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Detective Story (1951 film)
Detective Story is William Wyler's 1951 Paramount crime drama, also called Sidney Kingsley's Detective Story, adapted from Kingsley's 1949 Broadway play. Kirk Douglas plays rigid Detective Jim McLeod; four Oscar nominations, no wins; Lee Grant's screen debut.
Detective Ujjwalan
Detective Ujjwalan (ഡിറ്റക്ടീവ് ഉജ്ജ്വലൻ) is a 2025 Malayalam comedy mystery thriller directed by Indraneel Gopeekrishnan and Rahul G, starring Dhyan Sreenivasan as an amateur detective in the village of Plaachikkaavu; second Weekend Cinematic Universe film after Minnal Murali, released 23 May 2025, streaming on Netflix.
Detective vs. Sleuths (神探大战)
Detective vs. Sleuths (神探大战) is a 2022 Hong Kong crime action film directed by Wai Ka-Fai, starring Lau Ching-wan as a disgraced detective hunting vigilante killers.
Detectorists
Detectorists is a British BBC Four sitcom, 2014–2022, written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, starring Crook and Toby Jones as metal detecting friends Andy and Lance in fictional Danebury, Essex.
Detention (2019 film)
Detention (返校) is a 2019 Taiwanese psychological horror film directed by John Hsu, adapted from Red Candle Games' 2017 video game, set in 1962 White Terror Taiwan, starring Gingle Wang, grossing over NT$250 million and winning five Golden Horse Awards.
Detour (1945 film)
Detour (1945) is an Edgar G. Ulmer film noir made at Poverty Row studio PRC, starring Tom Neal and Ann Savage. A hitchhiking pianist assumes a dead man's identity; a National Film Registry classic restored in 2018.
Detroit (film)
Detroit is a 2017 American historical drama film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal, dramatizing the 1967 Detroit riot and the Algiers Motel killings.
Detroit Rock City (film)
Detroit Rock City is a 1999 Adam Rifkin comedy, produced by KISS's Gene Simmons, about four 1978 teenage KISS fans trying to reach a Detroit concert after a mother burns their tickets; it flopped at the box office but became a cult favorite.
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, also known as European Gigolo, is a 2005 American comedy sequel starring Rob Schneider, who returns as Deuce Bigalow to clear his friend of murder charges in Amsterdam.
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo is a 1999 American comedy film, directed by Mike Mitchell, in which Rob Schneider's aquarium cleaner becomes a gigolo and earns over $92 million worldwide.
Deus (film)
Deus (2022), aka Deus: The Dark Sphere, a British sci-fi thriller by Steve Stone starring Claudia Black; the Achilles crew finds a Mars-orbit sphere broadcasting 'God' in every language. Low ratings (IMDb 4.4), $11,997 box office.
Deus ex machina
Deus ex machina, Latin for "god from the machine" (Greek theos ek mechanes), is a plot device from ancient Greek theater where a crane lowered a god onstage to resolve the plot; now any contrived, unforeshadowed ending.
Deutschland 83
Deutschland 83 is a 2015 German Cold War spy series created by Anna and Jörg Winger for UFA Fiction and RTL, starring Jonas Nay as East German agent Martin Rauch infiltrating the Bundeswehr in 1983. First German-language drama on major US cable TV (SundanceTV); won an International Emmy; followed by Deutschland 86 and 89.
Deutschland 86
Deutschland 86 (Deutschland86), 2018 second season of the German spy series Deutschland 83, a UFA Fiction production for Amazon Prime Video; 10x45-minute episodes starring Jonas Nay and Maria Schrader as GDR agents in 1986, set in South Africa, Angola, Libya, Paris, and Berlin.
Deutschland 89
Deutschland 89 is the third and final season of the German spy series Deutschland by Anna and Jörg Winger, following DDR agent Martin Rauch from the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989 to German reunification; eight episodes premiered on Amazon Prime Video in September 2020.
Dev (Bengali actor)
Dev (দেব), born Deepak Adhikari (দীপক অধিকারী) in 1982, is a Bengali film actor, producer and Trinamool Congress MP from Ghatal; star of Chander Pahar, Zulfiqar and Projapoti.
Dev (देव) (2004 film)
Dev (देव) is a 2004 Hindi political drama directed by Govind Nihalani, starring Amitabh Bachchan as JCP Dev Pratap Singh opposite Om Puri, Fardeen Khan, and Kareena Kapoor; released 11 June 2004, it won two Filmfare Critics Awards and drew controversy over its Gujarat riots backdrop.
Dev (தேவ்) (2019 film)
Dev (தேவ்) is a 2019 Tamil action-adventure-romance film, Rajath Ravishankar's directorial debut, starring Karthi and Rakul Preet Singh with Prakash Raj and Ramya Krishnan, music by Harris Jayaraj; released 14 February 2019, it flopped and was later trimmed by 15 minutes.
Dev Anand (देव आनंद)
Dev Anand (देव आनंद), born Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand (1923–2011), was a Hindi film actor, producer, director, and Navketan Films co-founder; star of Guide, Baazi, and Jewel Thief, and winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
Dev Anand filmography
Dev Anand filmography: the Hindi films of actor-director Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand (1923-2011), Navketan Films founder, from Hum Ek Hain (1946) to Chargesheet (2011), including Guide, Jewel Thief, Johny Mera Naam and Hare Rama Hare Krishna.
Dev D
Dev D (देव डी), 2009 Hindi black-comedy drama by Anurag Kashyap, a modern Devdas adaptation starring Abhay Deol, Mahie Gill, and Kalki Koechlin; Amit Trivedi's National Award-winning soundtrack and a 2026 re-release distinguish it.
Dev DD
Dev DD is an Indian Hindi-language drama web series produced by Shobha and Ekta Kapoor for Balaji Telefilms, first released in April 2017 on ALTBalaji.
Dev Patel
Dev Patel, British actor and filmmaker born 1990 in Harrow, London; starred in Skins, Slumdog Millionaire (Jamal Malik), Lion (Saroo Brierley), and The Green Knight; BAFTA winner and Oscar nominee; directed Monkey Man (2024).
Deva (2025 film)
Deva (देवा) is a 2025 Hindi action thriller directed by Rosshan Andrrews, a remake of his own Malayalam film Mumbai Police, starring Shahid Kapoor as amnesiac cop Dev Ambre; released 31 January 2025, it flopped at the box office and streams on Netflix.
Deva Cassel
Deva Cassel, Italian-French model and actress (b. 2004, Rome), daughter of Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel; Dior and Cartier ambassador, film debut La bella estate (2023), Angelica in Netflix's The Leopard (2025), voice of Ennui in the Italian Inside Out 2.
Devadas (దేవదాసు) (2018 film)
Devadas (దేవదాసు) is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Sriram Adittya, in which gangster Nagarjuna Akkineni hides at the clinic of doctor Nani, their first film together.
Devadasi (देवदासी)
Devadasi (देवदासी, also Jogini, Basavi, Devaradiyar): women dedicated to Hindu temple deities in South India who performed ritual dance and music; the practice was legally abolished from 1947 onward but persists in some districts.
Devadoothan (ദേവദൂതൻ)
Devadoothan (ദേവദൂതൻ, The Heavenly Messenger) is a 2000 Malayalam musical mystery horror film by Sibi Malayil, starring Mohanlal and Jaya Prada, with music by Vidyasagar; a 2000 box-office failure that became a cult classic and a record-setting 4K re-release in 2024.
Devaki Nandana Vasudeva
Devaki Nandana Vasudeva (దేవకీ నందన వాసుదేవ), also spelled Devaki Nandhana Vasudheva, is a 2024 Telugu action drama directed by Arjun Jandyala, starring Ashok Galla and Manasa Varanasi; it earned ₹1.69 crore net in India.
Devale Ellis
Devale Ellis (born 1984, Brooklyn) is an American actor, producer, and former NFL wide receiver, known as Zac Taylor on Tyler Perry's Sistas and Zatima, star of Meet Me Next Christmas, and co-host with wife Khadeen of the podcast Dead Ass, now Ellis Ever After.