For microwave and millimeter-wave applications, there is increasing interest in using ferrite films rather than bulk ferrites. In some cases, such as magnetostatic wave devices, films provide definite performance advantages. In other cases, films may provide lower cost, smaller size, and enhanced compatibility with planar circuit designs such as monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMlC). The relatively limited research on ferrite films for microwave and millimeter-wave applications has borrowed from the more extensive work that has been motivated by applications to various forms of magnetic recording. An example is the YlG (yttrium iron garnet) epitaxial film, brought to a high level of development as a by-product of bubble memory technology and now coming into use for tunable microwave filters and for magnetostatic wave devices. Similarly, other magnetic recording materials point the way to development of ferrite films suitable for other microwave and millimeter-wave applications including, eventually, fully monolithic incorporation into MMlC technology.