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Crude Oil (采油日记)
Crude Oil (采油日记, Caiyou riji) is Wang Bing's 2008, 14-hour documentary video installation about oil workers in the Gobi Desert of Qinghai, China; premiered at Rotterdam 2008, originally planned at 70 hours.
Crumb (film)
Crumb (1994) is Terry Zwigoff's documentary portrait of underground cartoonist Robert Crumb, his brothers Charles and Maxon, and wife Aline Kominsky-Crumb. Shot over six years, presented by David Lynch, it won Sundance's Grand Jury Prize and holds 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Cujo (film)
Cujo (1983) is Lewis Teague's horror film adapted from Stephen King's 1981 novel about a rabid St. Bernard trapping Dee Wallace and Danny Pintauro in a car; it changed the novel's ending so the boy survives.
Culloden (film)
Culloden (1964) is Peter Watkins's BBC docudrama reconstructing the 1746 Battle of Culloden as if covered by a modern TV news crew, with nonprofessional actors, handheld cameras, and interviews; broadcast 15 December 1964, it pioneered British docudrama and led to The War Game.
Cult film
Cult film: a movie with a devoted, niche following that grows after an unsuccessful mainstream release; also called cult movie or cult classic. Known for midnight screenings, repeat viewings, quoting, and audience participation (e.g., Rocky Horror Picture Show, Eraserhead).
Curious George (film)
Curious George is a 2006 animated comedy film directed by Matthew O'Callaghan, based on the children's books by Margret and H.A. Rey, starring the voices of Will Ferrell and Drew Barrymore.
Curry & Cyanide: The Jolly Joseph Case
Curry & Cyanide: The Jolly Joseph Case is Christo Tomy's 2023 Malayalam-language Netflix true-crime documentary on the Koodathayi cyanide poisoning of six family members by Jolly Joseph, released 22 December 2023.
Cutting Through Rocks
Cutting Through Rocks (اوزاک یوللار) is a 2025 documentary by Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni about Sara Shahverdi, first elected councilwoman of her rural Iranian village; Sundance Grand Jury winner and 2026 Oscar nominee.
Cyrano (film)
Cyrano is a 2021 musical romance film directed by Joe Wright, adapted by Erica Schmidt from her stage musical based on Rostand's 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac.
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 film)
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) is Jean-Paul Rappeneau's French film adaptation of Rostand's 1897 verse play, starring Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Pérez, and Jacques Weber; it won 10 Césars and an Oscar for costume design.
Dahmer (film)
Dahmer (2002) is David Jacobson's biographical drama starring Jeremy Renner as serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, with Bruce Davison as his father Lionel; limited release June 21, 2002, 73% on Rotten Tomatoes, $148,235 worldwide gross.
Dahomey (film)
Dahomey is Mati Diop's 2024 Golden Bear-winning documentary following 26 royal artifacts looted from the Kingdom of Dahomey in 1892, repatriated from Paris's Musée du quai Branly to Benin in 2021, narrated partly by the statue of King Ghezo.
Dallas Buyers Club
Dallas Buyers Club is a 2013 drama directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, starring Matthew McConaughey as Ron Woodroof and Jared Leto as the fictional Rayon; made for about $3.5 million after 20 years of development, it won three Oscars from six nominations.
Dancing at Lughnasa (1998 film)
Dancing at Lughnasa (1998 film), also known as Dancing At Lughnasa, is Pat O'Connor's drama adapted by Frank McGuinness from Brian Friel's Tony-winning play, starring Meryl Streep as Kate Mundy among five sisters in 1936 Donegal.
Danny Collins (film)
Danny Collins (film) is a 2015 American comedy-drama directed by Dan Fogelman. It stars Al Pacino as a rock star who receives a letter from John Lennon.
Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic
Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010) is an EA and Film Roman direct-to-video anime anthology film adapting the Dante's Inferno video game, itself loosely based on Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, with six studios animating segments through the nine circles of Hell. Distinct from the 2007 puppet film and Boris Acosta's Dante's Hell Animated.
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Darby O'Gill and the Little People is a 1959 Walt Disney live-action fantasy directed by Robert Stevenson, based on H.T. Kavanagh's stories, starring Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Jimmy O'Dea, and Sean Connery, with noted forced-perspective leprechaun effects.
Darkest Hour (film)
Darkest Hour (2017) is a Joe Wright biographical war drama, written by Anthony McCarten, starring Oscar-winning Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in May 1940, covering his decision to fight Hitler rather than negotiate, with noted historical liberties.
Das Boot
Das Boot (The Boat) is Wolfgang Petersen's 1981 German war film adapted from Lothar-Günther Buchheim's 1973 novel, following submarine U-96's Atlantic patrol; Bavaria Film's costliest production to date, with six Oscar nominations, a 1985 TV version, and a 1997 Director's Cut.
Das fliegende Klassenzimmer
Das fliegende Klassenzimmer is a 2003 German family comedy-drama directed by Tomy Wigand, adapted from Erich Kästner's 1933 novel and starring Ulrich Noethen, Sebastian Koch, and Hauke Diekamp.
Das Superweib
Das Superweib (The Superwife) is a 1996 German comedy by Sönke Wortmann, adapted from Hera Lind's bestseller, starring Veronica Ferres as Franziska, whose accidental divorce makes her a bestselling author; over 2.3 million admissions.
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines, also known as Stop the Pigeon, is a 1969 Hanna-Barbera CBS Saturday morning cartoon, a Wacky Races spin-off in which Dick Dastardly, Muttley, and the Vulture Squadron fail to stop Yankee Doodle Pigeon across 17 episodes.
David (דָּוִד) (2025 film)
David (2025 film) is a 2025 animated musical drama that retells the biblical story of David. It became the highest-grossing faith-based animated theatrical musical of all time.
David Copperfield (1999 film)
David Copperfield (1999) is a two-episode BBC/WGBH television miniseries of Dickens's novel, directed by Simon Curtis from Adrian Hodges's screenplay, first shown 25 December 1999, starring Daniel Radcliffe as young David, Maggie Smith, and Bob Hoskins.
David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived
David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived is a 2023 HBO/Sky documentary directed by Dan Hartley about Daniel Radcliffe's Harry Potter stunt double, paralyzed in a 2009 Deathly Hallows rehearsal accident; BAFTA-nominated, 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.
De Gaulle (2026 film)
De Gaulle (La Bataille de Gaulle) is a 2026 French two-part biopic by Antonin Baudry, produced by Pathé, adapted from Julian Jackson's biography, starring Simon Abkarian as de Gaulle; released June 2026, over 5 million French admissions.
Dead Leaves (DEAD LEAVES)
Dead Leaves (デッドリーブス) is a 2004 Japanese animated sci-fi action film, Hiroyuki Imaishi's directorial debut for Production I.G and Manga Entertainment, following amnesiacs Pandy and Retro in a lunar prison break.
Dead Man Walking (film)
Dead Man Walking (1995) is Tim Robbins's death penalty drama adapted from Sister Helen Prejean's memoir, starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn; Sarandon won the 1995 Best Actress Oscar.
Dear Basketball
Dear Basketball: 2017 American animated short film adapting Kobe Bryant's 2015 Players' Tribune retirement poem, directed and animated by Glen Keane, scored by John Williams, narrated by Bryant; won the 2018 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film.
Dear Evan Hansen (film)
Dear Evan Hansen (2021) is Stephen Chbosky's film adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical, starring Ben Platt as Evan Hansen, with Kaitlyn Dever, Amy Adams, and Julianne Moore; it scored 28% on Rotten Tomatoes against 88% audience approval.