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Des Teufels General

Des Teufels General (The Devil's General) is Helmut Käutner's 1955 West German film of Carl Zuckmayer's play, starring Curd Jürgens as Luftwaffe general Harras, modeled on Ernst Udet, who dies in a sabotaged plane to shield his resistance friend Oderbruch.

DeSaad

DeSaad (Desaad) is a DC Comics New God of Apokolips, created by Jack Kirby and debuting in Forever People #2 (1971). Darkseid's chief torturer, technologist, and right-hand man, named after the Marquis de Sade, he appears in Zack Snyder's Justice League and Salvation Run.

Desamuduru (దేశముదురు)

Desamuduru (దేశముదురు) is a 2007 Telugu romantic action film by Puri Jagannadh, starring Allu Arjun and Hansika Motwani; released 12 January 2007, a box office hit with ₹26 crore distributor share.

Descendants (2015 film)

Descendants (2015) is a Disney Channel Original Movie musical directed by Kenny Ortega, starring Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Sofia Carson, and Booboo Stewart as villain kids invited to Auradon; it premiered July 31, 2015 to 6.6 million viewers and launched a five-film franchise.

Descendants (franchise)

Descendants is a Disney Channel fantasy-musical franchise about the teenage children of Disney heroes and villains, launched with the 2015 Kenny Ortega film and continued by Descendants 2, Descendants 3, The Rise of Red (2024), Wicked Wonderland (2026), and the greenlit Hidden Heroes.

Descendants 2

Descendants 2 is a 2017 Disney Channel Original Movie musical, sequel to Descendants, directed by Kenny Ortega. Mal returns to the Isle of the Lost where Uma, Ursula's daughter, has seized power; its six-network premiere reached 13 million viewers.

Descendants 3

Descendants 3 is a 2019 Disney Channel Original Movie, the final film of the original Descendants trilogy, directed by Kenny Ortega, starring Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Sofia Carson, and Booboo Stewart, dedicated to Boyce's memory.

Descendants of the Sun (태양의 후예)

Descendants of the Sun (태양의 후예) is a 2016 KBS2 pre-produced Korean drama by Kim Eun-sook starring Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo; it peaked at 38.8% ratings, aired simultaneously on iQiyi in China, and spawned an Indonesian film adaptation.

Descendants: The Rise of Red

Descendants: The Rise of Red (2024) is the fourth Disney Descendants musical film, starring Kylie Cantrall as Red and Malia Baker as Chloe, directed by Jennifer Phang, premiering July 12, 2024 on Disney+ as its most-viewed DCOM premiere and winning five Children's & Family Emmys.

Descendants: Wicked Wonderland

Descendants: Wicked Wonderland is the fifth Descendants Disney Channel musical film, premiering July 16, 2026 on Disney Channel and July 17 on Disney+. Directed by Kimmy Gatewood, it stars Kylie Cantrall and Malia Baker facing new villain Maddox Hatter in Wonderland.

Descendent (2025 film)

Descendent (2025) is Peter Cilella's feature-directing debut, a sci-fi psychological thriller starring Ross Marquand and Sarah Bolger about a Los Angeles security guard who believes aliens abducted him; produced by Rustic Films, released by RLJE Films after a 2025 SXSW premiere.

Desert Hearts

Desert Hearts, Donna Deitch's 1985 lesbian romance adapted from Jane Rule's novel Desert of the Heart, stars Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau in 1959 Reno; first mainstream feature with a positive lesbian love story, restored by Criterion in 2017.

Desert Warrior (2025 film)

Desert Warrior (2025) is a Rupert Wyatt historical action epic set in 7th-century Arabia, starring Anthony Mackie, Aiysha Hart, and Ben Kingsley. Shot in NEOM on a $150 million Saudi MBC budget, it premiered at Zurich 2025, earned 25% on Rotten Tomatoes, and grossed under $800,000 worldwide.

Deshdrohi (देशद्रोही)

Deshdrohi (देशद्रोही), also Desh Drohi, is a 2008 Hindi action thriller produced, written by, and starring Kamaal R. Khan, directed by Jagdish Sharma, banned in Maharashtra, a box-office disaster with a 1.2/10 IMDb rating.

Desi Arnaz

Desi Arnaz (1917–1986), Cuban-born actor, bandleader, and Desilu cofounder; Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy; pioneered the three-camera, film-based sitcom and reruns; won Emmys as producer, never as actor.

Desi Arnaz Jr.

Desi Arnaz Jr. (Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV, born 1953), American actor and musician, son of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz; Dino, Desi & Billy member, Here's Lucy co-star, played his father in The Mambo Kings.

Desi Boyz

Desi Boyz is a 2011 Hindi comedy-drama, Rohit Dhawan's directorial debut, starring Akshay Kumar and John Abraham as London friends who become male escorts after losing jobs in the recession; released 25 November 2011 by Eros International.

Desi Lydic

Desi Lydic is an American actress and comedian from Louisville, Kentucky, a Daily Show correspondent and rotating host since 2015 who also played Valerie Marks on MTV's Awkward.

Desierto

Desierto (2015) is a Mexico-France survival thriller directed by Jonás Cuarón, starring Gael García Bernal and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, about migrants hunted by a vigilante in the Sonoran desert; Toronto FIPRESCI winner and Mexico's 2016 Oscar entry.

Design of Death

Design of Death (杀生, Sha sheng) is a 2012 Chinese dark comedy-mystery by Guan Hu, starring Huang Bo, Simon Yam, and Alec Su, about a doctor investigating a villager's staged death in Longevity Town; it won two 2012 Golden Horse Awards.

Designated Survivor (TV series)

Designated Survivor is an American political thriller (2016–2019) starring Kiefer Sutherland as Tom Kirkman, a HUD secretary who becomes president after a State of the Union attack; two ABC seasons, one Netflix season.

Designated Survivor: 60 Days

Designated Survivor: 60 Days (60일, 지정생존자) is a 2019 tvN South Korean remake of the American series Designated Survivor: after a National Assembly bombing kills the succession line, Environment Minister Park Mu-jin (Ji Jin-hee) serves 60 days as acting president. 16 episodes, Studio Dragon/eOne, AACA Best Adaptation winner.

Designing Woman

Designing Woman is a 1957 MGM romantic comedy directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall as a sportswriter and fashion designer in a whirlwind marriage; it won George Wells the 1958 Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

Designing Women

Designing Women: American CBS sitcom created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, 1986-1993, 163 episodes, set at the Atlanta interior design firm Sugarbaker & Associates with Dixie Carter, Delta Burke, Annie Potts, Jean Smart, and Meshach Taylor; known for feminist social-issue comedy.

Desingu Raja 2

Desingu Raja 2 (தேசிங்கு ராஜா 2) is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by S. Ezhil, starring Vemal and released in India on 11 July 2025.

Desire (垂涎)

Desire (垂涎, ABO Desire) is a 2025 16-episode Chinese-language BL drama adapted from Nong Jian's novel, the first ABO-genre BL series, starring Huang Xing and Qiu Dingjie, aired July-October 2025.

Desiree Akhavan

Desiree Akhavan, American filmmaker, writer, and actress born in New York, creator of Appropriate Behavior (2014), The Bisexual (2018), and director of Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner The Miseducation of Cameron Post.

Desiree Burch

Desiree Leah Burch, American stand-up comedian and actor based in London; Fringe First winner for Tar Baby, breakthrough with Unf*ckable, voice of Too Hot To Handle, Taskmaster Series 12 and Live at the Apollo host.

Desiree Gruber

Desiree Gruber (born 1969) is an American producer and founder-CEO of Full Picture; co-creator and executive producer of Project Runway (2004–2017), 14 Emmy nominations, Peabody Award, wife of Kyle MacLachlan.

Desmond Eastwood

Desmond Eastwood (born 1994, Belfast) is a Northern Irish actor known as Niall in Normal People (2020, IFTA nomination) and DS Murray Canning in Blue Lights, with film roles alongside Brosnan and Neeson.