This is the 782nd most frequent Norwegian word.
filmene
"The films"
'Filmene' here refers to specific movies located on the shelf, emphasizing their physical presence and state; it is used in the definite plural form.
Hvorfor er filmene på hylla alltid støvete?
Why are the movies on the shelf always dusty?
The word 'filmene' is the definite plural form of 'film', meaning 'the films' or 'the movies' in English. Here, it is used to specify which movies are being referred to, namely those that were watched at the cinema.
Filmene vi så på kino var veldig spennende.
The movies we watched at the cinema were very exciting.
In this sentence, 'filmene' is used in a general sense to talk about a category of movies (specifically, those with too much violence), again in its definite plural form.