List of fiction works made into feature films (D–J)
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This is a list of works of fiction that have been made into feature films, from D to J. The title of the work and the year it was published are both followed by the work's author, the title of the film, and the year of the film. If a film has an alternate title based on geographical distribution, the title listed will be that of the widest distribution area.
Don Quixote (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha (Spanish: El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha)) (1605–1615), Miguel de Cervantes
↑ Works adapted from the series in chronological order: Bar-20 (1906), The Orphan (1908), Hopalong Cassidy (1910), Buck Peters, Ranchman (1912), The Man from Bar-20 (1918), The Bar-20 Three (1921), Tex (1922), Bring Me His Ears (1922), H. C. Returns (1923) Black Buttes (1923), Rustlers' Valley (1924), Cottonwood Gulch (1925), Hopalong Cassidy's Protege (1926), The Bar-20 Rides Again (1926), Corson of the J.C. (1927), Me an' Shorty (1929), Hopalong Cassidy and the Eagle's Brood (1931), Mesquite Jenkins, Tumbleweed (1932) The Round-Up (1933), Trail Dust (1934), On the Trail of the Tumbling T (1935) and Hopalong Cassidy Serves a Writ (1941).
↑ Film adapted from the sequel novel The Lost World (1995) by the same author.
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