The words "movie" and "film" can be used as synomyns for each in most day to day situations. So, it is perfectly OK to ask "Did you like that film?" in the same way that you would ask "Did you like that movie?"

The word "film" is actually undergoing an evolution at the moment, which makes it quite an interesting word. From a technical point of view, film is a format. By that I mean film is the actual material that a movie is recorded to in production and projected from in a cinema. Over the last fifteen years there has been an explosion of new digital technology entering the movie production process. So, although most cinema movies are still shot and projected on 35mm film, this is no longer universally true. And, there is a growing trend in cinema projection away from showing a movies film and projecting digitally.

It's important to understand this technical revolution, because although film as a format is in decline, the usage of the word "film" is changing. So, for instance, these days even amongst movie professionals it would be fairly common to hear a conversation that went "We're shooting a short film at the weekend" "What are you shooting it on?" "We're shooting High Def, but we can't decide between the Sony and the Panasonic."

What this tells me is that the use of the word "film" has ceased to be a purely technical express of format, even in the industry. In fact the expression "digital film" has now become common place, even though from a technical point of view the idea of a "digital film" is idiotic.

That's the thing about language, usages change and adapt all the time. I suspect that even when film as product (ie strips of film run through cameras to capture light) ceases to exist, the word film will continue to mean "movie."

There is another modern trend which is also bringing the terms "movie" and "film" closer together in terms of meaning, that is Google. These days a great deal of writing is done online about "cinema" and "movies" and "film"... this means that writer wishing to attract readers have to make the assumption that people will google either "film making for beginners" or "movie making for beginners" in as their request. As a result of this, it's now common for writers to use both terms within their piece, in order to cater for both kinds of searches.

In terms of how the two words differ in usage, I know that I tend to use the word "movie" to mean a feature film (a piece of drama or documentary inteneded for cinema release which runs at about 90 minutes - even though the techincal definition of a feature is anything that runs over 45 minutes). Whereas "film" seems to be used in a much more liberal way and applied to "short films" etc etc. However, with that said, I don't think that is a universal usage.

Ironically, even though I know that it no longer applies even within the industry, I tend to us the word "film" in the technical sense, to mean film the format. This is because I am a digital snob and am very aware that film is almost never a part of my production processes... except, ironically, as a projection medium.

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Film is British. Movie is American

The words mean the same thing. The difference, is in the use of them. Movie/movies is an American word. Film/films is an English word, used by by British people.