Movies beginning with S

An early Biblical-Roman spectacle illustrating cinema’s growing preoccupation with historical pageantry, religious subject matter, and feature-scale production values.

A major early Western feature whose violent saloon fight became one of silent cinema’s most famous and frequently imitated action scenes.

Lois Weber’s virtuoso thriller is celebrated for its bold split-screen compositions and rapid cross-cutting,.

A Revolutionary War spectacle notorious for censorship during wartime, illustrating how patriotic historical filmmaking could become politically contentious.

Cecil B. DeMille’s feature-directing debut helped launch Paramount’s predecessor studio and marked the beginning of feature-film production in Hollywood.