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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race the Sun | Charles T. Kanganis | Halle Berry, James Belushi | Drama | |
| Ransom | Ron Howard | Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise, Delroy Lindo | Crime drama | remake of 1956 film |
| Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny | Uli Edel | Alan Rickman, Greta Scacchi, Ian McKellen | Drama | Emmy awards for Rickman, Scacchi |
| Red Ribbon Blues | Charles Winkler | Paul Mercurio, Debi Mazar | Drama | |
| Return of Techno-Destructo | ||||
| The Rich Man's Wife | Amy Holden-Jones | Halle Berry, Clive Owen, Peter Greene | Drama | |
| Riders of the Purple Sage | Charles Haid | Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Robin Tunney | Western | based on Zane Grey novel |
| The Rock | Michael Bay | Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris | Action | producer Don Simpson's final film |
| Sabrina the Teenage Witch | Tibor Takács | Melissa Joan Hart | Fantasy | based on the TV series |
| Samson and Delilah | Nicolas Roeg | Elizabeth Hurley, Dennis Hopper, Michael Gambon, Diana Rigg | Biblical drama | |
| Santa Claws | John A. Russo | Horror | ||
| Santa with Muscles | John Murlowski | Hulk Hogan | Action, Comedy | |
| Schizopolis | Steven Soderbergh | Steven Soderbergh | Experimental | |
| Scream | Wes Craven | David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich, Matthew Lillard, Jamie Kennedy, Drew Barrymore | Horror, Slasher | 6 Saturn Award nominations |
| Set It Off | F. Gary Gray | Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise, Blair Underwood | Drama | |
| Sgt. Bilko | Jonathan Lynn | Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Glenne Headly | Comedy | based on the TV series |
| She Cried No | Bethany Rooney | Mark-Paul Gosselaar | Drama | TV |
| She's the One | Edward Burns | Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz | Romantic comedy | |
| Shiloh | Dale Rosenbloom | Rod Steiger, Michael Moriarty | Family | |
| Silent Trigger | Russel Mulcahy | Dolph Lundgren | Drama | |
| Skin & Bone | Everett Lewis | J. Wyatt | Drama | |
| Sleepers | Barry Levinson | Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro, Jason Patric, Minnie Driver, Kevin Bacon, Terry Kinney, Vittorio Gassman, Dustin Hoffman | Drama | based on Lorenzo Carcaterra novel |
| Sling Blade | Billy Bob Thornton | Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J. T. Walsh | Drama | Oscar for screenplay |
| Snowboard Academy | John Shepphird | Corey Haim, Jim Varney, Brigitte Nielsen | Comedy | TV |
| Solo | Norberto Barba | Mario van Peebles | Sci-Fi | |
| Sometimes They Come Back... Again | Michael Gross, Hilary Swank | Sci-Fi | ||
| Space Jam | Joe Pytka | Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Bill Murray | Animation | |
| Space Truckers | Stuart Gordon | Stephen Dorff, Dennis Hopper | Sci-Fi comedy | |
| Special Effects: Anything Can Happen | ||||
| The Spitfire Grill | Lee David Zlotoff | Alison Elliott, Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden | Drama | |
| Spy Hard | Rick Friedberg | Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Andy Griffith, Barry Bostwick | Comedy | |
| Star Trek: First Contact | Jonathan Frakes | Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, James Cromwell, Jonathan Frakes, Alice Krige, Neal McDonough, Marina Sirtis | Sci-Fi | based on Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series |
| Stealing Beauty | Bernardo Bertolucci | Liv Tyler, Joseph Fiennes, Jeremy Irons | Drama | |
| Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden | Bob Clark | Mary Tyler Moore, Linda Lavin | Drama | TV |
| A Story of Healing | Donna Dewey | Documentary | 28 minutes | |
| Striptease | Andrew Bergman | Demi Moore, Armand Assante, Ving Rhames, Burt Reynolds, Robert Patrick, Paul Guilfoyle, Pandora Peaks | Comedy | based on a novel by Carl Hiaasen; winner of 6 Razzie awards |
| The Stupids | John Landis | Tom Arnold, Jessica Lundy, Bug Hall, Mark Metcalf | Comedy | based on Harry Allard story; 4 Razzie nominations |
| The Substance of Fire | Daniel J. Sullivan | Ron Rifkin, Sarah Jessica Parker | Drama | |
| The Substitute | Robert Mandel | Tom Berenger, Ernie Hudson | Drama | |
| The Sunchaser | Michael Cimino | Woody Harrelson, Jon Seda | Drama | Cimino's last film to date |
| Sunset Park | Steve Gomer | Rhea Perlman, Terrence Howard | Drama | |
| Surviving Picasso | James Ivory | Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone, Julianne Moore | Biopic | story of Pablo Picasso |
| Susie Q | John Blizek | Justin Whalin, Amy Jo Johnson | Drama | TV |
| Sweet Temptation | Ron Lagomarsino | |||
| Swingers | Doug Liman | Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Ron Livingston, Alex Désert, Patrick Van Horn, Heather Graham | Comedy | written by Favreau |
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