Invite him to come watch a movie. - English example sentence

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AlanF_US July 25, 2015 July 25, 2015 at 10:56:57 AM UTC

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The distinction between "film" and "movie" in American English can be related to length but it also tends to be related to perceived audience, as you have suggested, with "films" aimed at the more highbrow audiences who watch documentaries and art films.

I used "film" to match the existing sentence "Invite her to come watch a film" (identical in everything but object). In my mind, it was spoken by one bohemian university student to another. But "movie" is probably more likely.

Hebrew doesn't make the distinction, as far as I know. There's one word for both. The original meaning (which it still retains) is "ribbon".