| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) |
| 988 | D.O.A. | 1950 | Rudolph Maté |
| 1703 | Daisies | 1966 | Vera Chytilová |
| 1883 | The Dam Busters | 1955 | Michael Anderson |
| 2079 | Damn Yankees! | 1958 | George Abbott and Stanley Donen |
| 1923 | Dance, Girl, Dance | 1940 | Dorothy Arzner |
| 1021 | Dancer in the Dark | 2000 | Lars von Trier |
| 165 | Dances with Wolves | 1990 | Kevin Costner |
| 573 | Dangerous Liaisons | 1988 | Stephen Frears |
| 2493 | Danton | 1983 | Andrzej Wajda |
| 2173 | Darby O'Gill and the Little People | 1959 | Robert Stevenson |
| 1072 | Dark City | 1998 | Alex Proyas |
| 2264 | The Dark Crystal | 1982 | Jim Henson and Frank Oz |
| 1635 | Dark Star | 1974 | John Carpenter |
| 824 | Dark Victory | 1939 | Edmund Goulding |
| 1205 | Darling | 1965 | John Schlesinger |
| 2386 | Daughters of the Dust | 1991 | Julie Dash |
| 1506 | Dave | 1993 | Ivan Reitman |
| 778 | David Copperfield | 1935 | George Cukor |
| 1767 | David Holzman's Diary | 1967 | Jim McBride |
| 273 | Dawn of the Dead | 1978 | George A. Romero |
| 1211 | A Day at the Races | 1937 | Sam Wood |
| 322 | Day for Night | 1973 | François Truffaut |
| 604 | A Day in the Country | 1936 | Jean Renoir |
| 1634 | Day of the Dead | 1985 | George A. Romero |
| 1665 | The Day of the Jackal | 1973 | Fred Zinnemann |
| 607 | Day of Wrath | 1943 | Carl Theodor Dreyer |
| 240 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | 1951 | Robert Wise |
| 2313 | Days of Being Wild | 1991 | Kar Wai Wong |
| 295 | Days of Heaven | 1978 | Terrence Malick |
| 1336 | Days of Wine and Roses | 1962 | Blake Edwards |
| 613 | Dazed and Confused | 1993 | Richard Linklater |
| 856 | The Dead | 1987 | John Huston |
| 1802 | Dead End | 1937 | William Wyler |
| 782 | Dead Man | 1995 | Jim Jarmusch |
| 751 | Dead Man Walking | 1995 | Tim Robbins |
| 2322 | Dead Man’s Shoes | 2004 | Shane Meadows |
| 2460 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | 1982 | Carl Reiner |
| 638 | Dead of Night | 1945 | Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, and Robert Hamer |
| 310 | Dead Poet's Society | 1989 | Peter Weir |
| 679 | Dead Ringers | 1988 | David Cronenberg |
| 1499 | The Dead Zone | 1983 | David Cronenberg |
| 703 | Death in Venice | 1971 | Luchino Visconti |
| 2455 | Death of a Salesman | 1951 | László Benedek |
| 2216 | Death Race 2000 | 1975 | Paul Bartel |
| 376 | The Decalogue | 1989 | Krzysztof Kieslowski |
| 2490 | The Decline of the American Empire | 1986 | Denys Arcand |
| 2371 | Deconstructing Harry | 1997 | Woody Allen |
| 72 | The Deer Hunter | 1978 | Michael Cimino |
| 2411 | Defending Your Life | 1991 | Albert Brooks |
| 900 | The Defiant Ones | 1958 | Stanley Kramer |
| 662 | Delicatessen | 1991 | Marc Caro and Jean-Marie Jeunet |
| 343 | Deliverance | 1972 | John Boorman |
| 802 | The Departed | 2006 | Martin Scorsese |
| 1092 | Dersu Uzala | 1975 | Akira Kurosawa |
| 2054 | The Descent | 2005 | Neil Marshall |
| 2067 | Desperado | 1995 | Robert Rodriguez |
| 992 | Desperately Seeking Susan | 1985 | Susan Seidelman |
| 850 | Destry Rides Again | 1939 | George Marshall |
| 757 | Detour | 1945 | Edgar G. Ulmer |
| 1890 | The Devil and Daniel Webster | 1941 | William Dieterle |
| 1856 | Devil in a Blue Dress | 1995 | Carl Franklin |
| 2491 | The Devil's Advocate | 1997 | Taylor Hackford |
| 1443 | The Devil's Backbone | 2001 | Guillermo del Toro |
| 327 | Diabolique | 1955 | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| 1409 | Dial M for Murder | 1954 | Alfred Hitchcock |
| 519 | Diary of a Country Priest | 1951 | Robert Bresson |
| 912 | The Diary of Anne Frank | 1959 | George Stevens |
| 2034 | Dick Tracy | 1990 | Warren Beatty |
| 124 | Die Hard | 1988 | John McTiernan |
| 1788 | Die Hard 2 | 1990 | Renny Harlin |
| 683 | Diner | 1982 | Barry Levinson |
| 692 | Dinner at Eight | 1933 | George Cukor |
| 1492 | The Dinner Game | 1998 | Francis Veber |
| 395 | Dirty Dancing | 1987 | Emile Ardolino |
| 632 | The Dirty Dozen | 1967 | Robert Aldrich |
| 265 | Dirty Harry | 1971 | Don Siegel |
| 2208 | Dirty Pretty Things | 2002 | Stephen Frears |
| 266 | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | 1972 | Luis Buñuel |
| 2335 | The Dish | 2000 | Rob Sitch |
| 2497 | Distant Thunder | 1973 | Satyajit Ray |
| 1002 | Distant Voices, Still Lives | 1988 | Terence Davies |
| 788 | Diva | 1981 | Jean-Jacques Beineix |
| 1968 | Divided We Fall | 2000 | Jan Hrebejk |
| 1568 | Divorce - Italian Style | 1961 | Pietro Germi |
| 106 | Do the Right Thing | 1989 | Spike Lee |
| 1588 | The Docks of New York | 1928 | Josef von Sternberg |
| 167 | Doctor Zhivago | 1965 | David Lean |
| 1936 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | 2004 | Rawson Marshall Thurber |
| 578 | Dodsworth | 1936 | William Wyler |
| 324 | Dog Day Afternoon | 1975 | Sidney Lumet |
| 1889 | Dogma | 1999 | Kevin Smith |
| 1281 | Dogtown and Z-Boys | 2001 | Stacy Peralta |
| 1378 | Dogville | 2003 | Lars von Trier |
| 134 | La Dolce Vita | 1960 | Federico Fellini |
| 1099 | Donnie Brasco | 1997 | Mike Newell |
| 269 | Donnie Darko | 2001 | Richard Kelly |
| 630 | Dont Look Back | 1967 | D.A. Pennebaker |
| 185 | Don't Look Now | 1973 | Nicolas Roeg |
| 2263 | The Doors | 1991 | Oliver Stone |
| 40 | Double Indemnity | 1944 | Billy Wilder |
| 952 | The Double Life of Veronique | 1991 | Krzysztof Kieslowski |
| 2380 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | 1986 | Paul Mazursky |
| 881 | Down by Law | 1986 | Jim Jarmusch |
| 1576 | Downfall | 2004 | Oliver Hirschbiegel |
| 1776 | Downhill Racer | 1969 | Michael Ritchie |
| 686 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | 1931 | Rouben Mamoulian |
| 1113 | Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler | 1922 | Fritz Lang |
| 624 | Dr. No | 1962 | Terence Young |
| 14 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | 1964 | Stanley Kubrick |
| 340 | Dracula | 1931 | Tod Browning |
| 2191 | Dracula's Daughter | 1936 | Lambert Hillyer |
| 1245 | The Draughtsman's Contract | 1982 | Peter Greenaway |
| 2128 | The Dream of Light | 1992 | Víctor Erice |
| 1712 | The Dreamlife of Angels | 1998 | Erick Zonca |
| 1456 | Dressed to Kill | 1980 | Brian De Palma |
| 652 | Driving Miss Daisy | 1989 | Bruce Beresford |
| 725 | Drugstore Cowboy | 1989 | Gus Van Sant |
| 2094 | Drunken Master II | 1994 | Chia-Liang Liu |
| 56 | Duck Soup | 1933 | Leo McCarey |
| 1155 | Duel | 1971 | Steven Spielberg |
| 1421 | Duel in the Sun | 1946 | King Vidor |
| 1676 | Dumb & Dumber | 1994 | Peter Farrelly |
| 507 | Dumbo | 1941 | Ben Sharpsteen |
