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Statler and Waldorf

Statler and Waldorf, also known as Waldorf & Statler, are two grumpy old Muppets who heckle the acts from their balcony box on The Muppet Show.

Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony

Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony is a Disney/Muppets Studio web series (2005–2006) on Movies.com in which the Muppet balcony hecklers review movies; 34–35 episodes, Webby and Telly award winner.

Status Update

Status Update is a 2018 American teen comedy directed by Scott Speer, written by Jason Filardi, starring Ross Lynch as Kyle Moore, whose magical app U-niverse makes his social media posts come true; 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Stavisky

Stavisky... (1974) is Alain Resnais's French-Italian biographical drama, written by Jorge Semprún, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo as the swindler Serge Alexandre Stavisky, with Charles Boyer and a Stephen Sondheim score.

Stay (2005 film)

Stay (2005) is an American psychological thriller directed by Marc Forster, written by David Benioff, starring Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, and Ryan Gosling; a psychiatrist tries to stop a suicidal patient, released by 20th Century Fox, grossing $8.5 million.

Stay Alive

Stay Alive (2006) is a horror film directed by William Brent Bell, co-written with Matthew Peterman, about a video game whose players die in real life; it earned $23.1M and 12% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Stay Close

Stay Close is a British eight-episode Netflix mystery miniseries premiered December 31, 2021, adapted from Harlan Coben's 2012 novel, starring Cush Jumbo, Richard Armitage, and James Nesbitt, set in Blackpool, with a 92% Rotten Tomatoes critics score.

Stay Puft Marshmallow Man

Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, also Mr. Stay Puft, is the giant sailor-suited marshmallow mascot villain of Ghostbusters (1984), Gozer's destructor form chosen by Ray Stantz; created by Dan Aykroyd, performed by suit-maker Bill Bryan, and later a franchise mascot and toy line.

Stay With Me (哥哥你别跑)

Stay With Me (哥哥你别跑, Ge Ge Ni Bie Pao) is a 2023 Chinese youth BL drama directed by Su You Chen, starring Xu Bin and Zhang Jiong Min as stepbrothers Wu Bi and Su Yu; a remake of Addicted, released overseas on YouTube and Viki.

Staying Alive (1983 film)

Staying Alive is a 1983 American musical drama directed and co-written by Sylvester Stallone, the sequel to Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta as Brooklyn dancer Tony Manero.

Steadicam

Steadicam, invented by Garrett Brown and patented in 1974, is a body-worn vest, iso-elastic arm, and counterweighted sled camera stabilizer with a three-axis gimbal; it debuted in Bound for Glory (1976), was famed in Rocky and The Shining, and is now owned by Tiffen.

Steal (2026 TV series)

Steal is a 2026 British heist thriller series on Prime Video, created by Sotiris Nikias, starring Sophie Turner as Zara Dunne, caught in a £4 billion pension-fund robbery at Lochmill Capital; six episodes premiered January 21, 2026.

Steal Away (film)

Steal Away is Clement Virgo's 2025 Canadian-Belgian psychological thriller, adapted with Tamara Faith Berger from Karolyn Smardz Frost's Steal Away Home, starring Angourie Rice and Mallori Johnson; premiered at TIFF 2025, released theatrically in Canada July 17, 2026. Distinct from the Realm Studios Fisk Jubilee Singers project and other same-titled films.

Stealing Beauty

Stealing Beauty (Io ballo da sola, Beauté volée) is Bernardo Bertolucci's 1996 comedy-drama starring Liv Tyler as Lucy Harmon, an American seeking her father in Tuscany; it competed at Cannes 1996, with Jeremy Irons, Darius Khondji cinematography, and a Jeremy Thomas production.

Stealing Pulp Fiction

Stealing Pulp Fiction (2024) is Danny Turkiewicz's heist comedy feature debut about friends plotting to steal Quentin Tarantino's personal 35mm Pulp Fiction print from his theater; premiered Newport Beach 2024, US release June 2025, 78 minutes, 33% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Stealth (The Americans)

"Stealth" is the eleventh episode of season 2 of The Americans (FX, aired May 7, 2014), written by Joshua Brand and directed by Gregory Hoblit, in which the KGB pursues American stealth-aircraft technology, Larrick kills handler Kate, and Nina must extract secrets from Stan Beeman.

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Steamboat Bill, Jr. is Buster Keaton's 1928 silent comedy, his last independent film, about a collegian and his riverboat-captain father, famous for the cyclone sequence and falling house-facade stunt, released 12 May 1928 and in US public domain since 1956.

Steamboat Willie

Steamboat Willie is the 1928 Walt Disney animated short, animated by Ub Iwerks, that premiered November 18, 1928 as the first released Mickey Mouse cartoon with synchronized sound, and entered the US public domain on January 1, 2024.

Steamboy (スチームボーイ)

Steamboy (スチームボーイ) is Katsuhiro Otomo's 2004 steampunk anime film about young inventor Ray Steam and the Steam Ball; Sunrise production, $22 million budget, most expensive Japanese anime at the time.

Steel (1997 film)

Steel (1997) is a Warner Bros. superhero film directed by Kenneth Johnson, starring Shaquille O'Neal as DC Comics' John Henry Irons. It grossed $1.8 million on a $16 million budget and holds 4% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Steel (John Henry Irons)

Steel (John Henry Irons), also the Man of Steel, is a DC Comics superhero created by Louise Simonson and Jon Bogdanove in Adventures of Superman #500 (1993); an armored, hammer-wielding engineer who replaced Superman during Reign of the Supermen.

Steel Ball Run (スティール・ボール・ラン)

Steel Ball Run (スティール・ボール・ラン) is Part 7 of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga, serialized 2004-2011 in Weekly Shonen Jump then Ultra Jump, set in 1890 America around the first transcontinental horse race with Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli; its David Production anime premiered on Netflix March 19, 2026.

Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Steel Ball Run (スティール・ボール・ラン) is Part 7 of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga, serialized 2004–2011 in Weekly Shonen Jump and Ultra Jump. Set in 1890 America, it follows paraplegic jockey Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli in a 6,000 km horse race for $50 million; a David Production anime premiered on Netflix March 19, 2026.

Steel Dawn

Steel Dawn is a 1987 post-apocalyptic action film directed by Lance Hool, starring Patrick Swayze as Nomad, defending a desert town's water from Damnil; formerly titled Desert Warrior and Peacekeeper, filmed in Namibia, distributed by Vestron Pictures.

Steel Magnolias

Steel Magnolias is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross, adapted from Robert Harling's play, about six women who gather at a Louisiana beauty shop; it earned Julia Roberts an Academy Award nomination.

Steel Rain (강철비)

Steel Rain (강철비) is a 2017 South Korean political action thriller directed by Yang Woo-suk, adapted from his own webtoon, in which a North Korean agent defects with the wounded leader after a coup to stop a nuclear war; it drew about 4.45 million admissions and a 2020 sequel.

Steel Rain 2: Summit (スティール・レイン)

Steel Rain 2: Summit (강철비2: 정상회담) is a 2020 South Korean thriller by Yang Woo-suk, sequel to Steel Rain, in which a North Korean coup traps the South, North, and US leaders on the nuclear submarine Baekdu-ho.

Steel Serpent

Steel Serpent is the Marvel Comics supervillain Davos, son of Lei-Kung the Thunderer and arch-nemesis of Iron Fist, created by Claremont and Byrne in 1975; he steals the Iron Fist's chi and is played by Sacha Dhawan in Netflix's Iron Fist.

Stefan Dennis

Stefan Dennis (born 1958, Tawonga, Victoria) is an Australian actor who played Paul Robinson in Neighbours from 1985 to 2025, also releasing 1989 UK singles and appearing on Strictly Come Dancing 2025.

Stefán Karl Stefánsson

Stefán Karl Stefánsson (1975–2018), Icelandic stage and television actor best known as villain Robbie Rotten in LazyTown (2004–2014); founded anti-bullying group Rainbow Children, died of bile duct cancer aged 43, became a meme via 'We Are Number One'.