List of cult films: S

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

FilmYearDirectorSource
The Sadistic Hypnotist (also known as Wanda, the Sadistic Hypnotist)1969Greg Corarito[1]
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom1975Pier Paolo Pasolini[2][3][1][4][5]
Salon Kitty1976Tinto Brass[1]
Salt of the Earth1954Herbert J. Biberman[6][5]
Salvador1986Oliver Stone[4][5]
Salvatore Giuliano1962Francesco Rosi[5][7]
Le Samouraï1967Jean-Pierre Melville[4][5]
San Francisco1936W. S. Van Dyke[5]
O Sangue (also known as Blood)1989Pedro Costa[5]
Sans Soleil1983Chris Marker[5]
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians1964Nicholas Webster[8][4][5]
Santa Fe Satan (also known as Catch My Soul)1974Patrick McGoohan[1]
Santa Sangre1989Alejandro Jodorowsky[1]
Santo vs. las Mujeres Vampiro1962Alfonso Corona Blake[5]
The Saragossa Manuscript1965Wojciech Jerzy Has[1][9][5][10]
Satan's Cheerleaders1977Greydon Clark[11]
Satan's Sabbath (also known as Le diable est parmi nous and The Possession of Virginia)1972Jean Beaudin[1]
The Satanic Rites of Dracula1973Alan Gibson[11]
Satanis: The Devil's Mass1970Ray Laurent[12]
Saturday Night Fever1977John Badham[5]
Satya1998Ram Gopal Varma[5]
Savage Beast Goes Mad (also known as Crazed Beast and Kurutta yaju)1976Sadao Nakajima[13]
Savage Grace2007Tom Kalin[5]
Savage Nights (also known as Les Nuits Fauves)1992Cyril Collard[1]
Saw2004James Wan[4]
A Scanner Darkly2006Richard Linklater[4][5]
Scanners1981David Cronenberg[3][1][8][4]
Scarecrow1973Jerry Schatzberg[5]
Scarface1932Howard Hawks[5]
Scarface1983Brian De Palma[1][5]
The Scarlet Empress1934Josef von Sternberg[14][5]
Schindler's List1993Steven Spielberg[5]
Schizopolis1996Steven Soderbergh[3]
Schlock1973John Landis[5]
School of the Holy Beast (also known as Convent of the SacredBeast and The Transgressor)1974Norifumi Suzuki[13]
Schramm1993Jörg Buttgereit[9]
Schulmädchen-Report (also known as Schoolgirl Report)1970Ernst Hofbauer[1]
Scorned1993Andrew Stevens[1]
Scorpio Rising1964Kenneth Anger[15][1][5]
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World2010Edgar Wright[16]
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man2006Stephen Kijak[5]
Scream1996Wes Craven[5]
Scream and Scream Again1970Gordon Hessler[11]
Scream Blacula Scream1973Bob Kelljan[9]
Screamers1995Christian Duguay[4]
Scum1979Alan Clarke[5]
SCUM Manifesto1976Carole Roussopoulos and Delphine Seyrig[1]
The Sea Hawk1940Michael Curtiz[5]
Séance on a Wet Afternoon1964Bryan Forbes[5]
The Searchers1956John Ford[14][1][4][5]
Searching for Bobby Fischer1993Steven Zaillian[5]
Sebastiane1976Derek Jarman and Paul Humfress[7]
Second Fiddle1939Sidney Lanfield[5]
Seconds1966John Frankenheimer[5]
Secret Ceremony1968Joseph Losey[12]
The Secret Garden1993Agnieszka Holland[5]
The Secret of Roan Inish1994John Sayles[5]
Seducing Doctor Lewis2003Jean-François Pouliot[5]
See Spot Run2001John Whitesell[5]
Sekal Has to Die1998Vladimír Michálek[5]
Seizure1974Oliver Stone[9]
The Sensuous Three (also known as Harlis)1972Robert van Ackeren[1]
Séraphine2008Martin Provost[5]
A Serbian Film2010Srđan Spasojević[10]
Serial Mom1994John Waters[5]
The Serpent and the Rainbow1988Wes Craven[1][4]
Serpico1973Sidney Lumet[5]
The Servant1963Joseph Losey[15][4][5][7]
The Set-Up1949Robert Wise[7]
Seven (also stylized as Se7en)1995David Fincher[1][7]
Seven Samurai1954Akira Kurosawa[1]
Seventh Heaven1997Benoît Jacquot[5]
The Seventh Seal1957Ingmar Bergman[6][5]
Sex and Zen1991Michael Mak[1][5]
Sex and Zen III1998Aman Chang[1]
Sex: The Annabel Chong Story1999Gough Lewis[1]
Sex, Lies, and Videotape1989Steven Soderbergh[4][5]
The Sexorcist (also known as The Eerie Midnight Horror Show and Enter the Devil)1974Mario Gariazzo[10]
Sexy Beast2000Jonathan Glazer[5]
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band1978Michael Schultz[5]
Shack Out on 1011955Edward Dein[12]
Shadow of a Doubt1943Alfred Hitchcock[5]
Shadow of the Vampire2000E. Elias Merhige[5]
Shadows1959John Cassavetes[5][7]
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors1965Sergei Parajanov[5]
Shaft1971Gordon Parks[1][4][5]
Shaft in Africa1973John Guillermin[1][5]
Shahenshah1988Tinnu Anand[17]
Shake, Rattle & Rock!1956Edward L. Cahn[1]
Shakes the Clown1991Bobcat Goldthwait[4]
Shakespeare in Love1998John Madden[1]
Shallow Grave1994Danny Boyle[15]
Shane1953George Stevens[1][5]
Shanghai Noon2000Tom Dey[5]
Shanks1974William Castle[5]
Shaun of the Dead2004Edgar Wright[1][4][5]
The Shawshank Redemption1994Frank Darabont[16][4][5]
She Killed in Ecstasy1971Jesús Franco[2]
Sherlock Jr.1924Buster Keaton[7]
The Shining1980Stanley Kubrick[4][5]
Shivers1975David Cronenberg[1][9][4][5]
Shoah1985Claude Lanzmann[5]
Shock1946Alfred L. Werker[5]
Shock Corridor1963Samuel Fuller[14][15][16][4][5][7]
Shock Waves1977Ken Wiederhorn[11][4]
Shogun Assassin1980Robert Houston[1][13]
Sholay1975Ramesh Sippy[15][1][5]
Shoot the Piano Player1960François Truffaut[5]
Shoot to Kill1990Peter Kosminsky[5]
The Shooting1966Monte Hellman[14][1][5]
The Shop on Main Street1965Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos[5]
A Short Film About Killing1988Krzysztof Kieślowski[5]
Shortbus2006John Cameron Mitchell[5]
A Shot in the Dark1964Blake Edwards[5]
Show Me Love1998Lukas Moodysson[5]
Showgirls1995Paul Verhoeven[2][15][1][4][5][7]
The Sicilian Clan1969Henri Verneuil[5]
Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist1997Kirby Dick[1]
Sid & Nancy1986Alex Cox[3][4][5]
The Sign of the Cross1932Cecil B. DeMille[5]
The Silence of the Lambs1991Jonathan Demme[1][5]
Silent Movie1976Mel Brooks[1]
The Silent Partner1978Daryl Duke[12]
Silent Running1972Douglas Trumbull[4][5]
The Silent Star (also known as First Spaceship on Venus)1960Kurt Maetzig[10]
The Silent Village1943Humphrey Jennings[5]
The Silver Chalice1954Victor Saville[5]
Silsila1981Yash Chopra[17]
Sin City2005Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino[18][5]
Sin nombre2009Cary Joji Fukunaga[5]
Singin' in the Rain1952Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen[14][1][4][5][7]
The Sinners of Hell (also known as Jigoku)1960Nobuo Nakagawa[12][3]
Sins of the Fleshapoids1965Mike Kuchar[1]
Sissi1955Ernst Marischka[1]
Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress1957Ernst Marischka[1]
Sissi – The Young Empress1956Ernst Marischka[1]
Sisters1972Brian De Palma[15][3]
Sisters in Law2005Florence Ayisi and Kim Longinotto[5]
Skidoo1968Otto Preminger[1][5]
Skinamarink2022Kyle Edward Ball[10]
Slacker1990Richard Linklater[16][3][1]
Slap Shot1977George Roy Hill[4][5]
Sleep1964Andy Warhol[1]
Sleep Furiously2008Gideon Koppel[5]
Sleep with Me1994Rory Kelly[1]
Sleepaway Camp1983Robert Hiltzik[9]
Sleeper1973Woody Allen[1][5]
Sleepy Hollow1999Tim Burton[1]
Slithis (also known as Spawn of the Slithis)1978Stephen Traxler[11]
Smithereens1982Susan Seidelman[1]
Smokey and the Bandit1977Hal Needham[5]
Snakes on a Plane2006David R. Ellis[1]
Snakes on a Train2006Peter Mervis[5]
Sneakers1992Phil Alden Robinson[5]
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs1937Multiple[5]
Snuff1976Michael Findlay and Horacio Fredriksson[1]
So Close2002Corey Yuen[5]
Society1989Brian Yuzna[9][4]
Solaris1972Andrei Tarkovsky[3]
Soldier Blue1970Ralph Nelson[4]
Solomon and Sheba1959King Vidor[5]
Some Like It Hot1959Billy Wilder[6][1][5][7]
Something Wicked This Way Comes1983Jack Clayton[5]
Something Wild1986Jonathan Demme[4][5]
Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things1971Thomas Casey[12]
Son of Paleface1952Frank Tashlin[5]
Sonatine1993Takeshi Kitano[4][5][19]
The Song Remains the Same (also known as Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same)1976Peter Clifton and Joe Massot[1]
Sons of the Desert1933William A. Seiter[7]
Sorcerer1977William Friedkin[16]
La Sorcière (also known as The Sorceress)1956André Michel[9]
Soul Vengeance (also known as Welcome Home Brother Charles)1975Jamaa Fanaka[2]
La Soufrière1977Werner Herzog[5]
The Sound of Music1965Robert Wise[2][1][5]
The Sound of One Hand Clapping1998Richard Flanagan[5]
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut1999Trey Parker[5]
Southern Comfort1981Walter Hill[4]
Soylent Green1973Richard Fleischer[5]
Space Amoeba (also known as Yog: Monster from Space)1970Ishirō Honda[8]
Space Is the Place1974John Coney[1][10]
Space Sweepers2021Jo Sung-hee[10]
Spaceballs1987Mel Brooks[1]
Spanking the Monkey1994David O. Russell[4][5]
Spartacus1960Stanley Kubrick[1][5]
Spawn of the Slithis (also known as Slithis)1978Stephen Traxler[11]
Speed1994Jan de Bont[1]
Speed Racer2008The Wachowskis[16]
Spellbound1945Alfred Hitchcock[5]
Spellbound2002Jeffrey Blitz[5]
Spider2002David Cronenberg[5]
Spider Baby1967Jack Hill[1]
The Spider's Stratagem1970Bernardo Bertolucci[4]
SpiderBabe2003Johnny Crash[1]
Spies (Spione)1928Fritz Lang[5]
Spirit of the Dead (also known as The Asphyx and The Horror of Death)1972Peter Newbrook[11]
Spirited Away2001Hayao Miyazaki[5]
Spirits of the Dead1968Roger Vadim, Louis Malle, Federico Fellini[1]
Splendor in the Grass1961Elia Kazan[5]
Splice2009Vincenzo Natali[1]
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring2003Kim Ki-duk[5]
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold1965Martin Ritt[5]
The Squeeze1977Michael Apted[5][10]
Squirm1976Jeff Lieberman[11]
Stalker1979Andrei Tarkovsky[4][5][10]
The Stand1994Mick Garris[5]
Stand by Me1986Rob Reiner[5]
A Star Is Born1954George Cukor[1][5]
Star Trek2009J. J. Abrams[5]
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan1982Nicholas Meyer[4]
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace1999George Lucas[1]
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones2002George Lucas[1]
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith2005George Lucas[1]
Star Wars Episode IV – A New Hope1977George Lucas[2][1][4]
Star Wars Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back1980Irvin Kershner[2][1]
Star Wars Episode VI – Return of the Jedi1983Richard Marquand[1]
Stardust1974Michael Apted[5]
Stardust Memories1980Woody Allen[1][4][7]
Starship Troopers1997Paul Verhoeven[16][1]
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation2004Phil Tippett[1]
Startup.com2001Jehane Noujaim and Chris Hegedus[5]
State of Grace1990Phil Joanou[5]
Staying Alive1983Sylvester Stallone[5]
Steamboy2004Katsuhiro Otomo[5]
The Steel Helmet1951Samuel Fuller[5]
The Stepford Wives1975Bryan Forbes[5]
The Stink of Flesh2005Scott Phillips[9]
Stop Making Sense1984Jonathan Demme[1][5]
The Story of a Cheat (also known as Confessions of a Cheat and Le Roman d'un tricheur)1936Sacha Guitry[7]
The Story of Louis Pasteur1936William Dieterle[5]
The Story of Mankind1957Irwin Allen[5]
Story of O (also known as Histoire d'O)1975Just Jaeckin[1]
La Strada1954Federico Fellini[5]
Straight and Narrow1970Beverly Grant and Tom Conrad[5]
The Straight Story1999David Lynch[5]
Straight Time1978Ulu Grosbard[5]
Strange Brew1983Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas[16]
Strange Days1995Kathryn Bigelow[1]
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers1946Lewis Milestone[4]
The Stranger1946Orson Welles[5]
Stranger Than Paradise1984Jim Jarmusch[16][5]
Straw Dogs1971Sam Peckinpah[3][1][4][5]
Stray Dog1949Akira Kurosawa[5]
The Street Fighter1974Shigehiro Ozawa[13]
Street Mobster1972Kinji Fukasaku[13]
Street of Crocodiles1986Brothers Quay[5]
Street Without a Name1934Pierre Chenal[5]
A Streetcar Named Desire1951Elia Kazan[5]
The Streetfighter (also known as Hard Times)1975Walter Hill[5][7]
Streets of Fire1984Walter Hill[1]
Strictly Ballroom1992Baz Luhrmann[5]
Stripes1981Ivan Reitman[4]
Stuck on You2003Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly[5]
Student Bodies1981Mickey Rose[5]
Submersion of Japan1973Shiro Moritani[5][13]
Subway1985Luc Besson[4]
Successive Slidings of Pleasure1974Alain Robbe-Grillet[1]
Suddenly1954Lewis Allen[5]
Suddenly, Last Summer1959Joseph L. Mankiewicz[5]
Suicide Club2001Sion Sono[1]
Sullivan's Travels1941Preston Sturges[6][15][1][4][5][7]
The Sum of Us1994Geoff Burton and Kevin Dowling[5]
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans1927F. W. Murnau[5]
Sunset Boulevard1950Billy Wilder[14][15][1][4][5]
Super Fly1972Gordon Parks, Jr.[15][1][5]
Super Fly T.N.T.1973Ron O'Neal[1]
Superman1978Richard Donner[5]
Superman1987B. Gupta[17]
Superman and the Mole Men1951Lee Sholem[8]
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story1987Todd Haynes[2][1]
Surakksha1979Raveekant Nagaich[17]
Suspiria1977Dario Argento[2][1][5]
Suspiria2018Luca Guadagnino[10]
Suture1993Scott McGehee and David Siegel[5]
Swamp Thing1982Wes Craven[9]
The Swarm1978Irwin Allen[8]
Sweeney 21978Tom Clegg[5]
Sweeney!1977David Wickes[5]
Sweet Charity1969Bob Fosse[5]
The Sweet Hereafter1997Atom Egoyan[5]
Sweet Movie1974Dušan Makavejev[3]
Sweet Smell of Success1957Alexander Mackendrick[4]
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song1971Melvin Van Peebles[16][1][4][5][7]
Swept Away2002Guy Ritchie[5]
The Swimmer1968Frank Perry[4]
Switchblade Sisters1975Jack Hill[1]
Swoon1992Tom Kalin[5]
Sylvia Scarlett1935George Cukor[14][1][5]
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm1968William Greaves[3]
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance2002Park Chan-wook[1]
Sympathy for the Underdog1971Kinji Fukasaku[5][13]
Synecdoche, New York2008Charlie Kaufman[5]

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