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Son of God (film)
Son of God (2014) is a biblical drama starring Diogo Morgado as Jesus, produced by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey from the History Channel miniseries The Bible, released by 20th Century Fox, grossing $70.8 million worldwide.
Song of the Sea (2014 film)
Song of the Sea (2014) is Tomm Moore's Irish animated feature for Cartoon Saloon, second in his folklore trilogy after The Secret of Kells. It follows selkie girl Saoirse and brother Ben; it won the 2014 European Film Award and was Oscar-nominated.
Song of the South
Song of the South is Disney's 1946 live-action/animation hybrid adapting Joel Chandler Harris's Uncle Remus tales; it won an Oscar for "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" but was shelved by Disney after 1986 and never released on U.S. home video.
Song Sung Blue (2008 film)
Song Sung Blue (2008) is Greg Kohs' Slamdance-winning documentary about Milwaukee Neil Diamond tribute duo Lightning & Thunder, Mike and Claire Sardina, later adapted into Craig Brewer's 2025 feature with Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson.
Sons (儿子（1996年电影）) (1996 film)
Sons (儿子) is Zhang Yuan's 1996 Chinese docu-drama in which the real Li family of Beijing plays itself amid the father's alcoholism; it won the Tiger Award and FIPRESCI prize at the 1996 Rotterdam festival and was never publicly screened in mainland China.
Sons of the Desert
Sons of Desert, starring Stan and Oliver Hardy, is a 1933 Hal Roach comedy. The feature sees the duo deceive their wives to attend a fraternal lodge convention.
Sorekara (それから)
Sorekara (それから, And Then) is Yoshimitsu Morita's 1985 Toei film adapting Natsume Soseki's 1909 novel, starring Yusaku Matsuda as Daisuke, who loves his friend Hiraoka's wife Michiyo in Meiji-era Tokyo; Kinema Junpo's 1985 number-one Japanese film.
Soul Surfer (film)
Soul Surfer is a 2011 American biographical drama directed by Sean McNamara, starring AnnaSophia Robb as Bethany Hamilton, a surfer who lost her left arm in a shark attack.
Soulmates - Oru Saathukkudi Pranayam
Soulmates - Oru Saathukkudi Pranayam (ഒരു സാത്തുക്കുടി പ്രണയം) is a 2026 Malayalam romantic short film from Bethlehem Kudumba Unit, released on Bhavana Studios YouTube on 30 August 2026, credited to fictional director Joel Davis and actually made by Girish A.D.
Sound City (film)
Sound City (2013) is Dave Grohl's documentary debut about Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, its custom Neve 8028 console, its closure in 2011, and new recordings made after Grohl moved the board to Studio 606.
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (Bande-son pour un coup d'Etat) is Johan Grimonprez's 2024 archival documentary, 150 minutes, on the 1960 Congo Crisis, Patrice Lumumba's 1961 assassination, and jazz used as CIA-backed diplomacy; Sundance Special Jury Award winner and 2025 Oscar nominee.
South Pacific (1958 film)
South Pacific (1958 film): Rodgers and Hammerstein screen musical directed by Joshua Logan, starring Mitzi Gaynor and Rossano Brazzi, shot in Todd-AO on Kauai with controversial color filters; Oscar winner for Best Sound.
Southside with You
Southside with You is Richard Tanne's 2016 romantic drama, also called Southside With You, dramatizing Barack and Michelle Obama's 1989 first date across Chicago's South Side, starring Parker Sawyers and Tika Sumpter, a Sundance 2016 premiere that grossed $6.3 million.
Space Adventure Cobra
Space Adventure Cobra (SPACE ADVENTURE コブラ) is a 1982 Japanese anime film by Osamu Dezaki adapting Buichi Terasawa's Cobra manga, following space pirate Cobra, his psychogun, the Royal sisters, and Crystal Bowie.
Space Battleship Yamato (1974 film)
Space Battleship Yamato (宇宙戦艦ヤマト) is the 1974 Japanese animated space opera series, 26 episodes on Yomiuri TV, re-edited into the hit 1977 Toei compilation film; created by Yoshinobu Nishizaki with Leiji Matsumoto's design work.
Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage
Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage (Uchū Senkan Yamato: Aratanaru Tabidachi) is a 1979 Fuji TV animated telefeature, the third Yamato movie, in which the Yamato crew and Desslar defend Iscandar from the Dark Nebula Empire; remade as Yamato 2205 (2021–2022).
Spaghetti Western
Spaghetti western, or western all'italiana: Italian-made Western film genre born in the early 1960s, initiated by Sergio Leone with A Fistful of Dollars (1964), marked by low budgets, cynical antiheroes, operatic violence, and Morricone scores.
Spawn (1997 film)
Spawn (1997 film): New Line Cinema superhero horror film directed by Mark A.Z. Dippé, based on Todd McFarlane's comic, starring Michael Jai White and John Leguizamo; grossed over $100 million but was panned by critics.
Spellbound (2002 film)
Spellbound (2002) is Jeffrey Blitz's Oscar-nominated documentary following eight children, including winner Nupur Lala, through the 1999 Scripps National Spelling Bee; it grossed $5.7 million and won an Emmy.
Spellbound (2024 film)
Spellbound (2024) is a Netflix animated musical from Skydance Animation, directed by Vicky Jenson, with songs by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater. Princess Ellian (Rachel Zegler) seeks to restore her monster-transformed parents (Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem); released November 22, 2024.
Spencer (film)
Spencer (2021) is a psychological drama directed by Pablo Larraín, written by Steven Knight, starring Kristen Stewart as Diana, Princess of Wales, imagining her 1991 Christmas at Sandringham as she decides to leave Prince Charles; Venice premiere, Oscar-nominated performance.
Spermworld
Spermworld is a 2024 FX/Hulu documentary directed by Lance Oppenheim, produced by The New York Times and Edgeline Films, inspired by Nellie Bowles' article on unregulated Facebook sperm-donation groups; it follows donors Ari Nagel, Tyree Kelly, and Steve Walker.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) is Sony Pictures Animation's Oscar-winning animated superhero film introducing Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), directed by Persichetti, Ramsey, and Rothman, with a groundbreaking comic-book animation style, 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, and two sequels.
Spies in Disguise
Spies in Disguise is a 2019 animated spy comedy from Blue Sky Studios in which Will Smith's super spy is turned into a pigeon by scientist Walter Beckett.
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron is a 2002 DreamWorks animated Western directed by Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook, with Matt Damon narrating a mute mustang's story, Bryan Adams songs, a Hans Zimmer score, an $80 million budget, $122.6 million gross, and a Best Animated Feature Oscar nomination lost to Spirited Away.
Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し)
Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) is Studio Ghibli's 2001 Hayao Miyazaki film about Chihiro working in a spirit bathhouse; Japan's then record-grossing film, Golden Bear and Oscar winner.
Splatter film
Splatter film (gore film, splatter movie): a horror subgenre concentrating on explicit gore and graphic violence rather than suspense. Originated with Herschell Gordon Lewis's Blood Feast (1963); term coined by George Romero for Dawn of the Dead (1978).
Split screen effect
Split screen effect: a film technique showing two or more complete images simultaneously in separate frame sections; also called split-screen shot or split frame; used since early silent cinema, notably Vertov, Gance's Polyvision, and 1960s films like The Thomas Crown Affair.
Spriggan (スプリガン) (1998 film)
Spriggan (スプリガン) is a 1998 Japanese anime film by Studio 4°C, directed by Hirotsugu Kawasaki and supervised by Katsuhiro Otomo, adapting the Takashige and Minagawa manga about ARCAM agents defending Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat.
Spy film
Spy film: the espionage film genre, also called cloak-and-dagger or secret agent cinema. Defined by spies, confidential information, and borders; landmarks include Lang's Spione (1928), Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935), Bond, and the 1960s Cold War boom.