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Basic Instinct
Basic Instinct (1992) is Paul Verhoeven's erotic thriller starring Michael Douglas as detective Nick Curran and Sharon Stone as suspect Catherine Tramell, written by Joe Eszterhas, released March 20, 1992, grossing $353 million worldwide amid protests and NC-17 censorship battles.
Basic Instinct 2
Basic Instinct 2 (2006), also Risk Addiction, is Michael Caton-Jones's erotic thriller sequel starring Sharon Stone as Catherine Tramell and David Morrissey; a $70 million film that grossed $35 million, scored 26 on Metacritic and 6% on Rotten Tomatoes, and won four Razzies.
Basil Joseph (ബേസിൽ ജോസഫ്)
Basil Joseph (ബേസിൽ ജോസഫ്), born 1990 in Sultan Bathery, Kerala, is a Malayalam film director and actor who directed Kunjiramayanam, Godha, and the Netflix superhero hit Minnal Murali, then became a bankable lead actor.
Basket Case (film)
Basket Case (1982) is Frank Henenlotter's $35,000 16mm horror comedy about Duane Bradley and his basket-dwelling deformed twin Belial seeking revenge on the doctors who separated them; a midnight movie hit that spawned two sequels.
Baskin (film)
Baskin (Baskın) is a 2015 Turkish horror film by Can Evrenol, expanded from his 2013 short: five cops answer a backup call and enter a hellish cult den led by The Father. Premiered at TIFF Midnight Madness 2015; self-financed; IFC Midnight released it in the US.
Basmati Blues
Basmati Blues is a 2017 American Bollywood-style musical rom-com by Dan Baron starring Brie Larson as a scientist selling sterile GMO rice in Kerala, India; its 2017 trailer drew white-savior backlash and the film flopped critically and commercially.
Basquiat (film)
Basquiat (1996) is Julian Schnabel's directorial debut biopic of painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, starring Jeffrey Wright and David Bowie as Andy Warhol, released by Miramax and restored in 4K in 2024.
Bastar: The Naxal Story
Bastar: The Naxal Story (बस्तर: द नक्सल स्टोरी), 2024 Hindi film by Sudipto Sen, produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, starring Adah Sharma as an IPS officer fighting Naxalites in Chhattisgarh; panned by critics, weak box office, disputed factual claims.
Bastard Out of Carolina (film)
Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) is Anjelica Huston's directorial debut, a Showtime TV drama adapted from Dorothy Allison's novel about Bone, a girl abused by her stepfather Glen in 1950s South Carolina; TNT rejected it before Cannes and Showtime aired it.
Bastards
Bastards (Les Salauds) is a 2013 French-German noir drama by Claire Denis, starring Vincent Lindon and Chiara Mastroianni, about a ship captain drawn into his family's ruin; premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard 2013.
Bastille Day (2016 film)
Bastille Day, retitled The Take in the US, is a 2016 action thriller by James Watkins starring Idris Elba and Richard Madden as a CIA agent and pickpocket in Paris; pulled from French cinemas after the 2016 Nice attack.
Basu Chatterjee
Basu Chatterjee (also Basu Chatterji), Hindi film director and cartoonist, master of middle-of-the-road cinema with Sara Akash, Rajnigandha, Chhoti Si Baat, Chameli Ki Shaadi; died 4 June 2020, Mumbai.
Bat Pussy
Bat Pussy is a roughly 50-minute American adult film of unknown authorship, likely shot around 1970 in the South and often called the first porn parody ever made.
Bat*21
Bat*21 is a 1988 American war drama directed by Peter Markle, starring Gene Hackman and Danny Glover, dramatizing the 1972 rescue of downed Air Force colonel Iceal Hambleton in Vietnam.
Bataan (1943 film)
Bataan (1943) is an MGM World War II film directed by Tay Garnett, starring Robert Taylor as sergeant of a thirteen-man patrol holding a bridge on Bataan; the first multi-ethnic WWII combat film and genre template.
Batch '81
Batch '81 (AKΩ Batch '81) is Mike de Leon's 1982 Filipino drama about fraternity hazing at Alpha Kappa Omega, an allegory of Marcos-era martial law; it premiered at Cannes Directors' Fortnight and was restored in 4K in 2017.
Bates Motel (film)
Bates Motel (1987) is an NBC made-for-TV movie and failed pilot for a Psycho spinoff anthology series, directed by Richard Rothstein, starring Bud Cort and Lori Petty, unrelated to the 2013 A&E series.
Batgirl (film)
Batgirl: unreleased 2022 DC Extended Universe superhero film starring Leslie Grace as Barbara Gordon, directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah for HBO Max; cancelled by Warner Bros. Discovery in post-production as a $90 million tax write-off, never released.
Bathing (1999 film)
Bathing, internationally released as Shower (洗澡, Xizao), is Zhang Yang's 1999 Chinese comedy-drama about a Beijing bathhouse, father-son bonds, and demolition-driven modernization; it won FIPRESCI at Toronto and the Golden Alexander at Thessaloniki.
Batla House
Batla House is a 2019 Hindi action thriller directed by Nikkhil Advani, starring John Abraham, based on the controversial September 19, 2008 Operation Batla House police encounter in Delhi's Jamia Nagar; released August 15, 2019, earning about $13.1 million worldwide.
Batman (1966 film)
Batman (1966 film), also sold as Batman: The Movie, is the first theatrical Batman feature, a camp comedy spin-off of the Adam West ABC series, directed by Leslie H. Martinson, in which Batman and Robin fight the Joker, Penguin, Riddler, and Catwoman.
Batman (1989 film)
Batman, also known as Tim Burton's Batman, is a 1989 American superhero film directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson, and the highest-grossing film of 1989.
Batman (serial)
Batman (1943) is Columbia Pictures' 15-chapter serial, the first screen appearance of Batman, starring Lewis Wilson and Douglas Croft against the wartime villain Dr. Daka; it introduced the Batcave and inspired the 1966 TV series.
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998) is a direct-to-video DC Animated Universe film directed by Boyd Kirkland, in which Mr. Freeze kidnaps Batgirl as an organ donor to save his wife Nora; it won a 1998 Annie Award.
Batman & Robin (film)
Batman & Robin (1997), directed by Joel Schumacher, written by Akiva Goldsman, is the fourth Warner Bros. Batman film, starring George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman, and Alicia Silverstone; a campy critical and box-office failure that cancelled Batman Unchained and idled the franchise until 2005.
Batman and Harley Quinn
Batman and Harley Quinn is a 2017 Warner Bros. Animation DC film directed by Sam Liu from a Bruce Timm story, with Kevin Conroy, Melissa Rauch, Loren Lester, and Paget Brewster; Batman and Nightwing recruit Harley Quinn against Poison Ivy and the Floronic Man, scoring 50% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Batman and Robin (serial)
Batman and Robin (1949), also called The New Adventures of Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder, is Columbia Pictures' 15-chapter film serial starring Robert Lowery and Johnny Duncan against the Wizard, directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, produced by Sam Katzman, released May 26 to September 1, 1949.
Batman Begins
Batman Begins is a 2005 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne, who trains with the League of Shadows and returns to Gotham to fight crime as Batman.
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker is a 2000 American animated superhero film, the first feature-length movie based on Batman Beyond, directed by Curt Geda.
Batman Beyond: Year One
Batman Beyond: Year One is a 2024 live-action fan film, also called a proof-of-concept short, directed by Michael Yu for Lumis Entertainment; Ryan Potter plays Terry McGinnis fighting the Royal Flush Gang in Neo Gotham.