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The Dirty Picture (द डर्टी पिक्चर)

The Dirty Picture (द डर्टी पिक्चर) is a 2011 Hindi biographical musical drama directed by Milan Luthria, starring Vidya Balan as Silk, inspired by Silk Smitha; released 2 Dec 2011, grossed about Rs 115 crore in India with an adults-only certificate.

The Disappearance of Alice Creed

The Disappearance of Alice Creed is a 2009 British kidnap thriller, the feature debut of writer-director J Blakeson, starring Gemma Arterton, Eddie Marsan, and Martin Compston in a three-hander about a £2m ransom kidnapping that goes wrong.

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Ned Benson's 2014 three-film drama project (Him, Her, Them) starring Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy as a couple after their child's death, told from shifting perspectives.

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの消失)

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの消失) is Kyoto Animation's 2010 anime film adapting the fourth Haruhi Suzumiya novel: Kyon wakes in a rewritten world where Haruhi never existed, directed by Takemoto Yasuhiro, a 163-minute hit revived theatrically in 2026.

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele (film)

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele (Das Verschwinden des Josef Mengele) is a 2025 historical drama by Kirill Serebrennikov, adapted from Olivier Guez's Renaudot-winning novel, starring August Diehl as the fugitive Auschwitz doctor in South America; premiered at Cannes Première 2025.

The Disappointments Room

The Disappointments Room is a 2016 American psychological horror film directed by D. J. Caruso, starring Kate Beckinsale as a mother who finds a hidden attic room.

The Disaster Artist (film)

The Disaster Artist (2017) is James Franco's biographical comedy-drama about Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero making The Room, adapted from Sestero and Bissell's 2013 memoir, released by A24, grossing $21.1M, and winning Franco a Golden Globe.

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (斉木楠雄のΨ難)

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (斉木楠雄のΨ難, Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan) is Asou Shuuichi's gag manga serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump 2012–2018, 26 volumes, 6 million copies, about an all-powerful psychic teen who wants an ordinary life; adapted as a 2016–2019 anime, Netflix Reawakened arc, and 2017 live-action film.

The Disciple (शिष्य)

The Disciple (शिष्य) is a 2020 Marathi-language drama by Chaitanya Tamhane about a Hindustani classical vocalist in Mumbai; it won Best Screenplay and FIPRESCI at Venice 2020 and streamed on Netflix.

The Discovery (film)

The Discovery is a 2017 American science-fiction romantic drama directed by Charlie McDowell, set after scientists verify the afterlife, starring Rooney Mara, Jason Segel, and Robert Redford.

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie) is Luis Buñuel's 1972 French-Italian-Spanish surrealist comedy, co-written with Jean-Claude Carrière, in which six bourgeois friends repeatedly fail to share a dinner; it won the 1973 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

The Dish

The Dish (2000) is an Australian comedy-drama by Working Dog, directed by Rob Sitch, starring Sam Neill, dramatizing the Parkes radio telescope's role in the Apollo 11 moonwalk broadcast; Honeysuckle Creek actually aired the first minutes.

The District

The District is an American CBS police drama (October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004, 89 episodes, 4 seasons) created by Jack Maple and Terry George, starring Craig T. Nelson as Washington, D.C. police chief Jack Mannion, distinct from the Ruben Fleischer production company of the same name.

The Divergent Series

The Divergent Series is Lionsgate's three-film YA dystopian franchise (2014-2016) adapted from Veronica Roth's trilogy, starring Shailene Woodley; its planned finale Ascendant was cancelled after Allegiant's box office collapse.

The Divergent Series: Allegiant

The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016) is the third Divergent film, directed by Robert Schwentke, starring Shailene Woodley and Theo James. It earned $172.3 million worldwide on a $110 million budget, scored 11% on Rotten Tomatoes, and its planned sequel Ascendant was canceled, leaving the film series unfinished.

The Divergent Series: Insurgent

The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015), Robert Schwentke's adaptation of Veronica Roth's novel, the second Divergent film starring Shailene Woodley and Kate Winslet; $297M worldwide, 29% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Divine Fury (사바하)

The Divine Fury (사바하) is a 2019 South Korean occult action-horror film written and directed by Jason Kim, starring Park Seo-joon and Woo Do-hwan.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon), Julian Schnabel's 2007 film starring Mathieu Amalric, adapts Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir of locked-in syndrome; it won Golden Globes for Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film.

The Division

The Division refers to a Lifetime police drama (2001–2004) about female San Francisco detectives created by Deborah Joy LeVine, and to Ubisoft's Tom Clancy's The Division shooter game franchise launched in 2016.

The Divorce Insurance (이혼보험)

The Divorce Insurance (이혼보험) is a 2025 South Korean tvN romantic-comedy series, 12 episodes, starring Lee Dong-wook as a thrice-divorced actuary who builds a team to develop divorce insurance; it streamed on Prime Video and drew low ratings.

The Do-Over

The Do-Over is a 2016 Netflix action comedy, the second film in Adam Sandler's four-picture Happy Madison deal, directed by Steven Brill. Sandler and David Spade fake their deaths; critics scored it 9% on Rotten Tomatoes, yet Netflix called it its most-watched film over 30 days.

The Docks of New York

The Docks of New York (1928) is a Josef von Sternberg silent drama for Paramount, written by Jules Furthman from John Monk Saunders's "The Dock Walloper", starring George Bancroft and Betty Compson; a stoker rescues a suicidal woman on shore leave. Overshadowed by talkies, later honored in the National Film Registry.

The Doctor (1991 film)

The Doctor is a 1991 American drama film directed by Randa Haines, starring William Hurt as a cardiac surgeon who experiences his own hospital as a cancer patient.

The Doctor (Star Trek)

The Doctor is Voyager's Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH) in Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001), played by Robert Picardo. Created by Lewis Zimmerman, he gains a 29th-century mobile emitter, the ECH command role, and hologram rights.

The Doctor Blake Mysteries

The Doctor Blake Mysteries: Australian period murder-mystery series (2013–2018) starring Craig McLachlan as Dr Lucien Blake, a police surgeon solving crimes in 1959 Ballarat; made by December Media for ABC1, later Seven, with five series plus the Family Portrait telemovie.

The Doctor Falls

The Doctor Falls: Doctor Who Series 10 episode 12 (1 July 2017), written by Steven Moffat, directed by Rachel Talalay. Twelfth Doctor's final stand against Mondasian Cybermen on Floor 507; ends with his refusal to regenerate and the First Doctor's arrival.

The Doctor's Daughter

The Doctor's Daughter is a 2008 Doctor Who episode (Series 4, Episode 6) by Stephen Greenhorn in which the Tenth Doctor's tissue sample generates Jenny on Messaline; Georgia Moffett, Peter Davison's daughter, played her and later married David Tennant.

The Doctors (1963 TV series)

The Doctors was an NBC American daytime soap opera (April 1, 1963 to December 31, 1982, about 5,182 episodes), set at Hope Memorial Hospital in fictional Madison, New England, starring James Pritchett as Dr. Matt Powers; it began as an anthology, won Daytime Emmy drama awards in 1972 and 1974, and was sponsored largely by Colgate-Palmolive, distinct from ABC's General Hospital which premiered the same day.

The Doctors (talk show)

The Doctors is an American syndicated daytime medical talk show (2008-2024) from Stage 29 Productions and CBS Television Distribution, hosted by ER physician Travis Stork with rotating physician panels; a 2014 BMJ study found evidence supported 63% of its recommendations.

The Dog Stars (film)

The Dog Stars is Ridley Scott's 2026 post-apocalyptic thriller for 20th Century Studios, adapted from Peter Heller's 2012 novel, starring Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, and Margaret Qualley; released August 28, 2026 to weak reviews and an $8 million opening.