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noun A person who is fond of movies and cinema, often to an excessive or obsessive degree

• The cinephile spent hours analyzing the cinematography of classic films.
• My friend is a huge cinephile and has seen every movie in the theater.
• I'm such a cinephile, I can't get enough of watching movies all day.
• Being a cinephile is like having a library of films in your mind.

noun An award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in the film industry.

• The actress won an Academy Award for her performance in the film.
• Did you see that movie that won an Academy Award last night?
• That actor totally deserved to win the Academy Award, he killed it in that role.
• Winning an Academy Award is like the ultimate achievement for actors in Hollywood.