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Black Panther (character)
Black Panther is a Marvel Comics superhero, alter ego of T'Challa, king of fictional Wakanda; created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, first appearing in Fantastic Four #52 (July 1966) as mainstream comics' first black superhero, later a record-breaking film franchise.
Black Panther (film)
Black Panther is a 2018 American superhero film directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa, king of the fictional African nation of Wakanda.
Black Panther (TV series)
Black Panther (TV series): 2010 BET motion-comic miniseries adapting Reginald Hudlin's 'Who is the Black Panther?' comic in six TV-14 episodes; stars Djimon Hounsou as T'Challa and introduced Shuri, predating the 2018 film.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is Marvel Studios' 2022 sequel directed by Ryan Coogler, following Shuri, Ramonda, and Wakanda after T'Challa's death, introducing Namor of Talokan, and winning Ruth E. Carter a Best Costume Design Oscar.
Black Pearl
Black Pearl covers three main uses: the Pirates of the Caribbean pirate ship formerly the Wicked Wench captained by Jack Sparrow; the Turkish series Siyah İnci (2017–2018) on Star TV; and the Argentine telenovela Perla negra (1994–1995) starring Andrea Del Boca.
Black Phone (film series)
Black Phone film series: Blumhouse/Universal horror franchise begun with The Black Phone (2022), adapted from Joe Hill's short story, starring Ethan Hawke as the Grabber; continued by Black Phone 2 (2025), which makes the villain supernatural.
Black Phone 2
Black Phone 2 (2025) is Scott Derrickson's supernatural horror sequel to The Black Phone, written with C. Robert Cargill from Joe Hill's characters. Ethan Hawke's Grabber returns from the dead to haunt siblings Finney and Gwen at the 1982-set Alpine Lake winter camp; it opened to $42 million worldwide.
Black Rabbit
Black Rabbit is a 2025 Netflix crime thriller limited series created by Zach Baylin and Kate Susman, starring Jude Law as restaurateur Jake Friedken and Jason Bateman as his debt-ridden brother Vince; eight episodes, 7 Emmy nominations.
Black Racer (DC Comics)
Black Racer (DC Comics) is Jack Kirby's death psychopomp of the New Gods, debuting in New Gods #3 (1971) with host Willie Walker, distinguished from Black Flash and Death of the Endless by cosmic skis.
Black Rain (1989 American film)
Black Rain is a 1989 American neo-noir crime thriller directed by Ridley Scott, starring Michael Douglas as a New York detective hunting a Yakuza fugitive in Osaka.
Black Rock Shooter
Black Rock Shooter is a Japanese media franchise created by huke. It began as an original illustration in 2007 and grew into an anime, game, and music series.
Black Sabbath (film)
Black Sabbath (I tre volti della paura, "The Three Faces of Fear") is Mario Bava's 1963 Italian horror anthology with Boris Karloff, released by AIP in 1964 in a recut version; the title inspired the Black Sabbath band name.
Black Sails (TV series)
Black Sails, Starz pirate drama (2014-2017) by Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine, a Treasure Island prequel set in Nassau in 1715, mixing historical pirates with Stevenson's characters.
Black Sea (film)
Black Sea is a 2014 submarine thriller directed by Kevin Macdonald and starring Jude Law as a laid-off salvage captain who leads a British-Russian crew to recover sunken Nazi gold.
Black Sheep (1996 film)
Black Sheep is a 1996 American buddy comedy directed by Penelope Spheeris, starring Chris Farley and David Spade in their second film after Tommy Boy; it opened at number one.
Black Snake Moan (film)
Black Snake Moan is Craig Brewer's 2007 drama, also called a Southern Gothic exploitation-style film, in which bluesman Lazarus (Samuel L. Jackson) chains Christina Ricci's Rae to a radiator; Justin Timberlake co-stars. Released by Paramount Vantage, it grossed about $10.9 million on a $15 million budget.
Black Snow
Black Snow is an Australian Stan crime mystery series (premiered 1 January 2023) in which Travis Fimmel's cold-case detective James Cormack investigates the 1994 murder of Isabel Baker in a North Queensland town, centered on its Australian South Sea Islander community; seasons 2 and 3 followed.
Black Snow (本命年)
Black Snow (本命年, Ben ming nian) is Xie Fei's 1990 Chinese drama, adapted from Liu Heng's novel Hei de Xue, starring Jiang Wen as released prisoner Li Huiquan; it won the 1990 Berlin Silver Bear and Hundred Flowers Best Feature.
Black Souls (video game series)
Black Souls (BLACK SOULS; Kuro no Douwa to Go-Mahime) is an RPG Maker dark-fantasy eroge series by doujin circle Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe?/Sushi Yuusha Toro, first released on DLsite in 2017 with a 2018 sequel, Souls-inspired turn-based combat, fairy-tale heroines, and 2025 Steam releases.
Black Spider
Black Spider is the name of several DC Comics Batman enemies, first Eric Needham (Detective Comics #463, 1976, by Gerry Conway and Ernie Chan), a lethal anti-drug vigilante; later Johnny LaMonica and Derrick Coe, and a New 52 Suicide Squad member.
Black Summer (TV series)
Black Summer is a Netflix zombie horror series (2019-2021), created by Karl Schaefer and John Hyams as a darker prequel to Z Nation, starring Jaime King as Rose; two seasons, 16 episodes, canceled after weak viewership.
Black Sunday (1960 film)
Black Sunday (La maschera del demonio, 1960) is Mario Bava's Italian black-and-white gothic horror debut, loosely based on Gogol's Viy, starring Barbara Steele as a resurrected witch; it launched the Italian horror boom.
Black Swan (film)
Black Swan (2010) is Darren Aronofsky's psychological thriller about ballerina Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman) in a New York Swan Lake production, also starring Mila Kunis; it grossed about $330 million on a $13 million budget and won Portman the Best Actress Oscar.
Black Test Car (黒の試走車)
Black Test Car (黒の試走車, Kuro no shisōsha) is a 1962 Daiei black-and-white industrial-espionage thriller directed by Yasuzo Masumura from Sueyuki Kajiyama's novel, starring Jiro Tamiya; first of Daiei's Black series.
Black Tides
Black Tides is a survival thriller film directed by Renny Harlin. It stars John Travolta and Melissa Barrera in a story set off the southern coast of Spain.
Black Tom Cassidy
Black Tom Cassidy (Thomas Samuel Eamon Cassidy) is a Marvel Comics Irish mutant, cousin-rival of Banshee and partner of Juggernaut, debuting in X-Men #99 (1976); he channels force and heat blasts through a shillelagh and later serves on Krakoa's X-Force.
Black Venus
Black Venus (Vénus noire) is Abdellatif Kechiche's 2010 French-Italian historical drama about Saartjie Baartman, the "Hottentot Venus", starring Yahima Torres; it competed at Venice 2010 and opened in France on 27 October 2010.
Black Vulcan
Black Vulcan: Hanna-Barbera-created electric superhero of the Super Friends (1977 onward), voiced by Buster Jones, built as a royalty-avoiding substitute for DC's Black Lightning.
Black Warrant (TV series)
Black Warrant (ब्लैक वॉरंट) is a 2025 Hindi-language Netflix crime drama, seven episodes, created by Vikramaditya Motwane and Satyanshu Singh, based on Sunil Gupta and Sunetra Choudhury's 2019 memoir about Tihar Jail in the 1980s, starring Zahan Kapoor; season 2 was announced then postponed in 2025.
Black Water (2007 film)
Black Water (2007 film): Australian survival thriller by David Nerlich and Andrew Traucki, based on true events, in which three tourists are stranded in a mangrove swamp by a crocodile; made for about $1.2 million, sold to 76 countries, distinct from the American film Blackwater (2007).