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Story of Women
Story of Women (Une affaire de femmes) is Claude Chabrol's 1988 French drama starring Isabelle Huppert as an abortionist in Vichy France, based on Francis Szpiner's book about Marie-Louise Giraud, guillotined in 1943; Huppert won the 1988 Venice Volpi Cup.
Story of Yanxi Palace (延禧攻略)
Story of Yanxi Palace (延禧攻略, Yanxi Gonglue) is a 2018 iQiyi 70-episode Qing court drama about Wei Yingluo, based on Empress Xiaoyichun; over 15 billion streams, removed from Chinese platforms in 2020.
StoryBots Super Songs
StoryBots Super Songs is a 2016 American animated Netflix children's series by JibJab Bros. Studios, a music-centric spin-off of Ask the StoryBots with one 5-episode season starring Beep, Bing, Bang, Boop, and Bo.
Storytelling (Yellowjackets)
"Storytelling" (S2E9) is the season 2 finale of Yellowjackets, written by Ameni Rozsa, directed by Karyn Kusama, released May 26, 2023: Natalie dies at Lottie's compound, Walter closes the Adam Martin case, and Coach Ben burns the wilderness cabin.
Stowaway (2021 film)
Stowaway (2021) is a Joe Penna sci-fi drama on Netflix: a Mars-bound crew finds an accidental stowaway who damaged the CO2 scrubber, forcing a lifeboat-style moral choice. Stars Toni Collette, Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson.
Stoya
Stoya (Jessica Stojadinović, born 1986 or 1987) is an American adult film performer (since 2006/2007), director, and writer; known for Digital Playground, the 2015 James Deen accusation, the book Philosophy, Pussycats and Porn, and Slate's 'How to Do It' column.
Straight Out of Brooklyn
Straight Out of Brooklyn is a 1991 American drama, the debut feature of 19-year-old Matty Rich, about a Red Hook teenager robbing a drug dealer to escape poverty; it won a 1991 Sundance Special Jury Prize and the 1992 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.
Straight Outta Compton (film)
Straight Outta Compton (2015) is F. Gary Gray's Universal biographical drama about N.W.A, starring O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, and Jason Mitchell; it opened No. 1 with $56.1 million and grossed $201.6 million worldwide.
Straight Time
Straight Time (1978) is a Ulu Grosbard crime drama starring Dustin Hoffman as paroled burglar Max Dembo, adapted from Edward Bunker's novel No Beast So Fierce, with Bunker co-writing and acting.
Straight to Hell (地獄に落ちるはよ) (TV series)
Straight to Hell (地獄に堕ちるわよ, Jigoku ni Ochiru wa yo) is a 2026 Netflix Japanese biographical drama, 9 episodes, starring Erika Toda as fortune-teller Kazuko Hosoki, released April 27, 2026, directed by Tomoyuki Takimoto.
Strand Theatre (Manhattan)
Strand Theatre (Manhattan), also the Mark Strand and later Warner Theatre, was America's first movie palace, a 2,989-seat 1914 Thomas Lamb theater at Broadway and 47th Street, demolished in 1987.
Strange Angel
Strange Angel is an American historical drama series created by Mark Heyman for CBS All Access, based on George Pendle's biography of rocket engineer Jack Parsons. It ran two seasons, 17 episodes, from June 14, 2018 to July 25, 2019, and was canceled in November 2019.
Strange Brew
Strange Brew (1983), full title The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew, is an MGM comedy co-directed by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas, loosely based on Hamlet, about two SCTV hosers foiling a brewery mind-control plot.
Strange but True (film)
Strange but True is a 2019 psychological thriller directed by Rowan Athale, adapted by Eric Garcia from John Searles' novel, starring Margaret Qualley, Nick Robinson, Amy Ryan, Brian Cox, and Blythe Danner; Metascore 55, $343,038 worldwide gross.
Strange Days (film)
Strange Days is a 1995 dystopian sci-fi thriller directed by Kathryn Bigelow, written by James Cameron and Jay Cocks, starring Ralph Fiennes and Angela Bassett; a 1995 box-office flop ($7.3M gross) now a cult cyberpunk classic about SQUID experience recordings in 1999 Los Angeles.
Strange Frequencies: Taiwan Killer Hospital
Strange Frequencies: Taiwan Killer Hospital is a 2024 Philippine found footage horror film, a meta adaptation of Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum directed by Kerwin Go, in which seven Filipino celebrities live-stream a ghost hunt at the abandoned Xinglin Hospital in Tainan, Taiwan; an MMFF 2024 entry released on Netflix in 2025.
Strange Harvest (film)
Strange Harvest is a 2024 American horror mockumentary by Stuart Ortiz, also titled Strange Harvest: Occult Murder in the Inland Empire, following San Bernardino detectives hunting the ritualistic serial killer Mr. Shiny; released theatrically August 8, 2025.
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror is a 2025 documentary, also called Strange Journey, directed by Linus O'Brien, son of creator Richard O'Brien. It premiered at SXSW 2025, runs 89 minutes, and chronicles the Rocky Horror stage show, 1975 film, and midnight-screening cult phenomenon.
Strange Magic (film)
Strange Magic is a 2015 American computer-animated musical fantasy film directed by Gary Rydstrom, produced by Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic from a story by George Lucas.
Strange Paradise
Strange Paradise: 1969–1970 Canadian gothic daily soap opera, the first Canadian daily serialized drama, inspired by Dark Shadows; 195 episodes starring Colin Fox as Jean Paul Desmond.
Strange Planet
Strange Planet (2023 Apple TV+ series), based on Nathan W. Pyle's webcomic, co-created with Dan Harmon; 10-episode animated comedy about blue beings on a distant planet, cancelled after one season.
Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty II (唐朝诡事录之西行)
Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty II: To the West (唐朝诡事录之西行) is a 2024 iQiyi 40-episode costume mystery anthology, sequel to the 2022 hit, directed by Bai Shan, written by Wei Fenghua, starring Yang Xuwen and Yang Zhigang, with eight unit cases and a Douban score of 8.3.
Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty III (唐朝诡事录之长安)
Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty III: To Chang'an (唐朝诡事录之长安) is the third season of iQiyi's Tang-dynasty zhiguai detective series, a 40-episode 2025 drama starring Yang Xuwen and Yang Zhigang, set in High Tang Chang'an with eight strange cases and a Douban score of 8.0.
Strange Way of Life
Strange Way of Life (Extraña forma de vida) is Pedro Almodóvar's 31-minute 2023 Spanish queer western short, starring Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke as reunited former lovers and hired gunmen in Bitter Creek; it premiered at Cannes 2023 as the first Saint Laurent Productions film.
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 (비밀의 숲) (TV series)
Stranger (비밀의 숲; Secret Forest) is a 2017 South Korean legal thriller series on tvN, following prosecutor Hwang Si-mok and detective Han Yeo-jin through murder and corruption.
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.