Hollywood film
Major motion picture
A Hollywood film is a movie produced by or in the style of the major American film studios based in Los Angeles.
The term often implies big budgets, star actors, and commercial appeal over artistic ambition: It's entertaining but very much a Hollywood film.
Hollywood films typically feature conventional narrative structures, happy endings, and high production values—in contrast to independent or foreign cinema.
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
- cinemaMotion picture theater
- silver screenFilm industry metonym
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- directorOne who leads
big budget · final cut · actor · movie star · premiere · opening weekend · studio · celebrity · red carpet · Oscar · box office · star · producer · script · camera · scene · trailer · sequel
- regional industriesforestry, lumber, dairy farming, Napa wine, fishing
- film releasetheatrical release, wide release, limited release, release date, opening weekend
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Non-studio movie production
indie film · independent cinema · low-budget film · guerrilla filmmaking · student film
Hollywood filmEuropean cinema
Films from the continent
Korean film · national cinema · French film · Japanese cinema · Hong Kong cinema
Hollywood filmart film
Cinema prioritizing aesthetics
experimental film · festival film · arthouse film · arthouse cinema · prestige film
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