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1. A theatre where films are shown
   - movie theater [US], movie theatre [N. Amer], movie house [N. Amer], picture palace [Brit, archaic], pictures [Brit], picture house [Brit], flicks [Brit, informal]
    
2. A medium that disseminates moving pictures
   "this story would be good cinema";
   - film, celluloid, big screen [informal]

1. A movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director

Derived forms: cinemas

Type of: film, flick [informal], house, medium, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic [informal], picture, picture show, theater [US], theatre

Encyclopedia: Cinema, Contemporary - Japan