IELTS Vocabulary (movies and books)

something to read in bed before you go to sleep

• bedtime reading

• to flick through

• to be a big reader

when a film can be seen by the general public

• to go on general release

• a box office hit

• a blockbuster

• to come highly recommended

to see a film that has just come out

• to go on general release

• to be engrossed in

• to catch the latest movie

to be praised by another person

• to come highly recommended

• to flick through

• to be based on

a digital book

a book that you want to keep reading

• to read something from cover to cover

• a page turner

• to tell the story of

a film made with a small amount of money

• a blockbuster

• couldn’t put it down

• a low budget film

where the action takes place

wasn’t able to stop reading a book

• to be a big reader

• couldn’t put it down

• to come highly recommended

a film with fast moving scenes, often containing violence

• an action movie

• a box office hit

• a blockbuster