filmgoer

[ film-goh-er ]

noun

1. a person who attends motion-picture showings.

Word History and Origins

Origin of filmgoer¹

First recorded in 1915–20; film + goer

Example Sentences

Thus the differentiation in relationship the filmgoer may see in the lower-case dame portion of Smith’s career and image, and her aristocracy era.

From Salon

“And you’re like, holy s—. The music immediately makes itself apparent and sits right in front of the story. And I love that. It hearkens back to what movies used to do as I was coming of age as a filmgoer — that sense of it being a dilemma, something that you were going to have to think about and discuss and analyze.”

From Los Angeles Times

Nolan argued that his passion for how his movies are made and displayed was justified by their influence over the viewer’s ultimate experience, even if the average filmgoer might not consciously register the difference.

From New York Times

“This award belongs to every Indian actor, technician and filmgoer,” he wrote.

From Seattle Times

But from a TV or filmgoer's point of view, Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil are fascinating diviners of human weakness and strategists on how best to exploit them.

From Salon