to go watch a movie vs to go to watch a movie

Both phrases are correct, but 'to go watch a movie' is more commonly used in English. The addition of 'to' before 'watch' is not necessary in this context.

Last updated: March 24, 2024 • 12063 views

to go watch a movie

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to express the action of going to see a movie.

Examples:

Let's go watch a movie tonight.
I want to go watch a movie this weekend.
We decided to go watch a movie after dinner.
She loves to go watch a movie on Friday nights.
They always go watch a movie together on Sundays.

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I just thought that maybe you'd like to go watch a movie or something.
Let's clean up and go watch a movie.
So you go watch a movie?
I thought maybe we could go watch a movie, flying later?
Mr. Kim, let's go watch a movie today. After, let's go drinking.
Go watch a movie yourself, then go home afterwards!
I think I'll go downstairs and watch a movie.
You guys get out of here, go watch your movie.
How about we go and watch a movie?
Then why don't you guys go watch the movie and ask all folks go sit on their swing and drink lemonade...
Vince, get out of here and go watch your movie.
You guys get out of here, go watch your movie.
Can I go watch the movie now?
She wanted me to go over and watch this movie with her.
Whatever. I don't have time to go watch a goat fetch soap.
No, we go to video chat and watch a movie together.
So then I went to go watch a surgery.
We'll drink hot cocoa and watch a movie, And then when your dad comes back, we can all go for a walk.
And when it's all over, go back to base and watch a movie.
You know, I would way rather go see a play than watch a movie.

Alternatives:

to watch a movie
to go see a movie
to go to a movie
to go to the movies
to go to see a movie

to go to watch a movie

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

This phrase is also used to express the action of going to see a movie, but it includes an extra 'to' which is not necessary.

Examples:

Let's go to watch a movie tonight.
I want to go to watch a movie this weekend.
We decided to go to watch a movie after dinner.
She loves to go to watch a movie on Friday nights.
They always go to watch a movie together on Sundays.

Show examples from the web [+]

I just thought that maybe you'd like to go watch a movie or something.
Let's clean up and go watch a movie.
I think I'll go downstairs and watch a movie.
So you go watch a movie?
I thought maybe we could go watch a movie, flying later?
How about we go and watch a movie?
Mr. Kim, let's go watch a movie today. After, let's go drinking.
Go watch a movie yourself, then go home afterwards!
She wanted me to go over and watch this movie with her.
You guys get out of here, go watch your movie.
We can go to the drive-in theatre to watch a movie before having a nice meal.
Then why don't you guys go watch the movie and ask all folks go sit on their swing and drink lemonade...
Vince, get out of here and go watch your movie.
You guys get out of here, go watch your movie.
Can I go watch the movie now?
No, we go to video chat and watch a movie together.
I think we should watch a movie, go to bed and pretend that none of this is happening.
You go to Italy, you lift some weights, you watch a movie.
- I don't want to watch a movie now.
I tried to watch a movie, and it kept freezing up.

Alternatives:

to watch a movie
to go see a movie
to go to a movie
to go to the movies
to go to see a movie

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to go watch a movie vs to go to watch a movie