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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.

Dogville

Dogville is Lars von Trier's 2003 avant-garde drama, premiered in competition at Cannes, starring Nicole Kidman as fugitive Grace in a chalk-outline soundstage Colorado town; first of his American trilogy, Brechtian in style, Metascore 61.

Dohchay

Dohchay (దోచేయ్), 2015 Telugu action comedy by Sudheer Varma, starring Naga Chaitanya as conman Chandu and Kriti Sanon; released 24 April 2015, produced by BVSN Prasad, music by Sunny M.R., inspired by Hustle.

Doin' It (film)

Doin' It is a 2024 sex comedy directed by Sara Zandieh, starring and co-written by Lilly Singh as Maya Singh, a 30-year-old virgin teaching high school sex ed; premiered at SXSW March 12, 2024, released theatrically September 19, 2025.

Dolby Atmos

Dolby Atmos is Dolby Laboratories' object-based immersive audio format, introduced in cinemas in 2012 with Brave. Sounds carry 3D positional metadata (up to 128 objects), rendered to 7-34 home speakers, delivered via TrueHD on Blu-ray and Dolby Digital Plus JOC for streaming.

Dolby Digital

Dolby Digital, technically named AC-3, is a Dolby Laboratories audio coding system for 5.1-channel surround sound, introduced in 1991 and standard on DVDs and US HD broadcasts.

Dolemite

Dolemite (1975) is a blaxploitation action-comedy directed by D'Urville Martin, starring Rudy Ray Moore as a pimp taking revenge on Willie Green; self-financed for $100,000, it grossed over $3 million and inspired Dolemite Is My Name.

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.

Doli Saja Ke Rakhna

Doli Saja Ke Rakhna (डोली सजा के रखना), 1998 Hindi romantic drama directed by Priyadarshan, starring Akshaye Khanna and debutante Jyothika, music by A.R. Rahman; a remake of Fazil's Kaadhalukku Mariyaadhai that flopped at the box office.

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.

Dolls (1987 film)

Dolls (1987) is a Stuart Gordon horror-comedy, written by Ed Naha and produced by Brian Yuzna for Charles Band's Empire Pictures, in which living dolls murder stranded guests at an elderly dollmaker couple's mansion.

Dolls (2002 film)

Dolls (ドールズ, Dōruzu) is Takeshi Kitano's 2002 drama, his tenth film and first love story, structured after bunraku puppet theatre and Chikamatsu's The Courier for Hell, interweaving three tragic love stories across Japan's four seasons, released October 12, 2002 by Shochiku.

Dolly (2025 film)

Dolly is a 2025 American backwoods horror film by Rod Blackhurst, based on his short Babygirl, starring Fabianne Therese and wrestler Max the Impaler as a masked killer who abducts a hiker to raise her as her child; released March 6, 2026 via IFC/Shudder.

Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare

Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare (डॉली किट्टी और वो चमकते सितारे), aka Dolly Kitty and Those Twinkling Stars, is a 2020 Hindi comedy-drama directed by Alankrita Shrivastava, starring Konkona Sen Sharma and Bhumi Pednekar, released on Netflix 18 September 2020.

Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors

Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors is a 2015 NBC television movie based on Parton's 1971 autobiographical song, starring Alyvia Alyn Lind as young Dolly in 1955 Tennessee; it drew about 13 to 15.9 million viewers and spawned a 2016 Christmas sequel.

Dolly Sisters

The Dolly Sisters, Jenny and Rosie Dolly (born Yansci and Roszika Deutsch), were Hungarian-American identical twin vaudeville and Ziegfeld Follies dancers of the 1910s-1920s, later subjects of the 1945 Fox musical starring Betty Grable.

Dolly zoom

Dolly zoom, also called the Vertigo effect, Hitchcock zoom, contra zoom, or zolly: a camera technique invented by Irmin Roberts for Vertigo (1958), moving the camera while zooming the opposite way so the subject stays constant while the background warps, famously used in Jaws and Goodfellas.

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.

Dolores Costello

Dolores Costello, "The Goddess of the Silent Screen" (1903-1979), American silent film actress, star of The Sea Beast (1926), wife of John Barrymore, grandmother of Drew Barrymore, and Isabel in The Magnificent Ambersons.

Dolores del Río

Dolores del Río (María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete, 1904/1905–1983) was a Mexican actress, Hollywood star from 1925 and later a leading figure of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, known for María Candelaria, The Fugitive, and Flaming Star.

Dolores Hart

Dolores Hart (Dolores Hicks, born 1938) is an American Benedictine nun and former actress who starred with Elvis Presley in Loving You and King Creole, then entered the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Connecticut in 1963 and became its prioress.

Dolphin Tale

Dolphin Tale (2011), also known by its tagline inspired by Winter's story, is a Charles Martin Smith family drama about a dolphin fitted with a prosthetic tail at Clearwater Marine Aquarium; it grossed about $95 million and spawned a 2014 sequel.

Dolphin Tale 2

Dolphin Tale 2 is a 2014 American family drama film written and directed by Charles Martin Smith, the sequel to the 2011 film Dolphin Tale.

Dolphy

Dolphy (Rodolfo Vera Quizon Sr., 1928-2012), Filipino comedian-actor titled King of Comedy (Hari ng Komedi); star of Jack en Jill, John en Marsha, and Home Along Da Riles; received the 2010 Grand Collar of the Order of the Golden Heart.

Dom DeLuise

Dom DeLuise (Dominick DeLuise, 1933-2009), American comic actor, voice actor, chef, and author, known for Mel Brooks comedies, Burt Reynolds pairings, Don Bluth voice roles, and cookbooks.

Dom Hemingway

Dom Hemingway is a 2013 British black comedy crime film written and directed by Richard Shepard, starring Jude Law as a safecracker freed after 12 years in prison.

Domestic Disturbance

Domestic Disturbance is a 2001 American psychological thriller directed by Harold Becker. It stars John Travolta as a father who believes his son's new stepfather committed a murder.

Dominic and the Ladies' Purse

Dominic and the Ladies' Purse (ഡൊമിനിക് ആൻഡ് ദി ലേഡീസ് പേഴ്സ്) is a 2025 Malayalam detective comedy-mystery, Gautham Vasudev Menon's Malayalam debut, starring Mammootty as an ex-cop detective; released 23 January 2025 by Mammootty Kampany, streaming on ZEE5.

Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist

Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist is Paul Schrader's 2005 horror film starring Stellan Skarsgård as Father Merrin in post-WWII Kenya, the alternate Exorcist prequel to Renny Harlin's Exorcist: The Beginning, released on 110 screens.

Domino (2005 film)

Domino is a 2005 American action-biography film directed by Tony Scott, starring Keira Knightley as Domino Harvey, a real-life model turned bounty hunter in Los Angeles.