| Term | Definition |
| Una comedia | a comedy |
| Un drama | a drama |
| una pelicula de acción | an action movie |
| una pelicula de aventuras | an adventure movie |
| una pelicula de animación | an animation movie |
| una pelicula de ciencia ficción | a science fiction movie |
| Clásica | classic |
| Deportiva | sports (theme) |
| Documental | documentary |
| Familiar | family (movie) |
| una pelicula de fantasía | a fantasy movie |
| una pelicula de horror / terror | a horror movie |
| Infantil / para niños | childrens' (movie) |
| Un misterio | a mystery |
| Un musical | a musical |
| Del oeste | Western |
| Un romance | a romance |
| El amor | love (the feeling) |
| El crimen | crime |
| La violencia | violence |
| Alquilar | to rent |
| La actuación | (the) acting |
| El argumento | plot |
| El crítico / La crítica | (movie) critic |
| La dirección | (the) directing/direction |
| El director / La directora | (movie) director |
| Los efectos especiales | special effects |
| La escena | scene |
| Estar basado en | to be based upon |
| La estrella (del cine) | movie star |
| El fracaso | failur |
| La gran pantalla | The Big Screen |
| Hacer el papel | to play the role (of) |
| La nominación | nomination |
| Nominado | nominated |
| El papel | role/part |
| El personaje principal | main character |
| El premio | award |
| Recomendar | to recommend |
| Tener éxito | to be successful |
| Tratarse de | to be about |
| ¿Qué tal es...? | How is it...? |
| Las personajes | characters |
| El asesino | killer/assasin |
| El / La criminal | criminal |
| El / La detective | detective |
| Los enamorados | couple (people in love) |
| El / La extraterrestre | alien |
| El galán | the leading man |
| El ladrón / La ladrona | thief |
| El / La protagonista | leading man/lady |
| El superhéroe | superhero |
| El villano | villain |
| Abrazar(se) | to hug (each other) |
| Amar | to love |
| Arrestar | to arrest/capture |
| Besar(se) | to kiss (each other) |
| Capturar | to capture |
| Estar enamorado | to be in love |
| Perseguir | to chase |
| El fin del mundo | the end of the world |
| El nave espacial | spaceship |
| El asiento | seat |
| La cartelera | movie listing |
| La cola | line |
| Los dulces | candy/sweets |
| La entrada | movie ticket |
| Las palomitas | popcorn |
| Los refrescos | soft drinks/soda |
| al contrario | on the contrary |
| aunque | although |
| bastante | plenty, enough |
| como resultado | as a result |
| de hecho | in fact |
| demasiado | too much |
| desde | (related to time or amount) from/since |
| en general | in general |
| lleno | full |
| lógico | logical |
| por eso | for that reason |
| por un lado | on one hand |
| por otro lado | on the other hand |
| sin duda | without a doubt |
| sin embargo | nevertheless, however |