B movie

noun

Definition of B movienext
as in animated cartoon

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Recent Examples of B movie 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 Well, now their lives are a bad B movie inside a formulaic musical. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026 Reading a King novel is a bit like reading a work by Henry James into which someone has slipped, at intervals, script treatments for a B movie. — Charlie Tyson, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026 Estelle was a fan of more sophisticated shows like The Twilight Zone, not this B movie selection. — Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for B movie
Recent Examples of Synonyms for B movie
  1. B picture
  2. documentary
  3. feature
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  • Once upon a time, movie houses were full of all sorts of pictures — big pictures, little pictures, A pictures, B pictures, smart pictures, silly pictures.
    — Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Nevertheless, old movies did creep onto TV through the 1950s, beginning with B pictures on local stations and gradually progressing to A pictures in network prime time.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
Definition of B picture
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  • Beigel, who previously worked with FBI officers while helming the ESPN 30for30 documentary The Counterfeiter, spent approximately three years immersing himself in the Loofe case.
    — Samantha Bergeson, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In a post on X, Carreyrou went even further, saying the documentary deserved best picture.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of documentary
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  • Social media giant Meta was hit with a class action lawsuit in Australia on behalf of children and teenagers who allegedly suffered harm over the addictive design features and exposure to harmful content on its platforms Facebook and Instagram.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
  • While the iPhone Duo’s software certainly felt much smoother and more fluid than Android alternatives, many of its core features have been available on Samsung or Google phones for years.
    — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
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