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★★★★½
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is Ang Lee's Mandarin-language wuxia romance, a film of weightless swordplay and restrained longing that still feels graceful.
Yes. It is one of the great martial-arts films and a moving romance, ideal for newcomers to wuxia and for anyone who wants action with real feeling behind it.
★★★★☆
Crows Are White follows a filmmaker shut out of a Japanese Buddhist monastery who befriends a metal-loving monk, and turns into a wry, candid study of faith.
Yes, with small reservations. It is a funny, disarming documentary about faith and honesty that suits viewers who enjoy personal, first-person films more than straight reportage.
★★★★☆
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is Ryan Murphy's 10-episode Netflix true-crime drama, powerfully acted and deeply uncomfortable about who it puts on screen.
Yes, with caveats. It is gripping, superbly acted true crime that indicts the system around the killer, but it is harrowing and ethically fraught. Adults only.
★★★★½
Dangal is Nitesh Tiwari's rousing Hindi wrestling drama, with Aamir Khan as a father who trains his daughters to fight, and a crowd-pleaser with real grit.
Yes. It is one of the great Indian sports films, stirring and funny, ideal for families and sports fans willing to commit to nearly three hours.
★★★★★
Dark is Germany's three-season Netflix time-travel mystery, a bleak, meticulously plotted puzzle about four families that rewards viewers who give it full attention.
Yes, emphatically. It is one of the finest science fiction series ever made, ideal for viewers who love intricate mysteries and do not mind keeping notes.
★★★★½
Das Boot is Wolfgang Petersen's German submarine epic, a claustrophobic war film that traps viewers inside a U-boat and shows the cost of the war it depicts.
Yes. It is one of the most gripping war films ever made, essential for anyone who values tension, craft and a war story without glory, and not for the claustrophobic.
★★★★☆
Deadpool 2 pits Ryan Reynolds's foul-mouthed mercenary against Josh Brolin's Cable in a sequel with bigger action, sharper stunts and an even louder mouth.
Yes, with reservations. It is a very funny, well-staged superhero comedy for adults who liked the first film, though its sincere moments sit awkwardly among the gags.
★★★★☆
Deadpool stars Ryan Reynolds as a scarred, wisecracking mercenary in an R-rated superhero comedy that mocks the genre while delivering a fast, violent origin story.
Yes, with reservations. It is a gleefully crude, genuinely funny antidote to solemn superhero films for adults, even if the story underneath is a standard revenge plot.
★★★★★
Deaf President Now! revisits the 1988 Gallaudet University protests through the people who led them, and tells deaf history in a deaf filmmaking language.
Yes. It is a thrilling, essential piece of civil rights history, and it suits anyone who likes documentaries with the momentum of a political thriller.
★★★½☆
Dear X is a 12-episode Korean psychological drama about a manipulative woman climbing to the top, and a bold, chilly change of direction for Kim Yoo-jung.
Mostly yes. It is a dark, stylish character study worth seeing for Kim Yoo-jung's against-type lead, if you can handle a cold heroine and heavy themes.
★★★★☆
Death Valley is a BBC comedy mystery set in Wales, pairing Timothy Spall's retired TV detective with Gwyneth Keyworth's real one, and it is cosy crime done properly.
Yes. It is warm, witty comfort viewing with a terrific double act, ideal for fans of gentle murder mysteries, even if the cases themselves rarely surprise.
★★★★☆
Decision to Leave is Park Chan-wook's romantic noir about a detective drawn to a murder suspect, a dazzling, melancholy puzzle that trades violence for longing.
Yes, with reservations. It is an exquisite, grown-up mystery romance for patient viewers who enjoy ambiguity, though its intricate plotting can keep the heart at arm's length.
★★★★★
Delhi Crime is Richie Mehta's Emmy-winning Hindi police procedural, led by Shefali Shah, and a harrowing, meticulous study of how justice is actually pursued.
Yes. It is essential Indian television, gripping and ethically serious, for viewers ready for slow, harrowing procedural drama about real crimes.
★★★★★
Demon Slayer: Mugen Train is the record-breaking anime feature that sends Tanjiro and a legendary swordsman onto a haunted train, and makes grief its real enemy.
Yes. It is a spectacular, deeply felt anime action film, ideal for fans of the series and still rewarding for newcomers willing to catch up on the first season.
★★★★☆
Dept. Q is Scott Frank's Edinburgh-set cold-case drama, with Matthew Goode as an abrasive detective leading a team of misfits, and it is gripping, grown-up crime TV.
Yes. It is a gripping, well-acted crime drama for fans of dark British detective stories, though its slow early episodes and prickly hero ask for patience.
★★★★½
Derry Girls is Lisa McGee's sitcom about Catholic schoolgirls in 1990s Northern Ireland, riotously funny and quietly moving about growing up during the Troubles.
Yes. It is one of the funniest British sitcoms of its era, perfect for anyone who loves sharp ensemble comedy, and short enough to binge in a weekend.
★★★★☆
Descendants of the Sun is the 2016 K-drama phenomenon about a soldier and a surgeon, a glossy action romance powered by Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo's chemistry.
Yes. It is a slick, swooning blockbuster romance, ideal for fans of big-hearted K-dramas, provided you do not expect its military plots to feel realistic.
★★½☆☆
Detective Chinatown 1900 moves the Chinese comedy franchise to Exclusion-era San Francisco, with grand production design sunk by slapstick, bloat and a weak mystery.
Mostly no. Franchise completists and Chow Yun-fat admirers will find things to enjoy, but most viewers should skip a sprawling comedy-mystery that never finds its tone.
★★★★½
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge is Aditya Chopra's 1995 Hindi romance with Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, the Europe-to-Punjab love story that shaped modern Bollywood.
Yes. It is the defining Bollywood romance, funny and swooning, essential for anyone exploring Hindi cinema, though its length and traditional values will not suit everyone.
★★★★½
Diriliş: Ertuğrul is Turkey's five-season epic about the 13th-century warrior whose tribe paved the way for the Ottomans, a sweeping global hit with huge ambition.
Yes. It is one of the most gripping historical epics on television, a must for fans of sword-and-saddle drama with the patience for a very long, devout saga.
★★★★½
Django Unchained is Quentin Tarantino's blood-soaked revenge western about a freed slave and a bounty hunter: provocative, wildly entertaining and superbly acted.
Yes. It is a thrilling, funny and genuinely angry western for adult viewers who can handle extreme violence and deliberately provocative treatment of slavery.
★★★★½
Doctor Who's 2005–2021 revival is British TV's great shape-shifter: a time-travel adventure that swaps its lead, tone and team every few years and mostly thrives.
Yes. Few series match its range or its heart. It suits sci-fi fans, families and anyone who enjoys a show built to renew itself, as long as uneven patches don't put you off.
★★★★☆
Dong Yi, also known as Jewel in the Crown, is a 60-episode Korean court drama about a low-born maid's rise in the Joseon palace, warm and absorbing if very long.
Yes, for viewers with time to spare. It is a rewarding, big-hearted historical K-drama, best suited to patient fans of palace intrigue rather than anyone wanting a quick binge.
★★★★☆
Doom at Your Service is a melancholy Korean fantasy romance about a dying editor and the embodiment of doom, lifted by Park Bo-young and Seo In-guk's chemistry.
Yes, if you like your romance bittersweet. The leads make it worthwhile for fans of fantasy K-dramas, though the mythology gets muddled and the grief runs deep.