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The Borderline (Canadian TV series)
The Borderline (fka Underbelly) is a 2026 Canadian six-episode Crave crime drama by Graeme Stewart, starring Stephen Amell, Hamza Haq, Tamara Podemski, and Minnie Driver, set in the Thousand Islands; aired post-Super Bowl LX, retitled The Murder Line for ITV.
The Borderline (警界线)
The Borderline (警界線) is a 2014 Hong Kong police procedural, the first drama aired by Hong Kong Television Network, 17 episodes starring Liu Kai Chi and Dominic Lam, produced by So Wan-chung on a HK$1 million-per-episode budget.
The Borgias (2011 TV series)
The Borgias (2011 TV series): Showtime historical drama created by Neil Jordan, 2011–2013, 29 episodes, starring Jeremy Irons as Rodrigo Borgia; Amblin co-production, 16 Emmy nominations, cancelled after three seasons.
The Boroughs
The Boroughs is a 2026 Netflix sci-fi series, also called a Stranger Things-style retirement-community thriller, created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews with Duffer Brothers as EPs. Eight episodes premiered May 21, 2026, drew about 19 million views in 18 days, and Netflix canceled it after one season in June 2026.
The Borrowers (1997 film)
The Borrowers (1997) is a Working Title family fantasy film directed by Peter Hewitt, based on Mary Norton's novels, starring John Goodman as villain Ocious P. Potter, Jim Broadbent, and Celia Imrie, released 5 December 1997.
The Borrowers (book series)
The Borrowers is a children's fantasy series by British author Mary Norton (1903–1992): five novels (1952–1982) plus Poor Stainless, about the tiny Clock family borrowing from humans, winning the 1952 Carnegie Medal.
The Borrowers (novel)
The Borrowers is a 1952 children's fantasy novel by Mary Norton, published by Dent in London and winner of the 1952 Carnegie Medal. It introduces Pod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock, miniature people who live hidden in a human house and 'borrow' small items, beginning a five-novel series.
The Bose Files: Sach Ya Sazish
The Bose Files: Sach Ya Sazish (द बोस फाइल्स: सच या साजिश) is a 2026 Hindi historical drama by Rajesh Gupta investigating Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's 1945 disappearance; released 30-31 July 2026, 2h 7m, U/A, starring Yatin Karyekar and Apoorva Arora.
The Boss (2016 film)
The Boss (2016) is an American comedy directed by Ben Falcone, starring Melissa McCarthy as disgraced tycoon Michelle Darnell, who rebuilds a brownie business after prison; also called a Groundlings character film, it grossed $78.7 million worldwide and scored 21% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Boss Baby
The Boss Baby is a 2017 DreamWorks animated comedy about a suit-wearing infant executive on a secret mission, directed by Tom McGrath and voiced by Alec Baldwin.
The Boss Baby (book)
The Boss Baby (book) is Marla Frazee's 2010 Beach Lane Books picture book about an infant who runs his household like a corporate boss; it inspired DreamWorks' Oscar-nominated 2017 film and the sequel The Bossier Baby.
The Boss Baby: Back in Business
The Boss Baby: Back in Business is a Netflix DreamWorks animated comedy series (2018–2020, four seasons), a spinoff of the 2017 film, following Boss Baby and brother Tim balancing Baby Corp missions with family life.
The Boss Baby: Family Business
The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021) is DreamWorks Animation's sequel to The Boss Baby, directed by Tom McGrath, starring Alec Baldwin and James Marsden; released July 2, 2021 in theaters and day-and-date on Peacock, grossing $57.3 million in the U.S.
The Boston Strangler
The Boston Strangler is Richard Fleischer's 1968 20th Century-Fox crime drama, also known as El estrangulador de Boston, starring Tony Curtis as confessed killer Albert DeSalvo and Henry Fonda; noted for split-screen technique and mixed reviews.
The Bostonians
The Bostonians is an 1886 novel by Henry James, serialized in The Century, in which a Boston feminist and her conservative Southern cousin vie for a young speaker.
The Bottom of the Sea
The Bottom of the Sea is a 1907 oil painting by Japanese painter Aoki Shigeru, depicting a Kojiki myth and held by the Artizon Museum in Tokyo.
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula is an American horror-themed drag reality competition created and hosted by Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet. Premiered Halloween 2016 on YouTube, on Shudder since season 4 (2021), $100,000 prize, seven seasons, four Emmy nominations.
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula season 6
Season 6 (Season 666) of The Boulet Brothers' Dragula, premiered October 1, 2024 on Shudder and AMC+; 12 contestants, $100,000 grand prize, 10 episodes, guest judges including Jennifer Tilly and Mike Flanagan.
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans season 2
Second season of the Dragula all-stars horror drag competition, airing on Shudder and AMC+ from October 7 to December 9, 2025; 14 returning contestants, won by Evah Destruction, with the new Hellbound Showdown comeback mechanic and two disqualifications.
The Bounty (1984 film)
The Bounty (1984) is Roger Donaldson's historical drama of the 1789 mutiny on HMS Bounty, starring Mel Gibson as Fletcher Christian and Anthony Hopkins as Lieutenant Bligh, with Robert Bolt's screenplay from Richard Hough's book, Vangelis's score, a $25 million budget, and a reputation as the most historically accurate Bounty film.
The Bounty Hunter (2010 film)
The Bounty Hunter is a 2010 American romantic action comedy directed by Andy Tennant, starring Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston as a bounty hunter and his bail-jumping ex-wife.
The Bourne Identity (1988 film)
The Bourne Identity (1988) is a two-part ABC miniseries, the first live-action adaptation of Robert Ludlum's 1980 novel, starring Richard Chamberlain as amnesiac Jason Bourne and Jaclyn Smith, written by Carol Sobieski, directed by Roger Young, 185 minutes, Emmy-nominated, more faithful to the book than the 2002 Matt Damon film.
The Bourne Identity (2002 film)
The Bourne Identity (2002) is Doug Liman's action thriller starring Matt Damon as amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne, adapted from Robert Ludlum's 1980 novel; it earned $214 million worldwide and launched the five-film Bourne franchise.
The Bourne Identity (novel)
The Bourne Identity is a 1980 spy thriller by Robert Ludlum and the first novel of the Bourne trilogy, following an amnesiac agent pursued across Cold War Europe.
The Bourne Legacy (film)
The Bourne Legacy is a 2012 American action thriller directed by Tony Gilroy, the fourth film in the Bourne series and the first without Matt Damon, starring Jeremy Renner.
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Supremacy is Robert Ludlum's 1986 sequel to The Bourne Identity, in which David Webb resumes his assassin identity against an impostor in Hong Kong, and a 2004 Paul Greengrass film with Matt Damon that reimagines the story with Marie's death in India.
The Bourne Supremacy (film)
The Bourne Supremacy is a 2004 American action thriller directed by Paul Greengrass, starring Matt Damon as amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne, sequel to The Bourne Identity.
The Bourne Ultimatum (film)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Paul Greengrass's third Bourne film with Matt Damon, closed the original trilogy; it won the Oscar for Best Film Editing, grossed $227.5 million domestically, and popularized handheld "shaky cam" action style.
The Bow (활)
The Bow (활, Hwal) is Kim Ki-duk's 2005 South Korean drama about a 60-year-old man raising a 16-year-old girl on a fishing boat, planning to marry her at 17. It opened Cannes Un Certain Regard 2005, starred Jeon Sung-hwan and Han Yeo-reum, and earned 1,382 domestic admissions.
The Bow and the Lyre
The Bow and the Lyre (El arco y la lira) is an essay on poetry and the poem by the Mexican poet Octavio Paz, first published in 1956.