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Dead Man's Wire
Dead Man's Wire is Gus Van Sant's 2025 true-crime thriller, starring Bill Skarsgård as Tony Kiritsis, who held mortgage broker Richard Hall hostage in Indianapolis in 1977 with a shotgun wired to his neck; premiered at Venice, released January 2026.
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is a 1982 American black-and-white comedy parodying film noir detective movies, directed by Carl Reiner and starring Steve Martin as private eye Rigby Reardon.
Dead Money (film)
Dead Money (2024) is an American crime thriller, originally titled Degenerate, directed by Luc Walpoth and written by Josh Wilcox. Emile Hirsch plays poker pro Andy, forced into a high-stakes game after a home game robbery; released September 13, 2024 by Samuel Goldwyn Films.
Dead Mountain
Dead Mountain (Перевал Дятлова, Pereval Dyatlova) is an eight-part 2020 Russian historical thriller series dramatizing the 1959 Dyatlov Pass incident, directed by Fedorovich, Nikishov, and Kostomarov, split into investigation and hiker story lines.
Dead of Night
Dead of Night (1945) is Ealing Studios' British horror anthology with four directors, a recurring-nightmare frame, and the famous Ventriloquist's Dummy segment; distinct from the 1977 Dan Curtis TV film, the 1981 Peter Haining book, and a 2017 PC game.
Dead of Summer (TV series)
Dead of Summer: 2016 Freeform supernatural horror drama by Adam Horowitz, Edward Kitsis, and Ian Goldberg, set at Camp Stillwater in 1989; 10 episodes, canceled after one season.
Dead of Winter (2025 film)
Dead of Winter is a 2025 action thriller directed by Brian Kirk, starring Emma Thompson as a widowed fisherwoman who rescues a kidnapped teenage girl in Minnesota.
Dead or Alive (DEAD OR ALIVE 犯罪者) (1999 film)
Dead or Alive (DEAD OR ALIVE 犯罪者, Hanzaisha) is Takashi Miike's 1999 Japanese action crime film, first of a trilogy, starring Show Aikawa and Riki Takeuchi as a Shinjuku detective and gang leader clashing in Kabuki-cho.
Dead Parrot sketch
The Dead Parrot sketch, also called the Pet Shop or Parrot sketch, is Monty Python's most famous routine: John Cleese's Mr Praline returns a dead Norwegian Blue and Michael Palin's shopkeeper insists it is resting, first aired 7 December 1969.
Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society is a 1989 Peter Weir drama starring Robin Williams as English teacher John Keating at 1959 Welton Academy; it won the Oscar for Tom Schulman's original screenplay and the BAFTA for Best Film.
Dead Presidents
Dead Presidents (1995) is a Hughes brothers crime drama starring Larenz Tate as a Black Bronx Vietnam veteran drawn into an armored-car robbery, based on Wallace Terry's Bloods, grossing $24.1 million.
Dead Ringers
Dead Ringers: David Cronenberg's 1988 psychological horror film with Jeremy Irons as twin gynecologists Elliot and Beverly Mantle, based on the Marcus twins and the novel Twins; remade as a 2023 Rachel Weisz Prime Video series.
Dead Ringers (film)
Dead Ringers (1988) is David Cronenberg's psychological horror film starring Jeremy Irons as twin gynecologists Beverly and Elliot Mantle, loosely based on the Marcus twins case and the novel Twins, originally titled Twins itself.
Dead Rising: Watchtower
Dead Rising: Watchtower is a 2015 live-action zombie film based on Capcom's Dead Rising, directed by Zach Lipovsky, premiering on Crackle and set canonically between Dead Rising 2 and 3.
Dead Sea (film)
Dead Sea is a 2024 American survival horror thriller, also titled Flycatcher, written and directed by Phil Volken. Stranded teens rescued by a trawler captain fall into an organ-harvesting operation; released July 26, 2024 by Vertical Entertainment.
Dead Set
Dead Set is a five-part British zombie horror satire created by Charlie Brooker. It depicts a national zombie outbreak during a live Big Brother eviction night.
Dead Silence
Dead Silence (2007) is a supernatural horror film directed by James Wan and written by Leigh Whannell, about widower Jamie Ashen and the ventriloquist Mary Shaw of Ravens Fair; it earned 22% on Rotten Tomatoes and $16.5 million domestically.
Dead Snow
Dead Snow (Død snø) is a 2009 Norwegian horror comedy directed by Tommy Wirkola, in which medical students at a remote Finnmark cabin fight Nazi zombies; Sundance premiere, 140,000 Norwegian tickets, 2014 sequel.
Dead Souls (2025 film)
Dead Souls (Dead $oul$) is a 2025 American-Spanish Western directed by and starring Alex Cox as Strindler, loosely adapted from Gogol's 1842 novel; set in 1890 Arizona, co-written with Gianni Garko, released by Kino Lorber in 2026.
Dead Still
Dead Still (2020) is an Irish-Canadian six-part dark comedy-drama set in 1880s Dublin, following memorial photographer Brock Blennerhasset (Michael Smiley), created by John Morton for RTÉ and Acorn TV; distinct from the 2014 horror film of the same name.
Dead Talents Society (鬼才之道)
Dead Talents Society (鬼才之道) is a 2024 Taiwanese horror-comedy directed by John Hsu, starring Gingle Wang, Sandrine Pinna, and Chen Bo-lin as ghosts competing to stay famous by scaring the living; it won five Golden Horse Awards.
Dead to Me (TV series)
Dead to Me is a Netflix dark comedy series created by Liz Feldman, starring Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini as grieving friends entangled by a hit-and-run secret; three seasons, 2019-2022.
Dead to Rights (南京照相馆) (film)
Dead to Rights (南京照相馆) is a 2025 Chinese historical drama directed by Shen Ao about civilians in a Nanjing photo studio preserving Japanese atrocity photographs during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, based on the Luo Jin and Wu Xuan album.
Dead-End Job
Dead-End Job (꿀알바, Kkul-alba) is a 2026 South Korean Netflix mystery-horror-fantasy series, 8 episodes, premiering October 30, 2026. Lee Jae-wook plays debt-ridden Hyeok-jun, whose jobs paying 50 times minimum wage via Spider Staffing Agency turn nightmarish; directed by Kim Da-min, created by Han Jun-hee.
Deadbeat (TV series)
Deadbeat is a Hulu supernatural comedy (2014–2016) created by Cody Heller and Brett Konner, starring Tyler Labine as medium Kevin Pacalioglu, who helps New York ghosts with unfinished business; 3 seasons, 36 episodes, canceled in 2016.
Deadfall (2012 film)
Deadfall (2012) is an American snowbound crime thriller directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, starring Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, and Charlie Hunnam; released by Magnolia Pictures December 7, 2012, 94 minutes, R-rated, $64.4K US gross, 34% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Deadgirl
Deadgirl is a 2008 American indie horror film directed by Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel, written by Trent Haaga, about teens who find an undead woman in an abandoned asylum; premiered at TIFF 2008, released by Dark Sky Films.
Deadliest Catch
Deadliest Catch is a Discovery Channel reality documentary created by Thom Beers, premiering April 12, 2005, following Bering Sea crab fishermen; 22 seasons, Mike Rowe narrator, 65 Emmy nominations and 16 wins.
Deadliest Warrior
Deadliest Warrior: Spike TV non-scripted series (2009-2011) by Morningstar Entertainment, pitting warriors like Viking vs. samurai in instrument-tested, computer-simulated duels over three seasons.
Deadloch
Deadloch is an Australian black comedy crime series created by Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan for Prime Video, parodying Nordic noir. Season 1 (2023, Tasmania) and Season 2 (2026, Northern Territory) star Kate Box and Madeleine Sami as mismatched detectives.