The Sadist (1963)

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Salo, Or The 120 Days of Sodom (1975)

"For Salò, a film genuinely concerned with the nature and power of misanthropy, Pasolini’s murder is a conclusive action; it is an example of martyrdom."

Santa Sangre (1990)

"Santa Sangre is as familiarly esoteric as Jodorowsky’s other efforts, but it possesses very pronounced influences."

Satan's Brew (1976)

"To those who only know Fassbinder as the director of coolly distanced melodramas, Satan’s Brew will come as quite a shock. It is a flat-out screwball comedy, but one that is pitch black in tone."

Savage Grace (2008)

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Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)

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Scanners (1981)

"The narrative suffers from convolution (it is trademark science fiction -- deliberately paced, with technology infused with philosophy)."

Scaramouche (1952)

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Scarlet Empress (1934)

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Schindler's List (1993)

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Second Skin (2009)

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Secret Honor (1985)

"[Hall's] performance transcends the political baggage of the film itself."

Secrets & Lies (1996)

"Leigh's film stops short of catharsis, providing the potential for the characters' rebuilding of their relationships without suggesting that such projects are simple or immediate."

The Serpent's Egg (1978)

"In spite of the film’s obvious differences from Bergman’s earlier work, it nonetheless explores many of his favorite themes, particularly from the “island” films."

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

"The songs are knowingly corny and catchy as hell, the dancing is (quite rightly) renowned, the story is ludicrously sexist, and the whole film is just exceedingly watchable."

The Seventh Seal (1957)

"Jons and Plog converse about how Lisa should be killed, as all women, for their deception, harking back to the garden of Eden."

The Seventh Victim (1943)

"It is clear that the film was designed to appeal to an intelligent film-going crowd out for a thrill as well as those just looking to get the bejeezus scared out of them."

The Shaft (2001)

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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

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Sherman's March (1986)

"Unlike Sherman and his reviled scorched earth mode of warfare, McElwee's chasse romantique is ultimately less effectual and usually ends in a nervous, frustrated goodbye."

Shoah (1985)

"Lanzmann's project is so vast and so meticulous as to render any criticism, positive or negative, irrelevant."

Short Cuts (1993)

"Short Cuts is deliberately fragmentary, laudable for its individual scenes and even more so for their cohesion."

A Short Film About Love (1988)

"For the characters in this film, love is a feeling of attachment and necessity, an emotion that is potentially harmful."

Sid & Nancy (1986)

"The inevitable deaths of Sid and Nancy are the only logical conclusions to their behavior; ironically, this is a fact they realize themselves."

Sideways (2004)

"A relentless and painfully funny critique of masculine pretense and selfishness, of which wine fetishism is the apotheosis."