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The Substance

The Substance (2024) is a body horror film by Coralie Fargeat starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, and Dennis Quaid; it won Best Screenplay at Cannes 2024 and the 2025 Oscar for Makeup and Hairstyling.

The Substitute

The Substitute is a 1996 American action thriller directed by Robert Mandel. It stars Tom Berenger as a mercenary who goes undercover at a Miami high school.

The Sudbury Devil

The Sudbury Devil is a 2023 American independent folk horror film by Andrew Rakich (Atun-Shei Films), about Puritan witch hunters in 1678 Massachusetts; made for $25,000, premiered at The Satanic Temple in Salem, self-streamed from December 2023.

The Sugarland Express

The Sugarland Express is Steven Spielberg's 1974 theatrical debut, a Texas chase comedy-drama starring Goldie Hawn and William Atherton as a couple who kidnap a trooper to reclaim their son, based on a 1969 true incident, Cannes Best Screenplay winner.

The Suicide Squad (film)

The Suicide Squad (2021) is James Gunn's R-rated standalone sequel to David Ayer's 2016 Suicide Squad, starring Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, and John Cena; it grossed $168.7 million on a $185 million budget and spawned Peacemaker.

The Suite Life Movie

The Suite Life Movie is a 2011 Disney Channel Original Movie directed by Sean McNamara, starring Dylan and Cole Sprouse as twins Zack and Cody, who join the Gemini Project and begin sharing sensations, thoughts, and feelings.

The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir

The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir was a Disney Channel India sitcom (2012-2013), the official Indian adaptation of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, set in Mumbai's Raj Mahal Hotel with twins Karan and Kabir, mother Priti Jaiswal, and manager Maan Singh.

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005–2008) is a Disney Channel sitcom created by Danny Kallis and Jim Geoghan about twins Zack and Cody Martin, played by Dylan and Cole Sprouse, living in Boston's Tipton Hotel; 87 episodes, sequel The Suite Life on Deck.

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody season 1

Season 1 of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, the Disney Channel sitcom by Danny Kallis and Jim Geoghan, aired 26 episodes from March 18, 2005 to January 27, 2006, starring the Sprouse twins at the Tipton Hotel.

The Suite Life on Deck

The Suite Life on Deck is a Disney Channel sitcom (September 26, 2008–2011, 3 seasons) spinning off The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, moving Zack, Cody, London Tipton, and Mr. Moseby aboard the SS Tipton cruise ship with Seven Seas High, starring the Sprouse twins, Brenda Song, and Debby Ryan as Bailey.

The Sullivans

The Sullivans: Australian WWII drama serial (Crawford Productions, Nine Network, 15 November 1976 to 10 March 1983, 1114 episodes) about a Melbourne family in real time; Logie-winning hit, exported to over 70 countries, early role for Kylie Minogue.

The Sullivans (1944 film)

The Sullivans, retitled The Fighting Sullivans, is Lloyd Bacon's 1944 Twentieth Century-Fox drama about the five Sullivan brothers killed aboard USS Juneau at Guadalcanal, which changed Navy sibling-assignment policy and inspired Saving Private Ryan.

The Sultan's Dilemma

The Sultan's Dilemma (السلطان الحائر) is a 1960 play by Tawfiq al-Hakim in which a Mamluk sultan must choose between ruling by the sword and submitting to the law.

The Sum of All Fears (film)

The Sum of All Fears (2002) is a Paramount political thriller directed by Phil Alden Robinson, starring Ben Affleck as Jack Ryan and Morgan Freeman, in which neo-Nazis detonate a nuclear bomb at the Super Bowl; Metascore 45.

The Summer I Turned Pretty (TV series)

The Summer I Turned Pretty is a Prime Video teen romance series adapted by Jenny Han from her YA trilogy, starring Lola Tung, Christopher Briney, and Gavin Casalegno in a Cousins Beach love triangle; three seasons ran 2022 to 2025, with a concluding film announced.

The Summer Palace (Succession)

"The Summer Palace" is the season 2 premiere of HBO's Succession (2019), written by Jesse Armstrong and directed by Mark Mylod; set 48 hours after Shiv's wedding, it follows Kendall's post-takeover submission at an Icelandic rehab clinic and Logan's sell-or-succeed decision at the family's Hamptons estate.

The Summit (American TV series)

The Summit is a 2024 CBS reality competition hosted by Manu Bennett, an American version of an Australian Endemol Shine Australia format: 16 strangers trek New Zealand's Southern Alps for 14 days for a shared $1 million, averaging 2.1 million viewers before cancellation in April 2025.

The Sun Also Rises (太阳照常升起) (2007 film)

The Sun Also Rises (太阳照常升起) is Jiang Wen's 2007 Chinese drama, adapted from Ye Mi's novella Velvet, told in four non-linear magical-realist segments set in 1976 and 1958; it competed at Venice 2007 and won Golden Horse Best Film Editing.

The Sun Is Also a Star

The Sun Is Also a Star is a 2019 American teen romance film directed by Ry Russo-Young, based on Nicola Yoon's novel, starring Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton.

The Sun Never Sets (2026 film)

The Sun Never Sets (2026) is Joe Swanberg's Alaskan romantic drama starring Dakota Fanning, Jake Johnson, and Cory Michael Smith. Premiered at SXSW March 13, 2026; limited US release August 28, 2026 via IFC; shot on 35mm in Anchorage; $282,578 domestic gross; 79% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Sun Rises on Us All (日挂中天)

The Sun Rises on Us All (日掛中天, Ri gua zhong tian) is a 2025 Chinese drama by Cai Shangjun starring Xin Zhilei, Zhang Songwen, and Feng Shaofeng; it competed at Venice 2025, where Xin Zhilei won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress.

The Sunshine Boys

The Sunshine Boys is Neil Simon's 1972 Broadway comedy about feuding vaudeville duo Lewis and Clark reunited for a CBS special; it became a 1975 MGM film.

The Super Hero Squad Show

The Super Hero Squad Show is a Marvel Animation/Film Roman animated comedy series aired on Cartoon Network 2009–2011, 52 episodes in two seasons, based on Hasbro's Super Hero Squad toys, featuring Iron Man, Wolverine, and Dr. Doom.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (ザ・スーパーマリオギャラクシー・ムービー) is Illumination and Nintendo's 2026 animated sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie, directed by Horvath and Jelenic, released April 2026, grossing over $1 billion despite mixed reviews.

The Sure Thing

The Sure Thing (1985) is Rob Reiner's romantic comedy road movie starring John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga, a cross-country college trip often compared to It Happened One Night; earned $18,135,531 and 81% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Surfer (2024 film)

The Surfer (2024) is an Australian-Irish psychological thriller directed by Lorcan Finnegan, starring Nicolas Cage as a man barred from his childhood beach by local surfers; premiered at Cannes 2024, released 2025.

The Surgeon (film)

The Surgeon (2026) is an American crime thriller written and directed by Roshan Sethi, starring Michelle Yeoh as kidnapped retired surgeon Eliza Lim forced to operate, with Martin Freeman; TIFF 2026 premiere, Sony/Columbia release April 2, 2027.

The Surreal Life

The Surreal Life is an American celebreality series, also called a celebrity Real World, in which celebrities live together in a Hollywood Hills mansion. It ran 2003–2006 on The WB and VH1, spawned Flavor of Love and other spinoffs, and was revived in 2022.

The Surrender

The Surrender is a 2025 supernatural horror film, the feature debut of writer-director Julia Max, starring Colby Minifie and Kate Burton as a daughter and mother who attempt an occult resurrection ritual after the family patriarch dies; it premiered at SXSW and streamed on Shudder from May 23, 2025.

The Surrogate Woman (씨받이)

The Surrogate Woman (씨받이, Ssibaji) is a 1986 South Korean period drama directed by Im Kwon-taek, about a Joseon noble family hiring a peasant woman to bear its heir.