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"film" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often movie (5 letters).
Definitions
Movie; thin layer; record on camera
Used in a sentence
“a clear plastic film for wrapping food”
“He from thick films ſhall purge the viſual ray, / And on the ſightleſs eye-ball pour the day: […]”
“Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer15 curated clues
01“Camera coating”4 letters
02“Camera layer or movie”4 letters
03“Cinema feature”4 letters
04“Cinema offering”4 letters
05“Feature at a cinema”4 letters
06“Feature on a screen”4 letters
07“Movie”4 letters
08“Movie in a theater”4 letters
09“Movie material”4 letters
10“Movie or camera coating”4 letters
11“Movie or thin coating”4 letters
12“Moviegoer's choice”4 letters
13“Story on a screen”4 letters
14“Thin coating or movie”4 letters
15“Movie or thin layer”4 letters
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