Movies ESL Vocabulary Words

Talking about movies is not only a fun topic for an ESL lesson, but it’s also one that shows up often in ESL textbooks. Here are few ideas for vocabulary words you could teach students in an ESL movies lesson. Just choose the ones you think will best fit your student’s English level!

Actor                           Bloopers                 Documentary

Actress                   Sequel                    Cartoon

Director                 Prequel                   Anime

Script                          Trilogy                  Horror

Soundtrack                  Scene                            Thriller

Blockbuster                  Subtitles                 Superhero

Cast                      Plot                       Musical

Characters                    Action                   Screen

Main character        Comedy                 Popcorn

Costumes               Romantic Comedy          Surprise ending

CGI                      Drama                   Reviews

Lighting                Sci-fi                             Oscar

Theater/ Cinema          Historical                      Ticket

Hopefully these will be great movie vocabulary words for your ESL class or maybe they will give you some inspiration to choose your own! If you need ideas for activities during your ESL movie lesson, check out 5 ideas here: https://www.atlasteaching.com/lesson-planning/movieesllessonideas