low-budget
idiom
: involving a small amount of money : involving a relatively small cost
a low-budget movie
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The sword and sorcery genre was always reliable for delightful low-budget cheese, with entries such as The Beastmaster, The Barbarians, and of course, the Deathstalker series.
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Bear McCreary, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
The low-budget, high-speed production model gave directors unprecedented creative freedom, birthing a generation of filmmakers who went on to define modern Japanese cinema — including Miike Takashi, Nakata Hideo, Kurosawa Kiyoshi and Aoyama Shinji.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Metrotone Media’s Katharina Gellein Viken, meanwhile, revealed a new micro-drama in the works, a mockumentary about the making of a low-budget British gangster flick.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
His early online videos documented low-budget trips, including one of him trekking videos of him trekking in the Indian Himalayas in sneakers.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
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Bear McCreary, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
The low-budget, high-speed production model gave directors unprecedented creative freedom, birthing a generation of filmmakers who went on to define modern Japanese cinema — including Miike Takashi, Nakata Hideo, Kurosawa Kiyoshi and Aoyama Shinji.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Metrotone Media’s Katharina Gellein Viken, meanwhile, revealed a new micro-drama in the works, a mockumentary about the making of a low-budget British gangster flick.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
His early online videos documented low-budget trips, including one of him trekking videos of him trekking in the Indian Himalayas in sneakers.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Low-budget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-budget. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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