double feature

American  

noun

1. a motion-picture program consisting of two films shown one after the other for the price of a single ticket.

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double feature British  

noun

1. Informal name (US): twin bill.  films a programme showing two full-length films

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double feature Idioms  

1. Also, double bill. A program consisting of two full-length films shown for the price of a single ticket. For example, It was a double feature and lasted five hours, or The women's conference had a double bill, first speakers from China and then visiting guests from the rest of the world. This expression is occasionally loosely used for other paired events (as in the second example). [c. 1930]

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Etymology

Origin of double feature

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35

Example Sentences

One could even make an argument for a double feature of “Animal Farm” and “Wuthering Heights” as two wildly different ways to update high school English class favorites.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

“At this point,” Avita said as he waited to catch a double feature at a cineplex in Monterey Park, “I want someone with a proven track record.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Given that this “Craft in America” double feature is partly about manufacturing and American entrepreneurship, it starts in New York, aptly, in the all-but-vanished Garment District.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

This might seem like an international exchange of a double feature, but “Sinners” and “KPop Demon Hunters” are both American films based on original concepts.

From Salon • Jul. 11, 2025

By the time I had visited and then watched a serial and a double feature and then been retrieved by my parents to walk around Welch to finish up Mom’s shopping, I was exhausted.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam