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The Shattering Peace
The Shattering Peace is John Scalzi's 2025 seventh Old Man's War novel (Tor Books), following diplomat Gretchen Trujillo investigating the vanished 50,000-person Unity Colony amid a looming Consu civil war.
The Shaukeens (द शौकीन्स)
The Shaukeens (द शौकीन्स), also called The Fondness, is a 2014 Hindi comedy directed by Abhishek Sharma, remaking Basu Chatterjee's 1982 Shaukeen, starring Anupam Kher, Annu Kapoor, Piyush Mishra, Lisa Haydon, and Akshay Kumar as himself.
The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption is Frank Darabont's 1994 prison drama adapted from Stephen King's novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman; a box-office flop with seven Oscar nominations and no wins, it later topped the IMDb user poll.
The Sheep Detectives
The Sheep Detectives (2026), Kyle Balda's family whodunit adapted from Leonie Swann's German novel Three Bags Full, stars Hugh Jackman as murdered shepherd George Hardy, whose talking sheep investigate his death; Amazon MGM, 109 minutes, PG.
The Sheik (1921 film)
The Sheik (1921) is an American silent romantic drama directed by George Melford, starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres, adapted from E. M. Hull's 1919 novel; a Paramount hit that made Valentino a star and founded the Hollywood sheik-film genre.
The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky: 1990 Bernardo Bertolucci film adapting Paul Bowles's 1949 novel; John Malkovich and Debra Winger as the Moresbys adrift in 1947 North Africa; Storaro cinematography, Sakamoto score, BAFTA and Golden Globe wins.
The Shepheardes Calender
The Shepheardes Calender is Edmund Spenser's first major work, a book of twelve pastoral eclogues named for the months, published anonymously in London in 1579 and dedicated to Sir Philip Sidney.
The Shepherd (2026 film)
The Shepherd is an upcoming 2026 American horror thriller directed by John Hyams, starring Georgina Campbell as a woman who hitches a ride with a frightening stranger.
The Shield
The Shield (FX, 2002–2008), created by Shawn Ryan, is a police drama starring Michael Chiklis as corrupt Strike Team leader Vic Mackey in Los Angeles's fictional Farmington district, inspired by the Rampart scandal; its record 4.8-million-viewer premiere established FX as a scripted-drama network.
The Shield of Achilles
"The Shield of Achilles" is a 1952 poem by W. H. Auden rewriting Homer's forge scene, the title poem of his 1955 collection, which won the 1956 National Book Award.
The Shining (film)
The Shining (1980) is Stanley Kubrick's psychological horror film adapted from Stephen King's 1977 novel, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall at the Overlook Hotel; shot at Elstree with Steadicam, initially panned, later canonical.
The Shining (miniseries)
The Shining is a 1997 American television horror miniseries directed by Mick Garris, written by Stephen King from his 1977 novel, and starring Steven Weber and Rebecca De Mornay.
The Shining (novel)
The Shining (1977), Stephen King's third novel published by Doubleday, follows Jack Torrance and family at the haunted Overlook Hotel; inspired by the Stanley Hotel, adapted by Kubrick in 1980, sequel Doctor Sleep (2013).
The Shins
The Shins are an American indie rock band formed in 1996 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, by James Mercer as a side project of Flake Music. Known for Oh, Inverted World (2001), Chutes Too Narrow, Wincing the Night Away, the Garden State breakthrough, and Port of Morrow.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News is a 2001 American drama film directed by Lasse Hallström, adapted from E. Annie Proulx's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and starring Kevin Spacey.
The Shirelles
The Shirelles were an American girl group formed in Passaic, New Jersey, in the late 1950s, best known for 1960s hits like "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and "Soldier Boy."
The Shit Ov God
The Shit Ov God is the thirteenth studio album by Polish extreme metal band Behemoth, released May 9, 2025 via Nuclear Blast Records, known for Nergal's deliberately provocative title and its divided reviews.
The Shockwave Rider
The Shockwave Rider (1975) is John Brunner's proto-cyberpunk novel about fugitive hacker Nick Haflinger and the Tarnover think tank; it coined the computer term "worm" and anticipated the Internet, surveillance, and identity hacking.
The Shoes of the Fisherman (film)
The Shoes of the Fisherman is a 1968 MGM drama directed by Michael Anderson, adapted from Morris West's novel, starring Anthony Quinn as Kiril Lakota, a Siberia-released archbishop who becomes the first non-Italian pope in 400 years.
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) is a Rudy Clark pop-soul song, a 1964 US No. 6 Billboard hit for Betty Everett on Vee-Jay and a 1991 UK No. 1 for Cher from the film Mermaids.
The Shootist
The Shootist (1976) is Don Siegel's Western, John Wayne's final film, adapted from Glendon Swarthout's 1975 novel about dying gunfighter J.B. Books in Carson City, with Lauren Bacall, James Stewart, and Ron Howard.
The Shop
The Shop is an American unscripted talk series set in a barbershop, created by Paul Rivera with LeBron James and Maverick Carter for HBO, first airing in 2018.
The Shop Around the Corner
The Shop Around the Corner: 1940 Ernst Lubitsch romantic comedy (also known from Parfumerie) starring James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan as Budapest shop clerks and secret pen pals; source of She Loves Me and You've Got Mail.
The Shop of the Lin Family
The Shop of the Lin Family (林家铺子) is a 1932 short story by Chinese writer Mao Dun, following a Jiangnan shop owner driven to bankruptcy amid boycotts and war.
The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze), 1965 Czechoslovak film by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos; carpenter becomes Aryan controller of a Jewish widow's shop in 1942 Slovakia; first Eastern European Oscar winner, Best Foreign Language Film.
The Shopboy's God
The Shopboy's God (小僧の神様) is a 1919 short story by the Japanese writer Shiga Naoya about a poor apprentice treated to tuna sushi by a nobleman.
The Shout
The Shout (1978) is a British psychological drama by Jerzy Skolimowski, adapted from Robert Graves's short story, starring Alan Bates, Susannah York, and John Hurt; it shared Cannes 1978's Jury Grand Prix and was the first British Dolby-soundtrack film.
The Show (2017 film)
The Show, originally titled This Is Your Death, is a 2017 American thriller directed by and co-starring Giancarlo Esposito, with Josh Duhamel and Famke Janssen, about a reality show whose contestants kill themselves on air; it premiered at SXSW and earned a Metascore of 35.
The Show Must Go On (Queen song)
"The Show Must Go On" is a 1991 Queen song, mainly written by Brian May and sung by Freddie Mercury, closing the album Innuendo. Released 14 October 1991, weeks before Mercury's AIDS-related death, with Elton John performing it at the 1992 tribute concert.
The Show of Shows
The Show of Shows (1929) is a Warner Bros. pre-Code all-star musical revue directed by John G. Adolfi, hosted by Frank Fay with 70+ stars including John Barrymore and Rin-Tin-Tin, shot with Vitaphone sound-on-disc and two-strip Technicolor.