2,693 articles
The Bear (1988 film)
The Bear (L'Ours) is Jean-Jacques Annaud's 1988 French drama about orphaned cub Youk and the Kodiak Bart, adapted from Curwood's The Grizzly King, with 657 dialogue words, a $25 million budget, and a 1989 César for Best Director.
The Beastmaster
The Beastmaster is Don Coscarelli's 1982 sword-and-sorcery film starring Marc Singer as Dar, an animal-telepath hero based loosely on Andre Norton's 1959 novel; a critical flop that became a cable cult classic with two sequels and a TV series.
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week is a 2016 music documentary by Ron Howard covering the Beatles' touring years, 1962 to 1966, with interviews from Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
The Believer (2001 film)
The Believer (2001) is Henry Bean's drama starring Ryan Gosling as Danny Balint, a Jewish yeshiva dropout who leads a neo-Nazi gang. Loosely based on Daniel Burros, it won Sundance's 2001 Grand Jury Prize but reached theaters only in 2002 via Showtime and IDP.
The Bell Jar (upcoming film)
The Bell Jar (upcoming film): Sarah Polley's Focus Features adaptation of Sylvia Plath's 1963 novel, starring Billie Eilish as Esther Greenwood in her film debut, with Carey Mulligan; production wrapped September 2026.
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (film)
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) is a Universal musical comedy directed by Colin Higgins, starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, adapted from the 1978 Broadway musical about the Chicken Ranch brothel; Durning earned an Oscar nomination.
The Best of Enemies (2019 film)
The Best of Enemies (2019) is Robin Bissell's feature-directing debut drama, starring Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell as activist Ann Atwater and Klan leader C.P. Ellis, co-chairs of Durham, North Carolina's 1971 school desegregation charrette.
The BFG (2016 film)
The BFG is a 2016 fantasy adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, adapted from Roald Dahl's 1982 children's novel about orphan Sophie and the Big Friendly Giant.
The Bibi Files
The Bibi Files (תיקי ביבי) is a 2024 documentary by Alexis Bloom and Alex Gibney built on 1,000-plus hours of leaked police interrogation tapes of Benjamin Netanyahu, his family, and associates; banned in Israel, released on Jolt.film, Oscar-shortlisted.
The Bible (miniseries)
The Bible (History Channel, 2013) is a five-episode, 10-hour miniseries from Mark Burnett and Roma Downey dramatizing Genesis to Revelation, starring Diogo Morgado as Jesus, averaging over 11 million viewers per episode and spawning Son of God and A.D. The Bible Continues.
The Big Bull
The Big Bull is a 2021 Hindi biographical crime drama directed by Kookie Gulati, starring Abhishek Bachchan as Hemant Shah, a fictionalized Harshad Mehta; released on Disney+ Hotstar on 8 April 2021.
The Big Short (film)
The Big Short (2015) is Adam McKay's Paramount comedy-drama adapted from Michael Lewis's book, starring Bale, Carell, Gosling, and Pitt as investors who shorted the housing market before the 2008 crisis; it won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar.
The Biggest Little Farm
The Biggest Little Farm (2018) is John Chester's documentary about him and wife Molly building Apricot Lane Farms on 200 barren Ventura County acres over eight years; Telluride premiere, NEON release, 2020 Oscar shortlist.
The Bishop's Wife
The Bishop's Wife (1947) is a Samuel Goldwyn Christmas fantasy comedy directed by Henry Koster, starring Cary Grant as angel Dudley, with Loretta Young and David Niven; based on Robert Nathan's 1928 novella, it won the Best Sound Oscar.
The Blind Side (film)
The Blind Side is a 2009 John Lee Hancock film, also called Un sueño posible, based on Michael Lewis's book about Michael Oher and the Tuohy family; it won Sandra Bullock an Oscar, grossed over $300 million, and became the subject of a 2023 conservatorship lawsuit.
The Blood of Yingzhou District
The Blood of Yingzhou District (潁州的孩子) is Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon's 39-minute 2006 documentary on AIDS orphans in Yingzhou District, Anhui, China, winner of the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.
The Blue Angels (film)
The Blue Angels (2024) is a Paul Crowder-directed IMAX documentary following the Navy flight demonstration squadron's 2022 season, produced by Glen Powell and J.J. Abrams, released by Amazon MGM in IMAX May 17, 2024 and on Prime Video May 23.
The Bonfire of the Vanities (film)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) is Brian De Palma's Warner Bros. adaptation of Tom Wolfe's 1987 novel, starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, and Morgan Freeman; it cost about $45 million, grossed $15.4 million, and holds 15% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Book of Clarence
The Book of Clarence is a 2023 biblical comedy-drama film written and directed by Jeymes Samuel, starring LaKeith Stanfield as a hustler in 33 AD Jerusalem.
The Book of Life (2014 film)
The Book of Life (El libro de la vida) is a 2014 PG computer-animated musical fantasy directed by Jorge R. Gutiérrez and produced by Guillermo del Toro, set in Mexico around Día de los Muertos, with Diego Luna, Zoë Saldana, and Channing Tatum; Metascore 67, 82% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Book Thief (film)
The Book Thief is a 2013 war drama directed by Brian Percival, adapted from Markus Zusak's 2005 novel, about a girl who learns to read in Nazi Germany.
The Bookshop (film)
The Bookshop is a 2017 drama directed by Isabel Coixet, adapted from Penelope Fitzgerald's 1978 novel, starring Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, and Patricia Clarkson; a Spain-UK-Germany coproduction that won three 2018 Goya Awards.
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 Boxtrolls
The Boxtrolls is a 2014 American stop-motion animated film directed by Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi, produced by Laika and loosely adapted from Alan Snow's novel Here Be Monsters!.
The Boy and the Beast (バケモノの子)
The Boy and the Beast (バケモノの子, Bakemono no Ko) is Mamoru Hosoda's 2015 Studio Chizu anime film about orphan Ren/Kyuta apprenticed to the beast warrior Kumatetsu; it earned 5.85 billion yen and the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year.
The Boy and the Heron (君たちはどう生きるか)
The Boy and the Heron (君たちはどう生きるか, How Do You Live?) is Studio Ghibli's 2023 hand-drawn fantasy by Hayao Miyazaki, his twelfth feature, about boy Mahito Maki entering a world of the living and dead; it won the 96th Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: 2019 British drama, Chiwetel Ejiofor's directorial debut, adapting William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer's memoir of a Malawian teen who built a windmill during the 2001–2002 famine; Netflix release, Sundance Sloan Prize winner.
The Boys in the Band (1970 film)
The Boys in the Band (1970) is William Friedkin's film of Mart Crowley's Off-Broadway play, with the original nine-man stage cast; the first Hollywood film with an all-gay cast, rated R over X-rated dialogue, picketed by the Gay Liberation Front.
The Boys in the Band (2020 film)
The Boys in the Band (2020) is a Netflix drama directed by Joe Mantello and produced by Ryan Murphy, remaking Mart Crowley's 1968 play and Friedkin's 1970 film with the openly gay cast of the Tony-winning 2018 Broadway revival, released September 30, 2020.
The Boys in the Boat (film)
The Boys in the Boat is George Clooney's 2023 MGM sports drama, adapted from Daniel James Brown's 2013 book, about the University of Washington eight-oar crew that won gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, starring Callum Turner and Joel Edgerton.