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The Black Scorpion

The Black Scorpion is a 1957 Warner Bros. giant-monster film directed by Edward Ludwig, starring Richard Denning and Mara Corday, with stop-motion scorpions animated by Willis O'Brien and Pete Peterson; distinct from the 1995 Black Scorpion superhero film.

The Black Spot (It: Welcome to Derry)

"The Black Spot" is episode 7 of HBO's It: Welcome to Derry, aired December 7, 2025, directed by Andy Muschietti and written by Jason Fuchs and Brad Caleb Kane; it adapts King's interlude about the racist arson of the Black Spot nightclub, retimed from 1930 to 1962, with Rich Santos's death and a 1908 Bob Gray cold open.

The Black Stallion Returns

The Black Stallion Returns is a 1983 American family adventure film directed by Robert Dalva, a sequel in which Alec Ramsay rides his stolen stallion in a desert race in Morocco.

The Black Windmill

The Black Windmill (1974) is a Don Siegel spy thriller starring Michael Caine as agent John Tarrant, adapted from Clive Egleton's Seven Days to a Killing, about a kidnapped son held for a diamond ransom; a critical and commercial flop later reappraised.

The Blackcoat's Daughter

The Blackcoat's Daughter (originally February) is Osgood Perkins' 2015 supernatural horror debut, starring Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka, and Lucy Boynton, released by A24 in 2017; a slow-burn, non-linear story of girls stranded at a Catholic boarding school.

The Blackening (film)

The Blackening (2023) is an American horror comedy directed by Tim Story, written by Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins, based on a 2018 3Peat Comedy Central short. Seven Black friends at a Juneteenth cabin getaway are forced by a masked killer to decide who is 'the Blackest.'

The Blacklist

The Blacklist is an NBC crime thriller (2013–2023, 10 seasons, 218 episodes) created by Jon Bokenkamp, starring James Spader as fugitive informant Raymond Reddington and Megan Boone as Elizabeth Keen; ended 2023 with a divisive finale.

The Blacklist season 1

The Blacklist season 1 (NBC, 2013-2014) is the debut season of Jon Bokenkamp's crime drama starring James Spader as fugitive Raymond Reddington and Megan Boone as Elizabeth Keen; 82% on Rotten Tomatoes, Metascore 74.

The Blacklist season 2

The Blacklist season 2 (2014-2015), the 22-episode second season of the NBC crime drama starring James Spader and Megan Boone, premiering September 22, 2014, centered on Berlin, the Fulcrum conspiracy, and Liz Keen becoming a fugitive.

The Blacklist: Redemption

The Blacklist: Redemption is NBC's 2017 spin-off of The Blacklist: Tom Keen (Ryan Eggold) joins covert mercenary chief Scottie Hargrave (Famke Janssen) at Halcyon Aegis. Eight episodes, February–April 2017, canceled after one season on low ratings.

The Blackout (Навождение) (2019 film)

The Blackout (Аванпост) is a 2019 Russian post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller directed by Egor Baranov, written by Ilya Kulikov, released 21 November 2019; Earth darkens except a light circle around Moscow, defended from a military outpost.

The Blade (《刀(电影)》)

The Blade (刀, mainland title 断刀客) is Tsui Hark's 1995 Hong Kong wuxia film remaking One-Armed Swordsman: a one-armed sword-maker's revenge, shot documentary-style without scripted dialogue, a HK$3.3 million flop later hailed as a masterpiece.

The Blair Witch Project

The Blair Witch Project (1999), found-footage horror by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, starring Heather Donahue, Michael Williams, Joshua Leonard; grossed about $249 million worldwide and popularized found footage and viral internet marketing.

The Blame (TV series)

The Blame is a 2026 six-part ITV crime drama adapted from Charlotte Langley's 2023 novel, created by Megan Gallagher, starring Michelle Keegan and Douglas Booth as detectives investigating a teenage skater's murder amid police misogyny.

The Bletchley Circle

The Bletchley Circle: British ITV crime drama (2012–14), written by Guy Burt, two seasons, in which four fictional 1950s women codebreakers from Bletchley Park reunite to solve murders; spun off as San Francisco (2018).

The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco

The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco (2018) is a British-Canadian crime drama, BritBox's first original series and a spin-off of The Bletchley Circle, following Jean and Millie joining American code-breakers Iris and Hailey to solve 1956 San Francisco murders.

The Blind Banker

The Blind Banker is the second episode of BBC Sherlock series 1, aired 1 August 2010. Written by Stephen Thompson, directed by Euros Lyn; Holmes and Watson investigate Suzhou-numeral ciphers tied to the Black Lotus smuggling ring.

The Blind Side (film)

The Blind Side is a 2009 John Lee Hancock film, also called Un sueño posible, based on Michael Lewis's book about Michael Oher and the Tuohy family; it won Sandra Bullock an Oscar, grossed over $300 million, and became the subject of a 2023 conservatorship lawsuit.

The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi

The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (座頭市) is Takeshi Kitano's 2003 Japanese samurai film starring Beat Takeshi as the blind masseur-gambler with a cane sword, a revival of Shintaro Katsu's 1962–1989 series; it won the Venice Silver Lion, Toronto People's Choice, and Sundance Audience awards.

The Bling Ring

The Bling Ring (2013) is Sofia Coppola's crime comedy-drama, based on Nancy Jo Sales's Vanity Fair article, about California teens who burgled celebrity homes including Paris Hilton's in 2008-2009, stealing over $3 million; it opened Cannes' Un Certain Regard and was released by A24.

The Blip

The Blip is the MCU in-universe term, coined in Spider-Man: Far From Home, for the return of half of all life in Avengers: Endgame; Kevin Feige distinguishes it from the Snap, Thanos's 2018 disappearance event.

The Blob

The Blob is the 1958 American sci-fi horror film directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., starring Steve McQueen as a teen warning a Pennsylvania town about a meteor-borne, people-consuming gelatinous mass; it spawned a 1972 sequel, a 1988 remake, and later remake projects.

The Blob (1988 film)

The Blob is a 1988 American horror-science fiction film directed by Chuck Russell and written by Russell and Frank Darabont, remaking the 1958 film The Blob.

The Block (Australian TV series)

The Block (Australian TV series), Nine Network reality renovation show since 2003; couples renovate houses sold at auction above reserve. Hosted by Scott Cam and Shelley Craft; 22 seasons, format sold to 170 territories.

The Block season 20

The Block season 20 is the 2024 season of the Australian renovation series, set on Phillip Island, where teams built new holiday houses for the first time.

The Block season 21

The Block season 21 is the 2025 installment of the Australian renovation series, in which five couples built new homes in Daylesford, Victoria, won by Britt and Taz.

The Block season 22

The Block season 22, branded The Block 2026, is a 2026 season of the Australian reality renovation series The Block, filmed at Mount Eliza on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula.

The Blood Countess (film)

The Blood Countess (Die Blutgräfin) is a 2026 Austrian-Luxembourg-German vampire black comedy by Ulrike Ottinger, written with Elfriede Jelinek, starring Isabelle Huppert as Erzsébet Báthory; premiered at Berlinale 2026, released 29 October 2026.

The Blood Knot

The Blood Knot is a 1961 two-character play by Athol Fugard about mixed-race half-brothers in a shack near Port Elizabeth under apartheid, banned in South Africa after one performance.

The Blood of the Condor

Yawar Mallku (The Blood of the Condor, Sangre de Cóndor) is Jorge Sanjinés's 1969 Bolivian film about Peace Corps sterilization of Quechua women; its release led to protests and the Peace Corps' 1971 expulsion from Bolivia.