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Bamzooki

Bamzooki was a British children's game show on CBBC, first broadcast in 2004, where teams of children built computer creatures called zooks that competed in virtual contests over the studio set.

Ban Shu Lao Gong (半熟老公)

Ban Shu Lao Gong (半熟老公, Half-Mature Husband) is a 2025 Chinese vertical short drama on Hongguo, 71 episodes, starring Wang Kaimu and Xu Zhenzhen in a contract-marriage romance adapted from the Tomato Novel Jiang Lüshi Jintian Xindong le Ma?, with first-day heat of 90.76 million.

Banacek

Banacek is an American crime-drama television series that aired on NBC from 1972 to 1974, starring George Peppard as a Polish-American insurance investigator in Boston who recovers seemingly impossible thefts.

Banana Fish (バナナフィッシュ)

Banana Fish (バナナフィッシュ) is Akimi Yoshida's shōjo-published suspense manga, serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic 1985–1994 across 19 volumes, set in 1980s New York, with a 2018 MAPPA anime.

Banana Paradise (香蕉天堂)

Banana Paradise (香蕉天堂) is a 1989 Taiwanese drama directed by Wang Toon, second of his Modern Taiwan Trilogy, about two soldiers retreating to Taiwan in 1949 under fake identities, White Terror persecution, and a family of no blood relation; Chang Shih won the Golden Horse Best Supporting Actor.

Bananas

Bananas (1971) is Woody Allen's second film as director, a political farce in which product tester Fielding Mellish joins and leads a revolution in the fictional republic of San Marcos, co-starring Louise Lasser and Carlos Montalbán.

Bananas in Pyjamas

Bananas in Pyjamas: Australian ABC children's franchise about banana twins B1 and B2 and teddy bears on Cuddles Avenue; live-action series 1992 to 2001, animated revival from 2010/2011, 2026 live-action reboot by Windmill.

Bancroft (TV series)

Bancroft is an ITV British crime thriller (2017–2020) created by Kate Brooke, starring Sarah Parish as DCI Elizabeth Bancroft, a ruthless detective hiding her role in a 27-year-old murder; two four-part series filmed around Bolton and Manchester.

Band Baaja Baaraat (बैंड बाजा बारात)

Band Baaja Baaraat (बैंड बाजा बारात), also called Wedding Planners, is a 2010 Yash Raj Films Hindi rom-com, Maneesh Sharma's directorial debut and Ranveer Singh's acting debut with Anushka Sharma, about Delhi wedding planners; it won six IIFA 2011 awards.

Band Geeks

Band Geeks is a 2001 SpongeBob SquarePants season 2 episode (35b, with The Secret Box) in which Squidward's chaotic marching band triumphs at the Bubble Bowl performing David Glen Eisley's Sweet Victory; it is the series' highest-rated episode and spawned the 2019 Super Bowl petition.

Band Melam

Band Melam (బ్యాండ్ మేళం) is a 2026 Telugu romantic drama directed by Sathish Javvaji, starring Harsh Roshan and Sridevi Apalla (the Court pair) as village cousins Giri and Raji; produced by Kona Venkat, released 26 March 2026, streaming on Zee5.

Band of Brothers (miniseries)

Band of Brothers, a 2001 HBO ten-part World War II miniseries adapted from Stephen Ambrose's 1992 book, produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg; follows Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne, cost a then-record $125 million, and won 7 Emmys and a Golden Globe.

Band of Robbers

Band of Robbers: 2015 American crime comedy by Aaron and Adam Nee reimagining Twain's Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn as adults; Kyle Gallner, Adam Nee, Melissa Benoist; released January 15, 2016.

Bandaa Singh Chaudhary

Bandaa Singh Chaudhary (बन्दा सिंह चौधरी) is a 2024 Hindi action-drama film directed by Abhishek Saxena, starring Arshad Warsi as a Hindu farmer resisting militants in Punjab.

Bandai Visual

Bandai Visual (バンダイビジュアル), founded August 1983, was a Japanese film, TV and home entertainment production and distribution company and the Bandai Namco Group's visual arm; merged with Lantis into Bandai Namco Arts in 2018, its film business later folded into Bandai Namco Filmworks.

Bandar (film)

Bandar (बंदर, Monkey in a Cage) is a 2026 Hindi crime thriller directed by Anurag Kashyap, starring Bobby Deol as a TV actor accused of rape; produced by Nikhil Dwivedi, premiered at TIFF 2025, released 5 June 2026.

Bande à part (film)

Bande à part (Band of Outsiders) is Jean-Luc Godard's 1964 French New Wave heist film starring Anna Karina, Sami Frey, and Claude Brasseur, famous for its Madison dance and Louvre run; not the restaurant or band of the same name.

Bandhan (बंधन) (1998 film)

Bandhan (बंधन) is a 1998 Hindi action drama romance directed by K. Muralimohana Rao, starring Salman Khan, Jackie Shroff, Rambha, and Ashwini Bhave; released 2 October 1998, it was a box office hit.

Bandidos (TV series)

Bandidos is a Mexican action-adventure comedy series released on Netflix in 2024, following a ragtag crew of bandits hunting a Mayan treasure no one has found.

Bandini (बंदिनी) (TV series)

Bandini (बंदिनी), Hindi soap opera by Balaji Telefilms on NDTV Imagine, 19 January 2009 to 29 January 2011, about Santu (Aasiya Kazi) married to Dharamraj (Ronit Roy) in rural Gujarat; later rerun on Zee Anmol.

Bandini (बन्दिनी) (1963 film)

Bandini (बन्दिनी) is Bimal Roy's 1963 Hindi black-and-white drama starring Nutan, Ashok Kumar, and Dharmendra, adapted from Jarasandha's novel Tamasi; it won six Filmfare Awards and the President's Silver Medal and was Roy's last film.

Bandish Bandits

Bandish Bandits is a Hindi musical drama on Amazon Prime Video (2020, Season 2 in 2024) created by Amritpal Singh Bindra and Anand Tiwari, starring Ritwik Bhowmik and Shreya Chaudhry as classical singer Radhe and pop star Tamanna, with music by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy in Season 1.

Bandit (film)

Bandit (2022) is a Canadian biographical crime film directed by Allan Ungar, starring Josh Duhamel, Elisha Cuthbert, Nestor Carbonell, and Mel Gibson, based on Robert Knuckle's book The Flying Bandit about robber Gilbert Galvan Jr.; released September 23, 2022 by Quiver Distribution.

Bandit Queen

Bandit Queen (बैंडिट क्वीन), 1994 Hindi biographical drama by Shekhar Kapur starring Seema Biswas as outlaw Phoolan Devi; Cannes premiere, Indian censorship battle, National Film Award winner.

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.

Bandwaale

Bandwaale (बैंडवाले) is a 2026 Prime Video Hindi musical dramedy, 8 episodes, created by Ankur Tewari and Swanand Kirkire, starring Shalini Pandey as poet Mariam in Ratlam, with music by Yashraj Mukhate.

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 Bros

Bang Bros (BangBros) is a Miami, Florida pornographic film studio and website network founded in 2000 by Kristopher Hinson, known for Bang Bus, owned since 2017 by Czech company WGCZ S.R.O.