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The Beginning (Fallout)

"The Beginning" is the season 1 finale of the Prime Video Fallout TV series, episode 8, aired April 10, 2024. Directed by Wayne Yip and written by Gursimran Sandhu, it reveals Vault-Tec started the 2077 war and Hank nuked Shady Sands, ending with a New Vegas tease.

The Beginning and the End, or "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"

Episode 24 of Neon Genesis Evangelion (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン), also titled "The Final Messenger"; the penultimate TV episode in which Kaworu dies, preceding the two endings of episodes 25-26 and The End of Evangelion.

The Beguiled (1971 film)

The Beguiled is a 1971 American Southern gothic drama directed by Don Siegel, starring Clint Eastwood as a wounded Union soldier sheltered at a Mississippi girls' school.

The Beguiled (2017 film)

The Beguiled is a 2017 American drama-thriller directed by Sofia Coppola, set in 1864 Virginia at a Southern girls' boarding school that takes in a wounded Union soldier.

The Beiderbecke Affair

The Beiderbecke Affair is a 1985 six-part ITV comedy drama by Alan Plater for Yorkshire Television, starring James Bolam and Barbara Flynn as Leeds schoolteachers, with a Frank Ricotti jazz score and two sequels.

The Beldham (film)

The Beldham is a 2024 American psychological horror film, Angela Gulner's directorial debut, starring Katie Parker, Patricia Heaton, Emma Fitzpatrick, and Corbin Bernsen; premiered at Sitges 2024, released digitally November 2025.

The Believer (2001 film)

The Believer (2001) is Henry Bean's drama starring Ryan Gosling as Danny Balint, a Jewish yeshiva dropout who leads a neo-Nazi gang. Loosely based on Daniel Burros, it won Sundance's 2001 Grand Jury Prize but reached theaters only in 2002 via Showtime and IDP.

The Believers

The Believers (1987) is a John Schlesinger horror thriller starring Martin Sheen, from Mark Frost's adaptation of Nicholas Conde's novel The Religion, about a psychologist drawn into Santería-linked ritual child murders in New York.

The Believers (สาธุ)

The Believers (สาธุ, Sathu) is a Thai Netflix crime drama series premiering March 27, 2024, in which three indebted entrepreneurs monetize a rundown Buddhist temple, exploring phuttha phanit, the commercialization of faith in Thailand; season 2 followed on December 4, 2025.

The Belko Experiment

The Belko Experiment is a 2016 American psychological horror thriller directed by Greg McLean, written by James Gunn, and starring John Gallagher Jr. and Tony Goldwyn.

The Bell Jar (upcoming film)

The Bell Jar (upcoming film): Sarah Polley's Focus Features adaptation of Sylvia Plath's 1963 novel, starring Billie Eilish as Esther Greenwood in her film debut, with Carey Mulligan; production wrapped September 2026.

The Bellboy

The Bellboy (1960) is Jerry Lewis's directorial debut, a 72-minute black-and-white Paramount comedy in which he plays mute bellboy Stanley at Miami Beach's Fontainebleau Hotel, shot in 26 days with early video assist.

The Belles of St Trinian's

The Belles of St Trinian's (1954) is a British comedy directed by Frank Launder, based on Ronald Searle's cartoons, starring Alastair Sim in a dual drag role as headmistress Millicent Fritton and her bookmaker brother Clarence in a horse-racing kidnapping farce.

The Bells (Game of Thrones)

The Bells is episode 5 of Game of Thrones season 8, the series' penultimate episode, aired May 12, 2019. Directed by Miguel Sapochnik, written by Benioff and Weiss; Daenerys burns King's Landing after the surrender bells ring, earning a series-low 49% Tomatometer score.

The Bells of St. Mary's

The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) is Leo McCarey's sequel to Going My Way, starring Bing Crosby as Father O'Malley and Ingrid Bergman as Sister Benedict at a failing parochial school; RKO released it December 7, 1945, and it became 1945's top-grossing film.

The Beloved (2026 film)

The Beloved (El ser querido) is a 2026 Spanish-French drama by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, starring Javier Bardem and Victoria Luengo as an estranged father-daughter filmmaking pair; it competed at Cannes 2026 and opened in Spain on 26 August 2026.

The Beloved Rogue

The Beloved Rogue is a 1927 United Artists silent adventure film directed by Alan Crosland, starring John Barrymore as poet-vagabond François Villon, with Conrad Veidt as Louis XI, Marceline Day, and sets by William Cameron Menzies.

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Ben Shapiro Show is The Daily Wire's weekday conservative political podcast hosted by Ben Shapiro, airing live at 11 AM ET, rated Right by AllSides and Hyper-Partisan Right by Ad Fontes, with about 25 million subscribers.

The Ben Stiller Show

The Ben Stiller Show: Fox sketch comedy series (September 1992 to January 1993) starring Ben Stiller with Janeane Garofalo, Andy Dick, and Bob Odenkirk, co-created by Judd Apatow; won a 1993 Emmy for writing after cancellation, following a 1990 MTV predecessor.

The Bengal Files

The Bengal Files (द बंगाल फ़ाइल्स), also announced as The Delhi Files, is Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri's 2025 Hindi historical drama completing his Files trilogy, depicting Direct Action Day 1946 through a CBI investigation, released 5 September 2025.

The Benny Hill Show

The Benny Hill Show, British burlesque sketch-comedy-variety series starring Benny Hill, ran on the BBC 1955–1968 and ITV's Thames Television 1969–1989, with chase finales set to Yakety Sax; 58 one-hour specials became 111 US half-hours, exported to over 140 countries.

The Bequeathed (선산)

The Bequeathed (선산, Seonsan) is a 2024 Netflix South Korean limited mystery thriller series, six episodes released January 19, 2024, directed by Min Hong-nam and created by Yeon Sang-ho, based on a Kakao webtoon, starring Kim Hyun-joo as a woman who inherits an ancestral burial ground.

The Berlin File (베를린)

The Berlin File (베를린) is a 2013 South Korean spy action thriller directed by Ryoo Seung-wan, in which North and South Korean agents clash in Berlin.

The Bernie Mac Show

The Bernie Mac Show, Fox single-camera sitcom created by Larry Wilmore, ran 2001-2006, five seasons, 104 episodes. Bernie Mac as a comedian-guardian of his sister's three kids addressed 'America' to camera; won a Peabody and a writing Emmy.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (film)

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024 film), directed by Dallas Jenkins, adapts Barbara Robinson's 1972 novel about the Herdman siblings hijacking a church Christmas pageant. Lionsgate release, $40M domestic, CinemaScore A, 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a 2011 British comedy-drama film directed by John Madden, about British retirees who move to a run-down hotel in Jaipur, India.

The Best Intentions

The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan) is Bille August's 1992 Palme d'Or-winning drama, scripted by Ingmar Bergman, about his parents' 1909–1918 courtship and troubled marriage, starring Samuel Fröler and Pernilla August.

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (film)

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) is a Universal musical comedy directed by Colin Higgins, starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, adapted from the 1978 Broadway musical about the Chicken Ranch brothel; Durning earned an Oscar nomination.

The Best Man (1999 film)

The Best Man (1999) is Malcolm D. Lee's directorial debut romantic comedy, produced by 40 Acres and a Mule for Universal, starring Taye Diggs as a novelist whose book exposes college friends at a wedding; it opened #1, grossed $34.1M, and spawned a franchise.

The Best Man Holiday

The Best Man Holiday is a 2013 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Malcolm D. Lee, a sequel to his 1999 film The Best Man.