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Soviet montage theory
Soviet montage theory, also called the Soviet school of montage, is 1920s Soviet film theory holding that meaning arises from shot juxtaposition, developed by Kuleshov, Eisenstein, Pudovkin, and Vertov, exemplified by Battleship Potemkin's Odessa Steps.
Sowcar Janaki (సంకరమంచి జానకి)
Sowcar Janaki, also known as Sankaramanchi Janaki, was an Indian actress who worked in South Indian cinema for over seven decades. She appeared in about 400 films.
Soylent Green
Soylent Green is a 1973 MGM dystopian science fiction film directed by Richard Fleischer, based on Harry Harrison's Make Room! Make Room!, starring Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson, set in 2022 New York, famous for the twist that Soylent Green is people.
Spa (2026 film)
Spa is a 2026 Indian Malayalam-language adult comedy-drama film written and directed by Abrid Shine, set in an urban massage therapy center called La Paradise.
Spa Weekend
Spa Weekend is a 2026 American comedy film directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, starring Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Michelle Buteau, and Anna Faris.
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).
Space Cadet (2024 film)
Space Cadet (2024) is an American Prime Video comedy directed by Liz W. Garcia, starring Emma Roberts as Florida bartender Rex Simpson, who enters NASA astronaut training via a doctored application; 110 minutes, PG-13, released July 4, 2024.
Space Cop
Space Cop is a 2016 American direct-to-video sci-fi buddy-cop comedy by Red Letter Media's Jay Bauman and Mike Stoklasa, shot in Milwaukee for $80,000 and self-distributed.
Space Jam
Space Jam is a 1996 American live-action/animated sports comedy in which basketball star Michael Jordan teams with Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes to win a high-stakes basketball game against aliens.
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Space Jam: A New Legacy, also known as Space Jam 2, is a 2021 American sports comedy starring LeBron James with the Looney Tunes, directed by Malcolm D. Lee.
Space Mutiny
Space Mutiny (1988) is a South African-American sci-fi film by David Winters and Neal Sundstrom, starring Reb Brown as pilot Dave Ryder stopping Elijah Kalgan's mutiny aboard the generation ship Southern Sun, infamous for reused Battlestar Galactica footage and its celebrated MST3K episode 820.
Spaceballs
Spaceballs is a 1987 American science fiction parody film directed by Mel Brooks that satirizes Star Wars, starring Bill Pullman, John Candy, and Rick Moranis.
Spaceballs: The New One
Spaceballs: The New One is the Amazon MGM Studios sequel to Mel Brooks's 1987 sci-fi parody Spaceballs, releasing theatrically April 23, 2027, directed by Josh Greenbaum, with returning cast Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, George Wyner, and Brooks.
Spaced Invaders
Spaced Invaders (1990), originally Martians!!!, is a Touchstone sci-fi comedy directed by Patrick Read Johnson, in which Martians mishear a War of the Worlds rebroadcast and land in Big Bean, Illinois on Halloween; grossed about $14.3 million.
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone is a 1983 American science fiction adventure comedy directed by Lamont Johnson, starring Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, and Michael Ironside, shot in 3-D.
Spaceman (2024 film)
Spaceman (2024 film): Netflix sci-fi drama directed by Johan Renck, adapted from Jaroslav Kalfař's novel Spaceman of Bohemia, starring Adam Sandler as astronaut Jakub with Paul Dano voicing alien spider Hanuš.
Spadikam (സ്പടികം)
Spadikam (സ്ഫടികം), 1995 Malayalam action drama by Bhadran starring Mohanlal as Aadu Thoma and Thilakan as his father; 1995's biggest hit, remade thrice, re-released in 4K Dolby Atmos in 2023.
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.
Spanglish (film)
Spanglish is a 2004 American comedy-drama directed and written by James L. Brooks, starring Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, and Paz Vega as a Mexican housekeeper.
Spanish Affair (2014 film)
Spanish Affair (Ocho apellidos vascos) is a 2014 Spanish romantic comedy directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, in which a Sevillian poses as Basque to win over a Basque woman.
Spanish Affair 2
Spanish Affair 2 (Ocho apellidos catalanes), 2015 Spanish romantic comedy by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, sequel to Ocho apellidos vascos; Catalan-set wedding farce that grossed 36.1 million euros despite poor reviews.
Spare Parts (2015 film)
Spare Parts (2015), directed by Sean McNamara, dramatizes the 2004 Carl Hayden High School robotics team that beat MIT with an $800 underwater robot named Stinky, based on Joshua Davis's WIRED article La Vida Robot.
Spark Life
Spark L.I.F.E (స్పార్క్ ల. ఐ. ప్. ఏ), also called Spark: The Life, is a 2023 Telugu psychological action thriller directed by and starring debutant Vikranth Reddy with Mehreen Pirzada and Rukshar Dhillon, released 17 November 2023 to negative reviews and a ₹1.45 crore first week.
Sparkle (1976 film)
Sparkle (1976) is a Warner Bros. musical drama directed by Sam O'Steen, starring Irene Cara, Lonette McKee, and Philip Michael Thomas as a Harlem girl group loosely inspired by the Supremes, with a Curtis Mayfield score sung on the soundtrack album by Aretha Franklin.
Sparkle (2012 film)
Sparkle (2012 film) is an American musical drama set in 1968 Detroit. It stars Jordin Sparks and features Whitney Houston in her final performance as the sisters' mother.
Sparks (2026 film)
Sparks (2026) is Fergus Campbell's debut feature, a queer coming-of-age fantasy drama starring Elsie Fisher as Cleo, a Nevada teen trying to time-travel via a reservoir to 1960s Paris; SXSW premiere, Strand Releasing.
Sparrows
Sparrows (1926) is a Mary Pickford silent melodrama directed by William Beaudine, originally titled Scraps, about orphans escaping a swamp baby farm; premiered May 1926, restored by the Library of Congress, added to the National Film Registry in 2025.
Spartacus (film)
Spartacus (1960): Stanley Kubrick epic starring and produced by Kirk Douglas, from Howard Fast's novel, scripted by blacklisted Dalton Trumbo; $12 million, four Oscars, blacklist-breaking credit, 1991 restoration.