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The Severed Sun
The Severed Sun is a 2024 British folk horror film, Dean Puckett's debut feature, starring Emma Appleton and Toby Stephens; shot in 12 days on Bodmin Moor, premiered at Fantastic Fest, released by Dark Sky Films in 2025.
The Shack (2017 film)
The Shack is a 2017 American drama-fantasy film directed by Stuart Hazeldine, adapted from William P. Young's 2007 novel and starring Sam Worthington and Octavia Spencer.
The Shadow (1994 film)
The Shadow is a 1994 American superhero film directed by Russell Mulcahy, starring Alec Baldwin as a vigilante who fights crime in 1930s New York.
The Shadow Strays
The Shadow Strays is a 2024 Indonesian action thriller by Timo Tjahjanto, on Netflix from October 17, 2024, starring Aurora Ribero as suspended assassin Codename 13, who defies the Shadow organization to save the boy Monji from a crime syndicate.
The Shadow's Edge (捕风追影)
The Shadow's Edge (捕风追影, aka 极盗跟踪) is a 2025 Chinese-Hong Kong crime action film written and directed by Larry Yang, remaking Eye in the Sky (2007); Jackie Chan and Tony Leung Ka-fai star; it grossed 1.265 billion yuan with a Douban 8.2.
The Shadowless Tower (白塔之光)
The Shadowless Tower (白塔之光) is Zhang Lü's 2023 Chinese drama about Beijing food critic Gu Wentong reconnecting with his long-estranged father, named for the shadowless White Pagoda of Miaoying Temple; Berlinale competition entry and four-time Tiantan Award winner.
The Shaggy D.A.
The Shaggy D.A. is Disney's 1976 live-action comedy sequel to The Shaggy Dog, directed by Robert Stevenson, starring Dean Jones as adult Wilby Daniels, whose district attorney campaign is disrupted by a magic Borgia ring that turns him into a sheepdog.
The Shaggy Dog (1959 film)
The Shaggy Dog (1959) is Walt Disney's first live-action comedy, directed by Charles Barton, in which Tommy Kirk's Wilby Daniels becomes a Bratislavian sheepdog via a magic ring. A surprise hit earning over $8 million domestically, it spawned sequels and remakes.
The Shaggy Dog (2006 film)
The Shaggy Dog is a 2006 American family comedy directed by Brian Robbins, starring Tim Allen as a deputy district attorney transformed into a dog by a genetic serum.
The Shallows (film)
The Shallows (2016) is a Jaume Collet-Serra survival thriller starring Blake Lively as surfer Nancy Adams, stranded 200 yards from shore by a great white shark; it grossed $119 million worldwide on a $13-17 million budget.
The Shameless (2024 film)
The Shameless (2024) is a Hindi-language drama by Bulgarian director Konstantin Bojanov, premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes 2024, where Anasuya Sengupta became the first Indian actor to win its Best Actress award; shot in Nepal.
The Shape of Water
The Shape of Water is Guillermo del Toro's 2017 Cold War-era fantasy romance about mute janitor Elisa (Sally Hawkins) loving a captive amphibian man (Doug Jones); it won the Venice Golden Lion and four Oscars including Best Picture.
The Shaukeens (द शौकीन्स)
The Shaukeens (द शौकीन्स), also called The Fondness, is a 2014 Hindi comedy directed by Abhishek Sharma, remaking Basu Chatterjee's 1982 Shaukeen, starring Anupam Kher, Annu Kapoor, Piyush Mishra, Lisa Haydon, and Akshay Kumar as himself.
The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption is Frank Darabont's 1994 prison drama adapted from Stephen King's novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman; a box-office flop with seven Oscar nominations and no wins, it later topped the IMDb user poll.
The Sheep Detectives
The Sheep Detectives (2026), Kyle Balda's family whodunit adapted from Leonie Swann's German novel Three Bags Full, stars Hugh Jackman as murdered shepherd George Hardy, whose talking sheep investigate his death; Amazon MGM, 109 minutes, PG.
The Sheik (1921 film)
The Sheik (1921) is an American silent romantic drama directed by George Melford, starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres, adapted from E. M. Hull's 1919 novel; a Paramount hit that made Valentino a star and founded the Hollywood sheik-film genre.
The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky: 1990 Bernardo Bertolucci film adapting Paul Bowles's 1949 novel; John Malkovich and Debra Winger as the Moresbys adrift in 1947 North Africa; Storaro cinematography, Sakamoto score, BAFTA and Golden Globe wins.
The Shepherd (2026 film)
The Shepherd is an upcoming 2026 American horror thriller directed by John Hyams, starring Georgina Campbell as a woman who hitches a ride with a frightening stranger.
The Shining (film)
The Shining (1980) is Stanley Kubrick's psychological horror film adapted from Stephen King's 1977 novel, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall at the Overlook Hotel; shot at Elstree with Steadicam, initially panned, later canonical.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News is a 2001 American drama film directed by Lasse Hallström, adapted from E. Annie Proulx's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and starring Kevin Spacey.
The Shoes of the Fisherman (film)
The Shoes of the Fisherman is a 1968 MGM drama directed by Michael Anderson, adapted from Morris West's novel, starring Anthony Quinn as Kiril Lakota, a Siberia-released archbishop who becomes the first non-Italian pope in 400 years.
The Shootist
The Shootist (1976) is Don Siegel's Western, John Wayne's final film, adapted from Glendon Swarthout's 1975 novel about dying gunfighter J.B. Books in Carson City, with Lauren Bacall, James Stewart, and Ron Howard.
The Shop Around the Corner
The Shop Around the Corner: 1940 Ernst Lubitsch romantic comedy (also known from Parfumerie) starring James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan as Budapest shop clerks and secret pen pals; source of She Loves Me and You've Got Mail.
The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze), 1965 Czechoslovak film by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos; carpenter becomes Aryan controller of a Jewish widow's shop in 1942 Slovakia; first Eastern European Oscar winner, Best Foreign Language Film.
The Shout
The Shout (1978) is a British psychological drama by Jerzy Skolimowski, adapted from Robert Graves's short story, starring Alan Bates, Susannah York, and John Hurt; it shared Cannes 1978's Jury Grand Prix and was the first British Dolby-soundtrack film.
The Show (2017 film)
The Show, originally titled This Is Your Death, is a 2017 American thriller directed by and co-starring Giancarlo Esposito, with Josh Duhamel and Famke Janssen, about a reality show whose contestants kill themselves on air; it premiered at SXSW and earned a Metascore of 35.
The Show of Shows
The Show of Shows (1929) is a Warner Bros. pre-Code all-star musical revue directed by John G. Adolfi, hosted by Frank Fay with 70+ stars including John Barrymore and Rin-Tin-Tin, shot with Vitaphone sound-on-disc and two-strip Technicolor.
The Shrouds
The Shrouds (Les Linceuls) is David Cronenberg's 2024 France-Canada body-horror film, premiered in Cannes competition, starring Vincent Cassel as inventor of GraveTech camera shrouds for viewing the dead, written after his wife's 2017 death.
The Sicilian (film)
The Sicilian is Michael Cimino's 1987 film adaptation of Mario Puzo's novel about bandit Salvatore Giuliano, starring Christopher Lambert; a 115-minute cut flopped in the US while a longer director's version played Europe.
The Siege
The Siege (1998) is Edward Zwick's political thriller starring Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, and Bruce Willis, about terrorist attacks in New York, martial law, and internment of Arab-Americans; released November 6, 1998 by 20th Century Fox, grossing $40.9M, with mixed reviews (44% Tomatometer) and noted post-9/11 prescience.