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Russians at War
Russians at War (2024) is Anastasia Trofimova's documentary, also called a Canada-France co-production, following seven months embedded without authorization with a Russian battalion in Ukraine; it premiered at Venice 2024 and sparked propaganda-versus-anti-war-film controversy at TIFF and other festivals.
Rustin (film)
Rustin is a 2023 Netflix biographical drama directed by George C. Wolfe, starring Colman Domingo as gay civil rights organizer Bayard Rustin, architect of the 1963 March on Washington; produced by Higher Ground, Oscar-nominated for Domingo.
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus (坂本龍一) is a 2023 Japanese black-and-white concert documentary directed by Neo Sora, filming his father's final piano performance: 20 self-chosen pieces at NHK Studio 509, premiered at Venice 2023.
Saand Ki Aankh (सांड की आंख)
Saand Ki Aankh (सांड की आँख, Bullseye) is a 2019 Hindi biographical drama directed by Tushar Hiranandani, starring Taapsee Pannu and Bhumi Pednekar as champion sharpshooters Chandro and Prakashi Tomar; released 25 October 2019, it earned ₹30.7 cr worldwide and flopped despite positive reviews.
Safety (2020 film)
Safety (2020) is a Disney+ biographical sports drama directed by Reginald Hudlin, starring Jay Reeves as Clemson football player Ray McElrathbey, who secretly raised his brother Fahmarr on campus; released December 11, 2020, 122 minutes, rated PG.
Sailor Moon R: The Movie (劇場版美少女戦士セーラームーンR)
Sailor Moon R: The Movie (劇場版美少女戦士セーラームーンR), the first Sailor Moon theatrical film, released December 5, 1993 by Toei; directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara, 60 minutes, pitting Sailor Moon against the alien Fiore and the flower demon Kisenian.
Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie (美少女戦士セーラームーンSuperS セーラー9戦士集結!ブラック・ドリーム・ホールの奇跡)
Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie (Black Dream Hole) is Toei's 1995, 60-minute third theatrical Sailor Moon film, directed by Hiroki Shibata, in which Badiane harvests children's dream energy; released December 23, 1995 with the Ami-chan's First Love short.
Salesman
Salesman (1969) is a direct cinema documentary by Albert Maysles, David Maysles, and Charlotte Zwerin following four Mid-American Bible Company door-to-door salesmen, including Paul "The Badger" Brennan, from Boston to Miami; a National Film Registry selection.
Saludos Amigos
Saludos Amigos (1942) is Disney's 42-minute animated package feature from the 1941 Good Neighbor Policy goodwill tour, with four segments starring Donald Duck, Goofy, and José Carioca; premiered in Rio de Janeiro August 24, 1942, U.S. release February 6, 1943, three Oscar nominations.
Sam Bahadur (film)
Sam Bahadur (Samबहादुर) is a 2023 Hindi biographical war drama directed by Meghna Gulzar, starring Vicky Kaushal as Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, India's first field marshal, with Sanya Malhotra and Fatima Sana Shaikh; released 1 December 2023 by RSVP Movies.
Samaritan (film)
Samaritan is a 2022 American superhero film directed by Julius Avery, written by Bragi F. Schut, starring Sylvester Stallone and Javon Walton, released on Prime Video August 26, 2022, with a sequel in development at Amazon MGM.
Same Kind of Different as Me (film)
Same Kind of Different as Me is a 2017 American faith-based drama directed by Michael Carney, starring Greg Kinnear, Renée Zellweger, Djimon Hounsou, and Jon Voight, adapted from the Ron Hall and Denver Moore memoir about friendship at a Fort Worth homeless shelter.
Samsara (2011 film)
Samsara (2011) is a nonverbal documentary by Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson, sequel to Baraka, shot on 70mm over five years in 25 countries, premiered at TIFF 2011, released 2012.
Samson (2018 film)
Samson (2018 film) is an American biblical action-drama directed by Bruce Macdonald. It stars Taylor James and was released in 2018, though it received largely negative reviews.
Samson and Delilah (1949 film)
Samson and Delilah (1949) is Cecil B. DeMille's Paramount Technicolor biblical epic starring Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr, based on Judges 13-16 and Jabotinsky's novel; it was 1950's biggest hit and won two color Oscars.
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass (film)
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass is a 2024 Quay Brothers stop-motion/live-action feature adapting Bruno Schulz, premiering at Venice 2024; Jozef visits his father in a time-bending sanatorium.
Sandiwara (film)
Sandiwara is a 2026 short film by Sean Baker starring Michelle Yeoh as five women in a Penang night market; shot on iPhone, premiered at the 2026 Berlinale, distinct from the Indonesian film of the same name.
Sandra Laing
Sandra Laing (born 1955), South African woman born to white Afrikaner parents in Piet Retief, classified white, then coloured, then white again under apartheid's Population Registration Act; subject of the book When She Was White and the film Skin (2008).
Sanju
Sanju is a 2018 Hindi biographical drama directed by Rajkumar Hirani, with Ranbir Kapoor starring as Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt amid addiction and legal troubles.
Sans Soleil
Sans Soleil (Sunless) is Chris Marker's 1982 French essay film, built from letters by fictional cameraman Sandor Krasna read by a female narrator, mixing footage from Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco in a meditation on memory, images, and history.
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970 film)
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970) is a 51-minute Rankin/Bass stop-motion ABC Christmas special, also called an Animagic special, telling Santa's origin story via Fred Astaire's mailman narrator and Mickey Rooney's Kris Kringle.
Santa Claus: The Movie
Santa Claus: The Movie (1985), Jeannot Szwarc's Christmas fantasy produced by Alexander and Ilya Salkind, starring David Huddleston, Dudley Moore, and John Lithgow; a $50 million production that lost a reported $37 million.
Sarafina! (film)
Sarafina! is a 1992 musical drama film directed by Darrell James Roodt, starring Leleti Khumalo and Whoopi Goldberg, adapted from Mbongeni Ngema's stage musical about the 1976 Soweto uprising.
Sarajevo Safari (film)
Sarajevo Safari is a 2022 Slovenian-Bosnian 75-minute documentary by Miran Zupanič alleging wealthy foreigners paid to snipe civilians in besieged Sarajevo; it prompted investigations in Milan and Austria but evidence remains unproven.
Sardar Udham
Sardar Udham (सरदार उधम), 2021 Hindi biographical drama by Shoojit Sircar on revolutionary Udham Singh, who shot Michael O'Dwyer in 1940 to avenge Jallianwala Bagh; stars Vicky Kaushal, streamed on Prime Video, won the National Award for Best Hindi film.
Sausage Party
Sausage Party is a 2016 R-rated computer-animated comedy directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan, about supermarket food learning what happens when shoppers take it home.
Savage Grace
Savage Grace (2007) is Tom Kalin's drama, starring Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, and Eddie Redmayne, adapted from Robins and Aronson's book about the Baekeland family, heirs to the Bakelite fortune, ending in Barbara Baekeland's 1972 murder by her son Antony.
Scared Straight!
Scared Straight! is a 1978 Arnold Shapiro documentary, hosted by Peter Falk, following 17 juvenile delinquents through the Lifers program at Rahway State Prison, New Jersey; it won the 1979 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, but research found scared straight programs increase offending.
Science fiction film
Science fiction film: a cinema genre whose plots hinge on science or technology not yet actualized or on extrapolated futures, from Méliès's 1902 A Trip to the Moon and Metropolis (1927) through 1950s B-movies to today's effects-driven blockbusters.
Scoop (2024 film)
Scoop (2024) is a Netflix biographical drama directed by Philip Martin about the BBC Newsnight team securing Prince Andrew's 2019 Epstein interview, starring Gillian Anderson, Billie Piper, and Rufus Sewell, based on Sam McAlister's book Scoops.