Meaning & use

cinematic

adjective·Academic

Relating to movies, or having the dramatic visual style and quality typical of films.

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The director used sweeping landscape shots to give the documentary a cinematic feel.

Fans praised the game's cinematic cutscenes for looking almost like a real movie.

A note on using this word

Cinematic often describes something outside film, such as a photo or a moment, that has a dramatic, movie-like quality.

Words with a similar meaning

filmic

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