WTC in Movies Alphabetical - S
Saint of 9/11 (2006)
Footage from 9/11 at 4-6 minutes, 1 hour 1 minute, 1 hour 9 minutes
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The Saint of Fort Washington (1993)
1 hour 17 minutes
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Sam the Man (2001)
39 minutes, 46 minutes, 1 hour 2 minutes
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Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
48 minutes, 51 minutes, 1 hour 14 minutes
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Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Opening shot, 1 hour 19 minutes, 1 hour 23 minutes, 1 hour 52 minutes
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Savage Attack (1987)
11 minutes
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Say Yes (1986)
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Scarred City (1998)
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Scent of a Woman (1992)
1 hour 43 minutes, 1 hour 46 minutes
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Scorpion with Two Tails (1982)
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Sea of Love (1989)
Opening shot
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Search and Destroy (1995)
43 minutes
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Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
7 minutes
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Secret in their Eyes (2015)
6 minutes, 10 minutes, 27 minutes (all on a poster)
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The Secret of My Success (1987)
17 minutes, 37 minutes, 39 minutes, twice at 1 hour 6 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2)
(Also on the poster)
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Secret of the Andes (1998)
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Secrets (1992)
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Opening shot, second shot, 49 minutes
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Seed of Innocence (1980)
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Senior Trip (1981)
14 minutes, 41 minutes (also a great video clip), 57 minutes, 1 hour 1 minute, 1 hour 22 minutes, 1 hour 29 minutes, 1 hour 33 minutes
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Sensational Cities: New York (2000)
Documentary about the city of New York, but no discussion about the WTC itself.
16 minutes, 1 hour 7 minutes, 1 hour 9 minutes, 1 hour 14 minutes, 1 hour 28 minutes, 1 hour 30 minutes, several shots at 1 hour 38-39 minutes
(Also on the poster​)
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Sensations (1988)
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Sentimental Journey (1984)
4 minutes, 33 minutes, 40 minutes
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The Sentinel (1977)
14 minutes, 37 minutes, 59 minutes, 1 hour 29 minutes
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Serpico (1973)
1 hour 55 minutes
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The Seven Five (2014)
Three times at 2 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2, Shot 3)
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Severance (1988)
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Sex and the Other Man (1995)
55 minutes, 1 hour 14-15 minutes
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Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1991)
1 hour 9 minutes, 1 hour 17 minutes
(Also on the poster​)
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Shades of Gray (1992)
6 minutes, 23 minutes
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Shadow of a Doubt (1991)
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Shadow Play (1986)
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Shaft (2000)
38 minutes
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Shaft (2019)
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The Shaft (aka Down) (2001)
Opening shot, 44 minutes, 48 minutes, 1 hour 22 minutes, 1 hour 44 minutes
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Shafted! (2000)
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Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
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Shakedown (1988)
At 1 hour 29 minutes there is a disturbing scene of a plane going in for an emergency landing, heading straight for the WTC towers. (Shot 1, Shot 2)
(Also on the poster​​)
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Shampoo Horns (1998)
1 hour 16 minutes
The Shamrock Conspiracy (1995)
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Shamus (1973)
40 minutes
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She-Devil (1989)
56 minutes
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Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York (1975)
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She's Back (1989)
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She’s Gotta Have it (1986)
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She's the One (1996)
27 minutes, 37 minutes
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She Was Marked for Murder (1988)
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Shock and Awe (2017)
News footage from 9/11 between 9–11 minutes
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Shoeshine (1987) (short)
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Short Letter to the Long Goodbye (1978) (aka: Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied)
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Siao Yu (1995)
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The Sicilian Connection (aka Afyon oppio) (1972)
55 minutes, 1 hour 1 minute, 1 hour 2 minutes
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The Sicilian Connection (aka Pizza Connection) (1985)
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Sid and Nancy (1986)
1 hour 45 minutes, 1 hour 46 minutes, 1 hour 47 minutes
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Side Streets (1998)
Four times in the opening minute (Shot 1, Shot 2, Shot 3, Shot 4) 4 minutes, twice at 1 hour 4 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2) 1 hour 42 minutes, 1 hour 52 minutes
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Sidewalks of New York (2001)
Opening minutes, 4 minutes, 6 minutes, 53 minutes, 57 minutes, 1 hour 32 minutes
(Also on the poster​​)
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Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend (1981)
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The Siege (1998)
7 minutes, 11 minutes, 21 minutes, 56 minutes, 1 hour 10 minutes, 1 hour 13 minutes, 1 hour 32 minutes
(Also on the poster​​)
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The Simian Line (2000)
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Simply Irresistible (1999)
11 minutes, 49 minutes, 1 hour 1 minute
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Sing (1989)
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Sista Kontraktet (1998) (aka: The Last Contract)
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Sistemo l'America e torno (1974) (aka: I Fix America and Return)
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The Sister-in-Law (1974)
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Sisters (1973)
9 minutes, 46 minutes, 57 minutes, 1 hour 3 minutes
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Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
1 hour 42 minutes
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Six Weeks (1982)
1 hour 15 minutes
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16 acres (2012)
Many shots of the WTC towers in this documentary surrounding how to rebuild on the site after 9/11
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Skyline (1983)
(Also on the poster​​)
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Slammin Iron: Rebuilding the World (2005)
30 minutes – 37 minutes (9/11 footage)
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Slaves of New York (1989)
1 hour 59 minutes
(Also on the poster​​)
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Sleepers (1996)
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Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Sleepless in Seattle is mainly set in Seattle and Baltimore. But near the end of the movie, the action is centered around the Empire State Building and the WTC towers can be seen several times in the background starting at 1 hour 28 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2, Shot 3, Shot 4, Shot 5)
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Sleepwalk (1986)
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Sleepy Heads (1997)
1 minute, 11 minutes, 13 minutes, 1 hour 16 minutes
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The Sleepy Time Gal (2001)
2 minutes
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A Slight Case of Murder (1999)
1 hour 26 minutes
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Slipstream (2007)
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Smell of Flesh (aka La Sbandata) (1974)
Twice in opening minute (Shot 1, Shot 2)
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Smoke (1995)
Opening shot
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Smokin' Aces 2 (2010)
Twice at 1 hour 21 minutes (during the closing credits) (Shot 1, Shot 2)
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Snatch (2000)
5 minutes (in a photo on the wall)
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Snowden (2016)
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The Soldier (1982)
1 hour 22 minutes
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Someone Else's America (1995)
Opening minute, 3 minutes, twice at 7 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2), 1 hour 9 minutes, 1 hour 11 minutes
(Also on the poster​​)
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Someone Like You (2001)
20 minutes
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Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
17 minutes, 1 hour 5 minutes, 1 hour 8 minutes
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Something In Between (aka: Nesto izmedju) (1982)
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Something Short of Paradise (1979)
Opening shot, 9 minutes
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Something Wild (1986)
Four times in the opening credits (Shot 1, Shot 2, Shot 3, Shot 4), 3 times between 1 hour 31-32 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2, Shot 3)
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Somewhere in the City (1998)
1 hour 17 minutes
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The Song Remains the Same (1976)
1 hour 28 minutes, 1 hour 50 minutes, 1 hour 51 minutes, 1 hour 54 minutes
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Sorority House Massacre (1986)
11 minutes, 1 hour
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Sorry Haters (2007)
39 minutes, 41 minutes
(Also on the German poster​​)
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Soup For One (1982)
19 minutes, 54 minutes
(Also on the poster​​)
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Sour Grapes (1998)
24 minutes (on a poster)
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The Space Between (2010)
News footage at 18 minutes, 19 minutes, 20 minutes, 31 minutes, 41 minutes
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Spike of Bensonhurst (1988)
39 minutes, 1 hour 20 minutes, 1 hour 24 minutes
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Spiderman (2002)
Spiderman was released six months after the towers fell on 9/11. The movie makers did not want to offend victims' families by using the towers. The images were removed from the poster, but the towers can still be seen in the background at 26 minutes, in a reflection in Spiderman's eyes at 55 minutes, and another really quick background shot at 1 hour 55 minutes. Also removed from the movie (but in an early trailer, below) was a scene where Spiderman weaves a web between the towers to catch criminals in a helicopter.
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
42 minutes
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Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978)
1 minute
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Spider-Man: The Dragon’s Challenge (1979)
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Splash (1984)
4 minutes, 29 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour 4 minutes, 1 hour 11 minutes, 1 hour 12 minutes, 1 hour 26 minutes
(Also on the poster​​)
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Splatter University (1984)
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Split Decisions (1988)
Opening shot
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Spree (2020)
1 minute
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Spy Games (1999)
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Squadra Antifurto (1976)
Squadra Antigangsters (1979)
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Squadra Antimafia (1978)
24 minutes (including a view through a window on the WTC observation floor), 27 minutes, 55 minutes
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The Squeeze (1987)
31 minutes, 57 minutes, 1 hour, 1 hour 3 minutes, 1 hour 5 minutes, 1 hour 22 minutes
(Also on the poster​​)
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Stag (1997)
During the opening credits
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Stairwell: Trapped in the World Trade Center (2002)
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The Stand-in (1999)
19 minutes, 46 minutes, 1 hour 36 minutes
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Star of Jaipur (1998) (aka Eve of Destruction)
1 minute, 59 minutes, 1 hour 13 minutes
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Stardom (2000)
1 hour 5 minutes
Stars and Bars (aka: Un Senorito en Nueva York) (1988)
(Also on the poster​​)
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Startup.com (2001)
1 hour 1 minute
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State of Grace (1990)
3 minutes, 7 minutes, 42 minutes
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The Statue of Liberty (1985)
36 minutes, 56 minutes
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Staying Alive (1983)
51 minutes
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Stella (1990)
59 minutes
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Stepmom (1998)
12 minutes
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Sticky Fingers (1988)
4 minutes
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Still Life: The Fine Art of Murder (1990)
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Stir Crazy (1980)
Opening shot
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Stone Cold Dead (1979)
4 minutes, 1 hour 2 minutes
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Stone Pillow (1985)
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The Story Lady (1991)
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Story of a Junkie (1987)
1 hour, 1 hour 1 minute, 1 hour 14 minutes, 1 hour 15 minutes
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Storytelling (2001)
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Straight Out of Brooklyn (1991)
22 minutes, 1 hour 11 minutes
(Also on the poster​​)
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Strange Invaders (1983)
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Strange Relations (2001)
Opening shot, 1 hour 25 minutes
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A Stranger Among Us (1992)
Opening shot, 41 minutes
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The Strangers in 7A (1972)
Opening shot
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Strapped (1993)
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Strays (1997)
Opening shot
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Street Fighter 2 (1994)
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Street Hunter (1990)
17 minutes, 39 minutes, 48-50 minutes
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Street Justice (1987)
12 minutes, 13 minutes, 15 minutes
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Street Trash (1987)
Strictly Business (1991)
26 minutes, 33 minutes, 1 hour 3 minutes
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Strike Force (1975)
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Stroszek (1977)
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Stuart Little (1999)
Three times between 49-50 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2, Shot 3) 57 minutes
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Stuck on You! (1983)
49 minutes
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The Stuff (1985)
5 minutes
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The Stuff That Dreams are Made Of (aka: Der Stoff aus dem die Träume sind) (1972)
1 hour 48 minutes, 1 hour 50 minutes
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Submersion of Japan (1973)
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The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998)
Twice at 2 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2) 35 minutes, 40 minutes, 1 hour 12 minutes
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The Suburbans (1999)
54 minutes
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Subway Riders (1981)
1 hour 49 minutes, 1 hour 54 minutes
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Sudden Death (1985)
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Sugar Hill (1994)
1 hour 35 minutes
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The Suitors (1988)
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Suits (1999)
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Summertime Killer (1972)
6 minutes
Sunday (1997)
Twice in the first minute (Shot 1, Shot 2), 1 hour 1 minute, 1 hour 8 minutes
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Sunset Park (1996)
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The Sunshine Boys (1995)
1 hour 29 minutes
(Also on the poster​​)
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Sunshine Hotel (2001)
56 minutes, 58 minutes
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Superfly (1972)
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Supergirl (1984)
17 minutes
(Also on the poster​​)
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Superguy: Behind the Cape (2000)
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Superman: The Movie (1978)
56 minutes, 1 hour 4 minutes, 1 hour 13 minutes, 1 hour 14 minutes, 1 hour 27 minutes, 1 hour 31 minutes
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Superman II (1980)
5 minutes, 1 hour 34 minutes, 1 hour 54 minutes
(Also on the poster​​)
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Superman III (1983)
1 hour 33 minutes
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
12 minutes, 27 minutes, 28 minutes, 44 minutes, 52 minutes, 58 minutes, 1 hour 2 minutes, 1 hour 3 minutes
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Supersonic Man (1979)
13 minutes, 45 minutes, 1 hour 7 minutes
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Super Mario Brothers (1993)
4 minutes, 6 minutes, 13 minutes, 17 minutes, 1 hour 30 minutes
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The Super Ninja (1984)
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Surviving 9/11 (2021)
Stock images, recreations, news footage from 9/11 throughout
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Survivor (2015)
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The Survivors (1983)
Opening Shot
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Switch (1991)
4 minutes, 7 minutes, 1 hour 26 minutes, 1 hour 29 minutes
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Sylvie (1973)
(Also a video clip shot from a helicopter)