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Sleepover (film)
Sleepover (film) most commonly denotes Sleepover (2004), an MGM teen comedy directed by Joe Nussbaum, starring Alexa Vega in a scavenger-hunt plot; distinct from The Sleepover (2020 Netflix film) and other same-title films.
Sleepwalker (2026 film)
Sleepwalker (2026) is an American psychological horror thriller, Brandon Auman's feature directorial debut expanded from his 2024 short, starring Hayden Panettiere, Justin Chatwin, and Beverly D'Angelo; released January 9, 2026 by Brainstorm Media, it earned 14% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Sleepwalkers
Sleepwalkers is a 1992 American horror film directed by Mick Garris and written by Stephen King. It follows a mother and son who are the last survivors of a vampiric species.
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Full Circle Killing
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Full Circle Killing (Nemuri Kyōshirō: Engetsugiri, 眠狂四郎円月斬り) is a 1964 Daiei chambara film, third in the Nemuri Kyoshiro series, directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda and starring Raizō Ichikawa.
Sleepy Hollow (film)
Sleepy Hollow (1999) is Tim Burton's gothic horror film for Paramount, loosely adapting Washington Irving's 1819 tale, starring Johnny Depp as detective Ichabod Crane and Christina Ricci, grossing $101.1 million in the US.
Sleepy Hollow (TV series)
Sleepy Hollow was a Fox supernatural drama (2013-2017), created by Kurtzman, Orci, Iscove, and Wiseman from Washington Irving's tale; Tom Mison's Ichabod Crane and Nicole Beharie's Abbie Mills fought the Headless Horseman until its four-season, ratings-declined run was canceled May 9, 2017.
Sleight
Sleight is a 2016 American sci-fi crime drama, the debut feature of J.D. Dillard, starring Jacob Latimore as a street magician who deals drugs and uses an electromagnetic implant to rescue his kidnapped sister; Sundance 2016, BH Tilt release, $250,000 budget.
Sleight of hand
Sleight of hand, also called legerdemain or prestidigitation, is the art of deceiving spectators through adroit hand movements in magic and card tricks, documented since 2500 BCE and studied today in attention and perception research.
Slender Man (film)
Slender Man (2018) is a Sony Screen Gems supernatural horror film directed by Sylvain White, based on Eric Knudsen's creepypasta character, starring Joey King and Javier Botet; it earned $30.5 million but scored 8% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Sleuth (1972 film)
Sleuth (1972), also released as La huella, is Joseph L. Mankiewicz's final film, adapted by Anthony Shaffer from his Tony-winning play, starring Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine in a two-hander battle of wits, with four Oscar nominations and famously fictitious supporting cast credits.
Slice of life
Slice of life: term for presenting unshaped everyday experience, originating in Zola's theatrical naturalism (fourth wall, detailed sets, open endings) and used in fiction, film, and anime-related genres.
Sliding Doors
Sliding Doors (1998) is a British romantic comedy-drama, Peter Howitt's directorial debut, starring Gwyneth Paltrow as Helen Quilley, whose life splits into two parallel timelines when she catches or misses a London Underground train.
Slim Pickens
Slim Pickens (Louis Bert Lindley Jr., 1919–1983) was an American rodeo clown turned western character actor, famous as Major Kong riding the bomb in Dr. Strangelove (1964) and as Taggart in Blazing Saddles (1974).
Slime (film)
Slime is an upcoming American animated dystopian sci-fi monster film, the feature directorial debut of Jeron Braxton, starring Kid Cudi as Glenn and Willow Smith as Muna, produced by Hammerstone Studios, Mad Solar, and Capstone Global.
Slimer
Slimer, also called Onionhead or the Green Ghost, is the gluttonous green ghost from Ghostbusters (1984), a Class 5 full-roaming vapor and the first ghost captured; named in the 1986 Real Ghostbusters cartoon and inspired by John Belushi.
Sling Blade
Sling Blade is a 1996 Miramax drama written, directed by, and starring Billy Bob Thornton as Karl Childers, adapted from his stage play and the 1993 short Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade; it won Thornton the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar.
Slip
Slip is a 2023 seven-episode Roku Channel comedy-drama written, directed by, and starring Zoe Lister-Jones, in which Mae Cannon slips into parallel universes, each married to a different partner, after a one-night stand.
Slipknot (comics)
Slipknot (Christopher Weiss), DC Comics supervillain created by Gerry Conway and Rafael Kayanan, debuting in The Fury of Firestorm #28 (1984); a rope-wielding former chemist, Firestorm foe, Suicide Squad member, and 2016 film character played by Adam Beach.
Slippin' Jimmy
Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy is a 2022 six-episode AMC+ animated prequel about young Jimmy McGill, the future Saul Goodman, scamming through 1970s Catholic school in Chicago with friend Marco; each short parodies a film genre.
Slither (2006 film)
Slither (2006) is James Gunn's horror-comedy directorial debut about alien slugs invading Wheelsy, South Carolina, starring Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, and Michael Rooker; a box-office flop that became a cult classic with an 87% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Sliver (film)
Sliver is a 1993 American erotic thriller directed by Phillip Noyce, starring Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, and Tom Berenger, adapted from Ira Levin's 1991 novel.
Slow Horses
Slow Horses is a British Apple TV espionage drama adapted from Mick Herron's Slough House novels, starring Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, head of an MI5 dumping ground for disgraced agents. Six-episode seasons have aired annually since April 2022, with seasons 7 and 8 confirmed.
Slow West
Slow West (2015) is John Maclean's feature-debut revisionist Western, a UK/New Zealand co-production starring Michael Fassbender and Kodi Smit-McPhee, set in 1870 Colorado but shot in New Zealand, winner of the Sundance World Cinema Grand Jury Prize.
Slugterra
Slugterra is a Canadian CGI animated series (2012–2016) created by Asaph Fipke, following Eli Shane, who fires transforming slugs from blasters against Dr. Blakk; also a franchise of films, Slugisodes, and Slug it Out 2.
Slumberland (film)
Slumberland (2022) is a Netflix family fantasy film directed by Francis Lawrence, starring Jason Momoa as Flip and Marlow Barkley as Nemo, loosely based on Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland strip; released theatrically November 11, 2022 and streaming November 18, 2022.
Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British drama film directed by Danny Boyle, about a Mumbai orphan competing on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?; it won eight Academy Awards.
Slums of Beverly Hills
Slums of Beverly Hills is a 1998 American comedy-drama, Tamara Jenkins's first feature, starring Natasha Lyonne, Alan Arkin, and Marisa Tomei as a family chasing a Beverly Hills address.
Slut: The Play
Slut: The Play is a Katie Cappiello play by The Arts Effect All-Girl Theater Company, premiered at the 2013 NY Fringe Festival, about teen Joey Del Marco's sexual assault and slut-shaming; adapted into Netflix's Grand Army.
Small & Mighty (正义的算法)
Small & Mighty (正義的算法) is a 2022 Taiwanese legal comedy-drama, Disney+'s first original Taiwanese series, co-produced with bilibili by Yoosonn Entertainment. Directed by Hsu Fu-hsiang, starring Chen Bo-lin and Puff Kuo; 26 episodes aired June 15 to July 21, 2022.
Small Axe (anthology)
Small Axe is Steve McQueen's 2020 anthology of five films (Mangrove, Lovers Rock, Red White and Blue, Alex Wheatle, Education) on London's West Indian community, 1968–1984, for BBC One and Amazon Prime.