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Barfi! (बर्फी!)

Barfi! (बर्फी!) is a 2012 Hindi romantic comedy-drama by Anurag Basu starring Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, and Ileana D'Cruz; India's Oscar entry for 2013 and one of 2012's highest-grossing Bollywood films.

Barfly (film)

Barfly (1987) is Barbet Schroeder's comedy-drama from Charles Bukowski's only screenplay, a semi-autobiographical story of Henry Chinaski, starring Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway, financed by Cannon Films after a seven-year struggle.

Barfuss

Barfuss (Barefoot) is a 2005 German romantic comedy-drama directed by and starring Til Schweiger with Johanna Wokalek; a job-loser saves a psychiatric patient who follows him barefoot. Released 31 March 2005, 1.5 million admissions, FBW wertvoll, remade in the US in 2014.

Barkha Singh (बरखा सिंह)

Barkha Singh (बरखा सिंह), Indian actress born 1992 in Bikaner, Rajasthan; child artist in Mujhse Dosti Karoge (2002), TV's Girls On Top, web star of Engineering Girls and Please Find Attached, later Criminal Justice 4 and The Sabarmati Report.

Barking Dogs Never Bite (플란다스의 개)

Barking Dogs Never Bite (플란다스의 개, Flandersui Gae) is Bong Joon-ho's 2000 South Korean debut feature, a dark comedy in which lecturer Yun-ju (Lee Sung-jae) dognaps apartment dogs while office worker Hyun-nam (Bae Doona) investigates the disappearances.

Barnyard (film)

Barnyard: The Original Party Animals is a 2006 American computer-animated comedy directed by Steve Oedekerk about farm animals that act human whenever people are away.

Barot House

Barot House is a 2019 Hindi-language ZEE5 Original psychological thriller directed by Bugs Bhargava Krishna, starring Amit Sadh, Manjari Fadnnis, and Aaryan Menghji, about a Daman family whose daughters are murdered; streamed from 7 August 2019.

Barracuda (upcoming film)

Barracuda is an upcoming Neil Burger action thriller starring Anthony Mackie and Dafne Keen as Karl and Jodie, fleeing in a stolen 1973 Plymouth Barracuda; filmed in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and Chihuahua, wrapped May 2026, in post-production, with Amazon distribution deals.

Barren Illusions

Barren Illusions (大いなる幻影, Ôinaru gen'ei), also Barren Illusion, is a 1999 Japanese drama-romance by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, made with Film School of Tokyo students, about Haru and Michi in near-future 2005 Tokyo testing a pollen drug, premiered at Venice 1999.

Barrio Triste

Barrio Triste is a 2025 found-footage feature debut by Stillz (Matías Vásquez), produced by Harmony Korine's EDGLRD with a score by Arca, about Medellín teens in 1987 who steal a news camera; it premiered at Venice Orizzonti.

Barron's Cove

Barron's Cove is a 2025 American crime drama thriller, Evan Ari Kelman's feature directorial debut, starring Garrett Hedlund as a father who kidnaps the boy tied to his son's death; released June 6, 2025 by Well Go USA.

Barry (2016 film)

Barry (2016 film): Netflix drama directed by Vikram Gandhi, written by Adam Mansbach, starring Devon Terrell as a young Barack Obama at Columbia University in 1981; distinct from the TV series Barry and from Southside with You.

Barry Diller

Barry Diller (born 1942) is an American media executive: ABC Movie of the Week creator, Paramount Pictures chairman 1974-1984, founder of Fox Broadcasting Company, and longtime chairman of IAC, now People Incorporated, and Expedia Group.

Barry Jenkins

Barry Jenkins, American filmmaker from Miami and Florida State University graduate, director of Medicine for Melancholy, Oscar-winning Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Underground Railroad, and Mufasa: The Lion King.

Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer from Baltimore, Maryland, who won the Academy Award for Best Director for Rain Man (1988) and made the Baltimore films Diner and Avalon.

Barry Lyndon

Barry Lyndon is Stanley Kubrick's 1975 historical drama adapted from Thackeray's 1844 novel, starring Ryan O'Neal as an Irish social climber, famous for candlelit cinematography with NASA Zeiss f/0.7 lenses and four Academy Awards.

Barry Norman

Barry Norman (1933-2017), British journalist and broadcaster, presenter of BBC's Film 72 to Film 98 for 26 series, later Sky's Film Night; catchphrase 'And why not?' came from Spitting Image, not him.

Barry Sonnenfeld

Barry Sonnenfeld (born 1953, New York City) is an American cinematographer-turned-director of Blood Simple, The Addams Family, Get Shorty, and the Men in Black trilogy, and a DGA Award-winning TV director for Pushing Daisies.

Barsaat (2005 film)

Barsaat: A Sublime Love Story is a 2005 Hindi romantic drama directed by Suneel Darshan, starring Bobby Deol, Priyanka Chopra, and Bipasha Basu; originally planned with Akshay Kumar, it flopped with 9.91 crore India nett.

Barsaat (बरसात) (1949 film)

Barsaat (बरसात, "Rain") is Raj Kapoor's 1949 Hindi blockbuster starring Kapoor, Nargis, Prem Nath, and Nimmi, with Shankar-Jaikishan's hit score, Lata Mangeshkar's breakthrough, and the violin scene that became the RK Films logo.

Barsaat (बरसात) (1995 film)

Barsaat (बरसात), 1995 Hindi action-romance directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, produced by Dharmendra's Vijayta Films; debut film of Bobby Deol and Twinkle Khanna, released 6 October 1995, music by Nadeem-Shravan.

Barsaat Ki Ek Raat (बरसात की एक रात)

Barsaat Ki Ek Raat (बरसात की एक रात), also One Rainy Night, is a 1981 Hindi romantic thriller by Shakti Samanta starring Amitabh Bachchan, Rakhee Gulzar, and Amjad Khan, based on the Bengali novel Anusandhan, distinct from the 1960 film Barsaat Ki Raat.

Bart Freundlich

Bart Freundlich (born 1970, Manhattan) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, and producer, husband of Julianne Moore. Debut The Myth of Fingerprints (1997, Sundance); later World Traveler, Catch That Kid, After the Wedding, and Sharper as producer.

Bart Johnson

Bart Johnson (born 1970) is an American actor best known as Coach Jack Bolton in Disney's High School Musical trilogy; husband of Robyn Lively, brother-in-law of Blake Lively, later seen in Yellowstone and Landman.

Bartok the Magnificent

Bartok the Magnificent is a 1999 direct-to-video animated musical spin-off of Anastasia, directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, starring Hank Azaria's bat Bartok rescuing Prince Ivan from Baba Yaga, released November 16, 1999.

Barton Fink

Barton Fink (1991) is the Coen brothers' black comedy about a 1941 New York playwright, played by John Turturro, who suffers writer's block writing wrestling pictures in Hollywood. It won the Palme d'Or, Best Director, and Best Actor at Cannes, the festival's first triple-award film.

Based on a True Story (film)

Based on a True Story (D'après une histoire vraie), 2017 psychological thriller by Roman Polanski, screenplay with Olivier Assayas, adapted from Delphine de Vigan's Prix Renaudot novel; stars Emmanuelle Seigner and Eva Green; premiered at Cannes 2017.

Basha

Baashha (பாட்ஷா) is a 1995 Tamil gangster action film directed by Suresh Krissna, starring Rajinikanth as auto driver Manickam hiding a don's past, with Nagma and Raghuvaran; Deva composed, 1995 Pongal release, re-released in 4K in 2025.

Basic (2026 film)

Basic (2026) is an American romantic comedy directed and written by Chelsea Devantez, her feature debut, starring Ashley Park, Leighton Meester, and Taylor John Smith. Expanded from Devantez's 2020 short, it premiered at SXSW on March 16, 2026, and holds a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Basic (film)

Basic is a 2003 American-German-British military mystery thriller directed by John McTiernan and starring John Travolta, Connie Nielsen, and Samuel L. Jackson, set in Panama.