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Day Watch (Дневной Дозор)

Day Watch (Дневной Дозор) is a 2006 Russian urban fantasy film directed by Timur Bekmambetov, a sequel to Night Watch set in a Moscow divided between forces of Light and Darkness.

Daya Jethalal Gada

Daya Jethalal Gada, or Dayaben, is the Gujarati homemaker character in the sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (2008), played by Disha Vakani; wife of Jethalal, Garba-loving, catchphrase "Hey Ma! Mataji!", absent from the show since 2020.

Dayaa

Dayaa (2023) is a Telugu-language crime thriller web series directed by Pavan Sadineni, a Disney+ Hotstar adaptation of the Bangladeshi show Taqdeer, starring J. D. Chakravarthy as a freezer van driver who finds a journalist's body in his van; 8 episodes, IMDb 6.2.

Dayana Mendoza

Dayana Mendoza, full name Dayana Sabrina Mendoza Moncada, is a Venezuelan model who won Miss Venezuela 2007 and Miss Universe 2008, the fifth Venezuelan to hold the title.

Dayanand Shetty

Dayanand Shetty (born 1969, Katapadi, India) is an Indian actor famous as Senior Inspector Daya on CID (1998-2018, over 1,500 episodes); also films Johnny Gaddaar, Singham Returns, Singham Again.

Dayavan (दयावान)

Dayavan (दयावान) is a 1988 Hindi action crime drama directed and produced by Feroz Khan, a remake of Tamil film Nayakan, starring Vinod Khanna as a benevolent gangster, with Madhuri Dixit, released 21 October 1988.

Daybreak (2019 TV series)

Daybreak (2019 TV series), Netflix post-apocalyptic comedy-drama based on Brian Ralph's graphic novel; created by Aron Eli Coleite and Brad Peyton; 10 episodes, TV-MA, canceled December 2019 after one season.

Daybreakers

Daybreakers is a 2009 science-fiction horror film directed by the Spierig brothers, starring Ethan Hawke in a world where vampires are running out of human blood.

Daylight (1996 film)

Daylight (1996) is a Universal disaster film directed by Rob Cohen, written by Leslie Bohem, starring Sylvester Stallone as ex-EMS chief Kit Latura rescuing survivors trapped in a collapsed Hudson River tunnel after a toxic-waste explosion; released December 6, 1996, shot at Cinecittà with ILM effects.

Dayo Koleosho

Dayo Koleosho (Oludayo Koleosho, born 1984) is an English autistic actor, an Access All Areas associate artist, known for Kojo Asare in EastEnders since 2024, Jitney, and Faith, Hope and Charity.

Days (日子) (2020 film)

Days (日子, Rizi) is Tsai Ming-liang's 2020 Taiwanese drama starring Lee Kang-sheng and Anong Houngheuangsy; a wordless 46-shot slow film that premiered in competition at the 2020 Berlinale and won the Teddy Jury Award.

Days and Nights in the Forest

Days and Nights in the Forest (Aranyer Din Ratri, অরণ্যের দিনরাত্রি) is Satyajit Ray's 1970 Bengali drama, adapted from Sunil Gangopadhyay's 1968 novel, about four Calcutta bachelors whose Palamu holiday exposes class prejudice; restored in 4K in 2025.

Days Gone Bye (The Walking Dead)

Days Gone Bye is the 2010 pilot of AMC's The Walking Dead, written and directed by Frank Darabont, adapting Robert Kirkman's comic opening; it drew 5.3 million viewers, AMC's largest original-series premiere, and was Darabont's only directing credit on the show.

Days of Being Wild (阿飞正传)

Days of Being Wild (阿飛正傳) is Wong Kar-wai's 1990 Hong Kong drama, his second feature and first with Christopher Doyle, starring Leslie Cheung as Yuddy, a playboy searching for his birth mother; a box-office flop that became an award-winning classic and the first of his 1960s trilogy.

Days of Heaven

Days of Heaven is Terrence Malick's 1978 drama about Chicago lovers Bill and Abby and Linda Manz on a Texas wheat farm, starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, and Sam Shepard, shot in Alberta with Oscar-winning cinematography by Néstor Almendros.

Days of Our Lives

Days of Our Lives (DOOL): American daytime soap opera set in Salem, following the Horton, Brady, DiMera, Kiriakis, and Hernandez families; premiered on NBC November 8, 1965, aired 15,000+ episodes, and streams exclusively on Peacock since 2022.

Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem

Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem is a Peacock limited-series spin-off of the soap opera Days of Our Lives, two five-episode chapters (September 2021, July 2022) following Salem characters on jewel-theft mysteries abroad, developed by Ron Carlivati.

Days of Thunder

Days of Thunder: 1990 Tony Scott NASCAR racing drama starring Tom Cruise as rookie driver Cole Trickle, with Robert Duvall and Nicole Kidman; a Simpson-Bruckheimer Paramount film grossing $80.6 million, later spawning a 2028 sequel with Anne Hathaway.

Days of Wine and Roses (film)

Days of Wine and Roses is a 1962 Warner Bros. drama directed by Blake Edwards, starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick as a couple destroyed by alcoholism, adapted from J.P. Miller's 1958 Playhouse 90 teleplay; its Mancini-Mercer title song won the Oscar.

Daytime Emmy Awards

Daytime Emmy Awards: annual NATAS-administered American television awards for daytime genres (drama, talk, culinary, legal) since 1974, genre-based since 2021, with peer judging and statuettes identical to the Primetime Emmy.

Dazed and Confused (film)

Dazed and Confused is a 1993 Richard Linklater comedy about Texas teens on the last day of school in May 1976. A box-office flop that became a cult classic, Criterion-restored and career-launching for McConaughey and Affleck.

DAZN

DAZN ("da-zone") is a London-headquartered global sports streaming service founded in 2016, owned by Len Blavatnik's Access Industries, operating in 200+ markets with rights to Serie A, Bundesliga, LaLiga, Ligue 1, boxing, and the FIFA Club World Cup 2025.

Dazzler (Marvel Comics)

Dazzler (Alison Blaire) is a Marvel Comics mutant superheroine and singer who converts sound into light; debuted in Uncanny X-Men #130 (1980), starred in the 1981–1986 solo series, and joined the X-Men, Excalibur, and A-Force.

DC (film)

DC (2026) is a Tamil romantic action drama directed by Arun Matheswaran, starring Lokesh Kanagaraj in his acting debut as Devadas opposite Wamiqa Gabbi's Chandra; a Sun Pictures release that crossed ₹100 crore worldwide and streams on Sun NXT and SonyLIV.

DC Animated Movie Universe

DC Animated Movie Universe (DCAMU): shared DC animated film continuity, 2013-2020, produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on the New 52. Starts with Flashpoint Paradox, ends with Apokolips War, 15-16 films, succeeded by the Tomorrowverse.

DC Animated Universe

DC Animated Universe (DCAU), also called Timmverse or Diniverse: shared continuity of DC animated series from Batman: The Animated Series (1992) to Justice League Unlimited (2006), created under Bruce Timm and Paul Dini, distinct from the later DCAMU and Tomorrowverse.

DC Extended Universe

DC Extended Universe (DCEU), also called the Snyderverse era: Warner Bros.' shared-universe DC Comics film franchise from Man of Steel (2013) through Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023), 15 films, replaced by James Gunn's rebooted DCU.

DC League of Super-Pets

DC League of Super-Pets is a 2022 Warner Bros. animated comedy directed by Jared Stern, with Dwayne Johnson voicing Krypto the Super-Dog, who leads shelter pets Ace, PB, Merton, and Chip to rescue the kidnapped Justice League; it earned $207.6 million worldwide.

DC Studios

DC Studios: Warner Bros. Discovery division led by James Gunn and Peter Safran (appointed 2022) that relaunched the DC Universe across film, TV, animation, and gaming, starting with Creature Commandos and Superman.

DC Super Hero Girls

DC Super Hero Girls is a DC Comics franchise presenting female DC heroes and villains as teens: a 2015-2018 YouTube web series set at Super Hero High with Mattel toys, and a 2019 Lauren Faust Cartoon Network reboot set at a regular Metropolis high school.