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Born Free
Born Free is a 1966 adventure drama directed by James Hill, based on Joy Adamson's 1960 memoir, starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as the Adamsons raising Elsa the lioness; it won two 1967 Oscars for John Barry's music.
Born in Flames
Born in Flames is Lizzie Borden's 1983 American independent feminist science fiction film, set in near-future New York ten years after a social-democratic revolution, following the Women's Army and pirate radio stations in revolt after Adelaide Norris's death.
Born in the RSA
Born in the RSA is a 1985 docudrama play created by director Barney Simon and the Market Theatre Company in Johannesburg in response to apartheid's State of Emergency.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A. is Bruce Springsteen's seventh studio album, released June 4, 1984. Seven Top Ten singles, number 1 in the US and ten other countries, and the top-selling album of 1985.
Born in the U.S.A. (song)
"Born in the U.S.A." is Bruce Springsteen's 1984 title-track single about a disenfranchised Vietnam veteran, recorded May 1982 at the Power Station, peaking at number nine on Billboard, and famously misread as patriotic by Reagan, Buchanan, and Trump campaigns.
Born in the Wild
Born in the Wild is the 2024 debut studio album by Nigerian singer Tems (Temilade Openiyi), released on RCA/Since '93. The 18-track record, featuring J. Cole and Asake, earned a Metacritic score of 86 and UK Silver certification.
Born of Osiris
Born of Osiris is an American progressive metalcore band formed in 2003 in Palatine, Illinois, signed to Sumerian Records. Known for The Discovery (2011) and Through Shadows (2025), it evolved from deathcore toward progressive metalcore.
Born on the Fourth of July (film)
Born on the Fourth of July is a 1989 American biographical drama directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tom Cruise as paralyzed Vietnam veteran turned anti-war activist Ron Kovic.
Born Pink World Tour
Born Pink World Tour (본 핑크 월드투어), BLACKPINK's second world tour promoting the 2022 album Born Pink; ran 2022 to September 2023, 34 cities, 66 shows, about 1.8 million attendees, highest-grossing tour by a female group.
Born rigidity
Born rigidity is a definition of rigid motion in special relativity, introduced by Max Born in 1909, where distances between neighboring particles of a body stay constant.
Born rule
The Born rule, also called Born's law, is the quantum-mechanics postulate that a measurement outcome's probability equals the squared amplitude proposed by Max Born in 1926.
Born Sexy Yesterday
Born Sexy Yesterday (BSY) is a media trope coined by Jonathan McIntosh in 2017: a naive, childlike female character in a sexualized adult body, educated by an average man, named after the 1950 film Born Yesterday; examples include Leeloo and Quorra.
Born Sinner
Born Sinner (2013) is J. Cole's second studio album, released on Roc Nation/Columbia the same day as Kanye West's Yeezus; it debuted at No. 2, reached No. 1, and was largely self-produced with 16 tracks and guests including Miguel and Kendrick Lamar.
Born This Way (album)
Born This Way is Lady Gaga's second studio album (Interscope, May 23, 2011), an electronic rock and techno-pop record whose title track was the 1000th Billboard Hot 100 number one and an LGBTQ+ anthem.
Born This Way (song)
Born This Way is Lady Gaga's 2011 LGBTQ empowerment anthem, lead single from her album of the same name. It was the Billboard Hot 100's 1000th number one, spent six weeks at the top, and was the first US chart-topper to reference the trans community.
Born This Way Ball
The Born This Way Ball, Lady Gaga's third concert tour supporting Born This Way, ran 2012 to February 2013 with 98 shows, a castle stage and Monster Pit, ending when a hip labral tear forced cancellation.
Born to Be Alive (生命树) (TV series)
Born to Be Alive (生命树, "Tree of Life") is a 2026 40-episode Chinese realistic ecological drama directed by Li Xue, starring Yang Zi and Hu Ge, about a mountain patrol team fighting poachers in Hoh Xil, Qinghai; it won three Golden Eagle Awards and was produced by Noon Sunshine and iQIYI.
Born to Be Blue (film)
Born to Be Blue is a 2015 anti-biopic drama directed by Robert Budreau, starring Ethan Hawke as jazz trumpeter Chet Baker and Carmen Ejogo as fictional composite Jane, released by IFC Films in March 2016.
Born to Be Human (生而为人)
Born to Be Human (生而為人) is a 2021 Taiwanese drama directed by Lily Ni, about a 14-year-old intersex boy given nonconsensual sex reassignment surgery; it won the Osaka Asian Film Festival's Yakushi Pearl Award.
Born to Be Wild
Born to Be Wild: 1968 hard rock song by Steppenwolf, written by Mars Bonfire (Dennis Edmonton), a million seller that peaked at No. 2 US and became the Easy Rider biker anthem coining "heavy metal thunder".
Born to Bowl
Born to Bowl is a five-part 2026 HBO Original documentary series directed by James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte and narrated by Liev Schreiber, following Kyle Troup, Anthony Simonsen, EJ Tackett, Cameron Crowe, and Jason Belmonte on the PBA Tour.
Born to Die
Born to Die is Lana Del Rey's major-label debut album, released 27 January 2012 on Interscope/Polydor. Produced mainly by Emile Haynie, led by "Video Games", it hit UK Number 1, scored 62 on Metacritic, and became a defining influence on 2010s pop.
Born to Die: The Paradise Edition
Born to Die: The Paradise Edition is a 2012 reissue of Lana Del Rey's album Born to Die, adding the eight tracks of the Paradise EP.
Born to Fly
Born to Fly (长空之王) is a 2023 Chinese drama-action film directed by Liu Xiaoshi, starring Wang Yibo and Hu Jun as air force test pilots flying prototype fighters including the J-20; it earned 850 million yuan and won the Golden Rooster Best Directorial Debut.
Born to Kill (album)
Born to Kill is Social Distortion's eighth studio album, released May 8, 2026 on Epitaph. Produced by Dave Sardy and Mike Ness, it is the band's first album in 15 years, delayed by Ness's 2023 tonsil cancer treatment, with guests Lucinda Williams and Benmont Tench. Not to be confused with The Damned's 1997 compilation of the same name.
Born to Kill?
Born to Kill? is a British true crime documentary series by Twofour Productions, first aired on Sky One in October 2005. Seven seasons and 54 episodes profile one serial killer per episode, exploring childhood to ask if killers are born or made; narrated by Christopher Slade and Steve Furst.
Born to Run
Born to Run names Bruce Springsteen's career-saving 1975 album and title track, his 2016 autobiography, and Christopher McDougall's 2009 Tarahumara running bestseller; distinct works sharing one title.
Born to Shine (Philippine TV series)
Born to Shine is a 2026 Philippine drama musical series directed by Rod Marmol. It stars Zephanie and Michael Sager, exploring a young singer's dream against industry hurdles.
Born Yesterday
Born Yesterday is a 1950 Columbia Pictures comedy-drama directed by George Cukor, adapted from Garson Kanin's 1946 Broadway play. Judy Holliday won Best Actress as Billie Dawn; the film earned four other Oscar nominations and joined the National Film Registry in 2012.
Born–Haber cycle
The Born–Haber cycle is a thermochemical cycle relating an ionic compound's enthalpy of formation to its lattice energy and related terms, applying Hess's law to determine lattice energies.