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Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father is Kurt Kuenne's 2008 documentary memorial to his murdered friend Dr. Andrew Bagby, addressed to Bagby's son Zachary, whose 2003 murder-suicide death turned the film into a catalyst for Canada's Bill C-464 bail reform.
Deathtrap (film)
Deathtrap (1982) is Sidney Lumet's film of Ira Levin's Broadway comedy-thriller, starring Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, and Dyan Cannon; a playwright plots murder to steal a student's script, released by Warner Bros. on 19 March 1982.
Decorado
Decorado is a 2025 Spanish-Portuguese adult 2D animated feature by Alberto Vázquez, expanding his Goya-winning 2016 short. Arnold, a middle-aged mouse, suspects his world is a set run by the ALMA/ACME corporation; it won the 2026 Goya for Best Animated Feature.
Deep in My Heart
Deep in My Heart (1954) is MGM's biographical musical of composer Sigmund Romberg, directed by Stanley Donen, produced by Roger Edens, starring José Ferrer, Merle Oberon, and Helen Traubel, with guest numbers by Gene and Fred Kelly, Rosemary Clooney, and Ann Miller.
Deep Sea (深海) (2023 film)
Deep Sea (深海, Shen Hai) is a 2023 Chinese 3D animated fantasy by Tian Xiaopeng, released 22 January 2023. Known for its particle ink technique fusing ink-wash painting with 3D, seven-year production, and over 700 million yuan Chinese box office.
Deep Sorrow (깊은 슬픔)
Deep Sorrow (깊은 슬픔, Deep Blue) is a 1997 South Korean melodrama directed by Kwak Ji-kyoon, adapted from Shin Kyung-sook's 1994 bestseller novel, starring Kang Soo-youn, Kim Seung-woo, and Hwang In-sung in a tragic love triangle.
Defiance (2008 film)
Defiance is a 2008 war drama directed by Edward Zwick, starring Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber as the Bielski brothers, Jewish partisans sheltering refugees in Belarus.
Demon City (film)
Demon City (鬼ゴロシ, Oni Goroshi) is a 2025 Japanese Netflix action film directed by Seiji Tanaka, adapted from Masamichi Kawabe's manga, starring Toma Ikuta as hitman Shuhei Sakata in a revenge story set in Shinjo City.
Demon House
Demon House (2018) is a documentary horror film directed by Zak Bagans about the Ammons haunting case in Gary, Indiana; he bought and demolished the Carolina Street house, and critics gave it mixed reviews.
Depeche Mode: M
Depeche Mode: M is a 2025 documentary-concert film by Mexican director Fernando Frías, built on Depeche Mode's three sold-out 2023 Foro Sol, Mexico City shows of the Memento Mori Tour, exploring Mexican death culture; Tribeca premiere, October 2025 IMAX release, Netflix January 2026.
Der Fuehrer's Face
Der Fuehrer's Face is Disney's 1943 Oscar-winning anti-Nazi Donald Duck propaganda short, directed by Jack Kinney, originally titled Donald Duck in Nutziland, renamed after Oliver Wallace's Spike Jones hit song became a novelty-chart sensation.
Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback (名探偵コナン 隻眼の残像)
Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback (名探偵コナン 隻眼の残像) is a 2025 Japanese animated mystery film, the 28th theatrical Detective Conan feature, released in Japan on April 18, 2025.
Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target
Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target (名探偵コナン 14番目の標的) is the 1998 second theatrical film of Detective Conan, directed by Kenji Kodama, with attacks on Kogoro Mouri's associates counted down by playing-card numbers in their names; it grossed ¥1.85 billion.
Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century
Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century (名探偵コナン 世紀末の魔術師) is the third Detective Conan film, released April 17, 1999. Directed by Kenji Kodama, it pits Conan against Phantom Thief Kid over the Romanov Imperial Easter Egg and grossed 2.6 billion yen.
Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street
Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street (名探偵コナン ベイカー街の亡霊) is the sixth Detective Conan movie, released April 20, 2002. Directed by Kenji Kodama, written by Hisashi Nozawa, it pits Conan against Jack the Ripper inside a hijacked VR game and earned about 3.4 billion yen.
Detective Conan: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper
Detective Conan: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper (名探偵コナン 時計じかけの摩天楼), also Case Closed: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper, is the 1997 first theatrical Detective Conan film, directed by Kenji Kodama, 95 minutes, released by Toho, about a bomber targeting architect Moritani's buildings.
Devil's Knot (film)
Devil's Knot (2013), Atom Egoyan's courtroom drama starring Colin Firth and Reese Witherspoon, adapts Mara Leveritt's book about the West Memphis Three murders and trial; released 2014 to mixed reviews.
Dhira (film)
Dhira (2020) is a Telugu-language Indian animated adventure film by A Theorem Studios, directed by Arun Kumar Rapolu, using motion capture, about Vidhyaranya Swami, Vijayanagara, and Tenali Ramakrishna; distinct from unrelated same-title films.
Diary of a Chambermaid
Diary of a Chambermaid (Le Journal d'une femme de chambre) is Octave Mirbeau's 1900 novel about the maid Célestine, adapted by Renoir (1946), Buñuel (1964), Jacquot (2015), and Jude (2026).
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film series)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series: adaptations of Jeff Kinney's books about Greg Heffley, comprising four live-action films (2010-2017) and animated Disney+ films from 2021 onward, including Rodrick Rules, Cabin Fever, and The Last Straw.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw (film)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw is a 2025 animated Christmas comedy on Disney+, the fourth animated Wimpy Kid film, adapting book three; directed by Matt Danner and Gino Nichele, written by Jeff Kinney, starring Aaron D. Harris as Greg Heffley.
Die Känguru-Chroniken
Die Känguru-Chroniken (Kangaroo Chronicles) is Marc-Uwe Kling's 2009 satirical episodic novel about a communist kangaroo living with a Kreuzberg artist, basis of the Känguru-Werke series, a 2013 audiobook prize winner, and Dani Levy's 2020 film with Volker Zack's motion-capture kangaroo.
Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! (デジモンアドベンチャー ぼくらのウォーゲーム!)
Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! is a 2000 Japanese animated action short directed by Mamoru Hosoda, about boys fighting a monster eating the internet from inside.
Digimon Adventure: The Movie
Digimon Adventure: The Movie (劇場版デジモンアドベンチャー) is the 20-minute 1999 Toei short directed by Mamoru Hosoda, showing Tai and Kari's first Digimon encounter; it was later recut into Digimon: The Movie (2000).
Director's cut
Director's cut: a film version presenting the director's own edit, from the DGA's 1964 contractual right to the marketing label on longer home-video and streaming releases, distinct from the theatrical cut, final cut, and restored versions.
Disaster film
Disaster film (disaster movie, catastrophe film): a film genre in which a man-made or natural calamity placing people in imminent danger is the core of the story. Known for US cycles in 1953–59, 1972–79, and 1993–96, the 1970s wave beginning with Airport (1970), and studies of its sublime spectacle versus hazard messaging.
Disciples of the Crow
Disciples of the Crow (1983) is a John Woodward short horror film, the first screen adaptation of Stephen King's "Children of the Corn", a Dollar Baby set in Jonah, Oklahoma, released a year before the 1984 feature.
Disco Pigs
Disco Pigs: Enda Walsh's 1996 two-hander play about Cork teenagers Pig and Runt, premiered by Corcadorca with Cillian Murphy, adapted into Kirsten Sheridan's 2001 film with Elaine Cassidy.
Disney Renaissance
Disney Renaissance: 1989–1999 revival of Walt Disney Feature Animation, from The Little Mermaid to Tarzan, driven by Eisner, Katzenberg, Roy Disney, Broadway-style musicals, and digital tools.
Disney Vault
Disney Vault: the Walt Disney Company's home-video moratorium policy (also 'Disney Vault strategy'), withdrawing animated classics from retail for periodic re-releases from the 1980s until Bob Iger retired it with Disney+ in 2019.