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B-movie

[ bee-moo-vee ]

/ ˈbiˌmu vi /

noun

a low-budget movie made especially to accompany a major feature film on a double bill.

Also called B-picture.

Example sentences from the Web for b-movie

A lot of big-time directors have been influenced by B-movie guys like Kaufman and Roger Corman, in particular.

‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Filmmaker James Gunn on His Glorious Space Opera and Rise to the A-List |Marlow Stern |August 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
No wonder the summit was eclipsed by the B-movie imbroglio over Secret Service agents moonlighting as sex tourists.

Cartagena Summit’s Other Outrage: Obama’s Indifference to Latin Issues |Mac Margolis |April 27, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
His skin tone and sunken cheeks have inspired unfavorable comparisons to Skeletor and a diabolical B-movie villain.

The Ugly Husbands Club |Tony Doukopil |July 29, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile—and this is like a scene from some B-movie about Washington—some GOP lawmakers were chanting “fire him, fire him!”

GOP's Circular Firing Squad |Howard Kurtz |July 27, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

A B-movie student appreciates nothing more than when the headlines advertise the film.

'Mexploitation' at the Movies |Bryan Curtis |August 31, 2010 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for b-movie

B-movie

noun

a film originally made (esp in Hollywood in the 1940s and 50s) as a supporting film, now often considered as a genre in its own right