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The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior

The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (2008) is a direct-to-DVD prequel to The Scorpion King, directed by Russell Mulcahy, starring Michael Copon as young Mathayus and Randy Couture as Sargon, shot in Cape Town, South Africa.

The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption

The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption is a 2012 direct-to-video fantasy action film directed by Roel Reiné, starring Victor Webster as Mathayus, with Billy Zane and Ron Perlman; a $6 million Thailand-shot sequel to The Scorpion King 2.

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power is a 2015 direct-to-video sword-and-sorcery film, the fourth Scorpion King installment, directed by Mike Elliott with Victor Webster as Mathayus, framed for a king's murder in Norvania.

The Scorpion King: Book of Souls

The Scorpion King: Book of Souls (2018) is the fifth and final direct-to-video Scorpion King film, also called Scorpion King 5. Directed by Don Michael Paul, it stars Zach McGowan as Mathayus fighting the warlord Nebserek over a cursed sword and the Book of Souls.

The Scottish play

The Scottish play (also the Bard's play) is the theatrical euphemism for Shakespeare's Macbeth, avoided by name in theatres because of the famous stage superstition that speaking the title brings bad luck.

The Scurry

The Scurry is a British comedy-horror film about killer squirrels attacking a country park eco-café, directed by Craig Roberts, written by Tim Telling, starring Rhys Ifans, Ella Purnell, Paapa Essiedu, and Antonia Thomas; distinct from the 2024 Australian film Scurry.

The Sea (2025 film)

The Sea (Ha'yam, הים) is a 2025 Israeli drama by Shai Carmeli-Pollak about a 12-year-old Palestinian boy who sneaks past a checkpoint to see the sea. It won five Ophir Awards and is Israel's 2026 Oscar submission.

The Sea Beast (2022 film)

The Sea Beast is a 2022 Netflix animated adventure film directed by Chris Williams, starring Karl Urban, Zaris-Angel Hator, and Jared Harris; a 2023 Best Animated Feature Oscar nominee with a Metacritic score of 74.

The Sea Hawk (1940 film)

The Sea Hawk (1940) is a Warner Bros. swashbuckler directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Errol Flynn as privateer Geoffrey Thorpe. Despite the title, it is not an adaptation of Sabatini's novel; Koch and Miller wrote an original story with a 1940 anti-appeasement message.

The Sea Inside

The Sea Inside (Mar adentro) is a 2004 Spanish drama by Alejandro Amenábar about quadriplegic Ramón Sampedro's right-to-die campaign, starring Javier Bardem. It won the 2005 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, a Golden Globe, Venice's Silver Lion and Volpi Cup, and a record 14 Goyas.

The Sea of Trees

The Sea of Trees is a 2015 Gus Van Sant drama starring Matthew McConaughey, Naomi Watts, and Ken Watanabe, set in Japan's Aokigahara forest; booed at Cannes 2015 and widely panned.

The Sea Speaks His Name

The Sea Speaks His Name (Laut Bercerita) is a 2026 Indonesian political drama by Yosep Anggi Noen, adapted from Leila S. Chudori's 2017 novel, starring Reza Rahadian as disappeared student activist Biru Laut; it premiered in Busan competition and released in Indonesia October 29, 2026.

The Sea Wolves

The Sea Wolves (1980), directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, is a war film based on James Leasor's Boarding Party about Operation Creek, the 1943 Calcutta Light Horse raid on German radio ships in neutral Goa, starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, and David Niven.

The Seagull (2018 film)

The Seagull is a 2018 American drama film directed by Michael Mayer, adapted by Stephen Karam from Anton Chekhov's play and starring Annette Bening and Saoirse Ronan.

The Seagull (Чайка)

The Seagull (Чайка) is Anton Chekhov's 1895 four-act comedy about art and unrequited love. It failed at its 1896 Saint Petersburg premiere, succeeded at the 1898 Moscow Art Theatre revival, and pioneered subtext-driven modern drama.

The Searchers

The Searchers (1956) is John Ford's Western, also known as Ford and Wayne's Monument Valley classic, starring John Wayne as Ethan Edwards, a racist ex-Confederate searching years for his kidnapped niece; initially snubbed by the Oscars, it later ranked 12th on AFI's 2007 list.

The Season

The Season is a 2026 six-episode English-language revenge thriller miniseries set in Hong Kong's elite boating scene, produced by PCCW Media and SK Global, created by Yalun Tu, directed by Marialy Rivas, starring Jessie Mei Li, and premiering June 17, 2026 on Hulu, Viu, and Now TV.

The Season at Sarsaparilla

The Season at Sarsaparilla is a 1962 two-act play by Patrick White, set in a fictional Sydney suburb and following three adjoining households through conformity and repressed desire.

The Second Act (film)

The Second Act (Le Deuxième Acte) is Quentin Dupieux's 2024 French meta-comedy starring Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel, and Raphaël Quenard; it opened the 2024 Cannes Film Festival out of competition on May 14, 2024.

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, also known as The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2, is a 2015 British-American comedy-drama sequel directed by John Madden.

The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy

The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy is a Prime Video adult animated sci-fi comedy created by Cirocco Dunlap, starring Stephanie Hsu and Keke Palmer as alien surgeons Dr. Sleech and Dr. Klak; two seasons, 16 episodes, 2024-2025.

The Second City

The Second City is an improv and sketch comedy theater founded December 16, 1959, in Chicago's Old Town by Paul Sills, Bernie Sahlins, and Howard Alk; known for its satirical revues, Training Centers, and alumni pipeline to Saturday Night Live.

The Second Coming (The Sopranos)

"The Second Coming" (The Sopranos): season 6, episode 19 of HBO's The Sopranos, aired May 20, 2007; written by David Chase and Terence Winter, directed by Alan Taylor; titled after Yeats's poem, which A.J. Soprano reads before his pool suicide attempt.

The Second Mother

The Second Mother (Que Horas Ela Volta?) is Anna Muylaert's 2015 Brazilian comedy-drama about live-in maid Val (Regina Casé), whose daughter Jéssica's arrival in São Paulo upends class hierarchies; Sundance and Berlin prize winner and Brazil's 2016 Oscar submission.

The Second Mrs Tanqueray

The Second Mrs Tanqueray is an 1893 play in four acts by Arthur Wing Pinero about a widower's marriage to a woman with a past, which made a star of Mrs Patrick Campbell.

The Second Shepherds' Play

The Second Shepherds' Play, also known as the Secunda Pastorum, is a 15th-century English mystery play from the Towneley collection that joins a comic sheep-stealing plot with the shepherds' visit to Bethlehem.

The Second Wife (1998 film)

The Second Wife (La seconda moglie) is a 1998 Italian comedy-drama by Ugo Chiti, starring Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Lazar Ristovski, and Giorgio Noè; a Sicilian mother marries a Tuscan truck driver and falls for his stepson, premiered at Venice 1998.

The Secret (2006 film)

The Secret (2006) is an Australian-American documentary by Rhonda Byrne and Drew Heriot promoting the law of attraction, released as web pay-per-view and DVD, a $3.5M production that spawned a bestseller and legal dispute.

The Secret Agent (2025 film)

The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto) is a 2025 Brazilian political thriller by Kleber Mendonça Filho, starring Wagner Moura as a man on the run in 1977 Recife during the military dictatorship; it won Cannes Best Director and Best Actor and earned four Oscar nominations.

The Secret Circle (TV series)

The Secret Circle is a 2011–2012 CW supernatural teen drama, one season of 22 episodes, adapted from L.J. Smith's witch novels, created by Andrew Miller with Kevin Williamson as executive producer, starring Britt Robertson and Phoebe Tonkin.