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The Banana Splits
The Banana Splits (Banana Splits Adventure Hour) was Hanna-Barbera's NBC costumed pop-group variety hour, 1968–1970, starring Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper, and Snorky, Kellogg's-sponsored, with the Tra La La Song theme and a 2019 horror-film revival.
The Banana Splits Movie
The Banana Splits Movie is a 2019 R-rated comedy horror film directed by Danishka Esterhazy, written by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas, in which the Hanna-Barbera children's TV characters, reimagined as animatronic robots, murder a studio audience after their show is canceled.
The Band Wagon
The Band Wagon is a 1953 MGM musical directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Fred Astaire as fading star Tony Hunter opposite Cyd Charisse, with songs by Dietz and Schwartz including "That's Entertainment." Not to be confused with the 1931 Broadway revue it adapts.
The Band's Visit (زيارة الفرقة الموسيقية) (2007 film)
The Band's Visit (ביקור התזמורת; زيارة الفرقة الموسيقية) is Eran Kolirin's 2007 Israeli-French comedy-drama about an Egyptian police orchestra stranded overnight in Bet Hatikva; Cannes Coup de Coeur winner, seven Ophir Prizes, disqualified from the Oscars for English dialogue, later a Tony-winning musical.
The Banishment (Изгнание)
The Banishment (Изгнание) is Andrey Zvyagintsev's 2007 Russian drama, adapted from William Saroyan, about a marriage shattered by a pregnancy confession. It competed at Cannes 2007, winning Lavronenko the best-actor prize.
The Bank Job
The Bank Job (2008) is a British heist thriller directed by Roger Donaldson, written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, starring Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows, loosely based on the unsolved 1971 Baker Street 'walkie-talkie' bank robbery with a fictional MI5 royal-photographs premise.
The Banker (2020 film)
The Banker (2020) is a George Nolfi Apple TV+ drama starring Anthony Mackie, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicholas Hoult, and Nia Long, based on Black bankers Bernard Garrett and Joe Morris, delayed by abuse allegations against co-producer Bernard Garrett Jr.
The Banquet (夜宴) (2006 film)
The Banquet (夜宴, Yeyan) is a 2006 Chinese martial-arts drama directed by Feng Xiaogang, freely adapted from Shakespeare's Hamlet and set in the Five Dynasties period.
The Banquet (豪门夜宴) (1991 film)
The Banquet (豪门夜宴) is a 1991 Hong Kong all-star charity comedy directed by Tsui Hark, Clifton Ko, and others, made in eight days to raise flood relief funds.
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) is Martin McDonagh's dark comedy-drama starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, and Barry Keoghan; set in 1923 on an Irish island during the Civil War, it earned nine Oscar nominations and won Golden Globe and BAFTA awards.
The Bar (film)
The Bar (El bar, 2017) is a Spanish-Argentine black comedy thriller by Álex de la Iglesia: strangers trapped in a Madrid bar by a sniper, premiered at Berlinale 2017, Goya-nominated, Méliès d'argent winner.
The Barber of Seville (play)
Beaumarchais's four-act prose comedy Le Barbier de Séville ou la Précaution inutile (1775, Comédie-Française), source of the Paisiello and Rossini operas, about Count Almaviva's rescue of Rosine from Bartholo via Figaro.
The Barber of Siberia (Сибирский цирюльник)
The Barber of Siberia (Сибирский цирюльник) is Nikita Mikhalkov's 1998 Russian-French-Italian-Czech historical melodrama about cadet Andrei Tolstoy, American Jane, and a steam sawmill, the costliest post-Soviet film of its era.
The Barefoot Contessa
The Barefoot Contessa is Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 1954 Technicolor drama starring Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, and Oscar winner Edmond O'Brien, telling a Spanish dancer's rise to stardom in flashback from her funeral.
The Barrier
The Barrier (La valla) is a 2020 Spanish dystopian drama series created by Daniel Écija: 13 episodes set in 2045 Madrid, split by a fence into elite Sector 1 and Sector 2, starring Unax Ugalde and Olivia Molina, streamed on Netflix.
The Basics of Philosophy
The Basics of Philosophy (original title: Basics of Philosophy) is a 2026 drama written and directed by Paul Schrader, starring Jack Huston as a philosophy professor confronting a past sexual transgression. Premiered September 4, 2026 at the 83rd Venice Film Festival; 94 minutes; executive produced by Martin Scorsese.
The Basil Brush Show
The Basil Brush Show (2002–2007), also known as the CBBC Basil Brush sitcom, is a British children's comedy series produced by The Foundation, starring Michael Winsor as Basil Brush; six series aired on CBBC from 2002 to 2007 as a revival of the 1960s–1970s BBC show.
The Basketball Diaries (film)
The Basketball Diaries is a 1995 American drama film directed by Scott Kalvert, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as writer Jim Carroll and adapted from his 1978 autobiographical book.
The Bastard
The Bastard (小雜種, Xiao za zhong) is a 1973 Shaw Brothers Hong Kong martial arts drama directed by Chor Yuen, starring Tsung Hua and Lily Li, about an orphan kung fu fighter seeking his parents; distinct from the 1978 John Jakes miniseries and Suzuki's 1963 Akutarō.
The Bastard Executioner
The Bastard Executioner is a 2015 FX historical drama created by Kurt Sutter, set in 14th-century Wales, about knight Wilkin Brattle who becomes an executioner. Canceled after 10 episodes.
The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself
The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself (also Half Bad) is a 2022 British Netflix fantasy series by Joe Barton, adapted from Sally Green's Half Bad trilogy, starring Jay Lycurgo; released 28 October 2022, cancelled 9 December 2022 after one season.
The Bastard Swordsman (天蚕变)
The Bastard Swordsman (天蠶變, Reincarnate Swordsman) is a 1983 Shaw Brothers wuxia film directed by Lu Chun-ku, starring Norman Chui as Yun Fei-yang, adapted from the 1979 TV series Reincarnated, with a 1984 sequel.
The Bat Whispers
The Bat Whispers is Roland West's 1930 American comedy-mystery, a sound remake of his 1926 silent The Bat, based on Rinehart and Hopwood's play. Shot simultaneously in 35mm and 65mm Magnifilm widescreen, it influenced Bob Kane's Batman and was restored by UCLA.
The Batman (film)
The Batman (2022) is a Matt Reeves-directed, Elseworlds DC film starring Robert Pattinson as a young detective-era Bruce Wayne; it earned a 72 Metascore, $369.3M US gross, and a sequel delayed to February 2028.
The Batman (TV series)
The Batman (2004–2008) is a Warner Bros. animated TV series distinct from Batman: The Animated Series; it debuted September 11, 2004, ran five seasons and 65 episodes on WB and Boomerang, with Rino Romano voicing Batman, and spawned the straight-to-video The Batman vs. Dracula.
The Batman Who Laughs
The Batman Who Laughs is a DC Comics villain: Bruce Wayne of Earth -22 who killed the Joker and was corrupted by a heart toxin. Created by Snyder and Capullo, debuting in Dark Nights: Metal (2017), later the Darkest Knight in Death Metal.
The Batman: Part II
The Batman: Part II is Matt Reeves's Elseworlds sequel to The Batman (2022), starring Robert Pattinson, delayed to February 18, 2028, with Steven Soderbergh completing final weeks of photography.
The Battle at Lake Changjin (长津湖)
The Battle at Lake Changjin (长津湖) is a 2021 Chinese war epic directed by Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, and Dante Lam, depicting the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.
The Battle at Lake Changjin II (长津湖之水门桥)
The Battle at Lake Changjin II (长津湖之水门桥, Water Gate Bridge) is Tsui Hark's 2022 Chinese Korean War sequel about the 7th Company's attempts to blow up the Water Gate Bridge; it topped the 2022 Spring Festival box office at 25.28亿元 and finished 2022 as China's annual champion at 40.67亿元.
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers (La battaglia di Algeri) is Gillo Pontecorvo's 1966 Italian-Algerian film on the FLN's 1954-1957 fight against French paratroopers, starring Yacef Saadi and Jean Martin, Golden Lion winner, banned in France until 1971.