"Movies" is the debut single of American rock band Alien Ant Farm, released on January 16, 2001, from their second studio album, Anthology (2001).
Originally released on their 1999 album Greatest Hits, it was re-recorded (along with numerous other songs) for Anthology.
[4][5] After the band achieved success with "Smooth Criminal", they re-released the single on November 6, 2001.
[8] There is a bigger budget re-shoot music video, released after the success of "Smooth Criminal", which shows the band jumping through the screen at a movie theatre, and interacting with the audience in homages to Ghostbusters, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, The Karate Kid (including an appearance by the film's costar Pat Morita) and Edward Scissorhands.
At the end of the video, the entire audience jumps through the screen and joins the band.