| Film | Year | Director | Source |
| The Sadistic Hypnotist (also known as Wanda, the Sadistic Hypnotist) | 1969 | Greg Corarito | |
| Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom | 1975 | Pier Paolo Pasolini | |
| Salon Kitty | 1976 | Tinto Brass | |
| Salt of the Earth | 1954 | Herbert J. Biberman | |
| Salvador | 1986 | Oliver Stone | |
| Salvatore Giuliano | 1962 | Francesco Rosi | |
| Le Samouraï | 1967 | Jean-Pierre Melville | |
| San Francisco | 1936 | W. S. Van Dyke | |
| O Sangue (also known as Blood) | 1989 | Pedro Costa | |
| Sans Soleil | 1983 | Chris Marker | |
| Santa Claus Conquers the Martians | 1964 | Nicholas Webster | |
| Santa Fe Satan (also known as Catch My Soul) | 1974 | Patrick McGoohan | |
| Santa Sangre | 1989 | Alejandro Jodorowsky | |
| Santo vs. las Mujeres Vampiro | 1962 | Alfonso Corona Blake | |
| The Saragossa Manuscript | 1965 | Wojciech Jerzy Has | |
| Satan's Cheerleaders | 1977 | Greydon Clark | |
| Satan's Sabbath (also known as Le diable est parmi nous and The Possession of Virginia) | 1972 | Jean Beaudin | |
| The Satanic Rites of Dracula | 1973 | Alan Gibson | |
| Satanis: The Devil's Mass | 1970 | Ray Laurent | |
| Saturday Night Fever | 1977 | John Badham | |
| Satya | 1998 | Ram Gopal Varma | |
| Savage Beast Goes Mad (also known as Crazed Beast and Kurutta yaju) | 1976 | Sadao Nakajima | |
| Savage Grace | 2007 | Tom Kalin | |
| Savage Nights (also known as Les Nuits Fauves) | 1992 | Cyril Collard | |
| Saw | 2004 | James Wan | |
| A Scanner Darkly | 2006 | Richard Linklater | |
| Scanners | 1981 | David Cronenberg | |
| Scarecrow | 1973 | Jerry Schatzberg | |
| Scarface | 1932 | Howard Hawks | |
| Scarface | 1983 | Brian De Palma | |
| The Scarlet Empress | 1934 | Josef von Sternberg | |
| Schindler's List | 1993 | Steven Spielberg | |
| Schizopolis | 1996 | Steven Soderbergh | |
| Schlock | 1973 | John Landis | |
| School of the Holy Beast (also known as Convent of the SacredBeast and The Transgressor) | 1974 | Norifumi Suzuki | |
| Schramm | 1993 | Jörg Buttgereit | |
| Schulmädchen-Report (also known as Schoolgirl Report) | 1970 | Ernst Hofbauer | |
| Scorned | 1993 | Andrew Stevens | |
| Scorpio Rising | 1964 | Kenneth Anger | |
| Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | 2010 | Edgar Wright | |
| Scott Walker: 30 Century Man | 2006 | Stephen Kijak | |
| Scream | 1996 | Wes Craven | |
| Scream and Scream Again | 1970 | Gordon Hessler | |
| Scream Blacula Scream | 1973 | Bob Kelljan | |
| Screamers | 1995 | Christian Duguay | |
| Scum | 1979 | Alan Clarke | |
| SCUM Manifesto | 1976 | Carole Roussopoulos and Delphine Seyrig | |
| The Sea Hawk | 1940 | Michael Curtiz | |
| Séance on a Wet Afternoon | 1964 | Bryan Forbes | |
| The Searchers | 1956 | John Ford | |
| Searching for Bobby Fischer | 1993 | Steven Zaillian | |
| Sebastiane | 1976 | Derek Jarman and Paul Humfress | |
| Second Fiddle | 1939 | Sidney Lanfield | |
| Seconds | 1966 | John Frankenheimer | |
| Secret Ceremony | 1968 | Joseph Losey | |
| The Secret Garden | 1993 | Agnieszka Holland | |
| The Secret of Roan Inish | 1994 | John Sayles | |
| Seducing Doctor Lewis | 2003 | Jean-François Pouliot | |
| See Spot Run | 2001 | John Whitesell | |
| Sekal Has to Die | 1998 | Vladimír Michálek | |
| Seizure | 1974 | Oliver Stone | |
| The Sensuous Three (also known as Harlis) | 1972 | Robert van Ackeren | |
| Séraphine | 2008 | Martin Provost | |
| Serial Mom | 1994 | John Waters | |
| The Serpent and the Rainbow | 1988 | Wes Craven | |
| Serpico | 1973 | Sidney Lumet | |
| The Servant | 1963 | Joseph Losey | |
| The Set-Up | 1949 | Robert Wise | |
| Seven (also stylized as Se7en) | 1995 | David Fincher | |
| Seven Samurai | 1954 | Akira Kurosawa | |
| Seventh Heaven | 1997 | Benoît Jacquot | |
| The Seventh Seal | 1957 | Ingmar Bergman | |
| Sex and Zen | 1991 | Michael Mak | |
| Sex and Zen III | 1998 | Aman Chang | |
| Sex: The Annabel Chong Story | 1999 | Gough Lewis | |
| Sex, Lies, and Videotape | 1989 | Steven Soderbergh | |
| Sexy Beast | 2000 | Jonathan Glazer | |
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | 1978 | Michael Schultz | |
| Shack Out on 101 | 1955 | Edward Dein | |
| Shadow of a Doubt | 1943 | Alfred Hitchcock | |
| Shadow of the Vampire | 2000 | E. Elias Merhige | |
| Shadows | 1959 | John Cassavetes | |
| Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors | 1965 | Sergei Parajanov | |
| Shaft | 1971 | Gordon Parks | |
| Shaft in Africa | 1973 | John Guillermin | |
| Shahenshah | 1988 | Tinnu Anand | |
| Shake, Rattle & Rock! | 1956 | Edward L. Cahn | |
| Shakes the Clown | 1991 | Bobcat Goldthwait | |
| Shakespeare in Love | 1998 | John Madden | |
| Shallow Grave | 1994 | Danny Boyle | |
| Shane | 1953 | George Stevens | |
| Shanghai Noon | 2000 | Tom Dey | |
| Shanks | 1974 | William Castle | |
| Shaun of the Dead | 2004 | Edgar Wright | |
| The Shawshank Redemption | 1994 | Frank Darabont | |
| She Killed in Ecstasy | 1971 | Jesús Franco | |
| Sherlock Jr. | 1924 | Buster Keaton | |
| The Shining | 1980 | Stanley Kubrick | |
| Shivers | 1975 | David Cronenberg | |
| Shoah | 1985 | Claude Lanzmann | |
| Shock | 1946 | Alfred L. Werker | |
| Shock Corridor | 1963 | Samuel Fuller | |
| Shock Waves | 1977 | Ken Wiederhorn | |
| Shogun Assassin | 1980 | Robert Houston | |
| Sholay | 1975 | Ramesh Sippy | |
| Shoot the Piano Player | 1960 | François Truffaut | |
| Shoot to Kill | 1990 | Peter Kosminsky | |
| The Shooting | 1966 | Monte Hellman | |
| The Shop on Main Street | 1965 | Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos | |
| A Short Film About Killing | 1988 | Krzysztof Kieślowski | |
| Shortbus | 2006 | John Cameron Mitchell | |
| A Shot in the Dark | 1964 | Blake Edwards | |
| Show Me Love | 1998 | Lukas Moodysson | |
| Showgirls | 1995 | Paul Verhoeven | |
| The Sicilian Clan | 1969 | Henri Verneuil | |
| Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist | 1997 | Kirby Dick | |
| Sid & Nancy | 1986 | Alex Cox | |
| The Sign of the Cross | 1932 | Cecil B. DeMille | |
| The Silence of the Lambs | 1991 | Jonathan Demme | |
| Silent Movie | 1976 | Mel Brooks | |
| The Silent Partner | 1978 | Daryl Duke | |
| Silent Running | 1972 | Douglas Trumbull | |
| The Silent Village | 1943 | Humphrey Jennings | |
| The Silver Chalice | 1954 | Victor Saville | |
| Silsila | 1981 | Yash Chopra | |
| Sin City | 2005 | Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino | |
| Sin nombre | 2009 | Cary Joji Fukunaga | |
| Singin' in the Rain | 1952 | Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen | |
| The Sinners of Hell (also known as Jigoku) | 1960 | Nobuo Nakagawa | |
| Sins of the Fleshapoids | 1965 | Mike Kuchar | |
| Sissi | 1955 | Ernst Marischka | |
| Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress | 1957 | Ernst Marischka | |
| Sissi – The Young Empress | 1956 | Ernst Marischka | |
| Sisters | 1972 | Brian De Palma | |
| Sisters in Law | 2005 | Florence Ayisi and Kim Longinotto | |
| Skidoo | 1968 | Otto Preminger | |
| Slacker | 1990 | Richard Linklater | |
| Slap Shot | 1977 | George Roy Hill | |
| Sleep | 1964 | Andy Warhol | |
| Sleep Furiously | 2008 | Gideon Koppel | |
| Sleep with Me | 1994 | Rory Kelly | |
| Sleepaway Camp | 1983 | Robert Hiltzik | |
| Sleeper | 1973 | Woody Allen | |
| Sleepy Hollow | 1999 | Tim Burton | |
| Slithis (also known as Spawn of the Slithis) | 1978 | Stephen Traxler | |
| Smithereens | 1982 | Susan Seidelman | |
| Smokey and the Bandit | 1977 | Hal Needham | |
| Snakes on a Plane | 2006 | David R. Ellis | |
| Snakes on a Train | 2006 | Peter Mervis | |
| Sneakers | 1992 | Phil Alden Robinson | |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1937 | Multiple | |
| Snuff | 1976 | Michael Findlay and Horacio Fredriksson | |
| So Close | 2002 | Corey Yuen | |
| Society | 1989 | Brian Yuzna | |
| Solaris | 1972 | Andrei Tarkovsky | |
| Soldier Blue | 1970 | Ralph Nelson | |
| Solomon and Sheba | 1959 | King Vidor | |
| Some Like It Hot | 1959 | Billy Wilder | |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes | 1983 | Jack Clayton | |
| Something Wild | 1986 | Jonathan Demme | |
| Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things | 1971 | Thomas Casey | |
| Son of Paleface | 1952 | Frank Tashlin | |
| Sonatine | 1993 | Takeshi Kitano | |
| The Song Remains the Same (also known as Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same) | 1976 | Peter Clifton and Joe Massot | |
| Sons of the Desert | 1933 | William A. Seiter | |
| Sorcerer | 1977 | William Friedkin | |
| La Sorcière (also known as The Sorceress) | 1956 | André Michel | |
| Soul Vengeance (also known as Welcome Home Brother Charles) | 1975 | Jamaa Fanaka | |
| La Soufrière | 1977 | Werner Herzog | |
| The Sound of Music | 1965 | Robert Wise | |
| The Sound of One Hand Clapping | 1998 | Richard Flanagan | |
| South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | 1999 | Trey Parker | |
| Southern Comfort | 1981 | Walter Hill | |
| Soylent Green | 1973 | Richard Fleischer | |
| Space Amoeba (also known as Yog: Monster from Space) | 1970 | Ishirō Honda | |
| Space Is the Place | 1974 | John Coney | |
| Spaceballs | 1987 | Mel Brooks | |
| Spanking the Monkey | 1994 | David O. Russell | |
| Spartacus | 1960 | Stanley Kubrick | |
| Spawn of the Slithis (also known as Slithis) | 1978 | Stephen Traxler | |
| Speed | 1994 | Jan de Bont | |
| Speed Racer | 2008 | The Wachowskis | |
| Spellbound | 1945 | Alfred Hitchcock | |
| Spellbound | 2002 | Jeffrey Blitz | |
| Spider | 2002 | David Cronenberg | |
| Spider Baby | 1967 | Jack Hill | |
| The Spider's Stratagem | 1970 | Bernardo Bertolucci | |
| SpiderBabe | 2003 | Johnny Crash | |
| Spies (Spione) | 1928 | Fritz Lang | |
| Spirit of the Dead (also known as The Asphyx and The Horror of Death) | 1972 | Peter Newbrook | |
| Spirited Away | 2001 | Hayao Miyazaki | |
| Spirits of the Dead | 1968 | Roger Vadim, Louis Malle, Federico Fellini | |
| Splendor in the Grass | 1961 | Elia Kazan | |
| Splice | 2009 | Vincenzo Natali | |
| Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | 2003 | Kim Ki-duk | |
| The Spy Who Came In from the Cold | 1965 | Martin Ritt | |
| The Squeeze | 1977 | Michael Apted | |
| Squirm | 1976 | Jeff Lieberman | |
| Stalker | 1979 | Andrei Tarkovsky | |
| The Stand | 1994 | Mick Garris | |
| Stand by Me | 1986 | Rob Reiner | |
| A Star Is Born | 1954 | George Cukor | |
| Star Trek | 2009 | J. J. Abrams | |
| Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | 1982 | Nicholas Meyer | |
| Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | 1999 | George Lucas | |
| Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | 2002 | George Lucas | |
| Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | 2005 | George Lucas | |
| Star Wars Episode IV – A New Hope | 1977 | George Lucas | |
| Star Wars Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 | Irvin Kershner | |
| Star Wars Episode VI – Return of the Jedi | 1983 | Richard Marquand | |
| Stardust | 1974 | Michael Apted | |
| Stardust Memories | 1980 | Woody Allen | |
| Starship Troopers | 1997 | Paul Verhoeven | |
| Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation | 2004 | Phil Tippett | |
| Startup.com | 2001 | Jehane Noujaim and Chris Hegedus | |
| State of Grace | 1990 | Phil Joanou | |
| Staying Alive | 1983 | Sylvester Stallone | |
| Steamboy | 2004 | Katsuhiro Otomo | |
| The Steel Helmet | 1951 | Samuel Fuller | |
| The Stepford Wives | 1975 | Bryan Forbes | |
| The Stink of Flesh | 2005 | Scott Phillips | |
| Stop Making Sense | 1984 | Jonathan Demme | |
| The Story of a Cheat (also known as Confessions of a Cheat and Le Roman d'un tricheur) | 1936 | Sacha Guitry | |
| The Story of Louis Pasteur | 1936 | William Dieterle | |
| The Story of Mankind | 1957 | Irwin Allen | |
| Story of O (also known as Histoire d'O) | 1975 | Just Jaeckin | |
| La Strada | 1954 | Federico Fellini | |
| Straight and Narrow | 1970 | Beverly Grant and Tom Conrad | |
| The Straight Story | 1999 | David Lynch | |
| Straight Time | 1978 | Ulu Grosbard | |
| Strange Brew | 1983 | Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas | |
| Strange Days | 1995 | Kathryn Bigelow | |
| The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | 1946 | Lewis Milestone | |
| The Stranger | 1946 | Orson Welles | |
| Stranger Than Paradise | 1984 | Jim Jarmusch | |
| Straw Dogs | 1971 | Sam Peckinpah | |
| Stray Dog | 1949 | Akira Kurosawa | |
| The Street Fighter | 1974 | Shigehiro Ozawa | |
| Street Mobster | 1972 | Kinji Fukasaku | |
| Street of Crocodiles | 1986 | Brothers Quay | |
| Street Without a Name | 1934 | Pierre Chenal | |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | 1951 | Elia Kazan | |
| The Streetfighter (also known as Hard Times) | 1975 | Walter Hill | |
| Streets of Fire | 1984 | Walter Hill | |
| Strictly Ballroom | 1992 | Baz Luhrmann | |
| Stripes | 1981 | Ivan Reitman | |
| Stuck on You | 2003 | Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly | |
| Student Bodies | 1981 | Mickey Rose | |
| Submersion of Japan | 1973 | Shiro Moritani | |
| Subway | 1985 | Luc Besson | |
| Successive Slidings of Pleasure | 1974 | Alain Robbe-Grillet | |
| Suddenly | 1954 | Lewis Allen | |
| Suddenly, Last Summer | 1959 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | |
| Suicide Club | 2001 | Sion Sono | |
| Sullivan's Travels | 1941 | Preston Sturges | |
| The Sum of Us | 1994 | Geoff Burton and Kevin Dowling | |
| Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | 1927 | F. W. Murnau | |
| Sunset Boulevard | 1950 | Billy Wilder | |
| Super Fly | 1972 | Gordon Parks, Jr. | |
| Super Fly T.N.T. | 1973 | Ron O'Neal | |
| Superman | 1978 | Richard Donner | |
| Superman | 1987 | B. Gupta | |
| Superman and the Mole Men | 1951 | Lee Sholem | |
| Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story | 1987 | Todd Haynes | |
| Surakksha | 1979 | Raveekant Nagaich | |
| Suspiria | 1977 | Dario Argento | |
| Suture | 1993 | Scott McGehee and David Siegel | |
| Swamp Thing | 1982 | Wes Craven | |
| The Swarm | 1978 | Irwin Allen | |
| Sweeney 2 | 1978 | Tom Clegg | |
| Sweeney! | 1977 | David Wickes | |
| Sweet Charity | 1969 | Bob Fosse | |
| The Sweet Hereafter | 1997 | Atom Egoyan | |
| Sweet Movie | 1974 | Dušan Makavejev | |
| Sweet Smell of Success | 1957 | Alexander Mackendrick | |
| Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | 1971 | Melvin Van Peebles | |
| Swept Away | 2002 | Guy Ritchie | |
| The Swimmer | 1968 | Frank Perry | |
| Switchblade Sisters | 1975 | Jack Hill | |
| Swoon | 1992 | Tom Kalin | |
| Sylvia Scarlett | 1935 | George Cukor | |
| Symbiopsychotaxiplasm | 1968 | William Greaves | |
| Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance | 2002 | Park Chan-wook | |
| Sympathy for the Underdog | 1971 | Kinji Fukasaku | |
| Synecdoche, New York | 2008 | Charlie Kaufman | |