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Bandits (2001 film)

Bandits is a 2001 American crime comedy-drama directed by Barry Levinson, starring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cate Blanchett as two escaped bank robbers and the housewife who joins them.

Bandolero!

Bandolero! is a 1968 Twentieth Century-Fox Western directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, starring James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch, and George Kennedy; outlaws flee a Texas hanging into Mexican bandit country.

Bane in other media

Bane in other media: portrayals of the DC villain Bane (Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1, 1993) across film (Batman & Robin, The Dark Knight Rises with Tom Hardy), animation (Batman: The Animated Series), video games (Lego Batman), and upcoming Knightfall and Bane-Deathstroke projects.

Bang Bang!

Bang Bang! (बैंग बैंग) is a 2014 Hindi action comedy, official remake of Knight and Day, directed by Siddharth Anand, starring Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif; released 2 October 2014, grossing Rs 230 crore worldwide.

Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story

Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story is a 2026 HBO documentary by Jyllian Gunther and Stephanie Schwam about public access host Robin Byrd, her 1977-1998 show on Channel J, her Time Warner free-speech case, and her 600-tape archive.

Bang Rajan (บางระจัน)

Bang Rajan (บางระจัน) is a 2000 Thai historical war film by Thanit Jitnukul about villagers resisting the 1765 Burmese invasion; a box-office record-setter, 11 Suraswadee Awards, US release via Oliver Stone and Magnolia in 2004.

Bang the Drum Slowly

Bang the Drum Slowly: 1973 Paramount sports drama directed by John D. Hancock, adapted by Mark Harris from his 1956 novel, starring Robert De Niro as dying catcher Bruce Pearson and Michael Moriarty as pitcher Henry Wiggen of the fictional New York Mammoths; Vincent Gardenia earned a Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.

Bangalore Days

Bangalore Days (ബാംഗ്ലൂർ ഡെയ്സ്) is a 2014 Malayalam comedy-drama directed and written by Anjali Menon, starring Dulquer Salmaan, Nivin Pauly, and Nazriya Nazim as cousins in Bangalore; it grossed about ₹45 crore and won Kerala State Film Awards.

Bangalore Naatkal (பெங்களூர் நாட்கல்)

Bangalore Naatkal (பெங்களூர் நாட்கல்), 2016 Tamil comedy-drama directed by Bommarillu Bhaskar, official remake of Bangalore Days, starring Arya, Bobby Simha, Rana Daggubati, Sri Divya, Samantha; PVP Cinema and Dil Raju; released February 2016.

Bangarada Manushya

Bangarada Manushya (ಬಂಗಾರದ ಮನುಷ್ಯ, Man of Gold) is a 1972 Kannada drama directed by Siddalingaiah, starring Rajkumar, a landmark rural hit that ran nearly four years in Bangalore.

Bangarraju (బంగార్రాజు)

Bangarraju (బంగార్రాజు) is a 2022 Telugu comedy-fantasy film, sequel to Soggade Chinni Nayana, directed by Kalyan Krishna Kurasala, starring Nagarjuna and Naga Chaitanya; released 14 January 2022, grossing over Rs 66 crore worldwide.

Bangistan (बंगिस्तान)

Bangistan (बैंगिस्‍तान) is a 2015 Hindi satirical comedy, Karan Anshuman's debut for Excel Entertainment, starring Riteish Deshmukh and Pulkit Samrat as rival suicide bombers; banned in Pakistan, 23% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Bangladesh National Film Awards (জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার)

Bangladesh National Film Awards (জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার), the country's state film honors since 1975, first presented 1976 to Lathial; run by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry with jury boards, cash prizes, and a Lifetime Achievement category added in 2009.

Banjo (2016 film)

Banjo (बैंजो) is a 2016 Hindi musical drama and Ravi Jadhav's Hindi directorial debut, starring Riteish Deshmukh as Mumbai street musician Taraat and Nargis Fakhri as a New York DJ; released 23 September 2016 by Eros International, it flopped commercially and with critics.

Bank Chor (बैंक चोर)

Bank Chor (बैंक चोर) is a 2017 Hindi comedy-thriller from Y-Films, directed by Bumpy, starring Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi, and Rhea Chakraborty; a botched bank robbery became a hostage crisis, flopping at ₹7.32 crore net against a ₹15 crore budget.

Bank of Bhagyalakshmi

Bank of Bhagyalakshmi (ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಆಫ್ ಭಾಗ್ಯಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ) is a 2025 Kannada comedy heist film directed by debutant Abhishek Manjunath, starring Dheekshith Shetty and Brinda Acharya, about five amateur thieves robbing a village co-operative bank during elections; released 27 November 2025, streamed on Prime Video from 16 January 2026.

Bank of Dave (film)

Bank of Dave is a 2023 British biographical comedy-drama directed by Chris Foggin, starring Rory Kinnear as Burnley businessman Dave Fishwick, who fought to open a community bank; released on Netflix 16 January 2023, with a 2025 sequel.

Bankable star

Bankable star: a film actor whose name alone attracts financing and audiences. Measured via Hollywood Reporter Star Power, Ulmer Scale, The Numbers Bankability Index; a commercial star adds about $12.46M average box office.

Banshee (film)

Banshee (2006) is an American Oxygen TV action-thriller directed by Kari Skogland, written by Kirsten Elms, starring Taryn Manning as car thief Sage hunted by a DJ serial killer (Christian Campbell); 96 min, R, distinct from the 2003 UK Banshee.

Bao (包宝宝) (film)

Bao (包宝宝) is Pixar's 2018 eight-minute animated short and Domee Shi's directorial debut, the first Pixar short directed by a woman, about a Toronto Chinese immigrant mother whose dumpling comes to life; it won the 2019 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film.

Bar Boys: After School

Bar Boys: After School is a 2025 Philippine comedy-drama sequel to Bar Boys (2017), directed by Kip Oebanda, reuniting Aquino, Nacino, Pineda, and Cipriano as law-school friends around a dying mentor, released December 25, 2025 via MMFF.

Baraka (film)

Baraka is a 1992 non-narrative documentary by Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson, shot in 70mm across 24 countries with no narration, music by Michael Stearns, followed by Samsara (2011).

Baramulla (film)

Baramulla is a 2025 Hindi supernatural horror thriller on Netflix, directed by Aditya Suhas Jambhale, starring Manav Kaul as a cop probing child disappearances in Kashmir, tied to the Kashmiri Pandit exodus; 54% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Baran (باران)

Baran (باران, "Rain") is Majid Majidi's 2001 Iranian drama about Lateef, an Iranian worker who falls for Rahmat, an Afghan girl disguised as a boy; it won six Fajr Crystal Simorghs and the Montreal Grand Prize and was Iran's Oscar entry.

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar) is a 2021 American comedy directed by Josh Greenbaum, written by and starring Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo of Bridesmaids, with Jamie Dornan; released on PVOD February 12, 2021, it holds 81% on Rotten Tomatoes and became a pandemic cult favorite.

Barb Wire (1996 film)

Barb Wire (1996), David Hogan action-science-fiction film starring Pamela Anderson as the bounty hunter Barb Wire, based on the Dark Horse Comics character by Chris Warner; released May 3, 1996, grossed $3,793,614 against its budget and was panned by critics.

Barbara (2012 film)

Barbara is Christian Petzold's 2012 German drama, also known as Barbara (2012), starring Nina Hoss as an East German doctor punished for an exit visa application. It won the Silver Bear for Best Director at Berlin 2012 and was Germany's Oscar nominee.

Barbara Broccoli

Barbara Broccoli (Barbara Dana Broccoli, born 1960) is an American film and theatre producer who, with half-brother Michael G. Wilson, produced the James Bond films from GoldenEye (1995) to No Time to Die (2021), won the 2024 Thalberg Award, and ceded creative control of Bond to Amazon MGM in 2025.

Barbara Crampton

Barbara Crampton (born 1962) is an American actress and producer, a horror-genre mainstay since Re-Animator (1985) and From Beyond (1986) with Stuart Gordon, also known for soap roles on The Young and the Restless and Guiding Light and her 2010s–2020s revival in You're Next and Jakob's Wife.

Barbara Dare

Barbara Dare, stage name of Stacy Mitnick (born 1963), American retired pornographic actress of the 1980s video era; first Essex Video and Vivid contract star, 1987 AVN Best New Starlet, AVN and XRCO Hall of Fame inductee.