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This is a list of cult films organized alphabetically by name. See List of cult films for main list.

Film Year Director Source
The Sadistic Hypnotist (also known as Wanda, the Sadistic Hypnotist) 1969 Greg Corarito [1]
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom 1975 Pier Paolo Pasolini [2][3][1][4][5]
Salon Kitty 1976 Tinto Brass [1]
Salt of the Earth 1954 Herbert J. Biberman [6][5]
Salvador 1986 Oliver Stone [4][5]
Salvatore Giuliano 1962 Francesco Rosi [5][7]
Le Samouraï 1967 Jean-Pierre Melville [4][5]
San Francisco 1936 W. S. Van Dyke [5]
O Sangue (also known as Blood) 1989 Pedro Costa [5]
Sans Soleil 1983 Chris Marker [5]
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians 1964 Nicholas Webster [8][4][5]
Santa Fe Satan (also known as Catch My Soul) 1974 Patrick McGoohan [1]
Santa Sangre 1989 Alejandro Jodorowsky [1]
Santo vs. las Mujeres Vampiro 1962 Alfonso Corona Blake [5]
The Saragossa Manuscript 1965 Wojciech Jerzy Has [1][9][5]
Satan's Cheerleaders 1977 Greydon Clark [10]
Satan's Sabbath (also known as Le diable est parmi nous and The Possession of Virginia) 1972 Jean Beaudin [1]
The Satanic Rites of Dracula 1973 Alan Gibson [10]
Satanis: The Devil's Mass 1970 Ray Laurent [11]
Saturday Night Fever 1977 John Badham [5]
Satya 1998 Ram Gopal Varma [5]
Savage Grace 2007 Tom Kalin [5]
Savage Nights (also known as Les Nuits Fauves) 1992 Cyril Collard [1]
Saw 2004 James Wan [4]
A Scanner Darkly 2006 Richard Linklater [4][5]
Scanners 1981 David Cronenberg [3][1][8][4]
Scarecrow 1973 Jerry Schatzberg [5]
Scarface 1932 Howard Hawks [5]
Scarface 1983 Brian De Palma [1][5]
The Scarlet Empress 1934 Josef von Sternberg [12][5]
Schindler's List 1993 Steven Spielberg [5]
Schizopolis 1996 Steven Soderbergh [3]
Schlock 1973 John Landis [5]
Schramm 1993 Jörg Buttgereit [9]
Schulmädchen-Report (also known as Schoolgirl Report) 1970 Ernst Hofbauer [1]
Scorned 1993 Andrew Stevens [1]
Scorpio Rising 1964 Kenneth Anger [13][1][5]
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 2010 Edgar Wright [14]
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man 2006 Stephen Kijak [5]
Scream 1996 Wes Craven [5]
Scream and Scream Again 1970 Gordon Hessler [10]
Scream Blacula Scream 1973 Bob Kelljan [9]
Screamers 1995 Christian Duguay [4]
Scum 1979 Alan Clarke [5]
SCUM Manifesto 1976 Carole Roussopoulos and Delphine Seyrig [1]
The Sea Hawk 1940 Michael Curtiz [5]
Séance on a Wet Afternoon 1964 Bryan Forbes [5]
The Searchers 1956 John Ford [12][1][4][5]
Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993 Steven Zaillian [5]
Sebastiane 1976 Derek Jarman and Paul Humfress [7]
Second Fiddle 1939 Sidney Lanfield [5]
Seconds 1966 John Frankenheimer [5]
Secret Ceremony 1968 Joseph Losey [11]
The Secret Garden 1993 Agnieszka Holland [5]
The Secret of Roan Inish 1994 John Sayles [5]
Seducing Doctor Lewis 2003 Jean-François Pouliot [5]
See Spot Run 2001 John Whitesell [5]
Sekal Has to Die 1998 Vladimír Michálek [5]
Seizure 1974 Oliver Stone [9]
The Sensuous Three (also known as Harlis) 1972 Robert van Ackeren [1]
Séraphine 2008 Martin Provost [5]
Serial Mom 1994 John Waters [5]
The Serpent and the Rainbow 1988 Wes Craven [1][4]
Serpico 1973 Sidney Lumet [5]
The Servant 1963 Joseph Losey [13][4][5][7]
The Set-Up 1949 Robert Wise [7]
Seven (also stylized as Se7en) 1995 David Fincher [1][7]
Seven Samurai 1954 Akira Kurosawa [1]
Seventh Heaven 1997 Benoît Jacquot [5]
The Seventh Seal 1957 Ingmar Bergman [6][5]
Sex and Zen 1991 Michael Mak [1][5]
Sex and Zen III 1998 Aman Chang [1]
Sex: The Annabel Chong Story 1999 Gough Lewis [1]
Sex, Lies, and Videotape 1989 Steven Soderbergh [4][5]
Sexy Beast 2000 Jonathan Glazer [5]
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1978 Michael Schultz [5]
Shack Out on 101 1955 Edward Dein [11]
Shadow of a Doubt 1943 Alfred Hitchcock [5]
Shadow of the Vampire 2000 E. Elias Merhige [5]
Shadows 1959 John Cassavetes [5][7]
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors 1965 Sergei Parajanov [5]
Shaft 1971 Gordon Parks [1][4][5]
Shaft in Africa 1973 John Guillermin [1][5]
Shahenshah 1988 Tinnu Anand [15]
Shake, Rattle & Rock! 1956 Edward L. Cahn [1]
Shakes the Clown 1992 Bobcat Goldthwait [4]
Shakespeare in Love 1998 John Madden [1]
Shallow Grave 1994 Danny Boyle [13]
Shane 1953 George Stevens [1][5]
Shanghai Noon 2000 Tom Dey [5]
Shanks 1974 William Castle [5]
Shaun of the Dead 2004 Edgar Wright [1][4][5]
The Shawshank Redemption 1994 Frank Darabont [14][4][5]
She Killed in Ecstasy 1971 Jesús Franco [2]
Sherlock Jr. 1924 Buster Keaton [7]
The Shining 1980 Stanley Kubrick [4][5]
Shivers 1975 David Cronenberg [1][9][4][5]
Shoah 1985 Claude Lanzmann [5]
Shock 1946 Alfred L. Werker [5]
Shock Corridor 1963 Samuel Fuller [12][13][14][4][5][7]
Shock Waves 1977 Ken Wiederhorn [10][4]
Shogun Assassin 1980 Robert Houston [1]
Sholay 1975 Ramesh Sippy [13][1][5]
Shoot the Piano Player 1960 François Truffaut [5]
Shoot to Kill 1990 Peter Kosminsky [5]
The Shooting 1966 Monte Hellman [12][1][5]
The Shop on Main Street 1965 Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos [5]
A Short Film About Killing 1988 Krzysztof Kieślowski [5]
Shortbus 2006 John Cameron Mitchell [5]
A Shot in the Dark 1964 Blake Edwards [5]
Show Me Love 1998 Lukas Moodysson [5]
Showgirls 1995 Paul Verhoeven [2][13][1][4][5][7]
The Sicilian Clan 1969 Henri Verneuil [5]
Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist 1997 Kirby Dick [1]
Sid & Nancy 1986 Alex Cox [3][4][5]
The Sign of the Cross 1932 Cecil B. DeMille [5]
The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Jonathan Demme [1][5]
Silent Movie 1976 Mel Brooks [1]
The Silent Partner 1978 Daryl Duke [11]
Silent Running 1972 Douglas Trumbull [4][5]
The Silent Village 1943 Humphrey Jennings [5]
The Silver Chalice 1954 Victor Saville [5]
Silsila 1981 Yash Chopra [15]
Sin City 2005 Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino [16][5]
Sin nombre 2009 Cary Joji Fukunaga [5]
Singin' in the Rain 1952 Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen [12][1][4][5][7]
The Sinners of Hell (also known as Jigoku) 1960 Nobuo Nakagawa [11][3]
Sins of the Fleshapoids 1965 Mike Kuchar [1]
Sissi 1955 Ernst Marischka [1]
Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress 1956 Ernst Marischka [1]
Sissi – The Young Empress 1956 Ernst Marischka [1]
Sisters 1973 Brian De Palma [13][3]
Sisters in Law 2005 Florence Ayisi and Kim Longinotto [5]
Skidoo 1968 Otto Preminger [1][5]
Slacker 1991 Richard Linklater [14][3][1]
Slap Shot 1977 George Roy Hill [4][5]
Sleep 1964 Andy Warhol [1]
Sleep Furiously 2008 Gideon Koppel [5]
Sleep with Me 1994 Rory Kelly [1]
Sleepaway Camp 1983 Robert Hiltzik [9]
Sleeper 1973 Woody Allen [1][5]
Sleepy Hollow 1999 Tim Burton [1]
Slithis (also known as Spawn of the Slithis) 1978 Stephen Traxler [10]
Smithereens 1982 Susan Seidelman [1]
Smokey and the Bandit 1977 Hal Needham [5]
Snakes on a Plane 2006 David R. Ellis [1]
Snakes on a Train 2006 Peter Mervis [5]
Sneakers 1992 Phil Alden Robinson [5]
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 Multiple [5]
Snuff 1976 Michael Findlay and Horacio Fredriksson [1]
So Close 2002 Corey Yuen [5]
Society 1989 Brian Yuzna [9][4]
Solaris 1972 Andrei Tarkovsky [3]
Soldier Blue 1970 Ralph Nelson [4]
Solomon and Sheba 1959 King Vidor [5]
Some Like It Hot 1959 Billy Wilder [6][1][5][7]
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1983 Jack Clayton [5]
Something Wild 1986 Jonathan Demme [4][5]
Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things 1971 Thomas Casey [11]
Son of Paleface 1952 Frank Tashlin [5]
Sonatine 1993 Takeshi Kitano [4][5]
The Song Remains the Same (also known as Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same) 1976 Peter Clifton and Joe Massot [1]
Sons of the Desert 1933 William A. Seiter [7]
Sorcerer 1977 William Friedkin [14]
La Sorcière (also known as The Sorceress) 1956 André Michel [9]
Soul Vengeance (also known as Welcome Home Brother Charles) 1975 Jamaa Fanaka [2]
La Soufrière 1977 Werner Herzog [5]
The Sound of Music 1965 Robert Wise [2][1][5]
The Sound of One Hand Clapping 1998 Richard Flanagan [5]
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut 1999 Trey Parker [5]
Southern Comfort 1981 Walter Hill [4]
Soylent Green 1973 Richard Fleischer [5]
Space Is the Place 1974 John Coney [1]
Spaceballs 1987 Mel Brooks [1]
Spanking the Monkey 1994 David O. Russell [4][5]
Spartacus 1960 Stanley Kubrick [1][5]
Spawn of the Slithis (also known as Slithis) 1978 Stephen Traxler [10]
Speed 1994 Jan de Bont [1]
Speed Racer 2008 The Wachowskis [14]
Spellbound 1945 Alfred Hitchcock [5]
Spellbound 2002 Jeffrey Blitz [5]
Spider 2002 David Cronenberg [5]
Spider Baby 1968 Jack Hill [1]
The Spider's Stratagem 1970 Bernardo Bertolucci [4]
SpiderBabe 2003 Johnny Crash [1]
Spies (Spione) 1928 Fritz Lang [5]
Spirit of the Dead (also known as The Asphyx and The Horror of Death) 1972 Peter Newbrook [10]
Spirited Away 2001 Hayao Miyazaki [5]
Spirits of the Dead 1968 Roger Vadim, Louis Malle, Federico Fellini [1]
Splendor in the Grass 1961 Elia Kazan [5]
Splice 2009 Vincenzo Natali [1]
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring 2003 Kim Ki-duk [5]
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold 1965 Martin Ritt [5]
The Squeeze 1977 Michael Apted [5]
Squirm 1976 Jeff Lieberman [10]
Stalker 1979 Andrei Tarkovsky [4][5]
The Stand 1994 Mick Garris [5]
Stand by Me 1986 Rob Reiner [5]
A Star Is Born 1954 George Cukor [1][5]
Star Trek 2009 J. J. Abrams [5]
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 1982 Nicholas Meyer [4]
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 1999 George Lucas [1]
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones 2002 George Lucas [1]
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith 2005 George Lucas [1]
Star Wars Episode IV – A New Hope 1977 George Lucas [2][1][4]
Star Wars Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Irvin Kershner [2][1]
Star Wars Episode VI – Return of the Jedi 1983 Richard Marquand [1]
Stardust 1974 Michael Apted [5]
Stardust Memories 1980 Woody Allen [1][4][7]
Starship Troopers 1997 Paul Verhoeven [14][1]
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation 2004 Phil Tippett [1]
Startup.com 2001 Jehane Noujaim and Chris Hegedus [5]
State of Grace 1990 Phil Joanou [5]
Staying Alive 1983 Sylvester Stallone [5]
Steamboy 2004 Katsuhiro Otomo [5]
The Steel Helmet 1951 Samuel Fuller [5]
The Stepford Wives 1975 Bryan Forbes [5]
The Stink of Flesh 2005 Scott Phillips [9]
Stop Making Sense 1984 Jonathan Demme [1][5]
The Story of a Cheat (also known as Confessions of a Cheat and Le Roman d'un tricheur) 1936 Sacha Guitry [7]
The Story of Louis Pasteur 1936 William Dieterle [5]
The Story of Mankind 1957 Irwin Allen [5]
Story of O (also known as Histoire d'O) 1975 Just Jaeckin [1]
La Strada 1954 Federico Fellini [5]
Straight and Narrow 1970 Beverly Grant and Tom Conrad [5]
The Straight Story 1999 David Lynch [5]
Straight Time 1978 Ulu Grosbard [5]
Strange Brew 1983 Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas [14]
Strange Days 1995 Kathryn Bigelow [1]
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers 1946 Lewis Milestone [4]
The Stranger 1946 Orson Welles [5]
Stranger Than Paradise 1984 Jim Jarmusch [14][5]
Straw Dogs 1971 Sam Peckinpah [3][1][4][5]
Stray Dog 1949 Akira Kurosawa [5]
Street of Crocodiles 1986 Brothers Quay [5]
Street Without a Name 1934 Pierre Chenal [5]
A Streetcar Named Desire 1951 Elia Kazan [5]
The Streetfighter (also known as Hard Times) 1975 Walter Hill [5][7]
Streets of Fire 1984 Walter Hill [1]
Strictly Ballroom 1992 Baz Luhrmann [5]
Stripes 1981 Ivan Reitman [4]
Stuck on You 2003 Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly [5]
Student Bodies 1981 Mickey Rose [5]
Submersion of Japan 1973 Shiro Moritani [5]
Subway 1985 Luc Besson [4]
Successive Slidings of Pleasure 1974 Alain Robbe-Grillet [1]
Suddenly 1954 Lewis Allen [5]
Suddenly, Last Summer 1959 Joseph L. Mankiewicz [5]
Suicide Club 2001 Sion Sono [1]
Sullivan's Travels 1942 Preston Sturges [6][13][1][4][5][7]
The Sum of Us 1994 Geoff Burton and Kevin Dowling [5]
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans 1927 F. W. Murnau [5]
Sunset Boulevard 1950 Billy Wilder [12][13][1][4][5]
Super Fly 1972 Gordon Parks, Jr. [13][1][5]
Super Fly T.N.T. 1973 Ron O'Neal [1]
Superman 1978 Richard Donner [5]
Superman 1987 B. Gupta [15]
Superman and the Mole Men 1951 Lee Sholem [8]
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story 1987 Todd Haynes [2][1]
Surakksha 1979 Raveekant Nagaich [15]
Suspiria 1977 Dario Argento [2][1][5]
Suture 1993 Scott McGehee and David Siegel [5]
Swamp Thing 1982 Wes Craven [9]
The Swarm 1978 Irwin Allen [8]
Sweeney 2 1978 Tom Clegg [5]
Sweeney! 1977 David Wickes [5]
Sweet Charity 1969 Bob Fosse [5]
The Sweet Hereafter 1997 Atom Egoyan [5]
Sweet Movie 1974 Dušan Makavejev [3]
Sweet Smell of Success 1957 Alexander Mackendrick [4]
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song 1971 Melvin Van Peebles [14][1][4][5][7]
Swept Away 2002 Guy Ritchie [5]
The Swimmer 1968 Frank Perry [4]
Switchblade Sisters 1975 Jack Hill [1]
Swoon 1992 Tom Kalin [5]
Sylvia Scarlett 1935 George Cukor [12][1][5]
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm 1968 William Greaves [3]
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 2002 Park Chan-wook [1]
Sympathy for the Underdog 1971 Kinji Fukasaku [5]
Synecdoche, New York 2008 Charlie Kaufman [5]

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