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

It’d make a good double feature with last year’s adapted screenplay winner, “Conclave.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

My two other favorite films constituted a splendid double feature from director Richard Linklater.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

While precise counts of how many people numbed their buns through that double feature aren’t available, there’s no question that millions of us committed to the bit.

From Salon • Jul. 11, 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