B movie

noun

Definition of B movienext
as in animated cartoon

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Recent Examples of B movie Years earlier, these types might have flocked to indie film, reality television or B movies to gain a paycheck and a line on their résumé. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 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
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  1. B picture
  2. documentary
  3. feature
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • In the new documentary Narcissist’s Playbook, NXIVM whistleblower and director Mark Vicente looks closely at the causes and impact of narcissism on society by interviewing experts as well as those who have been personally affected by the condition.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
  • After Tiger King became a pop culture phenomenon, there were plenty of stops and starts before finding Goode’s next documentary project.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026
Definition of documentary
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  • Many of them feature amenities like a basketball court, weight rooms and a pool, while others may have unique features like boxing gyms or an ice rink.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
  • Apple might delay the full rollout of these desktop AI utilities beyond the initial Q4 2026 macOS 27 release, preferring a staggered approach to unify features across platforms, mirroring iOS.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
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