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Disobedience (2017 film)

Disobedience (2017), Sebastián Lelio's English-language debut drama adapted from Naomi Alderman's novel, stars Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams as former lovers reunited in a North London Orthodox Jewish community; premiered at TIFF 2017, grossed $8 million worldwide.

Divergent (film)

Divergent (2014), Neil Burger's adaptation of Veronica Roth's novel, stars Shailene Woodley as Tris Prior in a faction-divided dystopian Chicago; it opened to $56 million, grossed $150.8 million in the US, and its series ended unfinished after Allegiant.

Doctor Zhivago (Доктор Живаго) (film)

Doctor Zhivago (Доктор Живаго), David Lean's 1965 MGM epic adapted by Robert Bolt from Pasternak's banned 1957 novel, starring Omar Sharif and Julie Christie; shot mainly in Spain, it won five Oscars and ranks among the highest-grossing films adjusted for inflation.

Docudrama

Docudrama: a dramatized depiction of real events combining documentary and drama; term coined in the 1960s, genre rooted in 1930s radio and film, common as TV movies and miniseries such as Roots, with First Amendment legal protection.

Documentary film

Documentary film: nonfiction cinema dealing with actual people and events. Also called documentary, coined by John Grierson in 1926 as "creative treatment of actuality"; defined by factual materials, real subjects, and Nichols's six modes, distinct from fiction film.

Dogtown and Z-Boys

Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001) is Stacy Peralta's Sundance-winning documentary, narrated by Sean Penn, about the Zephyr skate team from Venice's Dogtown who pioneered vertical pool skateboarding in the 1970s.

Dolemite Is My Name

Dolemite Is My Name (2019) is a Netflix biographical comedy directed by Craig Brewer, starring Eddie Murphy as Rudy Ray Moore, the comedian behind the Blaxploitation film Dolemite (1975); 97% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Dolittle (film)

Dolittle is a 2020 American fantasy adventure comedy directed by Stephen Gaghan, starring Robert Downey Jr. as the veterinarian who speaks to animals, loosely based on Hugh Lofting's novel.

Dolores Claiborne (film)

Dolores Claiborne (1995) is Taylor Hackford's psychological thriller adapted by Tony Gilroy from Stephen King's 1992 novel, starring Kathy Bates as a housekeeper accused of murdering her employer, with Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Plummer, and David Strathairn; released March 24, 1995 by Columbia Pictures.

Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever

Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever is a 2025 Netflix documentary by Chris Smith profiling tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson's $2-million-a-year anti-aging Project Blueprint regimen and its personal toll.

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot: 2018 Gus Van Sant biographical comedy-drama, also known by its memoir source title, starring Joaquin Phoenix as quadriplegic cartoonist John Callahan, with Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, and Jack Black; Amazon Studios, Sundance and Berlinale 2018.

Doña Bárbara

Doña Bárbara (1943) is a Mexican film by Fernando de Fuentes adapting Rómulo Gallegos's 1929 Venezuelan novel, starring María Félix as a ruthless landowner; it won 1944 Mexican critics' awards and inspired later films and telenovelas.

Dont Look Back

Dont Look Back (1967), D.A. Pennebaker's direct-cinema documentary of Bob Dylan's 1965 acoustic tour of England; premiered 17 May 1967, 96 minutes, credited with inventing the rockumentary; distinct from the 2020 horror film, the 2024 anime, and the 2026 Oasis documentary.

Doogal

Doogal is a 2006 American animated children's film, the re-dubbed United States version of the British-French film The Magic Roundabout, released by The Weinstein Company and critically panned.

Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Earth Symphony

Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Earth Symphony (映画ドラえもん のび太の地球交響楽) is the 43rd Doraemon film, released March 1, 2024 by Toho. Directed by Kazuaki Imai, it follows Nobita and Mikka saving music and Earth from Noise creatures, grossing 4.31 billion yen in Japan.

Doraemon: Nobita's Art World Tales (映画ドラえもん のび太の絵世界物語)

Doraemon: Nobita's Art World Tales (映画ドラえもん のび太の絵世界物語), also Eiga Doraemon: Nobita no Esekai Monogatari, is the 44th Doraemon theatrical film (2025), directed by Yukiyo Teramoto, about entering a painting's medieval world; it opened No. 1 in Japan on March 7, 2025.

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur (2006 film)

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 (映画ドラえもん のび太の恐竜2006), also "Doraemon and the Little Dinosaur", is the 26th Doraemon film, released March 4, 2006: a remake of the 1980 first film and the first with the recast voice cast, directed by Ayumu Watanabe.

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur (ドラえもん のび太の恐竜) (1980 film)

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur (映画ドラえもん のび太の恐竜), the first Doraemon theatrical film, released March 15, 1980 by Toho; directed by Hiroshi Fukutomi, it follows Nobita raising the Futabasaurus Piisuke and returning it to the Cretaceous.

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 (ドラえもん のび太の恐竜2006)

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 (ドラえもん のび太の恐竜2006), a 2006 Shin-Ei Animation film, is the 26th Doraemon movie, a remake of the 1980 first film, and the first feature with the renewed voice cast; Piisuke the Futabasaurus, directed by Ayumu Watanabe, released March 4, 2006.

Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld (ドラえもん のび太の魔界大冒険)

Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld (ドラえもん のび太の魔界大冒険) is the fifth Doraemon theatrical film, released March 17, 1984: Nobita's Moshimo Box wish creates a magic world threatened by the Demon Realm.

Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur

Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur (Eiga Doraemon: Nobita no Shin Kyouryuu) is the 40th Doraemon film, released August 7, 2020 after a COVID delay. Nobita raises twin new-species dinosaurs Kyu and Myu and travels to the Cretaceous; it grossed 3.35 billion yen in Japan.

Doubt (2008 film)

Doubt (2008 film), John Patrick Shanley's adaptation of his play Doubt: A Parable, stars Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, and Viola Davis as a 1964 Bronx nun suspecting a priest; five Oscar nominations.

Doug's 1st Movie

Doug's 1st Movie is a 1999 animated comedy from Jumbo Pictures and Walt Disney Pictures, directed by Maurice Joyce, based on Disney's Doug TV series, released March 26, 1999, grossing $19.4 million.

Down a Dark Hall (film)

Down a Dark Hall, 2018 supernatural horror film directed by Rodrigo Cortés, adapted from Lois Duncan's 1974 gothic YA novel; stars AnnaSophia Robb and Uma Thurman as headmistress Madame Duret at the sinister Blackwood boarding school; mixed reviews (46% Rotten Tomatoes).

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (film)

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (डॉ. बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर) is a 2000 English-Hindi bilingual biographical film directed by Jabbar Patel, starring Mammootty as B. R. Ambedkar; it won three 1999 National Film Awards including Best Actor.

Dracula Untold

Dracula Untold, originally titled Dracula Year Zero, is a 2014 American dark fantasy action film starring Luke Evans as Vlad III, an origin story for Dracula.

Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (ドラゴンボールZ)

Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (ドラゴンボールZ オラの悟飯をかえせッ!!) is the 1989 Toei anime film, fourth Dragon Ball feature and first DBZ film, in which Garlic Jr. kidnaps Gohan seeking immortality.

Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (ドラゴンボールZ 超サイヤ人だ孫悟空)

Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (ドラゴンボールZ 超サイヤ人だ孫悟空), also called Super Saiya Son Goku, is Toei's 1991 seventh Dragon Ball film: evil Namekian Slug wishes for eternal youth and freezes Earth until Goku's climactic power-up.

Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! (ドラゴンボールZ 極限バトル!!三大超サイヤ人)

Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! (ドラゴンボールZ 極限バトル!!三大超サイヤ人), also called Extreme Battle!! The Three Great Super Saiyans, is Toei's tenth Dragon Ball film (July 11, 1992, 45 min), in which Goku, Vegeta, and Trunks fight Dr. Gero's Androids 13, 14, and 15.

Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (ドラゴンボールZ 激突!!100億パワーの戦士たち)

Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (ドラゴンボールZ 激突!!100億パワーの戦士たち) is Toei's 1992 sixth DBZ film, directed by Daisuke Nishio: Metal Cooler, revived by the Big Gete Star, attacks New Namek; first movie appearance of Vegeta and the series' top Japanese gross to that point.