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The Movies (2005)

by Lionhead Studios, 1C Company, Activision Publishing, ak tronic, Feral Interactive, Russell
Platforms:
Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Genres:Strategy, Simulator, Tactical
Themes:Comedy, Business
Game modes:Single player, Multiplayer
Story:
Behind every box office hit and Hollywood star is a movie mogul who makes it happen. In The Movies, that mogul is you. Create your own studio from the ground up. Direct your own movies and call the shots on budgets, actors, locations and more. From script to screen, will your films be smash hits or break the bank? It's all up to you, baby.
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I remember making my own Half-Life fanfic movies with speech files ripped from HL, OpFor, Blue Shift and other games (namely RTWC, Cod 1 + UO and CoD 2). Good times. I remember playing those movies for my band, we had some good laughs. Good times.perkusista1982
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user avatar@perkusista1982user avatar@perkusista1982
November 01, 2025
I remember making my own Half-Life fanfic movies with speech files ripped from HL, OpFor, Blue Shift and other games (namely RTWC, Cod 1 + UO and CoD 2). Good times. I remember playing those movies for my band, we had some good laughs. Good times.
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user avatar@Civa65user avatar@Civa65
November 02, 2025
I believe this game should be preserved and shared further, because no one has managed to create gameplay this impressive and realistic yet.
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user avatar@FiddyMenschuser avatar@FiddyMensch
November 08, 2025
Only game of its kind, I used to spend hours trying to make my own movies after school back in the day and it basically kickstarted my love of video editing. As a game, nothing else I've played really manages to combine the business tycoon aspect with the creative element of making your own movies and I feel this game deserves to be preserved for that. Both the modding scene and the machinima scene were incredibly ambitious back in the day, one of the top films uploaded onto The Movies Online website, was an amazing sci-fi drama about prisoners doomed to be sent into a black hole that blew my tiny mind about what someone could create with the tools the game gave you, and your own imagination. The Movies was so far ahead of its time, and I would love a chance to play it again once more on modern operating systems.
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user avatar@Xiphon01user avatar@Xiphon01
November 15, 2025
I've played countless hours of this game, and still have the original disks on my shelf, but getting them to actually work on a modern system is pretty daunting. I'd be more than willing to buy it from GOG if they can make it work. It's a really original concept for a game, and nobody has managed to re-create the movie magic it has.
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user avatar@lazycadeuser avatar@lazycade
November 25, 2025
THE art tycoon game to rule over them all! About a decade or so ago, I went through a phase of downloading as many old PC games as I could and burning them on blank DVDs we had lying around the house. I remember getting an abandonware copy of The Movies through some guy's YouTube channel and picking it up every now and then. Regrettably, this isn't a game I've ever invested a significant amount of time into. However, it is (and remains) one of the most unique games of its kind. I would love to see this available for me to legally purchase after all of these years, and that goes doubly so for its expansion pack.
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user avatar@pandoradeviluser avatar@pandoradevil
November 25, 2025
Just like many others on here, this game brought me many hours of entertainment. I would love to enjoy it again. I can already imagine hiring and training the actors and waiting to see what quality picture i can produce. It was hands down the best movie sim. Lionshead had the right idea back then. Please bring this title to GOG
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user avatar@Xerciususer avatar@Xercius
November 26, 2025
The sim parts are fun, but actually being able to make and watch the movies is like a whole separate experience and so fun as well! I would love to see a game like this not only get preserved but get updated with support for mods!
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user avatar@OW139115user avatar@OW139115
November 27, 2025
Well worth to be preserved! The game is excellent and the DLC is aswell. Great memories of playing both of them for hours and hours. Should be perserved aswell like Vermeer and Vermeer 2.
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user avatar@Winterhawk97user avatar@Winterhawk97
December 03, 2025
I played this game so much as a kid, I probably was too young to appreciate or fully understand the game but it has always stuck with me. I would give anything to just play it one last time.
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user avatar@ChyXeNuser avatar@ChyXeN
December 08, 2025
This is a game like no other, where the genius of Peter Molineux adn the courage of another era of videogames. Moreover this is the game that allowed me to open the world of VG to my wife, so it keep also a bit of my heart. Actually is unfortuantely unplayable in modern PC, so the GOG initiative is the only hope to have it returned to us.
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