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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.

Deadly Class (TV series)

Deadly Class is a 2019 Syfy television series adapted from Rick Remender and Wes Craig's Image Comics comic, following teen Marcus at the Kings Dominion assassin academy in 1987 San Francisco; one season, canceled.

Deadly Friend

Deadly Friend (1986), Wes Craven's Warner Bros. sci-fi horror based on Diana Henstell's novel Friend, scripted by Bruce Joel Rubin: teen genius Paul revives dead neighbor Samantha with robot BB's brain; studio reshoots added gore, box office $8.9M.

Deadly Illusions

Deadly Illusions is a 2021 American psychological thriller written, directed, and produced by Anna Elizabeth James, starring Kristin Davis, Dermot Mulroney, and Greer Grammer; it hit #1 on Netflix worldwide for 8 days in March 2021.

Deadly Women

Deadly Women: American true crime documentary series by Beyond Productions on female murderers, hosted by profiler Candice DeLong; 2005 miniseries, then 14 seasons on Investigation Discovery, 2008-2021.

Deadman Wonderland (デッドマンワンダーランド)

Deadman Wonderland is a Japanese manga by Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou, serialized in Monthly Shonen Ace from 2007 to 2013, with a 2011 anime adaptation.

Deadpan

Deadpan (dry humour, dry wit): comedic delivery with deliberate emotional neutrality, contrasting flat delivery with absurd content. Coined in the 1920s from dead + pan (face); first defined in a 1928 New York Times article about Buster Keaton, with nineteenth-century stage pre-history.

Deadpool

Deadpool (Wade Wilson), Marvel Comics antihero created by Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza, debuting in New Mutants #98 (1991); healing factor, fourth-wall humor, Deadpool Corps, and Ryan Reynolds films.

Deadpool (film)

Deadpool (2016 film), directed by Tim Miller, starring Ryan Reynolds as Marvel's Wade Wilson; R-rated superhero comedy from 20th Century Fox, $58M budget, $782.8M worldwide, then-record R-rated gross.

Deadpool 2

Deadpool 2 (2018), also released in an extended Super Duper Cut, is David Leitch's R-rated superhero comedy sequel starring Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin as Cable, and Zazie Beetz as Domino, grossing $324.3 million in the US.

Deadpool 3

Deadpool 3, released as Deadpool & Wolverine, is a 2024 American superhero comedy directed by Shawn Levy and starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman as the title characters.

Deadpool in other media

Deadpool in other media covers the Marvel character's appearances outside comics: films including Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), video games, and theme parks.

Deadwater Fell

Deadwater Fell is a 2020 Channel 4 four-part crime drama by Daisy Coulam, starring David Tennant, Anna Madeley, Cush Jumbo, and Matthew McNulty, about a fatal house fire in the fictional Scottish village of Kirkdarroch.

Deadwind

Deadwind (Finnish: Karppi) is a Finnish Nordic noir crime series starring Pihla Viitala as Helsinki detective Sofia Karppi, first broadcast in 2018 and streamed worldwide by Netflix.

Deadwood (TV series)

Deadwood is an American Western drama created by David Milch for HBO, set in the Black Hills gold rush camp of Deadwood in 1876 and 1877.

Deadwood: The Movie

Deadwood: The Movie is a 2019 HBO Films western written by David Milch and directed by Daniel Minahan, reuniting Ian McShane and Timothy Olyphant ten years after the canceled series, set at South Dakota's 1889 statehood; it scored 98% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Deaf (film)

Deaf (Sorda) is a 2025 Spanish drama, Eva Libertad's debut feature, starring deaf actress Miriam Garlo as Ángela, a deaf mother-to-be with a hearing partner; Berlinale Panorama Audience Award, Málaga Golden Biznaga, three Goyas, and 2026 LUX Audience Award winner.

Deal or No Deal

Deal or No Deal is an Endemol game show format first aired in the Netherlands in 2002, in which contestants choose between a banker's cash offer and their sealed box; over 380 series in 84 territories.

Deal or No Deal (American game show)

Deal or No Deal (American game show): NBC suitcase game hosted by Howie Mandel, premiered December 19, 2005; 26 briefcases from $0.01 to $1,000,000, banker offers, CNBC 2018 revival, Deal or No Deal Island spinoff.

Deal or No Deal (British game show)

Deal or No Deal (British game show): Endemol format with 22 sealed boxes, 1p to £250,000, Banker offers, Channel 4 2005–2016 with Noel Edmonds (3,001 shows), revived on ITV1 in 2023 with Stephen Mulhern and a £100,000 top prize.