Learn Hardcore Hebrew: גם אני רוצה לראות את הסרט הזה.

אני רואה סרט = I see a movie
no את, because סרט is indefinite
אני רואה את הסרט = I see the movie
את appears because הסרט is definite

A good rule: if the noun would naturally be the..., this..., that..., a name, or something otherwise definite, you usually need את before it when it is the direct object.

Why is it הסרט and not just סרט?

The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew word for the attached directly to the noun.

So:

סרט = a movie / movie
הסרט = the movie

Since the sentence says this movie, the noun is definite, so Hebrew uses הסרט הזה.

This is different from English, where this movie does not need the. In Hebrew, with this and that, the noun is normally definite:

הספר הזה = this book
הילד הזה = this boy
הסרט הזה = this movie

Why does הזה come after הסרט? In English, this comes before the noun.

That is just the normal Hebrew pattern.

Hebrew usually says:

the noun + this/that

So:

הסרט הזה = this movie
הספר הזה = this book
האישה הזאת = this woman
הילדים האלה = these children

So even though English says this movie, Hebrew literally builds it more like the movie this.

Also notice that the noun usually gets ה־, because the whole phrase is definite.

Is רוצה masculine or feminine?

In unpointed modern Hebrew writing, רוצה can represent either:

רוֹצֶה = masculine singular
רוֹצָה = feminine singular

So if the speaker is male, it is read as rotzeh.
If the speaker is female, it is read as rotzah.

That means this written sentence can be said by either a man or a woman:

male speaker: גם אני רוצה לראות את הסרט הזה
female speaker: גם אני רוצה לראות את הסרט הזה

The spelling stays the same, but the pronunciation changes.

How does לראות work? Is it just the Hebrew infinitive to see?

Yes. לראות is the infinitive, meaning to see.

Very often, Hebrew infinitives begin with ל־, which often corresponds to English to:

לראות = to see
לאכול = to eat
ללכת = to go / to walk
ללמוד = to study

So:

רוצה לראות = want to see

This is similar to English structure: want + to see.

Could I also say אני גם רוצה לראות את הסרט הזה?

Yes, you could, but the emphasis is slightly different.

גם אני רוצה לראות את הסרט הזה emphasizes I too / I also
אני גם רוצה לראות את הסרט הזה emphasizes more that I also want to see it

In many situations, both are natural. But if the idea is someone else wants to see it, and I do too, then גם אני... is especially common.

For example:

דני רוצה לראות את הסרט הזה. גם אני רוצה לראות את הסרט הזה.
Danny wants to see this movie. I do too.

So the sentence as given is a very natural way to say I want to see this movie too.

How is the whole sentence pronounced?

A common pronunciation is:

gam ani rotzeh lirot et haseret hazeh
if the speaker is male

gam ani rotzah lirot et haseret hazeh
if the speaker is female

A few pronunciation notes:

גם = gam
אני = ani
רוצה = rotzeh / rotzah
לראות = lirot
את is often pronounced et
הסרט = haseret
הזה = hazeh

In everyday Israeli speech, some vowels may sound a bit reduced, but this is a good standard pronunciation to learn.

Why doesn’t Hebrew need a separate word for too at the end, like English sometimes does?

Because גם already covers also / too.

English can place too in different spots:

I want to see this movie too
I also want to see this movie
Me too, I want to see this movie

Hebrew often uses גם near the part being emphasized. Here:

גם אני = I too / me too

So Hebrew does not need a separate final word like English too. The idea is already expressed by גם.

Can סרט mean both movie and film?

Yes. סרט can mean movie or film, depending on context and style.

So:

הסרט הזה can be translated as this movie
or this film

In everyday conversation, movie is often the most natural English translation.