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The Small Back Room
The Small Back Room (1949, aka Hour of Glory) is a Powell and Pressburger black-and-white drama adapted from Nigel Balchin's 1943 novel, starring David Farrar as alcoholic bomb-disposal expert Sammy Rice, with Kathleen Byron; a box-office failure later restored in 4K.
The Smart Set
The Smart Set was an American monthly literary magazine published in New York City from 1900 to 1930, co-edited by H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan.
The Smashing Machine (2025 film)
The Smashing Machine (2025) is Benny Safdie's A24 biographical drama starring Dwayne Johnson as UFC fighter Mark Kerr and Emily Blunt as Dawn Staples, adapted from John Hyams's 2002 HBO documentary; released October 3, 2025, it won Safdie the Venice Silver Lion and earned an Oscar makeup nomination.
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins: Chicago alternative rock band formed 1988 by Billy Corgan with James Iha, D'Arcy Wretzky, and Jimmy Chamberlin; Gish, Siamese Dream, Mellon Collie; 30 million albums; original lineup disbanded 2000, later reformed.
The Smashing Pumpkins discography
The Smashing Pumpkins discography: 13 studio albums by the Chicago alt-rock band, from Gish (1991) and Siamese Dream (1993) to the 10x-platinum Mellon Collie (1995) and Aghori Mhori Mei (2024), plus Pisces Iscariot, Machina II, and deluxe reissues.
The Smeds and the Smoos
The Smeds and the Smoos is a 2022 BBC One Christmas animated special adapted from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's 2019 picture book, Magic Light Pictures' tenth such adaptation, animated by Blue Zoo, watched by 8.1 million viewers, and winner of the 2023 International Emmy for Best Kids' Animation.
The Smeezingtons
The Smeezingtons were the Los Angeles songwriting and production trio of Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, and Ari Levine, behind "Nothin' on You", "Billionaire", "Fuck You", and Mars's first two albums, later succeeded by Shampoo Press & Curl.
The Smell of Apples
The Smell of Apples (Die reuk van appels) is a debut novel by South African writer Mark Behr, published in Afrikaans in 1993 and in English in 1995.
The Smile (band)
The Smile: English art rock trio of Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) with Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner, on XL Recordings. Named for a Ted Hughes poem; albums A Light for Attracting Attention, Wall of Eyes, Cutouts.
The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (하늘에서 내리는 일억 개의 별) (TV series)
The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (하늘에서 내리는 일억 개의 별) is a 2018 tvN Korean mystery melodrama, a remake of Fuji TV's 2002 Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi, starring Seo In Guk, Jung So Min, and Park Sung Woong, with a tragic 16-episode run.
The Smile Man
The Smile Man (தி ஸ்மைல் மேன்) is a 2024 Tamil crime thriller directed by Syam Praveen, starring R. Sarathkumar in his 150th film as a cop with Alzheimer's hunting a serial killer; released 27 December 2024, streaming on Aha Tamil.
The Smile Sessions
The Smile Sessions (2011) is a Beach Boys compilation and box set on Capitol/EMI assembling the 1966–67 recordings for the shelved SMiLE album, with a 19-track reconstruction modeled on Brian Wilson Presents Smile.
The Smiler
The Smiler is a steel roller coaster at Alton Towers Resort in Staffordshire, England, opened in 2013 and holding the world record for the most inversions, with 14.
The Smith's Snackfood Company
The Smith's Snackfood Company, also Smith's Chips, is PepsiCo's Australian snack manufacturer founded in 1931 in Sydney; it makes Crinkle Cut chips, Twisties, and Red Rock Deli, and leads Australia's salty snack market.
The Smithereens
The Smithereens are an American rock band from New Jersey, founded in 1980, best known for the 1989 hit "A Girl Like You" and the songwriting of singer Pat DiNizio.
The Smiths
The Smiths: English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982 by Morrissey and Johnny Marr, with Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce; four Rough Trade albums 1984 to 1987, two UK number 1 albums, split in 1987, foundational to British indie and Britpop.
The Smiths (album)
The Smiths (1984) is the English band's debut album on Rough Trade, re-recorded by John Porter after Troy Tate sessions, peaking at No. 2 on the UK chart for 33 weeks, the year's best-selling indie album.
The Smiths discography
The Smiths discography: the Manchester band's 1983-1987 output on Rough Trade, four studio albums (The Smiths, Meat Is Murder, The Queen Is Dead, Strangeways), three compilations, Rank live album, 25 singles, plus WEA, Rhino Complete, and Best Of reissues.
The Smoking Gun
The Smoking Gun (thesmokinggun.com) is an American document-journalism website founded in April 1997 by William Bastone, Barbara Glauber, and Daniel Green; it publishes authentic court files, FBI records, and celebrity mug shots, known for the James Frey exposé.
The Smurfs
The Smurfs (Les Schtroumpfs) are Peyo's Belgian comic characters, blue and three apples tall, first appearing 23 October 1958 in Spirou, later stars of Hanna-Barbera cartoons, Sony and Paramount films, and the Nickelodeon series.
The Smurfs (film)
The Smurfs is a 2011 American live-action/animated comedy from Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation, directed by Raja Gosnell, in which the Smurfs flee Gargamel and land in New York City.
The Smurfs 2
The Smurfs 2 is a 2013 American live-action/animated family comedy directed by Raja Gosnell, a sequel to the 2011 film, in which Gargamel kidnaps Smurfette and takes her to Paris.
The Snail Bride
The Snail Bride (우렁각시, Wooreonggaksi) is a Korean folktale in which a freshwater snail transforms into a woman who marries a poor bachelor, known across many regions of Korea.
The Snake Pit (1948 film)
The Snake Pit (1948) is Anatole Litvak's psychological drama starring Olivia de Havilland as Virginia Cunningham, adapted from Mary Jane Ward's novel; six Oscar nominations, won Best Sound, credited with spurring mental-hospital reforms in 26 states.
The Snake Pit (Wigan)
The Snake Pit, also known as Riley's Gym, is a Wigan catch wrestling club founded by Billy Riley in the late 1940s and now based in Aspull.
The Snake's Skin
The Snake's Skin (გველის პერანგი) is a 1925 modernist novel by the Georgian writer Grigol Robakidze, conceived in Iran in 1917 and regarded as a cornerstone of Georgian literary modernism.
The Snapper
The Snapper (1993) is a Stephen Frears comedy-drama, written by Roddy Doyle from his Barrytown novel, about pregnant Sharon Curley refusing to name her baby's father. A BBC film that moved from BBC2 to cinema release, winning Toronto's People's Choice Award.
The Sneetches and Other Stories
The Sneetches and Other Stories is Dr. Seuss's 1961 Random House collection of four verse stories, led by "The Sneetches," an allegory of prejudice and arbitrary markers exploited by Sylvester McMonkey McBean.
The Snitch Cartel
The Snitch Cartel (El cartel de los sapos) is a 2011 Colombian-Mexican crime film directed by Carlos Moreno, adapted from Andrés López López's book and the Caracol TV series, starring Manolo Cardona as a Norte del Valle cartel informant.
The Snoopy Show
The Snoopy Show (2021–2023) is a WildBrain-produced 2-D animated Apple TV+ series starring Snoopy and Woodstock in Peanuts adventures; 39 episodes in three seasons, premiered February 5, 2021, ended December 2023.