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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.
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Last updated: September 11, 2024 • 19545 views

This phrase is correct when referring to a specific movie.

"We went to the 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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  • Jun 5, 2024 ... I said okay and so we went to the movie the day before I turned 15. We are still going out!” Jim and Joretta were married on August 12, 1950 ...
  • May 24, 2022 ... We went to the movie "Dune" and I didn't understand anything at all. I sat for 2.5 hours and couldn't understand anything. Hughes then said ...
  • Dec 20, 2019 ... So we went to the movie theater, got tickets and saw it. And naturally, it was fantastic! I was a small boy with wide eyes, and a new world ...
  • Jul 11, 2018 ... We went to the Movie Park in Germany and here is the reset of the pictures. I hope you like the pictures.
  • Feb 19, 2014 ... We went to the movie and watched, often swept up in the autumnal New England beauty of Welton Academy (the real-life St. Andrew's School, in ...
  • We went to the movie theatre on his ranch, where on either side of the seats towards the back there were glass rooms that had hospital beds in them.
  • Learn how to say we went to the movie theater yesterday in German, how to say it in real life and how you can use Memrise to learn other real German ...
  • Jun 5, 2023 ... After we went to the movie theaters to watch Guardians of the Galaxy, the recent film, Vol 3, which was very funny, I also came to the ...
  • Aug 3, 2003 ... We went to the movie in buses. Those of us who had paid bottom dollar ($150) sat below the screen and gaped upward, which might have given ...

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.

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

"We went to the movies."

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.
  • Jul 3, 2019 ... "Me and her, we went to the movies last night" -- what is this construction? I'm a native speaker and fairly well-educated, but since this ...
  • Aug 6, 2024 ... 72 likes, 4 comments - dugar007 on August 6, 2024: "We went to the movies...".
  • Mar 28, 2019 ... I found this sentence: We went to the movies last night. at the following URL: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/movies.
  • Feb 29, 2024 ... We went to the movies for our community outing today! We had an amazing time while working on appropriate behavior in this setting.
  • Dec 14, 2023 ... "The movies," where I grew up in the US, is usually synonymous to "movie theater" or "cinema." Example: "We went to the movies and saw the first ...
  • Feb 29, 2024 ... We went to the movies for our community outing today! We had an amazing time while working on appropriate behavior in this setting.
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  • Sep 26, 2024 ... We went to the movies the other weekend and saw the wild robot! It was such a good movie and one of those movies you walk away from and ...
  • May 5, 2021 ... ... we went to the movies” — or, sometimes for couples, as an accusation: “What kind of relationship is this? I can't even remember the last ...
  • Jan 9, 2015 ... Sometimes we went to the movies, choosing between the six or eight movie theaters within a few blocks of Seventh and Wabasha. Sometimes ...

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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