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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 minutes46 minutes1 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 shot1 hour 19 minutes1 hour 23 minutes1 hour 52 minutes

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Savage Attack (1987)
11 minutes

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Say Yes (1986)

Opening shot

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Scarred City (1998)

1 hour 32 minutes

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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)

1 hour 36 minutes

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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)

2 minutes, 3 minutes

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Secrets (1992)

35 minutes

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See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Opening shotsecond shot49 minutes

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Seed of Innocence (1980)

27 minutes

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Senior Trip (1981)
14 minutes, 41 minutes (also a great video clip), 57 minutes1 hour 1 minute1 hour 22 minutes1 hour 29 minutes1 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)

57 minutes

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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)

1 hour 11 minutes

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Sex and the Other Man (1995)
55 minutes1 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)

6 minutes

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Shadow Play (1986)

8 minutes

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Shaft (2000)
38 minutes

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Shaft (2019)

Opening shot

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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)

32 minutes

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Shaft's Big Score! (1972)

1 hour 32 minutes

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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 1Shot 2)
(Also on the poster​​)

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Shampoo Horns (1998)
1 hour 16 minutes

 

The Shamrock Conspiracy (1995)

1 minute

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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)

1 hour 50 minutes

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She's Back (1989)

53-54 minutes

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She’s Gotta Have it (1986)

1 hour 15 minutes

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She's the One (1996)
27 minutes37 minutes

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She Was Marked for Murder (1988)

Opening shot

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Shock and Awe (2017)

News footage from 9/11 between 9–11 minutes

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Shoeshine (1987) (short)

1 minute

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Short Letter to the Long Goodbye (1978) (aka: Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied)

12 minutes, 13 minutes

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Siao Yu (1995)

2 minutes

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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)

8 minutes, 1 hour 49 minutes

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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)

20 minutes

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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)

15 minutes

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Simply Irresistible (1999)
11 minutes, 49 minutes, 1 hour 1 minute

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Sing (1989)

Opening minute

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Sista Kontraktet (1998) (aka: The Last Contract)

45 minutes

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Sistemo l'America e torno (1974) (aka: I Fix America and Return)

2 minutes

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The Sister-in-Law (1974)

1 hour 14 minutes

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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)

5 minutes, 1 hour 4 minutes

(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)

1 hour 18 minutes

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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 1Shot 2Shot 3Shot 4Shot 5)

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Sleepwalk (1986)

30 minutes (night and day)

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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)

3 minutes

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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)

58 minutes 

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The Soldier (1982)
1 hour 22 minutes

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Someone Else's America (1995)
Opening minute3 minutes, twice at 7 minutes (Shot 1Shot 2), 1 hour 9 minutes1 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)

2 minutes

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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)

40 minutes

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Splash (1984)
4 minutes29 minutes30 minutes1 hour 4 minutes1 hour 11 minutes1 hour 12 minutes1 hour 26 minutes
(Also on the poster​​)

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Splatter University (1984)

Opening shot

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Split Decisions (1988)
Opening shot

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Spree (2020)

1 minute

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Spy Games (1999)

4 minutes

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Squadra Antifurto (1976)

1 hour 30 minutes

 

Squadra Antigangsters (1979) 

First minute

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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)

22 minutes

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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)

2 minutes, 1 hour 31 minutes

(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)

1 minute

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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)

First minute

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The Story Lady (1991)

Opening shot

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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)

1 hour 17 minutes

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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)

59 minutes

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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)

6 minutes, 51 minutes

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Strays (1997)
Opening shot

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Street Fighter 2 (1994)

46 minutes

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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)

2 minutes

 

Strictly Business (1991)
26 minutes33 minutes1 hour 3 minutes

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Strike Force (1975)

42 minutes

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Stroszek (1977)

44 minutes

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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)

1 hour 52 minutes

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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)

3 minutes, 1 hour 24 minutes

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Sugar Hill (1994)
1 hour 35 minutes

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The Suitors (1988)

13 minutes

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Suits (1999)

3 minutes

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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)

Opening minute

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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)

1 hour 25 minutes

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Supergirl (1984)
17 minutes
(Also on the poster​​)

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Superguy: Behind the Cape (2000)

First minute, 16 minutes

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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 minutes1 hour 34 minutes1 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)

29 minutes

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Surviving 9/11 (2021)

Stock images, recreations, news footage from 9/11 throughout

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Survivor (2015)

12 minutes

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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)

34 minutes, 44 minutes

(Also a video clip shot from a helicopter)

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