movie or film?

I believe the arguement between movie and film differs on ones opinion based on the ideas of the cinema's meaning to that one person. In my personal opinon the movie Forrest Gump is under the classification of a film. The underlying theme of this movie is "don't judge a book by its cover" becasue although this man was mentally slow, and looked down upon by people who met him, he was still a war hero, a millionaire, a college football star, a national running icon, and most of all a ping pong champion.