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Strange Wilderness
Strange Wilderness is a 2008 American stoner comedy directed by Fred Wolf. It stars Steve Zahn and Allen Covert as a crew searching for Bigfoot in South America.
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.
Stranger by the Lake
Stranger by the Lake (L'inconnu du lac), Alain Guiraudie's 2013 French erotic thriller about Franck, Michel, and a witnessed murder at a gay cruising beach; Cannes Un Certain Regard Best Director and Queer Palm winner.
Stranger than Fiction (2006 film)
Stranger than Fiction (2006 film), also known by its working title The Narrator Project, is a Marc Forster comedy-drama written by Zach Helm, starring Will Ferrell as IRS agent Harold Crick, who hears novelist Karen Eiffel (Emma Thompson) narrating his life; 113 minutes, Columbia Pictures, 73% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Stranger Than Paradise
Stranger Than Paradise is Jim Jarmusch's 1984 black-and-white indie comedy-drama about Willie, Eddie, and Hungarian cousin Eva in New York, Cleveland, and Florida; winner of the 1984 Cannes Caméra d'Or and a landmark of American independent cinema.
Strangerland
Strangerland (2015) is Kim Farrant's feature debut, an Australian-Irish psychological drama starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes, and Hugo Weaving about two teenagers who vanish before a dust storm in outback town Nathgari; premiered at Sundance 2015, Metascore 42.
Strangers on a Train (film)
Strangers on a Train is Alfred Hitchcock's 1951 Warner Bros. thriller based on Patricia Highsmith's novel, in which Robert Walker's Bruno murders Farley Granger's tennis-star wife after a criss-cross murder-swap pact; a National Film Registry selection noted for its suspense set pieces.
Stratton (film)
Stratton is a 2017 British action thriller directed by Simon West, based on Duncan Falconer's SBS novels, starring Dominic Cooper as John Stratton (replacing Henry Cavill). Filmed in Italy and London, released September 2017, it received 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Straw (film)
Straw is a 2025 Tyler Perry drama-thriller on Netflix starring Taraji P. Henson as Janiyah, a single mother who accidentally holds a bank hostage; also with Sherri Shepherd and Teyana Taylor, released June 6, 2025.
Straw Dogs (1971 film)
Straw Dogs (1971) is Sam Peckinpah's controversial thriller starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George, adapted from Gordon Williams' The Siege of Trencher's Farm, set in Cornwall, banned from UK video from 1988 to 2002, and remade by Rod Lurie in 2011.
Straw Dogs (2011 film)
Straw Dogs is a 2011 psychological thriller directed by Rod Lurie. It is a remake of the 1971 film and is based on the novel by Gordon Williams.
Strawberry and Chocolate
Strawberry and Chocolate (Fresa y chocolate), 1993 Cuban-Mexican-Spanish comedy-drama by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío; friendship between communist student David and gay artist Diego in 1979 Havana; first Cuban Oscar nominee.
Stray Dog (野良犬) (film)
Stray Dog (野良犬, Nora inu) is Akira Kurosawa's 1949 Japanese crime film, 122 minutes, in which detective Murakami (Toshiro Mifune), with veteran Sato (Takashi Shimura), hunts his stolen Colt pistol through postwar Tokyo's black market.
Stray Dogs
Stray Dogs (郊遊, Jiao You) is Tsai Ming-liang's 2013 Taiwan-France drama about a homeless father and two children in Taipei; it won the Venice Grand Jury Prize and Golden Horse Best Director and Best Actor.
Strays (2023 film)
Strays is a 2023 Universal R-rated live-action comedy about talking dogs, directed by Josh Greenbaum, written by Dan Perrault, starring voices of Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx, distinct from the 2023 Netflix thriller The Strays.
Stree (स्त्री) (2018 film)
Stree (स्त्री) is a 2018 Hindi horror-comedy directed by Amar Kaushik, starring Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor, based on the Nale Ba legend, set in Chanderi, and a Super Hit spawning the Maddock horror-comedy universe.
Stree 2
Stree 2: Sarkate Ka Aatank (स्त्री २) is a 2024 Hindi comedy-horror sequel to Stree, directed by Amar Kaushik, starring Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor, in which the headless demon Sarkata abducts women in Chanderi.
Street Angel (1928 film)
Street Angel (1928) is a Fox silent romantic drama directed by Frank Borzage, starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, adapted from Monckton Hoffe's Cristilinda, with a Movietone music-and-effects track and Gaynor's first Best Actress Oscar.
Street Angel (马路天使) (1937 film)
Street Angel (马路天使, Malu tianshi, 1937) is a Mingxing Film Company drama written and directed by Yuan Muzhi, starring Zhao Dan and Zhou Xuan, about Shanghai underclass sisters; famous for He Luting's songs and ranked 11th among 100 best Chinese films.
Street Dancer 3D
Street Dancer 3D is a 2020 Indian Hindi dance film directed by Remo D'Souza, set in London, where rival Indian and Pakistani dance groups join forces for an international competition.
Street Fighter (2026 film)
Street Fighter (2026 film) is a martial arts action film directed by Kitao Sakurai, set in 1993, and features hand-drawn anime sequences to depict character backstories.
Street Hawk
Street Hawk is a 1985 ABC action series (13 episodes) in which injured cop Jesse Mach, played by Rex Smith, secretly rides a 300 mph computerized combat motorcycle built by Norman Tuttle (Joe Regalbuto), with a Tangerine Dream theme.
Street Kings
Street Kings is a 2008 American crime drama directed by David Ayer, starring Keanu Reeves as an LAPD detective implicated in a fellow officer's death.
Street of Shame (赤線地帯)
Street of Shame (赤線地帯, Akasen chitai) is Kenji Mizoguchi's 1956 Daiei ensemble drama about women in a Yoshiwara brothel facing the Prostitution Prevention Law; his final film, released March 18, 1956, 85 minutes, starring Machiko Kyō and Ayako Wakao.
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.
Street Smart (2026 film)
Street Smart (2026) is Catherine Hardwicke's drama, co-written with Nic Sheff, about unhoused young adults in Venice, California; premiered June 18, 2026 at Bentonville Film Festival, starring Isabelle Fuhrman, Yara Shahidi, and Isiah Hilt; distinct from the 1987 film and the 2026 Japanese film and Sonia Manzano documentary of the same name.
Street Trash
Street Trash is a 1987 American horror-comedy directed by J. Michael Muro and written by Roy Frumkes, in which Brooklyn homeless people melt after drinking Tenafly Viper, a toxic 40-year-old liquor; it spawned the melt-movie subgenre and a 2024 South African sequel.
Streets of Fire
Streets of Fire (1984) is Walter Hill's neo-noir "rock & roll fable" starring Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan, and Willem Dafoe; a box-office failure that became a cult classic with a Jim Steinman and Ry Cooder soundtrack.
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.
Stretch (2014 film)
Stretch (2014) is a Joe Carnahan action comedy starring Patrick Wilson, Chris Pine, Jessica Alba, and Ed Helms. Made for about $5 million, it was dropped by Universal from its March 2014 theatrical release and issued digitally on October 7, 2014, earning an 88% Rotten Tomatoes critics score.