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A Short Film About Killing
A Short Film About Killing (Krótki film o zabijaniu) is a 1988 Polish film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, depicting a drifter sentenced to execution after murdering a taxi driver in Warsaw.
A Shot in the Dark (1964 film)
A Shot in the Dark (1964) is Blake Edwards's comedy, the second Pink Panther film and the first centered on Peter Sellers's Inspector Clouseau, adapted from Achard's L'Idiote, introducing Herbert Lom's Dreyfus and Burt Kwouk's Cato.
A Shoulder to Cry On (소년을 위로해줘)
A Shoulder to Cry On (소년을 위로해줘, Comfort the Boy) is a 2023 South Korean BL web drama adapted from Dongmul's Lezhin webtoon, starring OMEGA X members Kim Jae Han and Shin Ye Chan as high school archer Lee Da Yeol and class president Jo Tae Hyun; 7 episodes aired March 2023 on WATCHA, Wavve, and TVING.
A Sign of Affection (ゆびさきと恋々)
A Sign of Affection (ゆびさきと恋々, Yubisaki to Renren) is suu Morishita's ongoing Kodansha Dessert shōjo manga about deaf college student Yuki Itose and Itsuomi Nagi; 3.8 million copies, 2024 Ajia-do anime, 2021 musical.
A Silent Voice (film)
A Silent Voice (映画 聲の形, Koe no Katachi) is a 2016 Kyoto Animation anime film directed by Naoko Yamada, adapting Yoshitoki Oima's manga about a bully seeking redemption from his deaf classmate Shoko Nishimiya; 129 minutes, Shochiku, about 2.3 billion yen gross.
A Silent Voice (聲の形) (manga)
A Silent Voice (聲の形, Koe no Katachi) is a 2013-2014 manga by Yoshitoki Oima, serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine, 62 chapters in 7 volumes, about a boy atoning for bullying a deaf classmate; adapted into the 2016 Kyoto Animation film.
A Simple Favor (film)
A Simple Favor (2018) is a Paul Feig black comedy thriller starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively, adapted by Jessica Sharzer from Darcey Bell's novel; a vlogger investigates her friend's disappearance. Lionsgate release, 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, sequel Another Simple Favor (2025).
A Simple Life (桃姐)
A Simple Life (桃姐, Tao jie) is Ann Hui's 2011 Hong Kong drama starring Deanie Ip and Andy Lau, based on producer Roger Lee's real story of a family amah of 60 years who enters a nursing home after a stroke; it won Venice Best Actress and top Golden Horse and Hong Kong Film Awards.
A Simple Murder
A Simple Murder is a 2020 Hindi dark comedy crime thriller web series on SonyLIV, directed by Sachin Pathak, starring Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Priya Anand, Amit Sial, and Sushant Singh; seven episodes premiered 20 November 2020.
A Simple Plan (film)
A Simple Plan (1998) is a Sam Raimi crime thriller adapted by Scott B. Smith from his 1993 novel, starring Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, and Bridget Fonda as Minnesotans who find millions in a crashed plane.
A Simple Wish
A Simple Wish is a 1997 American family fantasy-comedy directed by Michael Ritchie. It stars Martin Short as the first male fairy godmother, alongside Mara Wilson.
A Single Man
A Single Man (2009) is Tom Ford's directorial debut film, adapted from Christopher Isherwood's 1964 novel, starring Colin Firth as a grieving gay professor in 1962 Los Angeles; BAFTA winner, Oscar-nominated, later a Royal Ballet adaptation.
A Single Spark (아름다운 청년 전태일)
A Single Spark (아름다운 청년 전태일) is Park Kwang-su's 1995 Korean drama about labor activist Jeon Tae-il, who self-immolated in 1970, intercut with a fugitive writer's biography project; Blue Dragon Best Film, Berlin competition.
A Small Light
A Small Light: 2023 eight-episode Nat Geo/Disney+ miniseries telling the Anne Frank story from helper Miep Gies's viewpoint, starring Bel Powley, Liev Schreiber, and Joe Cole, premiering May 1, 2023.
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986 ABC TV movie, also called Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Christmas) is a musical fantasy directed by Henry Winkler, starring Dolly Parton as singer Lorna Davis with Lee Majors, seven orphans, and a witch; never officially released on DVD or streaming.
A Soldier's Story
A Soldier's Story is a 1984 Norman Jewison mystery drama adapted by Charles Fuller from his Pulitzer-winning A Soldier's Play, starring Howard E. Rollins Jr., Adolph Caesar, and Denzel Washington; a 1944 Louisiana murder investigation earned three Oscar nominations.
A Son for a Son
A Son for a Son is the season 2 premiere of House of the Dragon, written by Ryan Condal, directed by Alan Taylor, aired June 16, 2024 on HBO; it adapts the Blood and Cheese murder of Jaehaerys after Lucerys Velaryon's death.
A Soul Haunted by Painting (画魂)
A Soul Haunted by Painting (画魂) is Huang Shuqin's 1994 biographical film starring Gong Li as painter Pan Yuliang, adapted from Shi Nan's novel, censored, restored in 4K in 2018.
A Sound of Thunder (film)
A Sound of Thunder (2005) is Peter Hyams's film adaptation of Ray Bradbury's 1952 short story, starring Edward Burns, Catherine McCormack, and Ben Kingsley; a time-safari butterfly kill alters history via time waves, and the film flopped badly.
A Special Day
A Special Day (Una giornata particolare) is Ettore Scola's 1977 Italian-Canadian drama starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni as two outsiders who meet in Rome on the day of Hitler's 1938 visit; Cannes competitor, Golden Globe and Cesar winner, double Oscar nominee.
A Special Memory
A Special Memory (Espesyal na Alaala) is a 2026 Viva Films Philippine romance-drama directed by Jerry Lopez Sineneng, written by Ricky Lee, starring Bela Padilla and Carlo Aquino; it adapts the Japanese series Pure Soul and depicts early-onset Alzheimer's.
A Spy Among Friends
A Spy Among Friends is a six-part 2022 ITVX/MGM+ British spy drama adapted from Ben Macintyre's book, starring Guy Pearce as Kim Philby and Damian Lewis as Nicholas Elliott, directed by Nick Murphy.
A Star Brighter Than the Sun
A Star Brighter Than the Sun (Taiyō yori mo Mabushii Hoshi, 太陽よりも眩しい星) is a shōjo romance manga by Kazune Kawahara, serialized in Bessatsu Margaret since 2021, about sturdy girl Sae Iwata and her childhood friend Koki Kamishiro, with a 2025 Studio KAI TV anime on TBS and a VIZ Shojo Beat English release.
A Star Brighter Than the Sun (太陽よりも眩しい星)
A Star Brighter Than the Sun (太陽よりも眩しい星, Tamahoshi) is a shojo romance manga by Kazune Kawahara serialized in Bessatsu Margaret since 2021, and a 12-episode Studio KAI anime that premiered on TBS on October 2, 2025, with a second season announced.
A Star Is Born (1937 film)
A Star Is Born (1937) is the original Hollywood-set version of the story, a William A. Wellman Technicolor drama starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, produced by David O. Selznick, which won the Best Original Story Oscar and was remade in 1954, 1976, and 2018.
A Star Is Born (1954 film)
A Star Is Born (1954) is George Cukor's musical remake of the 1937 film, starring Judy Garland and James Mason, with an Arlen-Gershwin score, cut after premiere and restored in 1983.
A Star Is Born (1976 film)
A Star Is Born (1976) is Frank Pierson's rock-musical remake starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, the third version of the story. It grossed $80 million in the US, won the Best Original Song Oscar for Evergreen, and five Golden Globes despite mixed reviews.
A Star Is Born (2018 film)
A Star Is Born (2018) is Bradley Cooper's directorial debut musical drama, starring Cooper and Lady Gaga as lovers on opposite career paths; fourth film version (after 1937, 1954, 1976), grossing about $436 million and winning the Best Original Song Oscar for "Shallow".
A Story of Floating Weeds (浮草物語)
A Story of Floating Weeds (浮草物語, Ukigusa monogatari) is Yasujiro Ozu's 1934 Shochiku silent drama about troupe leader Kihachi, his former lover and secret son; remade by Ozu in color in 1959 as Floating Weeds.
A Story of Yonosuke (横道世之介)
A Story of Yonosuke (横道世之介, Yokomichi Yonosuke) is a 2013 Japanese drama directed by Shuichi Okita, adapted from Shuichi Yoshida's Mainichi Shimbun serialized novel, starring Kengo Kora and Yuriko Yoshitaka as an ordinary 1987 Tokyo student and the friends who remember him.