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The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power is a 2015 direct-to-video sword-and-sorcery film, the fourth Scorpion King installment, directed by Mike Elliott with Victor Webster as Mathayus, framed for a king's murder in Norvania.

The Scorpion King: Book of Souls

The Scorpion King: Book of Souls (2018) is the fifth and final direct-to-video Scorpion King film, also called Scorpion King 5. Directed by Don Michael Paul, it stars Zach McGowan as Mathayus fighting the warlord Nebserek over a cursed sword and the Book of Souls.

The Scurry

The Scurry is a British comedy-horror film about killer squirrels attacking a country park eco-café, directed by Craig Roberts, written by Tim Telling, starring Rhys Ifans, Ella Purnell, Paapa Essiedu, and Antonia Thomas; distinct from the 2024 Australian film Scurry.

The Sea (2025 film)

The Sea (Ha'yam, הים) is a 2025 Israeli drama by Shai Carmeli-Pollak about a 12-year-old Palestinian boy who sneaks past a checkpoint to see the sea. It won five Ophir Awards and is Israel's 2026 Oscar submission.

The Sea Beast (2022 film)

The Sea Beast is a 2022 Netflix animated adventure film directed by Chris Williams, starring Karl Urban, Zaris-Angel Hator, and Jared Harris; a 2023 Best Animated Feature Oscar nominee with a Metacritic score of 74.

The Sea Hawk (1940 film)

The Sea Hawk (1940) is a Warner Bros. swashbuckler directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Errol Flynn as privateer Geoffrey Thorpe. Despite the title, it is not an adaptation of Sabatini's novel; Koch and Miller wrote an original story with a 1940 anti-appeasement message.

The Sea Inside

The Sea Inside (Mar adentro) is a 2004 Spanish drama by Alejandro Amenábar about quadriplegic Ramón Sampedro's right-to-die campaign, starring Javier Bardem. It won the 2005 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, a Golden Globe, Venice's Silver Lion and Volpi Cup, and a record 14 Goyas.

The Sea of Trees

The Sea of Trees is a 2015 Gus Van Sant drama starring Matthew McConaughey, Naomi Watts, and Ken Watanabe, set in Japan's Aokigahara forest; booed at Cannes 2015 and widely panned.

The Sea Speaks His Name

The Sea Speaks His Name (Laut Bercerita) is a 2026 Indonesian political drama by Yosep Anggi Noen, adapted from Leila S. Chudori's 2017 novel, starring Reza Rahadian as disappeared student activist Biru Laut; it premiered in Busan competition and released in Indonesia October 29, 2026.

The Sea Wolves

The Sea Wolves (1980), directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, is a war film based on James Leasor's Boarding Party about Operation Creek, the 1943 Calcutta Light Horse raid on German radio ships in neutral Goa, starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, and David Niven.

The Seagull (2018 film)

The Seagull is a 2018 American drama film directed by Michael Mayer, adapted by Stephen Karam from Anton Chekhov's play and starring Annette Bening and Saoirse Ronan.

The Searchers

The Searchers (1956) is John Ford's Western, also known as Ford and Wayne's Monument Valley classic, starring John Wayne as Ethan Edwards, a racist ex-Confederate searching years for his kidnapped niece; initially snubbed by the Oscars, it later ranked 12th on AFI's 2007 list.

The Second Act (film)

The Second Act (Le Deuxième Acte) is Quentin Dupieux's 2024 French meta-comedy starring Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel, and Raphaël Quenard; it opened the 2024 Cannes Film Festival out of competition on May 14, 2024.

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, also known as The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2, is a 2015 British-American comedy-drama sequel directed by John Madden.

The Second Mother

The Second Mother (Que Horas Ela Volta?) is Anna Muylaert's 2015 Brazilian comedy-drama about live-in maid Val (Regina Casé), whose daughter Jéssica's arrival in São Paulo upends class hierarchies; Sundance and Berlin prize winner and Brazil's 2016 Oscar submission.

The Second Wife (1998 film)

The Second Wife (La seconda moglie) is a 1998 Italian comedy-drama by Ugo Chiti, starring Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Lazar Ristovski, and Giorgio Noè; a Sicilian mother marries a Tuscan truck driver and falls for his stepson, premiered at Venice 1998.

The Secret (2006 film)

The Secret (2006) is an Australian-American documentary by Rhonda Byrne and Drew Heriot promoting the law of attraction, released as web pay-per-view and DVD, a $3.5M production that spawned a bestseller and legal dispute.

The Secret Agent (2025 film)

The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto) is a 2025 Brazilian political thriller by Kleber Mendonça Filho, starring Wagner Moura as a man on the run in 1977 Recife during the military dictatorship; it won Cannes Best Director and Best Actor and earned four Oscar nominations.

The Secret Garden (1993 film)

The Secret Garden (1993) is Agnieszka Holland's Warner Bros./American Zoetrope adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1911 novel, starring Kate Maberly and Maggie Smith, shot at Pinewood and Yorkshire locations, released 13 August 1993.

The Secret Garden (2020 film)

The Secret Garden (2020) is a British fantasy drama directed by Marc Munden, adapted by Jack Thorne from Burnett's 1911 novel, starring Dixie Egerickx, Colin Firth, and Julie Walters, set in 1947 with a rewritten ending.

The Secret in Their Eyes

The Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos) is Juan José Campanella's 2009 Argentine-Spanish thriller starring Ricardo Darín and Soledad Villamil, based on Eduardo Sacheri's novel La pregunta de sus ojos; it won the 2010 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

The Secret Life of Bees (film)

The Secret Life of Bees (2008), Gina Prince-Bythewood's drama adapted from Sue Monk Kidd's novel, starring Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, and Sophie Okonedo; set in 1964 South Carolina, released by Fox Searchlight, grossing about $40 million worldwide.

The Secret Life of Pets

The Secret Life of Pets is a 2016 American animated comedy about what pets do when their owners leave, following rival dogs Max and Duke lost in New York City.

The Secret Life of Pets 2

The Secret Life of Pets 2 is a 2019 American animated comedy from Illumination, the sequel to the 2016 film, following Max, Gidget, and Snowball.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) is a Ben Stiller comedy-drama, written by Steven Conrad from James Thurber's 1939 story and remaking the 1947 Danny Kaye film, about a Life magazine photo employee whose daydreams give way to a real global journey.

The Secret of Kells

The Secret of Kells (2009) is a hand-drawn animated film by Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey of Cartoon Saloon about the Book of Kells' creation, nominated for the 2010 Best Animated Feature Oscar.

The Secret of My Success (1987 film)

The Secret of My Success (1987) is a Herbert Ross comedy starring Michael J. Fox as Brantley Foster, a Kansas graduate who poses as executive Carlton Whitfield; grossed $110,996,879 worldwide for Universal/Rastar.

The Secret of NIMH

The Secret of NIMH is Don Bluth's 1982 hand-drawn animated fantasy debut, adapted from Robert C. O'Brien's Newbery novel Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, about a widowed mouse aided by intelligent lab rats, made for $7 million by ex-Disney animators.

The Secret of Roan Inish

The Secret of Roan Inish (aka The Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry adaptation) is John Sayles' 1994 independent fantasy film about Irish girl Fiona, selkies, and her lost brother, shot in Donegal, released 1995, restored in 4K in 2020.

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

The Secret of Santa Vittoria is Stanley Kramer's 1969 comedy-drama, based on Robert Crichton's bestseller, in which Anthony Quinn's mayor hides a million bottles of wine from occupying Germans; it won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy.