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The Spooky Bunch (撞到正)

The Spooky Bunch (撞到正) is a 1980 Ann Hui horror comedy, written by Joyce Chan and produced by and starring Josephine Siao, about a Cantonese opera troupe haunted on Cheung Chau; Hui's second feature and part of her phantom trilogy.

The Sports Network

The Sports Network (TSN) is Canada's first English-language sports television network, launched September 1, 1984 by Labatt. Distinct from the magazine The Sporting News and from Time-Sensitive Networking; now owned by Bell Media with five feeds, TSN+, and rival Sportsnet.

The Spring River Flows East (一江春水向东流)

The Spring River Flows East (一江春水向东流) is a 1947 two-part Chinese epic melodrama by Cai Chusheng and Zheng Junli, starring Bai Yang and Tao Jin, whose Shanghai record of 712,874 admissions made it China's first film epic.

The Spy

The Spy is a 2019 six-episode Netflix limited series by Gideon Raff starring Sacha Baron Cohen as Mossad agent Eli Cohen, who infiltrated Syria as Kamel Amin Thaabet and was executed there on May 18, 1965.

The Spy (간첩 리철진)

The Spy (간첩 리철진) is a 1999 South Korean comedy-drama directed by Jang Jin, starring Yu Oh-seong as North Korean spy Lee Cheol-jin, sent to steal a super pig DNA sample and robbed on arrival; 105 minutes, released May 15, 1999.

The Spy Gone North (北風)

The Spy Gone North (공작, 北風) is Yoon Jong-bin's 2018 South Korean espionage drama based on real agent Park Chae-seo, code name Black Venus, who infiltrated North Korean leadership in 1993 over its nuclear program.

The Spy in Black

The Spy in Black (US title U-Boat 29) is a 1939 British WWI spy thriller directed by Michael Powell, starring Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson, and the first Powell–Pressburger collaboration, set in the Orkney Islands.

The Spy in the Green Hat

The Spy in the Green Hat (1967) is a 92-minute MGM feature cut from the Man from U.N.C.L.E. episode The Concrete Overcoat Affair, directed by Joseph Sargent, with Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Jack Palance, and Janet Leigh fighting a THRUSH plot to divert the Gulf Stream.

The Spy Next Door

The Spy Next Door (2010) is a Brian Levant family action-comedy starring Jackie Chan as CIA spy Bob Ho babysitting girlfriend Gillian's kids; a child downloads a secret formula, drawing Russian terrorists. Lionsgate release, $24.3M US gross, 12% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965 film)

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) is a British espionage film directed by Martin Ritt, adapted from John le Carré's 1963 novel, starring Richard Burton as agent Alec Leamas, with Claire Bloom and Oskar Werner; it won four BAFTAs and three Oscar nominations.

The Spy Who Dumped Me

The Spy Who Dumped Me is a 2018 American action comedy directed by Susanna Fogel, starring Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon as friends caught in espionage.

The Spy Who Loved Me (film)

The Spy Who Loved Me is a 1977 British spy film, the tenth James Bond entry, directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Roger Moore as agent 007.

The Square (2017 film)

The Square (2017) is Ruben Östlund's Palme d'Or-winning satirical drama about Stockholm art curator Christian, Claes Bang, whose altruism installation and PR campaign backfire; also starring Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary; Oscar-nominated Best Foreign Language Film.

The Square (الميدان) (2013 film)

The Square (الميدان, Al Midan) is Jehane Noujaim's 2013 documentary on Egypt's Tahrir Square revolution through Morsi's ouster; Oscar-nominated, Sundance and Toronto audience award winner, three Emmys, Netflix release.

The Squeeze

The Squeeze is a 1977 British-Australian crime thriller directed by Michael Apted, starring Stacy Keach, Edward Fox, David Hemmings, and Carol White.

The Squid and the Whale

The Squid and the Whale is Noah Baumbach's 2005 semi-autobiographical comedy-drama about two Brooklyn brothers during their writer-parents' divorce, starring Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, and Owen Kline; Sundance award winner and Oscar-nominated screenplay.

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967 film)

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) is Roger Corman's docu-drama for 20th Century-Fox on the 1929 Chicago gang killings, starring Jason Robards as Al Capone, with Howard Browne's factual screenplay and a $2.5 million budget.

The Stag

The Stag (The Bachelor Weekend in the US) is a 2013 Irish comedy directed by John Butler, co-written with Peter McDonald, starring Andrew Scott and Hugh O'Conor; a camping stag weekend disrupted by Ruth's brother The Machine, premiered at TIFF 2013.

The Staircase

The Staircase (2022) is an eight-episode HBO Max true crime limited series created by Antonio Campos, starring Colin Firth as Michael Peterson and Toni Collette as Kathleen Peterson, adapted from Jean-Xavier de Lestrade's documentary about Kathleen Peterson's 2001 death.

The Stalemate

The Stalemate is an American absurdist Western comedy, the debut feature of writer-director Nicholas Arioli, starring Ben Foster, Manny Jacinto, and Fiona Shaw, filmed in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The Stalking Moon

The Stalking Moon (1968) is Robert Mulligan's Western starring Gregory Peck, Eva Marie Saint, and Robert Forster, adapted from Theodore V. Olsen's novel, produced by Alan J. Pakula, about an Army scout pursued by an Apache renegade.

The Stand (1994 miniseries)

The Stand (1994 miniseries): ABC four-part, eight-hour adaptation of Stephen King's 1978 novel, teleplay by King, directed by Mick Garris, starring Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Rob Lowe, Jamey Sheridan, and Ruby Dee; 19.1 million average viewers and two Emmy wins.

The Stand (2020 miniseries)

The Stand (2020 miniseries) is a nine-episode CBS All Access adaptation of Stephen King's novel, airing December 2020 to February 2021, directed by Josh Boone, with a new King-written coda and a non-linear structure distinct from the 1994 version.

The Stanford Prison Experiment (film)

The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015) is a Kyle Patrick Alvarez drama, written by Tim Talbott, starring Billy Crudup as Philip Zimbardo; Sundance award winner released by IFC Films, grossing $663,114.

The Star (2017 film)

The Star is a 2017 American animated comedy that retells the Nativity from the animals' perspective, directed by Timothy Reckart and released by Sony Pictures Animation.

The Star Beast (Doctor Who episode)

The Star Beast is the first of Doctor Who's three 2023 60th anniversary specials, written by Russell T Davies, directed by Rachel Talalay, and adapted from the 1980 Doctor Who Weekly comic by Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons, reuniting David Tennant's Fourteenth Doctor with Catherine Tate's Donna Noble against Beep the Meep.

The Star Chamber

The Star Chamber is a 1983 American legal thriller directed by Peter Hyams and starring Michael Douglas as a Los Angeles judge who joins a secret society of judges.

The Starling

The Starling (2021) is a Netflix comedy-drama directed by Theodore Melfi, written by Matt Harris, starring Melissa McCarthy, Chris O'Dowd, and Kevin Kline, about a couple grieving their baby's death while a starling bird attacks the wife's garden.

The Starlost

The Starlost is a 1973–74 Canadian CTV science fiction series created by Harlan Ellison (credited as Cordwainer Bird), set aboard the generation ship Earthship Ark; Keir Dullea starred, Douglas Trumbull produced, and 16 episodes aired before cancellation.

The Starters

The Starters, formerly The Basketball Jones, was a daily NBA talk show and podcast hosted by Tas Melas, J.E. Skeets, Trey Kerby, and Leigh Ellis on NBA TV from 2013 to 2019, later continuing as No Dunks.