Meaning & use
cinematic
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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