Definition of "feature film" [feature film]

• The main, full-length film in a cinema program that also included a short film and often a newsreel (noun)
• Any film produced to be shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing (noun)

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• "Indeed, the first “100 percent all-talking” feature film to be released,* Lights of New York 1928, was a gangster film."
• "He returned one last time to do another Frosty special, a feature film called Frosty and Rudolph, Christmas in July."
• "His graphic novel, Road To Perdition, has been made into a DreamWorks feature film starring Tom Hanks and Paul Newman, directed by Sam Mendes."