long
short
feature-length
entertaining, exciting, good, great, interesting
blockbuster, successful
awful, bad, boring
epic
violent
She thought the film far too violent to show to children.

R-rated (AmE), X-rated
animated
silent
black-and-white
big-budget, low-budget
Bollywood, Hollywood
independent, indie
television, video
action, adventure, children's, comedy, documentary, gangster, sci-fi
feature
porn, pornographic
horror, slasher, snuff
classic
cult
mainstream
foreign, foreign-language
upcoming (esp. AmE)

see, view, watch
enjoy, like, love
go to (see), take sb to (see)
direct, make, produce, shoot
She makes children's films.
The film was shot on location in Kenya.

be in, do
Cruise does around four films a year.

take
film taken by security cameras

cut, edit
The film was heavily edited for screening on television.

distribute, release, screen, show
The film was finally released after weeks of protest by religious groups.

promote
ban, censor

be on, show
There's an interesting film on at the multiplex.

come out, open, premiere
The film came out last week.

be based on sth
a film based on the novel by Charles Potter

be called sth, be entitled sth
a film entitled ‘Bitter Moon’

capture sth
The film manages to capture the mood of the times.

contain sth, include sth
The film contains explicit scenes of violence.

depict sth, portray sth, present sth, represent sth, show sth
The film depicts immense courage amid the horrors of war.

tell sth
This film tells the remarkable story of a disabled actor.

feature sb, star sb
The film stars Nicole Kidman as a nightclub singer.

record sth
a film recording the first powered flight

deal with sth
a film dealing with old age

open
The film opens with a bird's-eye shot of London.

end
be a hit, be a success
be nominated for sth

director, editor, maker, people, producer, writer
The script has plenty of what film people call ‘bankability’.

crew, team, unit
world
actor, actress, legend, star
part, role
career, debut, work
credits
We stayed for the film credits
His film credits (= the films he has made) as director include ‘Mood Music’ and ‘Lies’.

critic, reviewer
review
buff, fan, lover
premiere
censor, censorship
screenplay, script
music, score, soundtrack
narrative
scene
stunt
He was killed when a film stunt went wrong.

poster
studio
set
They built a massive film set of an airport.

adaptation, version
the film version of the best-selling novel

classic
the film classic ‘Fantasia’

documentary, drama
genre
clip, footage, sequence
report
The news always contains several film reports.

series
the ‘Star Wars’ film series

archives, library
business, company, industry
mogul
Tyrannical Hollywood film moguls ruled their stars' lives.

distributor
making, production
festival
show
awards
camera, equipment, projector, recorder
rights
The scramble for the film rights to her next novel has already begun.

school, student

in a/the film
There is a great car chase in the film.

on film
They captured the incident on film.

film about
a film about Nelson Mandela

film from
a film from Spanish director Luis Eduardo Aute

film of
They've just started shooting a film of the novel.

film with
a film with an all-star cast

the beginning of the film, the end of the film
be in films (= work in the film industry)
the climax of a film
the plot of a film
a film with subtitles
the screening of a film, the showing of a film

black-and-white, colour/color
fast
Fast film is best for action shots.

35 mm, etc.

reel, roll
a roll of 35 mm film

load, put in
remove, take out
rewind
develop, process
I get my film developed locally.

expose
In the darkroom they found that only half the film had been exposed.

splice
He spliced the two lengths of film together.

fine, thin
surface
plastic

be covered in, be covered with
The books were covered in a thin film of dust.

film of
There was a fine film of sweat on her forehead.