- blue
- bogus
- bomb
- boner
- bored
- boring
- borrow
- broadly
- burn
- cable
- camera