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We went to the movie. vs We went to the movies.

Both sentences are grammatically correct, but 'We went to the movie' refers to a specific movie, while 'We went to the movies' refers to going to a cinema to watch any film.

Explained by Michele A.
Editor at TextRanch

Last updated: September 11, 2024 • 19282 views

We went to the movie.

This phrase is correct when referring to a specific movie.

This phrase is used when talking about going to see a particular movie at a cinema.

Examples:

We went to the movie last night.
I really enjoyed the movie we went to.
Do you remember the movie we went to on our first date?
Which movie did you go to last weekend?
Let's go to the movie that everyone is talking about.

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before we went to the movie”; “Before we went to a movie, we went to dinner.” Here, “we went to dinner” is the main idea, and “before” reduces “we went to a ...
3 days ago ... Before we went to the movie theater in our community, the staff sang Happy Birthday at dinner so we could throw her off about the big surprise ...
and we went to the movie theatre to see the movie about Sarah, and the lights went down, and the movie started, and the girl on screen was not me. She didn't ...
Correctly rewrite each by either changing the punctuation or adding the words needed to make a complete sentence. 1. After we went to the movie. We stopped ...

Alternatives:

We went to see the movie.
We went to watch the movie.
We went to the cinema to see the movie.
We went to the theater to watch the movie.
We went to the movie theater to see the movie.

We went to the movies.

This phrase is correct when talking about going to a cinema to watch a film in general.

This phrase is used when referring to the activity of going to a cinema to watch a movie, without specifying a particular film.

Examples:

We went to the movies last weekend.
Let's go to the movies tonight.
I love going to the movies with my friends.
Do you want to go to the movies this Friday?
She always falls asleep at the movies.

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tale from the book Awful First Dates, Sarah Z. Wexler's compilation of contributions received via her awfulfirstdates.com site: "We went to the movies, and there ...
You'd normally say “we went to the movies,” so when “we” is broken into the two persons involved it becomes “she and I went to the movies.” But you would say ...
There is also the flavor of "going out to attend an event" which is more clearly present in "see" than in "watch", as in "We went to the movies. We saw Silver City" , ...
Nov 13, 2014 ... Following on from this question, we went to the movies with Bruno Jardin, who works as an inspector of the isolation of rocket Ariane 5′s main ...

Alternatives:

We went to see a movie.
We went to watch a film.
We went to the cinema.
We went to the movie theater.
We went to watch a movie at the theater.

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