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Sri Rama Rajyam
Sri Rama Rajyam (శ్రీరామరాజ్యం), a 2011 Telugu mythological drama directed by Bapu, starring Balakrishna as Rama, Nayanthara as Sita, ANR as Valmiki; Uttara Kanda remake of Lava Kusha (1963), released 17 November 2011.
Srikanth (film)
Srikanth (श्रीकांत) is a 2024 Hindi biographical drama directed by Tushar Hiranandani, starring Rajkummar Rao as visually impaired industrialist Srikanth Bolla of Bollant Industries; released 10 May 2024, streamed on Netflix, earned ₹50.05 crore in India.
Srinatha Kavi Sarvabhoumudu (శ్రీనాథుడు)
Srinatha Kavi Sarvabhoumudu is a 1993 Telugu biographical drama about the medieval Telugu poet Srinatha, directed by Bapu and starring N. T. Rama Rao, whose final film it was.
Stand and Deliver
Stand and Deliver (Con ganas de triunfar) is a 1988 American biographical drama directed by Ramón Menéndez, starring Edward James Olmos as real teacher Jaime Escalante, whose East LA Garfield High calculus students passed the AP exam, faced cheating accusations, and were vindicated; six Independent Spirit Awards, 2011 National Film Registry.
Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (STAND BY ME ドラえもん 2)
Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (STAND BY ME ドラえもん 2) is a 2020 Japanese 3DCG anime film, sequel to 2014's Stand by Me Doraemon, directed by Ryuichi Yagi with Takashi Yamazaki, released by Toho November 20, 2020, adapting "Grandma's Memories."
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Standing in the Shadows of Motown: 2002 Paul Justman documentary, from Allan Slutsky's 1989 Jamerson book, honoring Motown's Funk Brothers; Grammy-winning soundtrack, 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, Detroit reunion concert film.
Stans (film)
Stans (2025) is an Eminem-produced documentary directed by Steven Leckart about the rapper's superfans, inspired by his 2000 song "Stan." It premiered at SXSW London, ran one weekend at AMC theaters from August 7, 2025, and streams on Paramount+.
Star!
Star! is a 1968 American musical biography film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews as Gertrude Lawrence, one of the era's most expensive box-office failures.
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin is a 1985 animated science-fiction film directed by Steven Hahn and written by Jeffrey Scott, the first full-length animated feature in stereoscopic 3-D, about slave miner Orin's rebellion against Zygon.
Starmania (musical)
Starmania is a 1978/1979 French-language rock opera by Michel Berger and Luc Plamondon, the first of its kind in French, starring France Gall and Daniel Balavoine, with hits like Le Blues du businessman and Le Monde est stone; revived by Thomas Jolly in 2022.
Stavisky
Stavisky... (1974) is Alain Resnais's French-Italian biographical drama, written by Jorge Semprún, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo as the swindler Serge Alexandre Stavisky, with Charles Boyer and a Stephen Sondheim score.
Steamboat Willie
Steamboat Willie is the 1928 Walt Disney animated short, animated by Ub Iwerks, that premiered November 18, 1928 as the first released Mickey Mouse cartoon with synchronized sound, and entered the US public domain on January 1, 2024.
Steel (1997 film)
Steel (1997) is a Warner Bros. superhero film directed by Kenneth Johnson, starring Shaquille O'Neal as DC Comics' John Henry Irons. It grossed $1.8 million on a $16 million budget and holds 4% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Stephen Talbot
Stephen Talbot (born 1949), American documentary filmmaker and former child actor (Gilbert on Leave It to Beaver); Emmy, DuPont, and Peabody winner known for Frontline films and The Movement and the "Madman" (2023).
Steve Jobs (film)
Steve Jobs (2015) is a Danny Boyle-directed, Aaron Sorkin-written biographical drama starring Michael Fassbender, adapted from Walter Isaacson's authorized biography and structured as three backstage acts at the 1984 Macintosh, 1988 NeXT, and 1998 iMac launches.
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost is a 2025 Apple Original Films documentary directed by Ben Stiller about his parents, comedy duo Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, built from over 100 hours of Jerry's recordings and family archives; premiered at NYFF 2025 and streams on Apple TV+.
Stitch! The Movie
Stitch! The Movie (2003) is Disney's direct-to-video sequel to Lilo & Stitch, directed by Tony Craig and Bobs Gannaway, serving as the pilot for Lilo & Stitch: The Series, with 625 experiments landing on Hawaii and Gantu kidnapping Jumba.
Stolen Kingdom
Stolen Kingdom is a 2025 documentary by Joshua Bailey about urban explorers and theft at Walt Disney World, centered on the unsolved 2018 theft of the Buzzy animatronic from Epcot's Cranium Command.
Stories We Tell
Stories We Tell (2012) is Sarah Polley's NFB documentary investigating her mother Diane's affair and her biological father Harry Gulkin, using staged Super 8 home movies; 94% Rotten Tomatoes, NY and LA critics' Best Documentary winner.
Storks (film)
Storks is a 2016 American computer-animated comedy film directed by Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland, in which storks now ship packages until an unauthorized baby comes off the production line.
Straight Outta Compton (film)
Straight Outta Compton (2015) is F. Gary Gray's Universal biographical drama about N.W.A, starring O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, and Jason Mitchell; it opened No. 1 with $56.1 million and grossed $201.6 million worldwide.
Strange Magic (film)
Strange Magic is a 2015 American computer-animated musical fantasy film directed by Gary Rydstrom, produced by Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic from a story by George Lucas.
Strange World (film)
Strange World is a 2022 American computer-animated science-fiction adventure film from Walt Disney Animation Studios, directed by Don Hall, following the Clade family of explorers into a land beneath their world.
Street Scene
Street Scene (1931) is a pre-Code drama directed by King Vidor, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, adapted by Elmer Rice from his Pulitzer Prize-winning play, starring Sylvia Sidney on a New York tenement stoop during a heatwave.
Streetwise
Streetwise (1984) is Martin Bell's Oscar-nominated documentary on homeless Seattle teenagers, made with Mary Ellen Mark and Cheryl McCall from their 1983 Life article "Streets of the Lost," featuring Tiny, Rat, and DeWayne.
Stronger (film)
Stronger is a 2017 American biographical drama directed by David Gordon Green, with Jake Gyllenhaal as Jeff Bauman, who lost both legs in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
Submarine films
Submarine films: a film genre centered on submarines and undersea vessels, from the Williamson Submarine Tube (1914) and Capra's Submarine (1928) through Das Boot, Cold War thrillers, and documentary hybrids.
Such a Long Journey
Such a Long Journey: 1998 drama film directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala from Rohinton Mistry's Booker-shortlisted 1991 novel; Roshan Seth stars as Bombay bank clerk Gustad Noble in 1971, winning a Genie Award.
Sugarcane (film)
Sugarcane (2024) is a documentary by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie on the Williams Lake First Nation investigation into St. Joseph's Mission residential school; Sundance Directing Award winner and Oscar-nominated.
Suite Française (film)
Suite Française is a 2014 war-romance drama directed by Saul Dibb, adapted from Irène Némirovsky's posthumous novel, starring Michelle Williams and Matthias Schoenaerts in 1940-occupied France.