Cinemaphile
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Cinemaphile is the colloquial name for someone who is an avid fan of movies. From knowing hundreds and thousand of small facts and anecdotal stories to do with all their favourite films, being able to perfectly repeat large portions of script from their favourite films - all from memory (imitating all the various characters as they go), to collecting all the merchandise, associated paraphernalia, movie posters, various versions of the movie, cinemaphiles go above and beyond what most usual filmgoers would accept as a 'normal' filmgoer's appreciation, sometimes to the point of absolute devotion.
This term is somewhat interchangeable with the word 'cinephile', and both can be (and are) used to mean the same thing. The word 'cinephile' is more often used in Europe, especially in French, to describe a devoted movie lover (the word 'cinephile' having an obvious root in the French word 'ciné', which itself is derived from the word 'cinéma').
A classic example of some of the most hardcore cinephiles/cinemaphiles are the legions of dedicated Star Wars fans who dress up in the costumes of the characters to go to Star Wars conventions, or those fans who own almost every piece of related merchandise ever made and are willing to pay a lot to obtain the rarest items, regardless of the eventual cost.
An example of a more restrained cinephile (someone who is more 'in to' movies but while they do not reach the point of dedicating their life to one or more films, still knows a lot of interesting facts about films they've seen, and has seen a lot of films) is the character Tony DiNozzo from the American TV series NCIS. He can frequently be heard comparing a situation to a situation in a film, or drawing comparisons between another character or one of his workmates and a character from one of his favourite films.
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