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This is an alphabetical list of film articles (or sections within articles about films). It includes made for television films . See the talk page for the method of indexing used.
Cinematic exhibition of the B movie, defined as a relatively low-cost genre film, has declined substantially from the early 1980s to the present.Spurred by the historic success of several big-budget movies with B-style themes beginning in the mid-1970s, the major Hollywood studios moved progressively into the production of A-grade films in genres that had long been low-budget territory.
The decade of the 1980s in Western cinema saw the return of studio-driven pictures, coming from the filmmaker-driven New Hollywood era of the 1970s. [1] The period was when the "high concept" picture was established by producer Don Simpson, [2] where films were expected to be easily marketable and understandable.
Cast and crew Ref. A P R I L: 1 The Baltimore Bullet: AVCO Embassy Pictures: Robert Ellis Miller (director); John Brascia, Robert Vincent O'Neil (screenplay); James Coburn, Omar Sharif, Bruce Boxleitner, Ronee Blakley, Jack O'Halloran, Calvin Lockhart, Michael Lerner, Rockne Tarkington, Paul Barselou 7 Health: 20th Century Fox / Lion's Gate Films
Midnight Madness (1980) A Mighty Wind (2003) Million Dollar Mystery (1987) Murder by Death (1976) Murder on the Orient Express (1974) Nashville (1975) Network (1976) The North Avenue Irregulars (1979) Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) On the Town (1949) Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) Oppenheimer (2023) The Other Man (1973) The Player (1992 ...
The real source of interest is the cast of B-movie veterans whom director Fred Olen Ray habitually assembles for his films." [ 1 ] In an article focusing on B-movies, Doug Brod of Video Review gave the film three and a half Bs (a replacement for their usual stars) out of four, and wrote that "[l]ots of action and a terrific supporting cast make ...
Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes 1981: Blow Out: Brian De Palma: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow: United States [17]Body Heat: Lawrence Kasdan: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna
A B movie, or B film, is a type of cheap, low-budget commercial motion picture. Originally, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, this term specifically referred to films meant to be shown as the lesser-known second half of a double feature, somewhat similar to B-sides in recorded music. However, the production of such films as "second features ...