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The Sun Never Sets (2026 film)
The Sun Never Sets (2026) is Joe Swanberg's Alaskan romantic drama starring Dakota Fanning, Jake Johnson, and Cory Michael Smith. Premiered at SXSW March 13, 2026; limited US release August 28, 2026 via IFC; shot on 35mm in Anchorage; $282,578 domestic gross; 79% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Sun Rises on Us All (日挂中天)
The Sun Rises on Us All (日掛中天, Ri gua zhong tian) is a 2025 Chinese drama by Cai Shangjun starring Xin Zhilei, Zhang Songwen, and Feng Shaofeng; it competed at Venice 2025, where Xin Zhilei won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress.
The Sunshine Boys
The Sunshine Boys is Neil Simon's 1972 Broadway comedy about feuding vaudeville duo Lewis and Clark reunited for a CBS special; it became a 1975 MGM film.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (ザ・スーパーマリオギャラクシー・ムービー) is Illumination and Nintendo's 2026 animated sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie, directed by Horvath and Jelenic, released April 2026, grossing over $1 billion despite mixed reviews.
The Sure Thing
The Sure Thing (1985) is Rob Reiner's romantic comedy road movie starring John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga, a cross-country college trip often compared to It Happened One Night; earned $18,135,531 and 81% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Surfer (2024 film)
The Surfer (2024) is an Australian-Irish psychological thriller directed by Lorcan Finnegan, starring Nicolas Cage as a man barred from his childhood beach by local surfers; premiered at Cannes 2024, released 2025.
The Surgeon (film)
The Surgeon (2026) is an American crime thriller written and directed by Roshan Sethi, starring Michelle Yeoh as kidnapped retired surgeon Eliza Lim forced to operate, with Martin Freeman; TIFF 2026 premiere, Sony/Columbia release April 2, 2027.
The Surrender
The Surrender is a 2025 supernatural horror film, the feature debut of writer-director Julia Max, starring Colby Minifie and Kate Burton as a daughter and mother who attempt an occult resurrection ritual after the family patriarch dies; it premiered at SXSW and streamed on Shudder from May 23, 2025.
The Surrogate Woman (씨받이)
The Surrogate Woman (씨받이, Ssibaji) is a 1986 South Korean period drama directed by Im Kwon-taek, about a Joseon noble family hiring a peasant woman to bear its heir.
The Survivalist (2015 film)
The Survivalist (2015) is Stephen Fingleton's Northern Irish debut feature, a post-peak-oil dystopian thriller starring Martin McCann, Mia Goth, and Olwen Fouéré; it premiered at Tribeca 2015 and was BAFTA-nominated for Outstanding Debut. Distinct from the 2021 Jon Keeyes film of the same name.
The Suspect
The Suspect (용의자) is a 2013 South Korean action thriller directed by Won Shin-yun, starring Gong Yoo as abandoned North Korean agent Ji Dong-chul; released December 24, 2013, it sold about 4.13 million admissions on a $9 million budget.
The Swamp
The Swamp (La ciénaga, 2001) is Lucrecia Martel's debut feature about two decaying middle-class families in Salta, Argentina; it won Berlin's Alfred Bauer Prize and was voted greatest Argentine film in 2022.
The Swan Princess
The Swan Princess is a 1994 American animated musical fantasy film directed by Richard Rich, loosely based on Swan Lake, starring Jack Palance, Michelle Nicastro, and John Cleese; a box-office flop that became the #1 US video of 1995 and a 12-film franchise.
The Swan Princess (film series)
The Swan Princess film series: American animated franchise begun by Richard Rich's 1994 Swan Lake adaptation, followed by direct-to-video sequels, twelve films through Far Longer Than Forever.
The Swan Princess III: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom
The Swan Princess III: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom (aka The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure) is a 1998 direct-to-video animated musical, the third Swan Princess film, directed by Richard Rich, in which the sorceress Zelda kidnaps Odette to seize the Forbidden Arts.
The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain
The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain (1997), also called The Swan Princess and the Secret of the Castle or Swan II, is Richard Rich's animated direct-to-video-leaning sequel in which Clavius seeks a magic orb during Odette and Derek's first anniversary.
The Swap (2016 film)
The Swap (2016) is a Disney Channel body-swap teen comedy based on Megan Shull's novel, starring Peyton List and Jacob Bertrand as a gymnast and hockey player who trade bodies after a text argument; premiered October 7, 2016, during Monstober.
The Swedish Connection
The Swedish Connection (Den svenska länken) is a 2026 Swedish WWII drama directed by Thérèse Ahlbeck and Marcus Olsson, starring Henrik Dorsin as bureaucrat Gösta Engzell, who saved Jews via legal loopholes; Netflix release February 19, 2026.
The Sweeney (2012 film)
The Sweeney (2012) is a British action crime film directed by Nick Love, updating the 1970s TV series; Ray Winstone stars as Flying Squad detective Jack Regan with Plan B, Hayley Atwell, and Damian Lewis; it earned about $8 million worldwide.
The Swimmer (1968 film)
The Swimmer (1968) is Frank Perry's drama adapting John Cheever's New Yorker story, starring Burt Lancaster as Ned Merrill, who swims home pool by pool through suburban Connecticut; a troubled production and box-office flop later reappraised.
The Swimmers (2022 film)
The Swimmers (السباحتان) is a 2022 Netflix biographical drama directed by Sally El Hosaini, starring Nathalie and Manal Issa as Syrian swimmer sisters Yusra and Sara Mardini, whose 2015 Aegean swim saved a refugee dinghy and led to Yusra's 2016 Refugee Olympic Team debut.
The Swissmakers
The Swissmakers is a 1978 Swiss satirical comedy directed by Rolf Lyssy, following two naturalization policemen investigating three citizenship applicants; it set a Swiss box office record.
The Switch (2010 film)
The Switch is a 2010 American romantic comedy directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon, starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman, based on Jeffrey Eugenides's short story "The Baster".
The Sword (名剑) (1980 film)
The Sword (名劍) is Patrick Tam's 1980 Golden Harvest wuxia debut starring Adam Cheng and Norman Chui, a Hong Kong New Wave landmark about swordsmen destroyed by their pursuit of famous blades, released 14 August 1980.
The Sword and the Rose
The Sword and the Rose (1953) is a Walt Disney live-action adventure romance directed by Ken Annakin, based on Charles Major's 1898 novel When Knighthood Was in Flower, starring Glynis Johns and Richard Todd as Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, shot in Technicolor at Pinewood Studios.
The Sword and the Sorcerer
The Sword and the Sorcerer is a 1982 American fantasy film directed by Albert Pyun, in which the mercenary Talon helps a princess overthrow a tyrant.
The Sword Identity
The Sword Identity (倭寇的踪迹, Wo Kou De Zong Ji) is Xu Haofeng's 2011 Chinese martial arts debut film, premiered at Venice Horizon, about a swordsman proving his Japanese-style blade is Chinese, starring Yu Chenghui and Song Yang.
The Sword in the Stone (1963 film)
The Sword in the Stone (1963) is Walt Disney's animated musical about young Arthur (Wart) and Merlin, based on T. H. White's 1938 novel, directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, released December 25, 1963, with Sherman Brothers songs and an Oscar-nominated score.
The Sword of Doom (大菩薩峠)
The Sword of Doom (大菩薩峠, Daibosatsu Toge) is Kihachi Okamoto's 1966 Toho samurai film, the fifth adaptation of Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished novel, starring Tatsuya Nakadai as the nihilistic swordsman Ryunosuke Tsukue, released 25 February 1966.
The Sword of Many Loves (飞狐外传)
The Sword of Many Loves (飞狐外传) is the 1993 Hong Kong wuxia film of Jin Yong's novel, directed by Vernon Poon, starring Leon Lai, Sharla Cheung, and Michele Reis, distinct from the 1980 Chang Cheh Shaw film Legend of the Fox.