Z-movie

English

Etymology

By extension from B-movie. Compare Z-list.

Noun

Z-movie (plural Z-movies)

  1. (film) A very low-budget motion picture, especially one with poor production values.
    Coordinate term: B-movie
    • 2021 July 4, Jonathan Romney, “‘I want to make people laugh’: Quentin Dupieux, the fun auteur of French cinema”, in The Observer‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 March 2022:
      The name “Quentin” clearly operates as a lucky charm if you’re an idiosyncratic film-maker, especially if you deal with sudden death, craziness and Z-movie Americana.

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