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Bell and Howell (company)
Bell & Howell, American motion-picture equipment maker founded 1907 in Chicago by Donald Bell and Albert Howell; its 2709 camera and 35mm standards shaped Hollywood, later splitting into automation, scanner, and licensed consumer brands.
Bell, Book and Candle
Bell, Book, and Candle: 1958 Columbia romantic comedy-fantasy directed by Richard Quine, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak as a publisher bewitched by a Greenwich Village witch; adapted from John Van Druten's 1950 Broadway play, Oscar-nominated for art direction and costume design, and an inspiration for Bewitched.
Bella Martha
Bella Martha (Mostly Martha, Ricetta d'amore) is a 2001 German-Austrian-Swiss-Italian romantic comedy-drama by Sandra Nettelbeck starring Martina Gedeck as a Hamburg head chef, Sergio Castellitto, and Maxime Foerste; Locarno premiere, 2002 European Film Award, remade as No Reservations (2007).
Belladonna (actress)
Belladonna, stage name of Michelle Anne Sinclair (born 1981, Biloxi, Mississippi), is an American former adult film performer, director, and producer; founder of Belladonna Entertainment, Evil Angel's first female director, AVN Hall of Fame inductee (2011), and later actress in Inherent Vice (2014).
Belladonna of Sadness (悲しみのベラドンナ)
Belladonna of Sadness (哀しみのベラドンナ, Kanashimi no Beradonna), also called Belladonna, is Eiichi Yamamoto's 1973 Mushi Production anime, the final Animerama film, adapted from Michelet's La Sorcière, told largely through panned watercolor paintings, a 1973 box-office failure restored in 4K in 2016.
Belle (2013 film)
Belle is a 2013 British period drama by Amma Asante, written by Misan Sagay, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Dido Elizabeth Belle; inspired by the 1779 Zoffany portrait, released 2014, budget $10.9m, Metacritic 64.
Belle (竜とそばかすの姫) (2021 film)
Belle (竜とそばかすの姫) is Mamoru Hosoda's 2021 Studio Chizu anime film about Suzu, a 17-year-old who becomes the singer Belle in the virtual world U; 6.6 billion yen Japanese gross, Cannes Premiere 2021.
Belle de Jour (film)
Belle de Jour (Belle de jour) is Luis Buñuel's 1967 Franco-Italian drama starring Catherine Deneuve as Séverine, a surgeon's wife secretly working afternoons in a brothel; adapted from Joseph Kessel's 1928 novel, it won the 1967 Venice Golden Lion.
Belle Époque (1992 film)
Belle Époque (1992) is a Spanish comedy directed by Fernando Trueba: a deserter in 1931 Spain shelters with retired painter Manolo and his four daughters; won the 1993 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and nine Goyas.
Belle et Sébastien
Belle et Sébastien is a 2013 French family adventure film directed by Nicolas Vanier, about a boy in the Second World War-era French Alps who tames a large white dog, Belle.
Belle et Sébastien 2: The Adventure Continues
Belle et Sébastien 2: The Adventure Continues (Belle et Sébastien : l'aventure continue) is a 2015 French family adventure film by Christian Duguay, sequel to the 2013 film, with Félix Bossuet and Tchéky Karyo, set in 1945 and shot in Savoie and Ain.
Belle Knox
Belle Knox, stage name of Miriam Weeks (born 1995), American former adult film performer outed as a Duke University freshman in 2014, saying porn paid her tuition; later a law student.
Belle Starr
Belle Starr (Myra Maybelle Shirley, 1848–1889), the "Bandit Queen" of the American West, an outlaw associate of the James-Younger circle, once convicted of horse theft, murdered unsolved in Indian Territory.
Bellman and True
Bellman and True is a 1987 British heist crime drama directed by Richard Loncraine, starring Bernard Hill as coerced computer expert Hiller; Euston Films production, US gross $226,944, distinct from Bellman & Symfon or Bellman MCP server.
Bells Are Ringing
Bells Are Ringing is a 1956 Broadway musical comedy by Comden, Green, and Styne about answering-service operator Ella Peterson, running 924 performances, and a 1960 MGM film directed by Vincente Minnelli starring Judy Holliday and Dean Martin, Holliday's final film.
Belly (film)
Belly is a 1998 American crime drama directed by Hype Williams, his feature debut, starring Nas and DMX as criminal partners from Queens who grow apart.
Belly of the Beast (2003 film)
Belly of the Beast (2003) is a direct-to-video action film directed by Ching Siu-Tung, starring Steven Seagal as ex-CIA agent Jake Hopper rescuing his kidnapped daughter in Thailand; not the 2020 Erika Cohn documentary.
Beloved (1998 film)
Beloved is a 1998 American supernatural drama directed by Jonathan Demme, adapted from Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, starring Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, and Thandie Newton.
Below (film)
Below (2002) is David Twohy's WWII haunted-submarine horror film, co-written with Darren Aronofsky and Lucas Sussman, starring Bruce Greenwood and Olivia Williams aboard the USS Tiger Shark; released by Miramax/Dimension, it grossed $589,424 and is distinct from the 2026 Netflix series.
Below Her Mouth
Below Her Mouth (アンダー・ハー・マウス) is a 2016 Canadian erotic drama by April Mullen starring Natalie Krill and Erika Linder, made with an entirely female crew; critically panned at 21% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Below the Clouds
Below the Clouds (Sotto le nuvole) is Gianfranco Rosi's 2025 black-and-white documentary on Naples under Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields; it won the Special Jury Prize at Venice 82 and completes his Italy trilogy after Sacro GRA and Fire at Sea.
Belphegor (2001 film)
Belphegor, le fantôme du Louvre (Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre) is Jean-Paul Salomé's 2001 French fantasy film starring Sophie Marceau, adapted from Arthur Bernède, about a mummy's ghost haunting the Louvre; about 2 million French admissions.
Ben 10: Alien Swarm
Ben 10: Alien Swarm (2009) is a live-action Cartoon Network TV movie, sequel to Race Against Time, directed by Alex Winter, starring Ryan Kelley as teen Ben Tennyson fighting the Hive nanobots with Elena Validus and the new alien Nanomech.
Ben 10: Race Against Time
Ben 10: Race Against Time is a 2007 live-action Cartoon Network TV movie directed by Alex Winter, starring Graham Phillips, Haley Ramm, and Lee Majors; it premiered November 21, 2007 to a network-record 3.9 million viewers.
Ben Affleck filmography
Ben Affleck filmography: acting, writing, directing, and producing credits of the American actor-filmmaker, from Good Will Hunting (1997) and Armageddon through Argo, the Batman films, Air, The Accountant 2, and The Rip (2026).
Ben Chaplin
Ben Chaplin (born 1970, birth name Benedict John Greenwood) is an English actor, unrelated to Charlie Chaplin, known for The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996), The Thin Red Line (1998), Olivier and Tony nominations, and September 5 (2024).
Ben Falcone
Ben Falcone (Benjamin Scott Falcone, born 1973) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker, husband of Melissa McCarthy, director of Tammy, The Boss, Life of the Party, Superintelligence, and Thunder Force, and Groundlings alumnus.
Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht (1893/1894-1964), American journalist, playwright, and Hollywood screenwriter; won the first screenwriting Oscar for Underworld, co-wrote The Front Page, and led Bergson Group Zionist activism.
Ben Is Back
Ben Is Back is a 2018 American drama written and directed by Peter Hedges, starring Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges as mother and son over one Christmas Eve after Ben leaves rehab; also known by its single-day structure distinguishing it from Beautiful Boy.
Ben Johnson (actor)
Ben Johnson (1918-1996), American Western character actor, stuntman, and 1953 PRCA world champion team roper; won the 1971 Best Supporting Actor Oscar as Sam the Lion in The Last Picture Show.