Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of movie
"We had so much fun at the movies last night that we didn't want to leave our seats until the credits rolled."
The cinema
In plain English: Movies are films that people watch on big screens or televisions for entertainment.
"We spent all evening watching movies at home."
Usage: Movies refers specifically to films or motion pictures rather than the physical building where they are shown. Use this term when discussing the content itself, not the theater venue.
Movies comes from the plural form of motion picture, which derives from French mouvement (movement) via Latin movēre. The term originally described films that depicted moving images before being shortened to movies in American English.