This thesis discusses the effectiveness of using movie in the teaching writing of recount text of tenth graders of SMK Farmasi YPIB Brebes in the academic year of 2014/2015. This research was intended to answer the following research question: How effective is the use of movie as a teaching medium in the teaching writing of recount text at the tenth graders of SMK Farmasi YPIB Brebes in the academic year of 2014/2015. The population of the research was tenth graders of SMK Farmasi YPIB Brebes in the academic year of 2014/2015. This is an experimental research. It is conducted into two groups; experimental group and control group. The researcher used Random Sampling Technique, in this kind of sampling technique every member of population gets the same chance to be sample. Based on the data obtained, it showed that pre-test average score of experimental group was 68.6 and control group was 67.5. Meanwhile, the post-test average of experimental group was 71 and control group 66.1. Furthermore, it was obtained that tcount was 2.138 and ttable was 2.005 for alpha (α) 5%. It meant that Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted because ttable was lower than tcount (2.005 ≤ 2.138). It is also means that there was difference of the post-test average score between experimental group and control group. In conclusion, the use of movie is effective to teach writing of recount text at the tenth graders of SMK Farmasi YPIB Brebes in the academic year of 2014/2015.