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Breakdown (1997 film)

Breakdown is a 1997 American thriller directed by Jonathan Mostow, starring Kurt Russell as a husband searching for his wife who vanishes after their car breaks down on a remote desert highway.

Breakdown: 1975

Breakdown: 1975 is a 2025 Netflix documentary directed by Morgan Neville and narrated by Jodie Foster, arguing that America had a collective nervous breakdown between Watergate and the 1976 bicentennial, reflected in films like Taxi Driver and Network; released December 19, 2025, 74% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Breaker Morant (film)

Breaker Morant, 1980 Bruce Beresford Australian courtroom drama based on Kenneth Ross's play, starring Edward Woodward, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson; Oscar-nominated screenplay, ten AFI awards, Boer War court-martial of three Australian lieutenants.

Breakfast (film)

Breakfast: Accept the Reality (Tamil: பிரேக்ஃபாஸ்ட்: அக்செப்ட் த ரியாலிட்டி) is a 2026 Tamil romantic drama directed by Gandhi Krishna, starring Raanav and Rosmin Thadathil, released 24 April 2026, a box-office flop that streamed on Prime Video from 24 June 2026.

Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Japanese title ティファニーで朝食を, is Blake Edwards's Paramount comedy-drama starring Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly, adapted from Capote's novella, Oscar-winning for Mancini's 'Moon River,' and criticized for Rooney's yellowface role.

Breakfast on Pluto (film)

Breakfast on Pluto (2005), Neil Jordan's adaptation of Patrick McCabe's 1998 novel, stars Cillian Murphy as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden, an Irish transvestite orphan searching for his mother in 1970s London; mixed reviews, Golden Globe-nominated.

Breakin'

Breakin' (1984) is a Cannon Films breakdancing musical directed by Joel Silberg, starring Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo 'Shabba-Doo' Quinones, and Michael 'Boogaloo Shrimp' Chambers; it grossed about $38.7 million and spawned Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.

Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, the 1984 Cannon Films sequel to Breakin', directed by Sam Firstenberg, starring Lucinda Dickey, Shabba-Doo Quinones, and Boogaloo Shrimp Chambers saving a community center; its title became a sequel-naming meme.

Breakin' All the Rules

Breakin' All the Rules is a 2004 American romantic comedy directed by Daniel Taplitz. Jamie Foxx stars as a magazine editor who writes a best-selling book on breakups.

Breaking (film)

Breaking is a 2022 American crime drama directed by Abi Damaris Corbin, starring John Boyega as Marine veteran Brian Brown-Easley, who holds a Georgia bank hostage.

Breaking Away

Breaking Away (1979) is an American coming-of-age comedy-drama directed by Peter Yates, written by Steve Tesich, about Bloomington townies racing IU's Little 500; it won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

Breaking In (2018 film)

Breaking In is a 2018 American home-invasion action thriller directed by James McTeigue, starring Gabrielle Union as Shaun Russell, who fights four thieves holding her children at her late father's high-tech estate; released May 11, 2018 by Universal.

Breaking News (大事件) (2004 film)

Breaking News (大事件) is Johnnie To's 2004 Hong Kong action thriller starring Richie Jen, Kelly Chen, and Nick Cheung, in which police stage a manhunt as a live TV show after a humiliating televised defeat; it won Golden Horse Best Director and features a seven-minute opening long take.

Breaking News in Yuba County

Breaking News in Yuba County (2021) is a Tate Taylor dark comedy, written by Amanda Idoko, starring Allison Janney as Sue Buttons, who buries her dead husband and milks his disappearance for fame; released February 12, 2021 by the relaunched American International Pictures.

Breaking the Silence (漂亮妈妈)

Breaking the Silence (漂亮妈妈) is a 2000 Chinese drama directed by Sun Zhou, starring Gong Li as a laid-off single mother raising her deaf son; it won Hundred Flowers Best Picture and Montreal Best Actress.

Breaking the Waves

Breaking the Waves (1996) is Lars von Trier's Golden Heart trilogy drama about Bess, a devout Scottish woman whose paralyzed husband Jan urges her to take lovers; Cannes Grand Prix, Emily Watson Oscar nomination.

Breakthrough (2019 film)

Breakthrough (2019) is a 20th Century Fox faith-based drama directed by Roxann Dawson, starring Chrissy Metz, based on Joyce Smith's book about her son John's 2015 revival after drowning in Lake St. Louis.

Breakup Buddies (心花路放)

Breakup Buddies (心花路放), also known as Xin Hua Lu Fang, is a 2014 Chinese buddy road comedy directed by Ning Hao, starring Huang Bo and Xu Zheng; it grossed RMB 1.17 billion, 2014's top domestic Chinese film.

Breakup Season

Breakup Season is a 2024 American independent comedy-drama directed by H. Nelson Tracey, starring Chandler Riggs and Samantha Isler; a Christmas breakup strands a girlfriend with her ex's family in rural Oregon, released by Buffalo 8.

Breath (2017 film)

Breath (2017) is Simon Baker's feature directorial debut, an Australian drama adapted from Tim Winton's Miles Franklin-winning novel about two 1970s teenage surfers; premiered at TIFF 2017, released in Australia May 2018, earning A$4.36 million.

Breath (숨) (2007 film)

Breath (숨, Soom) is Kim Ki-duk's 2007 South Korean drama about a woman visiting a mute death-row inmate; starring Park Zi-a, Ha Jung-woo, and Chang Chen, it competed at Cannes 2007 and is distinct from Jang Min-yong's 2007 experimental short The Breath.

Breathe (2014 film)

Breathe (Respire), 2014 French drama by Mélanie Laurent, adapted from Anne-Sophie Brasme's novel; toxic friendship between teenagers Charlie (Joséphine Japy) and Sarah (Lou de Laâge); Cannes Semaine de la Critique premiere, two César nominations. Distinct from Breathe In (2014) and Breathe (2017).

Breathe (2017 film)

Breathe (2017) is Andy Serkis's directorial debut, a British biographical drama about Robin Cavendish, paralyzed by polio at 28, produced by his son Jonathan Cavendish, starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy, released October 2017.

Breathless (1960 film)

Breathless (À bout de souffle), Jean-Luc Godard's 1960 French New Wave debut feature with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, a black-and-white 90-minute crime drama famous for jump cuts.

Bree Olson

Bree Olson (Rachel Marie Oberlin, born 1986, Houston, Texas) is an American former adult film actress, Adam & Eve contract star and 2008 AVN Best New Starlet, known for living with Charlie Sheen in 2011 and for speaking on post-porn stigma.

Breeder (film)

Breeder (2026) horror comedy, Alex Goyette's feature debut, starring Daniel Doheny, Dot-Marie Jones, and Maddie Phillips; Tribeca premiere June 6, 2026, IFC/Shudder US release October 28, 2026; distinct from the 2020 Danish film of the same name.

Brenda Bakke

Brenda Bakke (Brenda Jean Bakke, born 1963) is an American actress from Klamath Falls, Oregon, known for Selena Coombs in American Gothic and Lana Turner in L.A. Confidential, plus Hot Shots! Part Deux and her novel Driving in LA.

Brenda Vaccaro

Brenda Vaccaro (Brenda Buell Vaccaro, born November 18, 1939) is an American actress of stage, film, and television, distinct from the Wayne, NJ realtor of the same name; known for Midnight Cowboy, Once Is Not Enough, an Emmy for The Shape of Things, and Nonnas (2025).

Brendon Miller

Brendon Miller is the adult-film stage name of Glendon Miller Crain (born 1976), an American drummer from Kansas City who played in Godhead, Hollywood Undead (as Biscuitz), and Red Tide Rising, and won an XBIZ Award as the Joker in The Dark Knight XXX.

Brent Corrigan

Brent Corrigan, stage name of Sean Paul Lockhart (born 1986), American gay adult film performer and director whose underage debut, name dispute, and producer Bryan Kocis's 2007 murder inspired King Cobra (2016).