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The Sopranos

The Sopranos is David Chase's HBO drama (1999-2007) starring James Gandolfini as New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano in therapy; winner of 21 Emmys and a landmark of serial television.

The Sopranos (The Sopranos episode)

"The Sopranos" (pilot) is the January 10, 1999 HBO premiere episode of The Sopranos, written and directed by David Chase, introducing Tony Soprano's panic attacks, therapy with Dr. Melfi, and the ducks storyline.

The Sorcerer and the White Snake (白蛇传说)

The Sorcerer and the White Snake is a 2011 Chinese fantasy action film directed by Tony Ching Siu-tung, reworking the White Snake legend with Jet Li as the monk Fahai.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010 film)

The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a 2010 American fantasy film directed by Jon Turteltaub, starring Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel, about a sorcerer training a physics student in magic.

The Sorrow and the Pity

The Sorrow and the Pity (Le Chagrin et la Pitié), Marcel Ophüls's 1969 two-part documentary on Clermont-Ferrand under Nazi occupation, shown on French TV only in 1981, Oscar-nominated, and pivotal in breaking the Gaullist resistance myth.

The Souffleur

The Souffleur: 2025 Austria-Argentina comedy-drama by Gastón Solnicki, also known by working title Tristes Tropicos. Willem Dafoe plays Vienna hotel manager Lucius Glantz fighting the sale and demolition of the Hotel InterContinental; Venice Orizzonti premiere, 78 minutes.

The Soul Eater (film)

The Soul Eater (Le Mangeur d'âmes) is a 2024 French horror thriller by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, adapted from Alexis Laipsker's novel, starring Virginie Ledoyen and Paul Hamy as investigators in the Vosges; released 24 April 2024, distinct from the Japanese manga Soul Eater.

The Sound and the Fury (2014 film)

The Sound and the Fury is a 2014 American drama directed by James Franco, adapted from William Faulkner's 1929 novel about the decaying Compson family of Mississippi.

The Sound of Magic

The Sound of Magic (안나라수마나라) is a 2022 Netflix South Korean fantasy musical drama, six episodes, adapted from Ha Il-kwon's 2010 webtoon Annarasumanara, directed by Kim Sung-yoon and starring Ji Chang-wook as magician Ri-eul.

The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music: 1959 Broadway musical, the last Rodgers & Hammerstein collaboration, based on Maria von Trapp's memoir; ran 1,443 performances, won seven Tonys, and became the record-breaking 1965 film.

The Sound of Music (film)

The Sound of Music (1965) is Robert Wise's five-Oscar film musical starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, adapted from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway show about the von Trapp family, premiered March 2, 1965, and became the first film to gross over $100 million.

The Sound of Silence (Grey's Anatomy)

Season 12 episode 9 and mid-season premiere of Grey's Anatomy (254th overall), aired February 11, 2016. Directed by Denzel Washington; Meredith Grey is attacked by a patient, left deaf with her jaw wired shut, in a largely dialogue-free hour.

The Sound of Your Heart (마음의 소리) (TV series)

The Sound of Your Heart (마음의 소리) is a 2016 Korean sitcom adapted from Jo Seok's Naver webtoon, released as a Naver TV web drama and KBS2 Friday series starring Lee Kwang-soo, later on Netflix, with a 2018 Netflix reboot.

The Soup

The Soup is E!'s pop culture clip show, relaunched in 2004 from Talk Soup (1991) and hosted by Joel McHale 2004-2015, mocking reality TV; a 2020 revival starred Jade Catta-Preta, and a 2018 Netflix show continued the format.

The Soup Nazi

The Soup Nazi is Yev Kassem, the strict soup vendor in the Seinfeld episode "The Soup Nazi" (S7E6, November 2, 1995), written by Spike Feresten and played by Larry Thomas, based on New York soup seller Al Yeganeh and source of the catchphrase "No soup for you!".

The Source (عين النساء) (2011 film)

The Source (La Source des femmes; عين النساء) is a 2011 comedy-drama by Radu Mihaileanu, in Cannes Competition, about village women in North Africa staging a love strike until men bring running water, inspired by a 2001 Turkish event and Lysistrata.

The South

The South (El sur) is Víctor Erice's 1983 Spanish-French drama, adapted from Adelaida García Morales's novella, about a girl uncovering her father's secrets; production was halted 48 days into an 81-day shoot, leaving it famously unfinished.

The Southerner

The Southerner (1945), also known as L'homme du sud, is Jean Renoir's independent American drama adapted from George Sessions Perry's novel Hold Autumn in Your Hand, starring Zachary Scott as a Texas sharecropper; it won the 1946 Venice Biennale best picture award and earned three Oscar nominations.

The Souvenir

The Souvenir (2019) is Joanna Hogg's semi-autobiographical drama about a film student (Honor Swinton Byrne) in a destructive 1980s London affair with Anthony (Tom Burke); Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner, followed by The Souvenir: Part II (2021).

The Souvenir Part II

The Souvenir Part II (2021) is Joanna Hogg's semi-autobiographical sequel to The Souvenir, following film student Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne) as she processes her lover Anthony's death by making her graduation film. Premiered at Cannes Directors' Fortnight, released by A24, named Sight and Sound's best film of 2021.

The Space Between Us (film)

The Space Between Us is a 2017 STX science-fiction romance directed by Peter Chelsom, starring Asa Butterfield as the first human born on Mars and Britt Robertson; it grossed $7.8M and scored 17% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Spanish Brabanter

The Spanish Brabanter (Spaanschen Brabander) is a comedy in verse by Amsterdam playwright Gerbrand Bredero, completed in 1617, about Jerolimo, a swindler posing as a wealthy grand seigneur.

The Spanish Inquisition (Monty Python)

The Spanish Inquisition is a Monty Python's Flying Circus running sketch, first broadcast 22 September 1970, in which cardinals played by Michael Palin, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam burst in on the line "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition."

The Spanish Princess

The Spanish Princess is a Starz historical drama (2019-2020, 16 episodes) created by Emma Frost and Matthew Graham from Philippa Gregory's The Constant Princess and The King's Curse, starring Charlotte Hope as young Catherine of Aragon, sequel to The White Queen and The White Princess.

The Sparks Brothers

The Sparks Brothers (2021) is Edgar Wright's debut documentary about Ron and Russell Mael of the art-pop band Sparks, covering 50 years and 25 albums; Sundance premiere, June 2021 US release, 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Sparrow (文雀)

Sparrow (文雀, Man jeuk) is a 2008 Hong Kong film by Johnnie To about four pickpockets led by Simon Yam hired by Kelly Lin's mysterious woman; shot over four years, it competed at the 2008 Berlinale.

The Specialist

The Specialist is a 1994 American action thriller directed by Luis Llosa, starring Sylvester Stallone as a former CIA explosives expert alongside Sharon Stone and James Woods.

The Specials (2000 film)

The Specials (2000 film): American superhero comedy, 82 min, R, directed by Craig Mazin, written by and co-starring James Gunn as Minute Man; Rob Lowe, Thomas Haden Church, Jamie Kennedy; limited release 22 September 2000, $13.0K gross, 47% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Spectacular Now

The Spectacular Now is a 2013 American coming-of-age comedy drama directed by James Ponsoldt, adapted from Tim Tharp's 2008 YA novel by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, starring Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley; released by A24, it earned a Metacritic score of 82.

The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV series)

The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008-2009) is an animated Spider-Man series developed by Victor Cook and Greg Weisman for Kids' WB and Disney XD: two seasons, 26 episodes, Josh Keaton as Peter Parker, canceled after Sony returned animation rights to Marvel.