Difference Between Movie and Film


Movie and Film are the pictures as considered to be a common word. But technically both are different. The basic purpose of making the picture differs in them. The film is generally made for an artist and is informative with a lesson. The purpose of Film is not to earn a profit. A movie is generally made for entertainment attracting the maximum audience. The purpose of Movie is to earn a profit.



Film

The film is a picture which is not aimed for profit but it is a piece of art conveying the information and lesson to the audience.
                                                  
It is mostly liked and watched by artist type people or the people who belong to the literature. Blue Velvet is a film as it is an art film.
Movie

A movie is the source of entertainment, attracting the audience as it is made according to the liking of the audience. It is aimed at the maximum profit. Star Trek is a movie, as it is not an art and attracting the audience for entertainment.
Key Differences
  • The film is an art picture while the movie is not an art movie. 
  • The film is not aimed for profit earning but the movie is aimed at profit earning. 
  • The movie is the source of entertainment but the film is not the source of entertainment. 
  • The film is the source of information but a movie is not too much information. 
  • The film has a great lesson behind it but the lesson behind the movie is not too high. 
  • A target audience of a film is artists while the target audience of a movie is common people. 
  • Blue Velvet is a film as it is a piece of art while Star Trek is a movie as it is an entertainment. 
  • “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind(2004)” is a film as it is an art while “The Empire Strikes Back (1980)” is a successful movie as it attracted the common people and earned a lot of profit as well.

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