diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Classes/MovieApi.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Classes/MovieApi.cs
index 01fc3912f1..dabf91cc94 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Classes/MovieApi.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Classes/MovieApi.cs
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 
 		public void SetRerecordCounting(bool counting) => _movieSession.Movie.IsCountingRerecords = counting;
 
-		public void Stop()
-			=> _mainForm.StopMovie();
+		public void Stop(bool saveChanges = true)
+			=> _mainForm.StopMovie(saveChanges: saveChanges);
 
 		public double GetFps()
 		{
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Interfaces/IMovieApi.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Interfaces/IMovieApi.cs
index 6538bfbd4b..fa49b7e9c9 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Interfaces/IMovieApi.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Interfaces/IMovieApi.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		void SetReadOnly(bool readOnly);
 		void SetRerecordCount(ulong count);
 		void SetRerecordCounting(bool counting);
-		void Stop();
+
+		void Stop(bool saveChanges = true);
+
 		double GetFps();
 		IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> GetHeader();
 		IReadOnlyList<string> GetComments();
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/CommonLibs/MovieLuaLibrary.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/CommonLibs/MovieLuaLibrary.cs
index df49be9bea..b582d2a446 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/CommonLibs/MovieLuaLibrary.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/CommonLibs/MovieLuaLibrary.cs
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 			=> APIs.Movie.SetRerecordCounting(counting);
 
 		[LuaMethodExample("movie.stop( );")]
-		[LuaMethod("stop", "Stops the current movie")]
-		public void Stop()
-			=> APIs.Movie.Stop();
+		[LuaMethod("stop", "Stops the current movie. Pass false to discard changes.")]
+		public void Stop(bool saveChanges = true)
+			=> APIs.Movie.Stop(saveChanges);
 
 		[LuaMethodExample("local domovget = movie.getfps( );")]
 		[LuaMethod("getfps", "If a movie is loaded, gets the frames per second used by the movie to determine the movie length time")]