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Brett Ratner

Brett Ratner is an American film director and producer known for Rush Hour (1998, 2001, 2007), X-Men: The Last Stand, and RatPac Entertainment; his career halted after 2017 sexual misconduct allegations, followed by the 2026 Melania documentary and Rush Hour 4.

Brewster McCloud

Brewster McCloud is Robert Altman's 1970 MGM fantasy comedy, also known by the working title Brewster McCloud's (Sexy) Flying Machine, in which Bud Cort's recluse builds wings under the Houston Astrodome; Shelley Duvall's film debut.

Brewster's Millions (1985 film)

Brewster's Millions is a 1985 American comedy directed by Walter Hill, in which Richard Pryor must spend $30 million in 30 days to inherit $300 million.

Brewster's Millions: Christmas

Brewster's Millions: Christmas is a 2024 BET+ holiday romance film directed by Patricia Cuffie-Jones, starring China Anne McClain as heiress Morgan Brewster, who must complete tasks from her late Uncle Monty's will by Christmas Eve; it reimagines the 1985 Richard Pryor comedy and features Pryor's children Rain and Richard Jr.

Brexit: The Uncivil War

Brexit: The Uncivil War is a 2019 Channel 4/HBO television drama, also titled Brexit, written by James Graham, directed by Toby Haynes, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Vote Leave strategist Dominic Cummings and Rory Kinnear as Craig Oliver.

Brian (film)

Brian (2026) is an American coming-of-age comedy, Will Ropp's directorial debut, written by Late Night writer Mike Scollins. Ben Wang stars as a high schooler with panic attacks running for class president; premiered at SXSW 2026, released March 14, 2026.

Brian Banks (film)

Brian Banks is a 2018 American biographical drama directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Aldis Hodge as a high school football star wrongly convicted of rape who won exoneration with help from the California Innocence Project.

Brian De Palma

Brian De Palma (born 1940), American film director of Sisters, Carrie, Scarface, The Untouchables, and Mission: Impossible, known for split screen, Hitchcock-influenced suspense, and divisive critical reception.

Brian Glover

Brian Glover (2 April 1934 – 24 July 1997), English character actor, writer, teacher and wrestler (ring name Leon Arras). Known for Kes, Alien 3, Porridge, The Mysteries, and Tetley tea commercials.

Brian Grazer

Brian Grazer (born 1951) is an American producer, co-founder of Imagine Entertainment with Ron Howard, Best Picture Oscar winner for A Beautiful Mind, producer of 24 and Arrested Development, and author of A Curious Mind.

Brian Helgeland

Brian Helgeland (born 1961) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer, Oscar winner for L.A. Confidential, also known for A Knight's Tale, Mystic River, 42, Legend, and Finestkind.

Brian Tarantina

Brian Tarantina (1959–2019) was an American character actor from New York City, a Theatre World and Drama Desk Award winner on Broadway, known for Bootsy on Gilmore Girls, Jackie on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and films like Uncle Buck and BlacKkKlansman.

Brian Tyler

Brian Tyler (born 1972) is an American film, TV, and video game composer behind Fast & Furious, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Crazy Rich Asians, Yellowstone, and the Formula 1 theme; BMI Icon 2022.

Brian's Song

Brian's Song is a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week docudrama, directed by Buzz Kulik and written by William Blinn from Gale Sayers's book I Am Third, about Bears teammates Sayers (Billy Dee Williams) and Brian Piccolo (James Caan), who died of cancer in 1970; it won five Emmys, a Peabody, and a DGA Award, and was remade on ABC in 2001.

Briana Banks

Briana Banks, stage name of Briana Bany (born in Munich, birth year reported as 1978 or 1979), is a German-American adult film performer who debuted in 1999 as Mirage, became a Vivid Entertainment contract star in 2001, was Penthouse Pet of the Month June 2001, and entered the AVN (2009) and XRCO (2016) Halls of Fame.

Briana Evigan

Briana Evigan (born 1986, Los Angeles), American actress and dancer; star of Step Up 2: The Streets and Step Up: All In as Andie West, also known for Sorority Row, Burning Bright, and horror "scream queen" roles; later conservationist with Abundant Village.

Brice de Nice

Brice de Nice is a 2005 French comedy directed by James Huth, starring Jean Dujardin as a nearly thirty-year-old surfer who has never surfed a wave.

Brick (film)

Brick is a 2005 American neo-noir thriller directed and written by Rian Johnson, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a high school student investigating his ex-girlfriend's death.

Brick Lane (2007 film)

Brick Lane (2007) is Sarah Gavron's feature debut drama, adapted from Monica Ali's Booker-shortlisted 2003 novel, starring Tannishtha Chatterjee as Nazneen, a Bangladeshi woman in an arranged marriage in East London; filming was moved off Brick Lane after community protests.

Brick Mansions

Brick Mansions is a 2014 action film directed by Camille Delamarre, starring Paul Walker, David Belle, and RZA, set in a dystopian Detroit with a walled-off crime district.

Bride and Prejudice

Bride and Prejudice (Bride & Prejudice) is Gurinder Chadha's 2004 Bollywood-style musical adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, starring Aishwarya Rai as Lalita Bakshi and Martin Henderson as American Will Darcy, set across India, London, and America.

Bride Hard

Bride Hard (2025) is a Simon West action comedy starring Rebel Wilson as secret agent Sam, who fights mercenaries at her best friend's wedding; released June 20, 2025 by Magenta Light Studios, it scored 14% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Bride of Chucky

Bride of Chucky is a 1998 American horror comedy film, the fourth in the Child's Play series, in which Chucky is resurrected by Tiffany, who becomes a doll.

Bride of Frankenstein

Bride of Frankenstein (1935), also known by working title The Return of Frankenstein, is James Whale's Universal horror sequel in which Boris Karloff's Monster demands a mate; Elsa Lanchester plays the Bride and Mary Shelley.

Bride Wars

Bride Wars is a 2009 American comedy starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway as best friends whose weddings are mistakenly booked on the same day.

Brides (2025 film)

Brides (2025) is a UK-Italy drama, the debut feature of director Nadia Fall, written by Suhayla El-Bushra, starring Ebada Hassan and Safiyya Ingar as British Muslim teens who run away to Syria, inspired by the 2015 Bethnal Green trio case.

Brides (2026 film)

Brides is an upcoming American gothic horror film written and directed by Chloe Okuno, starring Olivia Cooke as Sally Bishop, a woman stranded at a mysterious Italian villa in 1961.

Brideshead Revisited (film)

Brideshead Revisited is a 2008 British drama film directed by Julian Jarrold, the first feature-film adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's 1945 novel, starring Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, and Emma Thompson.

Bridesmaids (2011 film)

Bridesmaids (2011) is an American comedy directed by Paul Feig, written by and starring Kristen Wiig with Annie Mumolo, about a maid of honor whose life unravels; it earned two Oscar nominations and grossed $288.4 million worldwide.

Bridge of Spies (film)

Bridge of Spies: 2015 Steven Spielberg Cold War drama with Tom Hanks as lawyer James Donovan and Mark Rylance as spy Rudolf Abel, based on the 1962 Glienicke Bridge prisoner exchange for U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers; six Oscar nominations, Rylance won.