B movie

noun

: a cheaply produced movie

Examples of B movie in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Gone would be the days of strolling up to the box office, buying a cheap matinée ticket, and sitting in a mostly empty theatre to watch a B movie with your friends. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 22 July 2026

An early career launched without shortcuts, with small roles in TV series and B movies until his major success as the star of the series ER, formed an actor who is able to inhabit the screen with disarming spontaneity. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 July 2026

But underneath, this micro-budget B movie is a jaundiced lament for the death of American individualism. — Time, 10 June 2026

Lowbrow sources such as Sunday funnies, B movies, and advertisements are present but are more diffuse, rarely coalescing into obvious quotation. — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for B movie

• groovy