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Blackway

Blackway is a 2015 thriller directed by Daniel Alfredson and starring Julia Stiles. The film follows a young woman who returns to her Pacific Northwest logging town.

Blacula

Blacula is a 1972 American blaxploitation horror film directed by William Crain, starring William Marshall as African prince Mamuwalde, cursed by Dracula and revived in Los Angeles; the first black vampire movie and a 1972 box-office hit.

Blade (1998 film)

Blade is a 1998 American action-horror film directed by Stephen Norrington, in which Wesley Snipes plays a half-vampire hunter battling a vampire society led by Stephen Dorff.

Blade (character)

Blade (Eric Brooks), Marvel Comics' dhampir vampire hunter created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan in Tomb of Dracula #10; the Daywalker of the 1998 film and 2024 Blood Hunt, distinct from other Blade namesakes.

Blade (franchise)

Blade franchise: three New Line Cinema films (1998-2004) starring Wesley Snipes as Marvel's vampire hunter Eric Brooks, grossing $418 million; also the stalled Mahershala Ali MCU reboot.

Blade (unproduced film)

Blade (unproduced film): the Marvel Studios MCU reboot announced at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2019 with Mahershala Ali, also called the Blade reboot; it lost two directors, four release dates, and was confirmed dead by Ali in 2026.

Blade II

Blade II, also known as Blade 2, is a 2002 American action horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro, the second installment of the Blade trilogy.

Blade of the Immortal (無限の住人-IMMORTAL-)

Blade of the Immortal (無限の住人-IMMORTAL-, Mugen no Junin: Immortal) is a 2019 Liden Films ONA adapting Hiroaki Samura's samurai manga in 24 Amazon Prime Video episodes about the immortal ronin Manji and Rin's revenge on the Ittō-ryū.

Blade of the Immortal (無限の住人)

Blade of the Immortal (無限の住人, Mugen no Jūnin) is Hiroaki Samura's samurai manga serialized in Monthly Afternoon 1993–2012, complete in 30 volumes; Rin Asano hires the immortal ronin Manji for revenge against the Ittō-ryū, with anime, a 2017 Miike film, and a Bakumatsu-era sequel.

Blade of the Immortal (無限の住人) (film)

Blade of the Immortal (無限の住人, Mugen no Junin) is Takashi Miike's 2017 live-action samurai film adapted from Hiroaki Samura's manga, starring Takuya Kimura as the immortal swordsman Manji; it premiered Out of Competition at Cannes 2017 and opened in Japan on April 29, 2017.

Blade of Vengeance (白衣公卿)

Blade of Vengeance (白衣公卿, aka Jin Yi Xing 锦衣行) is a Chinese Yongle-era wuxia series adapted from Fu Lan's novel, directed by Lin Shui Jing and Li Cai, starring Gong Jun and Wang Yuwen, filmed 2025, slated for CCTV/Tencent Video in 2026.

Blade Runner

Blade Runner (1982), Ridley Scott's neo-noir adaptation of Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, stars Harrison Ford hunting replicants in 2019 Los Angeles; a box-office disappointment that became a cult classic and cyberpunk landmark.

Blade Runner (franchise)

Blade Runner (franchise): science fiction media franchise from Ridley Scott's 1982 film, adapted from Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, spanning Blade Runner 2049, Black Lotus, Titan Comics, the 1997 Westwood game, and the Prime Video series Blade Runner 2099.

Blade Runner 2049

Blade Runner 2049 is a 2017 American science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve, a sequel to the 1982 film Blade Runner, starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford.

Blade Runner 2099

Blade Runner 2099 is an eight-episode Prime Video limited series premiering November 25, 2026, set 50 years after Blade Runner 2049, where replicants rule Los Angeles. Showrunner Silka Luisa; stars Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer; filmed in Prague.

Blade Runner Black Out 2022 (ブラックアウト 2022)

Blade Runner Black Out 2022 (ブレードランナー ブラックアウト2022) is a 2017 15-minute anime short by Shinichirō Watanabe, music by Flying Lotus, prequel to Blade Runner 2049 depicting the 2022 EMP blackout that ends replicant production.

Blade Runner: Black Lotus

Blade Runner: Black Lotus is a 13-episode 2021–22 CG anime series on Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, set in 2032 Los Angeles between the Blade Runner films, following the amnesiac replicant Elle against the Wallace Corporation.

Blade: The Iron Cross

Blade: The Iron Cross (2020) is a Full Moon Features horror film, the first Puppet Master spin-off, directed by John Lechago. Set in 1945, psychic journalist Elisa Ivanov bonds with the puppet Blade to stop Nazi scientist Erich Hauser's zombie army.

Blade: The Series

Blade: The Series is a 2006 American live-action television series based on Marvel's vampire hunter Blade, starring Kirk "Sticky Fingaz" Jones and airing 13 episodes on Spike TV.

Blade: Trinity

Blade: Trinity, also known as Blade III, is a 2004 American action-horror film directed and written by David S. Goyer and starring Wesley Snipes as the vampire hunter Blade.

Blades of Glory

Blades of Glory is a 2007 American sports comedy directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon, starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder as rival figure skaters.

Blades of the Guardians (镖人)

Blades of the Guardians (镖人, Biao Ren) is a Sui-dynasty wuxia manhua by Xu Xianzhe about escort Dao Ma, adapted into a Tencent donghua (2023) and Yuen Woo-ping's 2026 film, the record-grossing Chinese wuxia movie.

Blaine Anderson

Blaine Anderson is a fictional gay character on Fox's Glee, portrayed by Darren Criss; lead Warbler at Dalton Academy introduced in season 2 with "Teenage Dream," and Kurt Hummel's partner, one of TV's first same-sex couples with lead-couple weight.

Blair Brown

Blair Brown (Bonnie Blair Brown), American stage, film, and TV actress born April 23 in Washington, D.C. Known for Molly Dodd (five Emmy nominations), Jacqueline Kennedy in Kennedy (1983), Nina Sharp on Fringe, and the 2000 Tony Award for Copenhagen.

Blair Redford

Blair Redford (David Blair Redford, born 1983, Atlanta) is an American actor known for Thunderbird/John Proudstar in The Gifted, Ethan Whitehorse in The Lying Game, and roles in Passions, Satisfaction, and Burlesque.

Blair Underwood

Blair Erwin Underwood (born 1964, Tacoma, Washington) is an American actor, director, and producer known for Jonathan Rollins on L.A. Law, two Golden Globe nominations, Broadway's A Streetcar Named Desire and A Soldier's Play, and recent roles in Longlegs, Youngblood, and Fox's Doc.

Blair Waldorf

Blair Waldorf (Blair Cornelia Waldorf) is the scheming Upper East Side heroine Cecily von Ziegesar created for the 2002 Gossip Girl novels, played by Leighton Meester in the 2007–2012 TV series; a 2027 sequel novel was announced.

Blair Witch

Blair Witch is an American horror franchise from the found-footage film The Blair Witch Project (1999) by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez. It spans Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000), Blair Witch (2016), a 2019 Bloober Team game, and a planned Blumhouse-Lionsgate reboot set for September 24, 2027.

Blair Witch (film)

Blair Witch (2016) is Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett's found-footage sequel to The Blair Witch Project, shot secretly as The Woods, following James Donahue into Maryland's Black Hills Forest; it earned mixed reviews (RT 38%, Metacritic 47).

Blake Anderson

Blake Raymond Anderson (born 1984) is an American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter, co-creator and star of Comedy Central's Workaholics (2011–2017), founder of Mail Order Comedy, host of the This Is Important podcast, and distinct from namesakes such as Blake Anderson Hanley.