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Stag

Comedy
<p>Ken Andrews (Faison) has been the orchestrator of the hazing pranks at all of his buddies' stags - elaborate, hilarious pranks that have left many emotional scars and a few physical ones, including Luke (Dore). And now today is Ken's stag! He nervously awaits the fate that his pals surely have in store for him, comforted only by the knowledge that Carl (Pat Thornton) will be there to watch his back that is, so long as Carl can extract himself from the Hollywood celebrity, Veronica (Amurri). Ken will soon discover that payback is worse than he could ever imagine.</p>
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Stage Beauty

Drama
<p>It's the 1660s, and Edward 'Ned' Kynaston is England's most celebrated leading lady. Women are forbidden to appear on stage and ned profits, using his beauty and skill to make the great female roles his own. But King Charles II is tired of seeing the same old performers in the same old tragedies. Since no one will take him up on his suggestion to improve othello with a couple of good jokes, he decides to liven the royal palace by allowing real women to tread the boards.</p> <p>In a slightly less progressive spiritm he rules that men may no longer play women's parts. This is good news for the monarch's mistress, the saucy, stage-struck Nell Gwyn. It is also good news fomr Maria, Kynaston's lovelorn young dresser who has been secretly performing at a seedy tavern in lavish costumes borrowed from her employer. It's very bad news for Ned, who plummets from his exalted position as one of the London's most desirable females to become a virtual nobody, virtually overnight. Cast out of the spotlight, Ned seems headed for burlesque obscurity until Maria, now a rising star, takes it upon herself to make a man of him again.</p>
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Stage Fright

Horror, Musical
<p>A high-end musical theater camp is terrorized by a bloodthirsty killer who hates musical theater.</p>
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Stage Mother

Comedy
<p>A conservative church-choir director moves from Texas to San Francisco to run her deceased gay son&apos;s drag club.</p>
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Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story

Drama, Western
<p>In the new Western "Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story", former gunslinger Nathaniel Reed (country music star Trace Adkins) has settled into a quieter, domesticated life as rancher. That is until Calhoun (Son of Anarchy's Kim Coates), the man Reed once popped in his peeper and who has since become a U.S. Marshall, comes seeking an eye for an eye... if not more.</p>
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Stages

Drama
<p>After the tumultuous breakup of his band, Ben Garza embarks on his first-ever solo tour. Life on the road feels different now, and Ben must find his footing alongside Rita, his steadfast tour manager, and Jessie Ramos, his charismatic, spotlight-stealing opening act.</p>
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Stairs

Drama
<p>A woman&#8217;s life unravels after she becomes addicted to throwing herself down flights of stairs.</p>
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Stairs, The

Horror,Sci-Fi
<p>What started as a week-long adventure with friends quickly turns into a terrifying fight for survival in The Stairs. in 1997, a young boy is out hunting with his grandfather (John Schneider), when he stumbles upon a mysterious staircase deep in the forest. The subsequent disappearance leaves locals baffled as to the fate of the wayward pair. Twenty years later, a group of hikers set off on an ambitious trail, deep into the same stretch of wilderness. With each step away from civilization they are pulled deeper into the treacherous trap of the mountain terrain where they stumble upon the same set of ominous stairs.</p>
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Stake Land

Horror
<p>Martin was a normal teenage boy before the country collapsed in an empty pit of economic and political disaster. A vampire epidemic has swept across what is left of the nation&apos;s abandoned towns and cities, and it&apos;s up to Mister, a death dealing, rogue vampire hunter, to get Martin safely north to Canada, the continent&apos;s New Eden.</p>
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Stake Land II

Horror, Action
<p>When his home of New Eden is destroyed by a revitalized Brotherhood and its new Vamp leader, Martin finds himself alone in the badlands of America with only the distant memory of his mentor and legendary vampire hunter, Mister, to guide him. </p><p>Roaming the wilderness of a steadily decaying country, Martin goes in search of the one man who can help him get revenge. Once reunited, Mister and Martin prepare to battle a now-ravenous Brotherhood and its monstrous overlord. But it'll take more than the two of them to take down this terrifying new threat, and with more than just their lives now at risk, the stakes are higher than ever before.</p>
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Stalin Boys

Documentary
<p>Four Mexican-American middle school boys in a Texas border town have developed an unusual obsession: Joseph Stalin. When their teacher tells them about the Texas State History Fair, they write a play about the Soviet dictator and his efforts to destroy all who opposed him. With cardboard props and fur hats purchased on the internet, the boys enter the competition as underdogs and leave home for the very first time.</p>
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Stalker

Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are granted.
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Stalker Gone Viral

Horror
<p>When a social media influencer and a streamer go on a date that goes awry, paranoia and jealousy spiral in a surveilled mess. Both clashing personalities must fight for the spotlight to present the real truth to their viewers.</p>
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Stallone: Frank, That Is

Documentary
<p>Frank Stallone has seen it all. Frank Stallone has done it all. But, who is Frank Stallone? You know the name, now discover the Grammy and Golden Globe nominated singer, songwriter, musician and actor who has been entertaining audiences for over fifty years, all the while living in a giant shadow.</p>
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Stamptown

Comedy
<p>Blending the wild worlds of circus and comedy, anarchic acts collide for this raunchy and explicit variety show - clothing not guaranteed.</p>
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Stan & Ollie

Drama, Comedy, Biography
<p>The true story of Hollywood's greatest comedy double act, Laurel and Hardy, is brought to the big screen for the first time. Starring Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as the inimitable movie icons, Stan and Ollie is the heart-warming story of what would become the pair's triumphant farewell tour. With their golden era long behind them, the pair embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille (Shirley Henderson) and Ida (Nina Arianda) - a formidable double act in their own right - the pair's love of performing, as well as for each other, endures as they secure their place in the hearts of their adoring public.</p>
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Stan Helsing

Comedy, Horror
<p>It's Halloween night, and slacker video clerk Stan Helsing (Steve Howey of "Reba") - along with his insanely sexy ex-girlfriend (Diora Baird of "The Wedding Crashers" and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning"), best buddy (Kenan Thompson of "SNL") and an exotic dancer/'massage therapist' (Desi Lydic) - detours into a town cursed by the biggest monsters in movie history: Freddy ("A Nightmare On Elm Street"), Jason ("Friday The 13th"), Pinhead ("Hellraiser"), Leatherface ("The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"), Chucky ("Child'S Play"), & Michael Myers ("Halloween"). But when Stan discovers that he's a direct descendant of the legendary monster hunter Van Helsing, the four will have to survive a night of hell raisers, hockey masks, psycho dolls, pleather faces, creepy hitchhikers, vampire strippers, killer karaoke, and lots of hot chicks kissing each other. The one and only Leslie Nielsen of "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun "co-stars in this hysterical horror spoof written and directed by one of the guys who brought you "Scary Movie".</p>
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Stan Lee: The Final Chapter

Documentary
<p>An insider look at Stan Lee&apos;s tumultuous final years, revealing how mistreatment and conflict threatened his life and legacy.</p>
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Stand by Me

After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four boys decide to go see the body. Gordie, Vern, Chris, and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, but they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.
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Stand Clear ' the Closing Doors

Comedy
<p>When a woman makes a simple request of a fellow NYC subway passenger, an everyday moment turns into a bizarre battle for space, peace, and dignity.</p>
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Stand In, The

Romantic, Comedy
<p>"The Stand In" tells the story of a disaffected comedy actress and her ambitious stand-in trading places (played by Drew Barrymore). Candy is a washed-up movie star, busted for a tax evasion, who hires her unemployed, adoring stand-in Paula to do community service in her place. However, a weird co-dependent relationship ensues as Candy begins to use Paula as a stand- in in all parts of her life to escape from the stressful demands of fame. </p><p>Eventually, Paula starts to take over Candy's identity, career and boyfriend, finally kicking Candy out of her own house, where she is forced to survive in the real world for the first time while Paula lives the celebrity life of her dreams, until her boyfriend discovers the truth about the woman he's sleeping with.</p>
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Stand Off, The

Drama
<p>It takes place in December, 1969, when a newly formed Police unit known as the "SWAT team" embarked on their first major operation: to raid the Los Angeles Headquarters of the Black Panther Party. Seen from both perspectives, the resulting face off would be the most intense in the city's long history, and its ramifications are still felt today.</p>
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Stand Up Guy, A

Comedy
<p>A low-level mobster takes a stab at stand-up comedy while in the Witness Protection Program.</p>
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Stand Up Guys

Action, Comedy
<p><i><b>Stand Up Guys</i></b> stars Academy Award winners Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin in a tough but touching action comedy as retired gangsters who reunite for one epic last night. VAL (Al Pacino) is released from prison after serving twenty-eight years for refusing to give up one of his close criminal associates. His best friend DOC (Christopher Walken) is there to pick him up, and the two soon re-team with another old pal, HIRSCH (Alan Arkin). Their bond is as strong as ever, and the three reflect on freedom lost and gained, loyalties ebbed and flowed, and days of glory gone by. And despite their age, their capacity for mayhem is still very much alive and well--bullets fly as they make a hilariously valiant effort to compensate for the decades of crime, drugs and sex they've missed. But one of the friends is keeping a dangerous secret--he's been put in an impossible quandary by a former mob boss, and his time to find an acceptable alternative is running out. As the sun rises on the guys' legendary reunion, their position becomes more and more desperate and they finally confront their past once and for all.</p>
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Standing Ovation

Musical, Comedy
<p>"Standing Ovation" delivers an optimistic tale of perseverance and passion that inspires the American dream in all of us. Five junior high school friends form a singing group called The 5 Ovations to compete in a national music video contest for a cash prize of one million dollars. With limited funds and resources, these street smart kids use their wits, courage and passion to create spectacular song and dance numbers that compete with their arch rivals The Wiggies, five rich, talented and unscrupulous sisters who, along with their parents, will stop at nothing to win the competition.</p><p>Showcasing 20 original songs, 5 classic tunes and 14 spectacular dance numbers that feature over 100 talented dancers, "Standing Ovation" is the most rockin' movie of the summer!</p>
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Standing Still

Drama
<p>When a group of college friends re-unite four years after graduation, anything can and will happen.</p> <p>Meet Elise (Amy Adams) and Michael (Adam Garcia), the perfect couple who have been dating seemingly forever. Unlike most young couples, they have everything one can wish for - a beautiful house, an upcoming wedding, and a crew of close friends, all coming into Los Angeles for the weekend nuptials. As they each arrive at the house, joyous reunions quickly turn into awkward meetings that bring up both sweet and painful memories.</p> <p>Like any group of friends, this crew is an array of characters that stretch across the boards. Rich (Aaron Stanford) and Samantha (Melissa Sagemiller) are the best man and maid of honor who are also toying with taking the next step towards the altar. Lana (Mena Suvari) is a neurotic acress with an unstable love life. When all the men she's ever slept with, the forlorn Pockets (Johnny Abrahams), children's show host Donovan (Ethan Embry), and drunken actor Simon (James Van Der Beek), all show up for the wedding, chaos ensues. Rounding out the group are Quentin (Colin Hanks), an agent who falls hard for the bride's sister (Marnette Patterson). Jennifer (Lauren German), the bride's former roommate with a secret, Franklin (Roger Avary), the definition of Hollywood director, and Jonathan (Xander Barkeley), the groom's long lost father, attempting to re-enter his son's life.</p> <p>As an emotional, physical, and hysterical roller coaster of a visit begins, old friends learn new things about each other. Past relationships are dealt with. New relationships begin. And the boys have one hell of a bachelor party in Las Vegas. Love, sex, friendship, fear, family, parenthood and secrets show that these kids have a lot of growing up to do. Sometimes just standing still and facing the past will allow you to go on with the future.</p>
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Standing Tall

Drama
<p>Abandoned by his mother (Sara Forestier) at the age of 6, Malony (Rod Paradot) is constantly in and out of juvenile court. An adoptive family grows around this young delinquent: Florence (Catherine Deneuve), a children's magistrate nearing retirement, and Yann (Benoit Magimel), a caseworker and himself the survivor of a very difficult childhood.</p><p> Together they follow the boy's journey and try unfailingly to save him. Then Malony is sent to a stricter educational center, where he meets Tess (Diane Rouxel), a very special young girl who will show him that there are reasons for hope.</p>
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Standing Up

Drama, Family
<p>Based on one of the most beloved Young Adult novels of all time: Two kids are stripped naked and left together on an island in a lake - victims of a vicious summer camp prank; But rather than have to return to camp and face the humiliation, they decide to take off, on the run together. What follows is a three day odyssey of discovery and self-discovery.</p>
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Standing Up, Falling Down

Comedy
<p>"Standing Up, Falling Down" follows standup comedian Scott (Ben Schwartz), whose career has crashed and burned after four years of chasing his dream in Los Angeles. Left with little money, he has no choice but return to his parents' house in Long Island.</p><p>While trying to figure out what to do next, Scott pines after his ex, Becky (Eloise Mumford), a successful photographer who has since married a former mutual friend. On a night out at the bar, Scott strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric dermatologist, Marty (Billy Crystal), who has regrets of his own.</p>
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Standoff

Thriller, Drama
<p>Combat veteran Carter Greene (Jane) lives alone in a rustic farmhouse where he grieves the death of his young son and the resulting failure of his marriage. Meanwhile, Bird is an orphan who's experienced too much loss for somebody so young. As Bird mourns her parents on the anniversary of their death, she watches a professional assassin storm the graveyard and kill a group of funeral goers. </p><p>Terrified, Bird springs into the woods, followed closely by the sadistic assassin Sade (Fishburne). She eventually takes shelter in Carter's farmhouse, where Carter vows to protect her and avenge the murder of her family.</p>
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Standoff at Sparrow Creek, The

Drama
<p>Few thrillers are as coolly austere and taut as writer-director Henry Dunham's hardboiled debut, which bottles and critiques the archetypes of contemporary American gun culture in a labyrinthine procedural of potent provocations and wicked pulp fiction.</p><p>In the aftermath of a mass shooting, seven members of a militia convene within the chiaroscuro corridors of a lumberyard warehouse and arrive at a disturbing discovery: their armoury is short an AR-15 rifle, the same model reportedly used in the attack. Fearing that the authorities have already connected the weapon to their collective and will soon descend, they resolve to determine who among them has broken ranks, so that they can deliver the perpetrator to the police and not risk jeopardizing their operation.</p><p>Leading the investigation is Gannon (James Badge Dale), an ex-cop invited into the group as a safeguard against undercover police infiltration. As he conducts a series of interrogations throughout the night, a palpable malaise begins percolating. Tensions further escalate when the crew begin receiving enigmatic messages from neighbouring militia chapters insinuating that a more extensive and ominous plot is afoot.</p>
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Standoff, The

Comedy
<p>When a local dealership holds a contest to win the ultimate teen dream car, rivals Farrell and Amy enter and find themselves competing against a group of six other sixteen year olds --- a social media star, an extreme sports fanatic, a geeky Potterhead, a wanna-be hip hop singer, a tough football player and an all-American good guy who may be too good to be true --- each battling to see who can stand for the longest with their hand on a car, without leaning, sitting or sleeping, and who will be the last teen standing and the one to win the sweetest ride.</p>
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Standout: The Ben Kjar Story

Documentary
<p>Standout tells the powerful story of Ben Kjar, born with Crouzon Syndrome, a rare craniofacial disorder. From birth, doctors warn that his life will be overshadowed by limitations. Ben yearns for an ordinary life free from the harsh scrutiny he faces daily. However, each experience of adversity, including relentless bullying and a series of painful surgeries, ignites a fire within him. Wrestling becomes his proving ground, a place where he learns to transform his facial difference into a source of power. Determined to succeed, he pushes himself relentlessly, breaking through physical, social, and even romantic barriers that once seemed insurmountable. But as unexpected challenges arise and ridicule resurfaces, Ben finds himself at a defining crossroads: fade into the background of a &#8220;normal&#8221; life, or fully embrace his unique path and boldly stand out.</p>
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Stanford Prison Experiment, The

Drama, Thriller
<p>What happens when a college psych study goes shockingly wrong? In this tense, psychological thriller based on the notorious true story, Billy Crudup stars as Stanford University professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo, who, in 1971, cast 24 student volunteers as prisoners and guards in a simulated jail to examine the source of abusive behavior in the prison system. The results astonished the world, as participants went from middle-class undergrads to drunk-with-power sadists and submissive victims in just a few days. </p><p>Winner of two awards at the Sundance Film Festival, including Best Screenplay, and created with the close participation of Dr. Zimbardo himself, 'The Stanford Prison Experiment' is a chilling, edge-of-your-seat thriller about the dark side of power and the effects of imprisonment. </p>
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Stankface Standing Soldier: The Rise of Mato Wayuhi

Comedy
<p>As Mato Wayuhi continues to rise as a musical composer and rapper, he continues to hear his father&#8217;s and ancestors&#8217; voices in his art. Mato is known for composing the score for the Emmy-nominated series Reservation Dogs. Outside of the realm of composing, Mato engages with his community and the world through his talents as a rapper. Stankface Standing Soldier: The Rise of Mato Wayuhi provides a glimpse into the up-and-coming Oglala Lakota artist&#8217;s life as a rising rapper and composer. With the release of his recent album, Stankface Standing Soldier, the audience receives a deeper look into Mato&#8217;s personal inspiration and upbringing. This documentary showcases Mato&#8217;s versatility as a performer, showcasing his creative path led by his ancestors and his father&#8217;s voice.</p>
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Star Blazers

Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
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Star Is Born, A

Drama, Musical
<p>Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers &#8212; and falls in love with &#8212; struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer &#8212; until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally&apos;s career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.</p>
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Star Light

Horror
<p>A teen&apos;s life is turned upside down when he helps a world-famous pop star on the run to escape her violent pursuers.</p>
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Star of David: Beauty Hunting

The life of Tatsuya, a young man of proper yet mysterious descent, whose outward respectability hides his urges for rape and torture.
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Star Trek

Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
<p>The greatest adventure of all time begins with "Star Trek," the incredible story of a young crew's maiden voyage onboard the most advanced starship ever created: the U.S.S. Enterprise. In the midst of an incredible journey full of optimism, intrigue, comedy and cosmic peril, the new recruits must find a way to stop an evil being whose mission of vengeance threatens all of mankind.</p><p>The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals born worlds apart. One, James Tiberius Kirk (Chris Pine), a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy, a natural-born leader in search of a cause. The other, Spock (Zachary Quinto), grows up on the planet Vulcan, an outcast due to his half-human background, which makes him susceptible to the volatile emotions that Vulcans have long lived without, and yet an ingenious, determined student, who will become the first of his kind accepted into the Starfleet Academy.</p><p>Kirk and Spock could not be more different. Yet, in their quest to figure out who they really are and what they have to give to the world, they soon become competitive cadets-in-training. With their drastically opposite styles, one driven by fiery passion, the other by rigorous logic, they also become defiant, contentious adversaries, each equally unimpressed with the other, each going all out to be among the special few chosen to join the crew of the most advanced starship ever created, the U.S.S. Enterprise.</p><p>The crew is headed by Captain Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood). Joining him are the ship's Medical Officer Leonard "Bones" McCoy (Karl Urban); the man who will become the ship's Chief Engineer, Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (Simon Pegg); Communications Officer Uhura (Zoe Saldana); experienced Helmsman Sulu (John Cho); and the 17-year-old whiz kid Chekov (Anton Yelchin). All will face a harrowing first test that will set in motion the loyalty, camaraderie, daring and good humor that will bind them forever.</p><p>In the midst of it all, Kirk and Spock will come face-to-face with an undeniable destiny: a need to forge an unlikely but powerful partnership, enabling them to lead their crew to boldly go where no one has gone before.</p>
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Star Trek 4

Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
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Star Trek Beyond

Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
<p>The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.</p>
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Star Trek Into Darkness

Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
<p>In Summer 2013, pioneering director J.J. Abrams will deliver an explosive action thriller that takes "Star Trek Into Darkness."</p><p>When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis.</p><p>With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction.</p><p>As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.</p>
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Star Trek: Nemesis

Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
<p>The Federation is about to encounter its greatest challenge - The Romulans want peace. Conceived in the regal senate halls of Romulus and forged in the dilithium mines of Remus, comes a nemesis bent on destroying Picard - and the entire Federation.</p> <p>Ordered by Starfleet to be the first line of diplomacy in ushering in a new era for the Federation, the crew of the USS Enterprise-E is dispatched to Romulus for an unexpected peace mission. Once in the shadow of the Romulan Empire, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Enterprise crew are thrust into the center of a plot that could lead to the destruction of Earth at the hands of a new and chilling nemesis.</p>
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Star Trek: Section 31

Action,Adventure,Sci-Fi
<p>In "Star Trek: Section 31", Emperor Philippa Georgiou joins a secret division of Starfleet tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets, and must face the sins of her past.</p>
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