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

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

All of it has me crossing my fingers in the hopes that “Sinners” and “KPop Demon Hunters” double features pop up in theaters around the country.

From Salon

General admission for a double feature on a single screen is $12 per person, $7 for kids 12 and under and adults 55 and up, free for kids 4 and under.

From Seattle Times

I will not speculate on the inner workings of anyone’s marriage; I’ll just say these two films would make a stimulating double feature.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s easy then to understand why Hollywood is looking forward this weekend to reliving the glory days of “Barbenheimer,” the surprise double feature that catapulted the North American box office to pre-pandemic heights.

From Los Angeles Times