home movie

noun

: a movie that one makes for people to watch in one's home and that is usually of the family or a family event

We watched home movies of the family reunion.

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In this documentary about the affair that led to her birth, Polley incorporates home movie footage — some authentic, some staged — and interviews with different family members to plumb the depths of a woman who remains, even to those who knew her, something of an enigma. —

Eric Farwell and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2024 The property features a home movie theater and an impressive swimming pool equipped with a waterfall. —

Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 18 July 2024 Elsewhere, amenities include a home movie theater and a swimming pool with a waterfall. —

Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024 The opening sequence is stylized to suggest a grainy home movie, with its vintage Kodak colors and rounded corners. —

Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for home movie