| S&Man | J. T. Petty | documentary film | United States |
| S*P*Y*S | Irvin Kershner | spy film | United States |
| S.O.S Mulheres ao Mar | Cris D'Amato | comedy film | Brazil |
| S.O.S. Noronha | Georges Rouquier | adventure film | France |
| S.W.A.T.: Firefight | Benny Boom | action film, crime thriller film, thriller film | United States |
| Sa majesté Minor | Jean-Jacques Annaud | fantasy film, comedy film | France, Spain |
| Saakshyam | Sriwass | fantasy film | India |
| Saat Din Mohabbat In | Meenu Gaur | romantic comedy | Pakistan |
| Saathiya | Shaad Ali | romance film, drama film, musical film | India |
| Sabi Mo Mahal Mo Ako, Wala Nang Bawian | Danilo Cabreira | action comedy film | Philippines |
| Sabine Kleist, 7 Jahre... | Helmut Dziuba | children's film | East Germany |
| Sabtu Bersama Bapak | Monty Tiwa | drama film | Indonesia |
| Sacred Silence | Harry F. Millarde | — | — |
| Sacrifice for the Devil | — | horror film | Indonesia |
| Sadako | Hideo Nakata | ghost film, supernatural horror film | Japan |
| Sadie Goes to Heaven | W. S. Van Dyke | — | — |
| Safe | Boaz Yakin | action film, crime film | United States |
| Safe Haven | Lasse Hallström | romance film, drama film, thriller film | United States |
| Safe Passage | Robert Allan Ackerman | drama film | United States |
| Saga of Death Valley | Joseph Kane | — | — |
| Sage homme | Jennifer Devoldère | comedy drama | France |
| Saigon | Leslie Fenton | adventure film | United States |
| Saikyô joshikôsê densetsu: Kyôko vs Yuki | Daisuke Yamanouchi | erotic film | Japan |
| Sailor Beware! | Gordon Parry | — | — |
| Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie | Hiroki Shibata | fantasy anime and manga, romance anime and manga, fantasy film, children's film | Japan |
| Sailors Don't Care | W. P. Kellino | — | — |
| Saint Dracula 3D | Rupesh Paul | romance film, vampire film, thriller film | United Arab Emirates |
| Saint Hans' Celebration | Toralf Sandø | drama film | Norway |
| Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | anime | Japan |
| Saint Seiya: The Heaven Chapter - Overture | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | action film, anime film, adventure film | Japan |
| Saints and Sinners | Leslie Arliss | — | — |
| Saints and Sinners | James Kirkwood | — | — |
| Sakhalin Island | Eldar Ryazanov, Vasily Katanyan | documentary film | Soviet Union |
| Sakthivel | K. S. Ravikumar | drama film | India |
| Salaar | Prashanth Neel | action thriller | India |
| Salamander | Grigori Roshal | — | — |
| Salavat Yulayev | Yakov Protazanov | — | — |
| Saleem | YVS Chowdary | romance film, action film, romantic comedy | India |
| Salem's Lot | Gary Dauberman | drama film, vampire film, supernatural horror film | United States |
| Sally | John Francis Dillon | — | — |
| Sally and Saint Anne | Rudolph Maté | comedy film | United States |
| Sally Bishop | T. Hayes Hunter | — | — |
| Sally, Irene and Mary | William A. Seiter | comedy film, musical film | United States |
| Salma | Ramanand Sagar | musical film | India |
| Salt | Pyotr Chardynin | — | — |
| Salt and Fire | Werner Herzog | thriller film | France, Germany, United States |
| Salt-N-Pepa | Mario Van Peebles | biographical film | United States |
Salvatore Giuliano | Francesco Rosi | drama film, docudrama, crime film | Italy |
| Salvatore, This Is Life | Gian Paolo Cugno | drama film | Italy |
Salyut 7 | Klim Shipenko | drama film, thriller film, adventure film, historical drama, disaster film | Russia |
| Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom | Pier Paolo Pasolini | exploitation film, art film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film, extreme cinema | France, Italy |
| Sama | Néjia Ben Mabrouk | drama film | Germany, Belgium, Tunisia |
| Samaantar | Amol Palekar | — | India |
| Samad Becomes Lucky | Parviz Sayyad | comedy film | Iran |
| Samad Goes to the City | Parviz Sayyad | — | Iran |
| Same Time, Next Year | Robert Mulligan | drama film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Same Ællin | Titus Vibe-Müller | documentary film | Norway |
| Sami Blood | Amanda Kernell | drama film, historical film | Sweden |
| Samjin Company English Class | Lee Jong-pil | drama film, comedy film | South Korea |
| Sammen om drømmen | Daniel Fahre | documentary film | Norway |
| Samraat: The King Is Here | Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Raz | drama film | Bangladesh |
| Samsara | Pan Nalin | romance film, drama film, melodrama, adventure film | France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, India |
| Samson | Gabriel Sabloff, Bruce Macdonald | Christian film, drama film | United States |
Samson and Delilah | Cecil B. DeMille | — | — |
| Samson and the Sea Beast | Tanio Boccia | pirate film | Italy |
| Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto | Hiroshi Inagaki | drama film, adventure film | Japan |
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple | Jun Fukuda, Hiroshi Inagaki | drama film, Jidaigeki | Japan |
| Samurai Marathon | Bernard Rose | historical film | United Kingdom, Japan |
| Samurai Rebellion | Masaki Kobayashi | drama film | Japan |
| San Antone | Joseph Kane | Western film | United States |
| San Antone Ambush | Philip Ford | Western film | United States |
San Francisco | D. W. Griffith, W. S. Van Dyke | drama film, musical film, disaster film | United States |
| San Quentin | Gordon Douglas | crime film | United States |
| Sand Land | — | — | Japan |
| Sandakan No. 8 | Kei Kumai | drama film | Japan |
| Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar | Dibakar Banerjee | black comedy film | India |
| Sands of the Desert | John Paddy Carstairs | adventure film | United Kingdom |
| Sandy | George Melford | — | — |
| Sangen til livet | Leif Sinding | drama film | Norway |
| Sanju | Rajkumar Hirani | biographical film | India |
| Sankranthiki Vasthunam | Anil Ravipudi | action comedy film | India |
| Sanngto Aika | Satish Rajwade | — | India |
Sanshiro Sugata | Akira Kurosawa | martial arts film, action film, historical drama | Japan |
| Sansone | — | — | — |
Santa Claus | René Cardona | fantasy film, children's film, Christmas film | Mexico |
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians | Nicholas Webster | comedy film, Christmas film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| Santa Claus: The Movie | Jeannot Szwarc | fantasy film, children's film, Christmas film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Santa Claws | Glenn Miller | — | United States |
| Santa Fe Passage | William Witney | — | — |
| Santa Fe Stampede | George Sherman | Western film | United States |
| Santa Swap: Merry Christmas Mr. Andersen | Terje Rangnes | Christmas film | Norway |
| Santa’s Workshop | Rasmus A. Sivertsen | family film | Norway |
| Santiago, Italy | — | documentary film | Italy |
| Santo vs. las Mujeres Vampiro | Alfonso Corona Blake | superhero film, horror film, vampire film | Mexico |
Santoalla | Andrew Becker, Daniel Mehrer | mystery film, documentary film, crime film | United States |
| Santos peregrinos | Juan Carlos Carrasco Aguayo | drama film | Mexico |
| Sapho | Hugh Ford | — | — |
| Sarafina! | Darrell Roodt | drama film, musical film, comedy drama | France, South Africa, United States |
| Sarah and Son | Dorothy Arzner | drama film | United States |
| Sarah... Ang Munting Prinsesa | Romy Suzara | children's film | Philippines |
| Sarajevo Safari | Miran Zupanič | documentary film | Slovenia |
Saratoga | Jack Conway | drama film, comedy film, melodrama, romantic comedy | United States |
| Sardaarji 2 | Rohit Jugraj Chauhan | comedy film, adventure film | India |
| Sargnagel – Der Film | Gerhard Ertl, Sabine Hiebler | mockumentary | Austria |
| Sari Siyah | — | — | Turkey |
| Sarkar | A. R. Murugadoss | drama film | India |
| Sarkaru Vaari Paata | Parasuram | — | India |
| Sarocharu | Parasuram | — | India |
| Sarvagunakar Srimanta Sankardeva | Manju Borah | — | India |
| Sarvann | Karaan Guliani | — | Canada, India |
| SAS 181 Does Not Reply | Carl Balhaus | — | — |
| Sasurbari Zindabad | Haranath Chakraborty | — | India |
Satan | Luigi Maggi | — | — |
| Satan Triumphant | Yakov Protazanov | — | — |
| Satan's Slaves 2: Communion | Joko Anwar | satanic film, horror film | Indonesia |
| Satria Desa | — | drama film | Indonesia |
| Saturday Nights | Schamyl Bauman | comedy film | Sweden |
| Saturn in Opposition | Ferzan Özpetek | romance film, LGBTQ-related film, comedy drama | France, Italy |
| Satyamev Jayate | Milap Zaveri | drama film, action film | India |
| Sauna | Filip Bajon | comedy film, television film | Poland |
| Savage Guns | Michael Carreras | romance film, drama film, Western film | Spain, United States |
| Savage Pampas | Lucas Demare, Hugo Fregonese | drama film | Argentina |
| Savages | James Ivory | comedy film | United States |
| Save and Protect | Alexander Sokurov | drama film | Soviet Union, West Germany |
| Save the Tiger | John G. Avildsen | drama film | United States |
| Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie | Liza Johnson | family film, fantasy film, comedy film, live-action/animated film, adventure film | United States |
| Saving Mother | Jin Xi | animated film | People's Republic of China |
| Saving Private Perez | Beto Gómez | comedy film | Mexico |
| Saving Private Ryan | Steven Spielberg | drama film, action film, war film | United States |
| Saving Santa | Leon Joosen | comedy film, Christmas film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Savings Account | Raja Chanda | — | India |
Saviour Square | Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze | drama film | Poland |
| Savoia, urrah! | Edoardo Bencivenga | — | — |
| Savva. Heart of the Warrior | Maxim Fadeev | fantasy film, children's film, adventure film | Russia |
| Saw | James Wan | horror film | Australia |
| Saw II | Darren Lynn Bouseman | slasher film, splatter film, crime film | United States |
| Saworoide | Tunde Kelani, Bukky Wright | drama film, political drama | Nigeria |
| Saxo | Ariel Zeitoun | drama film | France |
| Say I Do to Me | Kiwi Chow | — | Hong Kong |
| Say It with Sables | Frank Capra | — | — |
| Say Yes | Kim Seong-hong | horror film | South Korea |
Sayonara | Joshua Logan | — | — |
| Sazer-X the Movie | Kazuki Ōmori | kaiju | Japan |
| Scalawag | Kirk Douglas, Zoran Čalić | pirate film, adventure film | United Kingdom, United States, Italy |
Scampolo | Nunzio Malasomma | comedy film | Italy |
Scandal at Scourie | Jean Negulesco | drama film | United States |
Scaramouche | George Sidney | romance film, drama film, swashbuckler film | United States |
| Scarborn | Paweł Maślona | historical film, period drama film | Poland |
| Scarecrow | Emmanuel Itier | horror film, slasher film | United States |
| Scarface | Brian De Palma | police procedural film, suspense film, crime drama film, drama film, action film, crime thriller film, neo-noir, thriller film, epic film, gangster film, crime film | United States |
| Scarless Bullet | Ning Haiqiang | drama film | People's Republic of China |
| Scary Movie 3 | David Zucker | comedy horror, alien invasion, thriller film, ghost film, science fiction film, parody film, supernatural | United States |
| Scary Movie 4 | David Zucker | parody film | United States |
| Scary Movie 5 | Malcolm D. Lee | horror film, comedy horror, comedy drama | United States |
| Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark | André Øvredal | horror film, ghost film | United States |
| Scattered Clouds | Mikio Naruse | drama film | Japan |
| Scattergood Survives a Murder | Christy Cabanne | comedy film | United States |
| Scent of Wheat | Farzan Deljou | drama film | Iran |
| Schizophrenia | Viktor Sergeev | crime film | Russia |
| Schizophreniac: The Whore Mangler | Ron Atkins | exploitation film, LGBTQ-related film | United States |
Schlußakkord | Douglas Sirk | drama film | Germany |
Schmutziger Engel | Alfred Vohrer | drama film | Germany |
| School Daze | Spike Lee | coming-of-age film, musical film, comedy drama | United States |
| School for Randle | John E. Blakeley | — | — |
| School for Stars | Donovan Pedelty | romance film | United Kingdom |
| School of Rock | Richard Linklater | comedy film, musical film | Germany, United States |
| Schtonk! | Helmut Dietl | comedy film | Germany |
| Schultze Gets the Blues | Michael Schorr | drama film, comedy film, tragicomedy, musical film | Germany |
| Sciopèn | Luciano Odorisio | comedy film | Italy |
| Scooby-Doo | Raja Gosnell | mystery film, fantasy film, comedy horror, live-action/animated film, ghost film, adventure film | United States |
| Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School | Charles August Nichols, Ray Patterson | family film, comedy film, comedy horror, ghost film, adventure film | United States |
| Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo | Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone | family film, comedy film, comedy horror, detective film, adventure film | United States |
| Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map | Jomac Noph | puppet film, comedy film, comedy horror | United States |
| Scooby-Doo! and the Beach Beastie | Victor Cook | comedy horror | United States |
| Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire | Scott Jeralds | mystery film, vampire film, comedy horror | United States |
| Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster | Joe Sichta, Scott Jeralds | mystery film, comedy film, comedy horror, detective film, adventure film | United States |
| Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare | Ethan Spaulding | comedy horror film, horror film, thriller film, detective film, adventure film | United States |
| Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown | Matt Peters | fantasy film | United States |
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins | Brian Levant | mystery film, live-action/animated film, ghost film, comedy television program | United States |
| Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob | Christina Sotta, Maxwell Atoms | adventure film | United States |
| Scoop | Woody Allen | mystery film, romantic comedy, crime film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Scorpio | Michael Winner | drama film, action film, spy film, thriller film | United States |
| Scratch | Sébastien Godron | musical film | Canada |
| Scream 3 | Wes Craven | mystery film, horror film, slasher film | United States |
| Screamers | Christian Duguay | post-apocalyptic film, fantasy film, action film, horror film, dystopian film, thriller film, adventure film, war film, science fiction film | Canada, Japan, United States |
| Screamplay | Rufus Butler Seder | comedy film, horror film | United States |
| Screen Tests | Agnieszka Holland, Jerzy Domaradzki | drama film | Poland |
| Screwball Squirrel | Tex Avery | comedy film | United States |
Scusa ma ti chiamo amore | Federico Moccia | romantic comedy | Italy |
| Scénario | Fabrice Aragno, Nicole Brenez, Jean-Luc Godard | experimental film | France, Japan |
| Sea Devils | Benjamin Stoloff | — | — |
| Sea Fever | Neasa Hardiman | science fiction film | Ireland |
| Sea Hawk | Vladimir Braun | — | — |
| Sea Tales | Aleksey Sakharov | adventure film | Soviet Union |
| Seaman No. 7 | Lo Wei | action film | Hong Kong |
| Seamstress | Ville Suhonen | documentary film | Finland |
| Searching for Sugar Man | Malik Bendjelloul | music documentary film, biographical film | United Kingdom, Sweden |
| Season in Cairo | Reinhold Schünzel | romance film, comedy film, musical film | Germany |
| Season in Salzburg | Franz Josef Gottlieb | comedy film, musical film | Austria |
| Seawards Journey | Guillermo Casanova | drama film | Uruguay |
| Seclusion Near a Forest | Jiří Menzel | drama film, family film, comedy film | Czechoslovakia |
| Second Act | Peter Segal | romance film, comedy film, melodrama | United States |
Second Chorus | H. C. Potter | — | — |
| Second Dance | Lárus Ýmir Óskarsson | drama film | Sweden |
| Second Hand Love | William A. Wellman | — | — |
Second Hand Wife | Hamilton MacFadden | drama film | United States |
| Second Skin | Gerardo Vera | romance film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film | Spain |
| Second Tour | Albert Dupontel | comedy drama | France |
| Seconds Apart | Antonio Negret | horror film, thriller film | United States |
| Secret Agent's Destiny | Venyamin Davydovich Dorman | detective film, adventure film | Soviet Union |
Secret Fantasy | Pasquale Festa Campanile | comedy film, erotic film | Italy |
| Secret Headquarters | Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost | superhero film | United States |
| Secret Love | Robert Z. Leonard | — | — |
| Secret Mission | Harold French | drama film | United Kingdom |
| Secret of the Wings | Peggy Holmes | family film, fantasy film | United States |
| Secret Sunshine | Lee Chang-dong | drama film | South Korea |
| Secrets of Henry VIII's Palace | — | documentary television film | United Kingdom |
| Secrets of Paris | Jānis Cimmermanis | puppet film | Latvia |
| Secrets of the Furious Five | Raman Hui | comedy film, action film, flashback film | United States |
| Secrets of the Titanic | Robert Ballard | documentary film | United States |
| Sector 7 | Kim Ji-hun | monster film, action film, science fiction film | South Korea |
| Security Unlimited | Michael Hui | comedy film, slapstick | Hong Kong |
| See No Evil | Richard Fleischer | drama film, horror film, crime film | United Kingdom |
| See No Evil, Hear No Evil | Arthur Hiller | comedy film, buddy film, crime film | United States |
| See You After School | Lee Seok-hoon | drama film | South Korea |
Seed | John M. Stahl | drama film | United States |
| Seinfeld: A XXX Parody | Lee Roy Myers | pornographic parody film, pornographic film | United States |
| Selam | Levent Demirkale | drama film | Turkey |
| Self Reliance | Jake Johnson | comedy film, thriller film | United States |
| Selfportrait of an Unknown Man | Viacheslav Kryshtofovych | — | Soviet Union |
| Selkvinnen | Per G. Jonson, Lauritz Falk | drama film | Norway |
Selma | Ava DuVernay | drama film, historical film, biographical film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Semesta Mendukung | John de Rantau | drama film | Indonesia |
| Seminole Uprising | Earl Bellamy | Western film | United States |
| Sen'un Ajia no Joō | Hiromasa Nomura | — | — |
| Send More Candy | Philip Zandén, Cæcilia Holbek Trier | family film | Sweden, Denmark |
| Senior Torres | — | drama film | Switzerland |
| Senna | Asif Kapadia | documentary film | United Kingdom |
| Senność | Magdalena Piekorz | drama film | Poland |
| Seo Bok | Lee Yong-ju | science fiction film | South Korea |
| Separate Tables | Delbert Mann | romance film, drama film, film noir | United States |
September | Woody Allen | drama film | United States |
| September 5 | Tim Fehlbaum | historical film, thriller film | Germany, United States |
| September Eleven 1683 | Renzo Martinelli | historical film | Poland, Italy |
| Septembrie | Timotei Ursu | drama film | Socialist Republic of Romania |
| Septet: The Story of Hong Kong | Ann Hui, Ringo Lam, Sammo Hung, Tsui Hark, Patrick Tam, Yuen Woo-ping, Johnnie To | drama film | Hong Kong |
| Serdtsa tryokh | Vladimir Popkov | adventure film | Russia, Ukraine |
| Serenade | Anthony Mann | romance film, drama film, musical film | United States |
| Serenity | Joss Whedon | drama film, post-apocalyptic film, comedy film, Western film, action film, dystopian film, speculative fiction film, adventure film, space Western, science fiction film | United States |
| Serf | Klim Shipenko | comedy film | Russia |
| Sergeant Ryker | Buzz Kulik | trial film, war film | United States |
| Sergio and Sergei | Ernesto Daranas | drama film | Cuba, Spain, United States |
| Serial Teachers | Pierre-François Martin-Laval | comedy film | France |
| Servantes iz Malog Mista | Daniel Marušić | comedy film | Yugoslavia |
| Servants of Twilight | Jeffrey Obrow | — | United States |
| Serving the Soviet Union | Vladimir Boykov, Boris Nebylitsky | documentary film | Soviet Union |
| Seszele | Bogusław Linda | drama film | Poland |
| Set Up | Siu-Hung Chung | action film, horror film, thriller film | Hong Kong |
| Sethupathi | S. U. Arun Kumar | action film, police procedural | India |
| Settai | R. Kannan | black comedy film | India |
| Sette canne, un vestito | Michelangelo Antonioni | documentary film | Italy |
| Sev Kardeşim | Ertem Eğilmez | — | Turkey |
| Sevan Fishermen | — | — | Soviet Union |
| Seven Beauties | Felix Slidovker | musical film | Soviet Union |
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Stanley Donen | — | — |
| Seven Brothers | Wilho Ilmari | drama film | Finland |
| Seven Cities of Gold | Robert D. Webb | — | — |
| Seven Days Ashore | John H. Auer | comedy film | United States |
| Seven Days of Lying | Kostas Andritsos | comedy film | Greece |
| Seven Dinners | Kirill Pletnev | comedy film | Russia |
Seven Footprints to Satan | Benjamin Christensen | — | — |
| Seven Men from Now | Budd Boetticher | — | — |
| Seven Nannies | Rolan Bykov | teen film, comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Seven Psychopaths | Martin McDonagh | mystery film, drama film, comedy film, crime film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Seven Slaps | Paul Martin | comedy film | Germany |
| Seven Steps Beyond the Horizon | Feliks Soboliev | popular science film | Soviet Union |
| Seven Sundays | Cathy Garcia-Sampana | drama film, comedy film | Philippines |
| Seven Ways from Sundown | Harry Keller | Western film | United States |
| Seventeen Days to Execution | Houshang Kavoosi | — | — |
Sevil | Hamo Beknazarian | — | — |
| Sevil | Vladimir Gorikker | drama film, musical film | Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union |
| Sew Torn | Freddy Macdonald | comedy film, thriller film | United States, Switzerland |
| Sewu Dino | Kimo Stamboel | horror film | Indonesia |
| Sex 2 | Paul Thomas | comedy film, pornographic film | United States |
| Sex and Lucia | Julio Médem | romance film, drama film, erotic film | France, Spain |
| Sex Detective Nana: The Phantom Of The Sauna | Shōichi Yokoyama | pink film | Japan |
| Sex Detective Nana: The Phantom of the Sauna | — | pink film | Japan |
| Sex Medusa | — | horror film | Hong Kong |
| Sex Shot | Antonio Adamo | romance film, pornographic film | Sweden, Italy |
| Sex Tape | Jake Kasdan | comedy film | United States |
| Sex Trek: Charly XXX | Cash Markman | pornographic parody film, pornographic film, science fiction film | United States |
| Sex with a Smile II | Sergio Martino | comedy film | Italy |
| Sex, Love & Salsa | Adrian Manzano | romance film, fiction film, drama film | United States |
| Sexbots: Programmed For Pleasure | Brad Armstrong | pornographic film, science fiction film | United States |
| Sexmission | Juliusz Machulski | post-apocalyptic film, comedy film, dystopian film, speculative fiction film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy | Poland |
| Sexo, pudor y lágrimas | Antonio Serrano | comedy film | Mexico |
| Sexual Chronicles of a French Family | Pascal Arnold, Jean-Marc Barr | coming-of-age film, drama film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film | France |
| Shab-e aftabi | Sirus Alvand | — | Iran |
| Shackles of Gold | Herbert Brenon | — | — |
| Shadow | Nadezhda Kosheverova | fantasy film, cinematic fairy tale, comedy drama | Soviet Union |
| Shadow | Zhang Yimou | drama film, action film | People's Republic of China |
| Shadow Dancer | James Marsh | drama film, spy film, thriller film | France, United Kingdom, Ireland |
Shadow of a Doubt | Alfred Hitchcock | — | — |
| Shadow of Doubt | George B. Seitz | mystery film | United States |
| Shadow of the Wolf | Jacques Dorfmann, Christian Duguay | drama film, adventure film | France, Canada |
| Shadow Over The Islands | Otto Meyer | — | — |
| Shadowboxing | Aleksey Sidorov | drama film, action film, detective film, boxing film | Russia |
Shadows of Paris | Herbert Brenon | — | — |
| Shadows of the Night | D. Ross Lederman | — | — |
| Shadows of the Past | Ralph Ince | — | — |
| Shadrach | Susanna Styron | drama film | United States |
| Shaft | Tim Story | action comedy film, crime film | United States |
| Shahr Ashoob | Fereydoun Jourak | romance film, drama film | Iran |
| Shahrag | Alireza Davood Nejad | drama film, crime film | Iran |
| Shahre gonah | Mohammadali Zarandi | — | Iran |
| Shake, Rattle & Rock! | Edward L. Cahn | — | — |
| Shakespeare in Love | John Madden | romantic comedy film, drama film, biographical film, comedy drama | United Kingdom, United States |
| Shakespeare Wallah | James Ivory | drama film | United States, India |
| Shakuntala Devi | Anu Menon | biographical film | India |
| Shambles | Karl Lemieux | essay film, drama film | Canada |
Shane | George Stevens | romance film, drama film, Western film | United States |
| Shanghai | James Flood | romance film, drama film | United States |
| Shanghai Chest | William Beaudine | — | — |
| Shanghai Grand | Poon Man-kit | drama film, action film, thriller film, crime film | Hong Kong |
| Shanghai Knights | David Dobkin | comedy film, action film, adventure film, buddy film | United Kingdom, Kingdom of Great Britain, Czech Republic, United States |
| Shanghai Surprise | Jim Goddard | adventure film, romantic comedy | United Kingdom, United States |
| Shanghaied Love | George B. Seitz | drama film | United States |
| Shangrao Concentration Camp | Sha Meng | war drama, historical film | People's Republic of China |
| Shannon of the Sixth | George Melford | — | — |
| Shantet Hamza | Akram Farouq | comedy film | Egypt |
| Shaolin Daredevils | Chang Cheh | martial arts film | Hong Kong |
| Shaolin Handlock | Ho Meng Hua | martial arts film | Hong Kong |
| Shaolin Plot | Huang Feng | martial arts film, historical film, action film | Hong Kong |
| Shaolin Temple Strikes Back | Joseph Kuo | martial arts film, action film | Taiwan |
| Shapludu | — | action film | Bangladesh |
| Shark Attack 3 | David Worth | science fiction horror film, natural horror film, suspense film, monster film, fantasy film, action film, horror film, B movie, thriller film, adventure film, science fiction film | South Africa, United States |
| Shark Week | Christopher Ray | horror film | United States |
| Shark! | Samuel Fuller | action film, horror film, treasure hunt film, thriller film | United States, Mexico |
| Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! | Anthony C. Ferrante | horror film, science fiction, speculative fiction film, science fiction film, comedy television program, disaster film | United States |
| Sharknado: Feeding Frenzy | — | — | United States |
| Shattered | Wolfgang Petersen | mystery film, thriller film | United States |
| Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom | Steve Cox, Matthew Walker | comedy film | United Kingdom |
| Shava Ni Girdhari Lal | Gippy Grewal | — | India |
| Shayyadan | Mohammad Motevaselani | — | Iran |
She | Robert Day | fantasy film, adventure film | United Kingdom |
| She Couldn't Say No | Lloyd Bacon | — | — |
| She Is Conann | Bertrand Mandico | drama film, fantasy film, action film, speculative fiction film | France, Belgium, Luxembourg |
| She Killed in Ecstasy | Jesús Franco | horror film, LGBTQ-related film, erotic thriller | Germany |
| She Loves Me Not | Elliott Nugent, Benjamin Glazer | comedy film, LGBTQ-related film, musical film | United States |
| She Stoops to Conquer | George Loane Tucker | — | — |
| She's All That | Robert Iscove | coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film | United States |
| She's Back on Broadway | Gordon Douglas | — | — |
| She's My Weakness | Melville W. Brown | romantic comedy film | United States |
| She's Out of My League | Jim Field Smith | romantic comedy | United States |
| Sheba | Cecil Hepworth | — | — |
Sheba and the Gladiator | Guido Brignone, Michelangelo Antonioni, Riccardo Freda | historical film | France, Italy |
| Sheep in the Box | Hirokazu Kore-eda | drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film, futuristic fiction | Japan |
| Sheitan | Kim Chapiron | horror film, comedy horror, Christmas film | France |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear | — | animated film | Australia |
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror | John Rawlins | mystery film, crime film | United States |
| Shibuya shadou | Kenji Tani | — | Japan |
| Shield of Straw | Takashi Miike | thriller film | Japan |
| Shijin-sō no Satsujin | Hisashi Kimura | — | Japan |
| Shikari: The Hunter | Umesh Mehra | — | India |
| Shiki-Jitsu | Hideaki Anno | drama film | Japan |
| Shikoku | Shunichi Nagasaki | horror film | Japan |
| Shin Kamen Rider | Hideaki Anno | superhero film, tokusatsu | Japan |
| Shine, Shine, My Star | Alexander Mitta | historical film, comedy drama | Soviet Union |
| Shinjuku outlaw: Step On the Gas | Toshiya Fujita | — | Japan |
| Ship's Concert | Leslie S. Hiscott | musical film | United Kingdom |
| Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target | — | — | Japan |
| Shirin and Farhad | Abdolhossein Sepanta | romance film, drama film, historical film | Iran |
| Shirley | A.V. Bramble | — | — |
| Shiverstone Castle 2 | Ralf Huettner | family film, children's film | Germany |
| Shock and Awe | Rob Reiner | drama film, thriller film, detective film, biographical film | United States |
| Shoebite | Shoojit Sircar | — | India |
| Shoes | Daniel Keefe | — | — |
| Shogun Assassin | Kenji Misumi, Robert Houston | samurai cinema, Jidaigeki | Japan, United States |
| Shok and Sher | Kanymbek-Kano Kasymbekov | drama film, family film | Soviet Union |
| Shokuba hi-jiru: Mashô no yubi tsukai | Masanori Kudō | pink film | Japan |
| Shookhi Nakon Delkhor Misham | Reza Safaei | comedy film | Iran |
| Shoot Me in the Heart | Mun Che-yong | drama film, thriller film | South Korea |
| Shoot the Piano Player | François Truffaut | drama film, film noir, neo-noir, comedy drama, crime film | France |
| Shop of Dreams | Peeter Urbla | drama film, comedy film | Estonia, Finland |
| Shore Leave | Felix Mironer | romance film, teen film, drama film | Soviet Union |
| Short Circuit | John Badham | comedy film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| Short Working Day | Krzysztof Kieślowski | drama film | Poland |
| Shorta | Anders Ølholm, Frederik Louis Hviid | action film | Denmark |
| Shortbus | John Cameron Mitchell | romance film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film, erotic film, comedy drama | United States |
| Shortcut to Happiness | Alec Baldwin | drama film, fantasy film, comedy film, satanic film | United States |
| Shot Caller | Ric Roman Waugh | drama film, action film, prison film, crime film | United States |
| Shotgun | Lesley Selander | Western film | United States |
| Should Husbands Be Watched? | Leo McCarey | — | — |
| Should Married Men Go Home? | James Parrott | — | — |
| Show | Maciej Ślesicki | comedy film | Poland |
Show People | King Vidor | — | — |
| Showbiz Kids | Alex Winter | documentary film | United States |
| Showdown | R. G. Springsteen | Western film | United States |
| Showdown in Manila | Mark Dacascos | action film | Russia |
Shrek Forever After | Mike Mitchell | fantasy film, comedy film, fantasy comedy, action film, cinematic fairy tale, flashback film, children's film | United States |
Shrek the Third | Chris Miller, Raman Hui | fantasy film, fantasy comedy, action film, cinematic fairy tale, adventure film | United States |
| Shubh Mangal Saavdhan | — | romantic comedy | India |
| Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan | — | LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy | India |
| Shuddh Desi Romance | Maneesh Sharma | romantic comedy film | India |
| Shultes | Bakur Bakuradze | drama film | Russia |
| Shy Guy | — | — | — |
| Si Doel the Movie | — | — | Indonesia |
| Sibling Rivalry | Carl Reiner | comedy film | United States |
| Sicario: Day of the Soldado | Stefano Sollima | mystery film, drama film, action film, thriller film, crime film | United States, Italy, Mexico |
| Sicilian Ghost Story | Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia | drama film | Italy |
| Sick | John Hyams | horror film, slasher film | United States |
| Side Effects and Risks | Michael Kreihsl | comedy film | Austria |
| Sidecar Racers | Earl Bellamy | drama film | Australia |
| Sierra Sue | William Morgan | — | — |
| Sightseers | Ben Wheatley | horror film, comedy horror, thriller film, black comedy film, crime film | United Kingdom |
| Sign of Disaster | Michail Ptashuk | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Sign of the Pagan | Douglas Sirk | — | — |
| Signs | M. Night Shyamalan | science fiction horror film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, mystery film, religious horror, monster film, fantasy film, action film, horror film, alien invasion, thriller film, speculative fiction film+2 | United States |
| Silence | Martin Scorsese | drama film, historical film | United Kingdom, Japan, United States, Italy, Taiwan, Mexico |
| Silence | Vladimir Basov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Silent Friend | Ildikó Enyedi | drama film | France, Germany, Hungary, Hong Kong |
Silent Hill | Christophe Gans | monster film, fantasy film, horror film, psychological horror fiction | France, Canada, Japan |
| Silent Nights | Aske Bang | drama film, short film | Denmark |
| Silent Resident | Christian Frosch | drama film, thriller film | Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Austria |
| Silenzio... si nasce | Giovanni Veronesi | comedy film | Italy |
| Silk | François Girard | drama film | France, United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Italy |
Silk Stockings | Rouben Mamoulian | — | — |
| Silmido | Kang Woo-suk | drama film, action film | South Korea |
| Silver Bears | Ivan Passer | crime film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Silver Darlings | Clarence Elder | — | — |
| Silver Lode | Allan Dwan | Western film | United States |
| Silver Queen | Lloyd Bacon | Western film | United States |
| Silverado | Lawrence Kasdan | Western film, action film | United States |
| Silverstar | Diede in 't Veld | — | Netherlands |
| Silvery Dust | Abram Room | drama film, science fiction film | Soviet Union |
| Silvia Prieto | Martín Rejtman | drama film, comedy film | Argentina |
| Simon | Marshall Brickman | science fiction comedy | United States |
| Simone Veil, A Woman of the Century | Olivier Dahan | drama film, historical film, biographical film | France, Belgium |
| Simply Awful! | Aleksandr Polynnikov | comedy film, children's film | Soviet Union |
| Sin | Herbert Brenon | — | — |
| Sinaia | Ilan Eldad | drama film | Israel |
Sinbad the Sailor | Richard Wallace | fantasy film, medieval film | United States |
| Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists | Alan Jacobs | adventure film | United States, India |
| Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | Tim Johnson | fantasy film, comedy film, pirate film, children's film, adventure film | United States |
| Sincerity | Mikio Naruse | — | — |
| Sing a Bit of Harmony | Yasuhiro Yoshiura | romance film, drama film, science fiction film, musical film | Japan |
| Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle | Jon H. Else | documentary film | United States |
| Sing Me a Love Song | Ray Enright | musical film | United States |
| Sing Your Way Home | Anthony Mann | — | — |
| Singapore | John Brahm | romance film, drama film, film noir, war film | United States |
Singed | John Griffith Wray | — | — |
| Singh Is Bling | Prabhu Deva | action comedy film, romantic comedy | India |
| Singham | Rohit Shetty | drama film, action comedy film | India |
| Singham Again | Rohit Shetty | action film | India |
| Singhasan | Krishna Ghattamaneni | historical film | India |
| Singing Behind Screens | Ermanno Olmi | pirate film, adventure film, biographical film | France, United Kingdom, Italy |
| Single All the Way | Michael Mayer | romantic comedy film, Christmas film | United States |
| Single by Contract | Marc Rothemund | comedy film | Germany |
| Single in Seoul | Park Beom-su | romance film, drama film | South Korea |
| Single Rider | Lee Zoo-young | drama film, thriller film | South Korea |
| Singular | — | thriller film, science fiction film | Spain, Finland |
| Sinister | Scott Derrickson | mystery film, horror film, ghost film | United Kingdom, Canada, United States |
| Sinners in Silk | Hobart Henley | — | — |
| Sinners in Summertime | Einar Sissener | drama film | Norway |
| Sinners' Holiday | John G. Adolfi | — | — |
| Sins of Man | Gregory Ratoff, Otto Brower | drama film | United States |
| Sins of Sister Lucia | Kōyū Ohara | lesbian-related film, Nikkatsu Roman Porno, pink film, nunsploitation, softcore pornography, sexploitation film | Japan |
| Sinut minä tahdon | Valentin Vaala | comedy film | Finland |
| Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai | — | — | India |
Sisters | Brian De Palma | exploitation film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, mystery film, drama film, horror film, neo-noir, thriller film, independent film, psychological drama film, slasher film | United States |
| Sisters Under the Skin | David Burton | drama film | United States |
| Sisu: Road to Revenge | Jalmari Helander | action film | United States, Finland |
| Sita Ramam | Hanu Raghavapudi | romance film | India |
| Sitcom | François Ozon | romance film, drama film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film | France |
| Sitting Pretty | Walter Lang | — | United States |
| Six Ball | — | sport film | South Korea |
| Six Black Horses | Harry Keller | Western film | United States |
| Six Characters in Search of an Author | Christopher Muir | — | Australia |
| Six Days in Spring | Joachim Lafosse | drama film, comedy drama | France, Belgium, Luxembourg |
| Six Hours to Live | William Dieterle | drama film, science fiction film | United States |
| Six Sisters in the War | Ping Wang | drama film, historical film, war film | People's Republic of China |
| Size Zero | Prakash Kovelamudi | romantic comedy | India |
| Ska vi hem till dig... eller hem till mig... eller var och en till sitt? | Lasse Hallström | comedy film | Sweden |
| Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard | James Erskine | documentary film | United Kingdom |
| Skeeter | Clark Brandon | horror film | United States |
| Skierri: Land of the Dwarf Birches | Markku Lehmuskallio | nature documentary | Finland, Sweden |
| Skin Deep | Blake Edwards | romantic comedy | United States |
Skin Deep | Ray Enright | — | — |
| Skinamarink | Kyle Edward Ball | horror film, experimental film | Canada |
| Skinner's Baby | Harry Beaumont | — | — |
| Skinner's Bubble | Harry Beaumont | — | — |
| Skipper in Stormy Weather | Gunnar Olsson | — | Sweden |
| Sky and Sea | — | drama film | South Korea |
| Sky Became Clear | Ravjaagiin Dorjpalam | — | Mongolian People's Republic |
| Sky Bride | Stephen Roberts | drama film | United States |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Kerry Conran | action film, alternate history film, dieselpunk, speculative fiction film, adventure film, science fiction film | United Kingdom, United States, Italy |
| Sky Force | — | — | India |
| Sky Giant | Lew Landers | — | — |
| Skylark | Mark Sandrich | romantic comedy | United States |
| Skyline | Greg Strause, Colin Strause | action film, thriller film, speculative fiction film, war film, apocalyptic film, science fiction film | United States |
| Slaba plec? | Krzysztof Lang | comedy film | Poland |
| Slam | Andrea Molaioli | comedy film | Italy |
| Slander | Roy Rowland | drama film, film noir | United States |
| Slap Shot 3: The Junior League | Richard Martin | comedy film | United States |
| Slate | Jo Bareun | — | South Korea |
| Slaughterhouse-Five | George Roy Hill | drama film, comedy film, speculative fiction film, war film, science fiction film, anti-war film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| Sleeping with the Enemy | Joseph Ruben | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, neo-noir, erotic thriller, psychological thriller | United States |
| Sleepless Nights | Thomas Bentley | — | — |
| Sleuth | Kenneth Branagh | mystery film, drama film, comedy film, thriller film, crime film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Slightly Terrific | Edward F. Cline | — | — |
| Slumrande toner | Johan Bergenstråhle | drama film | Sweden |
| Slums of Beverly Hills | Tamara Jenkins | coming-of-age film, drama film, comedy film | United States |
| Slunce, seno, jahody | Zdeněk Troška | comedy film | Czechoslovakia |
| Small Faces | Gillies MacKinnon | drama film | United Kingdom |
Small Fry | Angus MacLane | — | United States |
Small Town Girl | László Kardos | musical film | United States |
Small Town Girl | Robert Z. Leonard, William A. Wellman | romantic comedy | United States |
| Smallfoot | Karey Kirkpatrick | family film, comedy film, adventure film, musical film | United States |
| Smape | Martin Asphaug | children's film | Norway |
| Smart Blonde | Frank McDonald | action film | United States |
Smart Money | Alfred Edward Green | drama film, crime film | United States |
| Smart Things | Anatoliy Granik | musical film | Soviet Union |
| Smashing the Spy Ring | Christy Cabanne | drama film | United States |
| Smile | Francesco Gasperoni | horror film | Italy |
| Smiley Face Killers | Tim Hunter | horror film, thriller film | United States |
| Smiley's People | Simon Langton | — | United Kingdom |
Smiling Irish Eyes | William A. Seiter | — | — |
| Smilla's Sense of Snow | Bille August | mystery film, drama film, action film, thriller film, science fiction film | Germany, Sweden, Denmark |
| Smith! | Michael O'Herlihy | — | United States |
| Smoke Signal | Jerry Hopper | Western film | United States |
| Smoke Signals | Chris Eyre | coming-of-age film, buddy film, comedy drama | Canada, United States |
| Smokers Only | Verónica Chen | drama film | Argentina |
Smokey and the Bandit | Hal Needham | comedy film, action film, adventure film | United States |
| Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball | P. J. Pesce | action film, thriller film, crime film | Canada, United States |
| Smoking Causes Coughing | Quentin Dupieux | action comedy film | France |
| Smoking/No Smoking | Alain Resnais | drama film, comedy film | France, Italy |
| Smoky | Eugene Forde | — | United States |
| Smothered | — | psychological thriller | Indonesia |
| Smuggler | Katsuhito Ishii | — | Japan |
| Smurfs | Matthew Landon, Chris Miller | fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film, musical film | United States, Belgium |
| Smurfs: The Lost Village | Kelly Asbury | fantasy film, children's film | United States |
| Snake Eyes | Brian De Palma | suspense film, crime drama film, mystery film, drama film, action film, crime thriller film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| Snare of Evil | Jan Haluza | mystery film, horror film | Czech Republic |
| Snatched | Jonathan Levine | comedy film, action film, action comedy film | United States |
| Sneakers | Phil Alden Robinson | mystery film, drama film, comedy thriller, action film, heist film, black comedy film, crime film | United States |
| Snehadeepam | P. Subramaniam | — | India |
| Snow Angels | David Gordon Green | drama film | United States |
| Snow Dogs | Brian Levant | comedy film | United States |
| Snow Falling on Cedars | Scott Hicks | romance film, drama film, trial film | United States |
| Snow in Paradise | Andrew Hulme | thriller film | United Kingdom |
| Snow Job | George Englund | heist film | United States |
| Snow Kid | Lin Wenxiao | — | People's Republic of China |
| Snow White | Marc Webb | romance film, drama film, fantasy film, adventure film, musical film | United States |
Snow White and the Three Stooges | Walter Lang | fantasy film, comedy film, war film, musical film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Snow White: A Deadly Summer | David DeCoteau | horror film | United States |
| Snow, Tea and Love | Cătălin Bugean | comedy film, science fiction film, prison film, science fiction comedy | Romania |
| Snowboarder | Olias Barco | drama film, action film | France, Switzerland |
| Snowbound | David MacDonald | — | — |
| Snowtime! | Jean-François Pouliot | children's film | Canada |
| Snowtown | Justin Kurzel | coming-of-age film, drama film, horror film, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, crime film | Australia |
| So - The Definitive Authorised Story of the Album | — | worldbeat, art rock, pop music, progressive rock, documentary film | United Kingdom |
| So I Married an Axe Murderer | Thomas Schlamme | comedy film, comedy horror, crime film | United States |
| So Long | Claude Berri | drama film, neo-noir | France |
| So Long | Sardar Saker | romance film | Iran |
So Proudly We Hail! | Mark Sandrich | drama film, war film | United States |
| So This Is Love | Gordon Douglas | biographical film | United States |
| So Well Remembered | Edward Dmytryk | drama film | United Kingdom, United States |
| So What Is Love | Aniëlle Webster | comedy film | Netherlands |
| Soap Opera | Alessandro Genovesi | comedy film | Italy |
| Soapdish | Michael Hoffman | LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Soblaznss | Vyacheslav Sorokin | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Soccer Mom | Gregory McClatchy | comedy film, association football film | United States |
| Soccer Stories | Andrés Wood | comedy film | Chile |
| Sodomania 5 | John Stagliano, Jake Malone, Patrick Collins | pornographic film | United States |
| Sofiya Perovskaya | Lev Arnshtam | drama film, historical film, biographical film | Soviet Union |
| Soft & Quiet | Beth de Araújo | mystery film, drama film, horror film, thriller film | United States |
| Sogoli | Fereydoun Jourak | romance film, drama film | Iran |
| Soita minulle, Helena! | Hannu Leminen | romance film | Finland |
| Sokolovo | Otakar Vávra | drama film, historical film, war film | Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia |
| Solaris | Lidiya Ishimbayeva, Boris Nirenburg | drama film, science fiction film | Soviet Union |
| Soldati - 365 all'alba | Marco Risi | drama film | Italy |
| Soldiers | Aleksandr Ivanov | — | — |
| Soldiers of Fortune | Maxim Korostyshevsky | action film | United States |
| Soldiers Three | Tay Garnett | drama film, adventure film | United States |
| Soldiers' Girls | Kiyoshi Komori | — | — |
| Solo un padre | Luca Lucini | comedy film, comedy drama | Italy |
Solomon and Sheba | King Vidor | drama film | United States |
| Solomon Kane | M. J. Bassett | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film, satanic film, action film, horror film, swashbuckler film, thriller film, adventure film | France, United Kingdom, Czech Republic |
| Solovky Power | Marina Goldovskaya | documentary film | Soviet Union |
| Sombrero | Norman Foster | musical film | United States |
| Some Boy | Otis Turner | — | — |
| Some Mother's Son | Terry George | drama film | Ireland, United States |
| Some Voices | Simon Cellan Jones | comedy drama | United Kingdom |
| Somebody Else's Coat | Boris Shpis | — | — |
| Someone Else's Happiness | Fien Troch | drama film | Belgium, Netherlands |
| Something Has Happened | Arturas Pozdniakovas | — | Soviet Union, Lithuania |
| Something in the City | Maclean Rogers | — | — |
| Something in the Wind | Irving Pichel | — | — |
| Something New | Cristina Comencini | comedy film | Italy |
| Something to Do | Donald Crisp | — | — |