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Souleymane's Story follows a Paris delivery rider in the two days before his asylum interview, and Boris Lojkine makes that deadline as gripping as any thriller.
Yes, without hesitation. It is one of the most gripping European dramas of recent years, essential for anyone who wants social realism with the pulse of a thriller.
★★★★☆
Soulmate is Min Yong-keun's Korean drama about two women bound since childhood, a bittersweet friendship story led by Kim Da-mi and Jeon So-nee with real bruises in it.
Yes. It is a moving, well-acted Korean friendship drama for viewers who like their tearjerkers with some grit, even if it sometimes spells out what its actors already show.
★★★★½
Sound of Falling is Mascha Schilinski's Cannes Jury Prize winner, a haunting German drama that braids four girlhoods in one farmhouse across a century.
Yes. It is one of the most daring European films of recent years, essential for patient arthouse viewers who can handle bleak material and a fractured structure.
★★★★½
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse sends Miles Morales through a multiverse of clashing art styles, a dazzling animated sequel that is also half of a bigger story.
Yes. It is one of the most inventive animated films of the decade, a must for anyone who loved Into the Spider-Verse, as long as you accept it ends mid-story.
★★★½☆
SPL: Kill Zone is Wilson Yip's brutal Hong Kong cop thriller, with Donnie Yen, Simon Yam and a menacing Sammo Hung in fights that outclass its melodramatic plotting.
Yes, for action fans. Its fight scenes are among the best of the 2000s, though viewers who need a coherent, subtle crime story may find the drama heavy-handed.
★★★★☆
Squid Game is Hwang Dong-hyuk's Korean survival thriller about debt and deadly children's games. Season 1 is superb; the two later seasons are grimmer and less focused.
Baca dalam Bahasa Indonesia →Yes. The first season is gripping, stylish and angry, essential viewing for thriller fans with a strong stomach. Treat seasons 2 and 3 as a darker, weaker epilogue.
★★★½☆
Sri Asih is Upi Avianto's Indonesian superhero film, reviving a classic comic heroine with Pevita Pearce in the lead, strong fights and some growing pains.
Yes, with reservations. Superhero and action fans curious about Indonesia's shared comic-book universe will enjoy it, if they can forgive its length and uneven effects.
★★★★☆
Star City is the For All Mankind spinoff set inside the Soviet space programme after it wins the Moon race, a paranoid Cold War drama led by Rhys Ifans.
Yes. It is a tense, grown-up space drama that turns victory into a trap, best for viewers who like slow-burn Cold War paranoia more than launchpad spectacle.
★★★★★
Star Wars (1977) is George Lucas's space-opera fairy tale, a film that reshaped Hollywood and still works as a brisk, joyful adventure nearly fifty years on.
Yes, absolutely. It is essential viewing for anyone who loves adventure films, and it plays just as well for first-time viewers and families as it does for returning fans.
★★★½☆
Steve is Tim Mielants's one-day drama about a reform-school head teacher, with Cillian Murphy superb at the centre of a film that is sometimes as chaotic as its setting.
Yes, with reservations. Cillian Murphy fans and viewers drawn to intense, performance-led dramas will find plenty here, though its restless style and loose threads may frustrate some.
★★★★☆
Stranger Things is the Duffer Brothers' 1980s sci-fi horror saga set in small-town Indiana. Its young cast gives the homage real heart, even as the scale balloons.
Yes. It is a warm, scary and hugely entertaining adventure series. Start with the tight first season, and expect the later ones to trade intimacy for spectacle.
★★★½☆
Stree 2 sends Rajkummar Rao and friends back to Chanderi to face a headless new menace, a crowd-pleasing Hindi horror-comedy that trades some bite for bigger laughs.
Yes, with reservations. Fans of the first Stree and of Hindi horror-comedy will have fun with the returning gang, though the sequel is baggier and far less frightening.
★★★★☆
Strong Woman Do Bong-soon is a Korean superhero rom-com about a small woman with enormous strength, lifted by Park Bo-young and a playful Park Hyung-sik.
Yes. It is a funny, charming rom-com with a winning lead, ideal for K-drama fans who don't mind a darker crime subplot sitting awkwardly beside the romance.
★★★★★
Succession is Jesse Armstrong's savage HBO satire of a media dynasty, a four-season family tragedy with the sharpest dialogue and finest ensemble of its decade.
Yes. It is one of the great television dramas, as funny as it is devastating. Essential for anyone who loves sharp writing, and it only gets better with each season.
★★★☆☆
Sultan is Ali Abbas Zafar's Hindi wrestling melodrama, built around Salman Khan's comeback heroics, with Anushka Sharma giving the film its sharpest edge.
It depends. Salman Khan fans and lovers of big sports melodrama will enjoy the spectacle; anyone wanting realism or a tighter film should expect a long, uneven ride.
★★★★☆
Suno Chanda is a Pakistani Ramadan rom-com about two bickering cousins pushed towards marriage, a warm family comedy powered by a lively Iqra Aziz.
Yes. It is a cosy, funny family comedy made for easy watching, best for viewers who enjoy big households and loud banter; the second season is optional.
★★★½☆
Sunshine is Danny Boyle's space thriller about a crew carrying a bomb to reignite the Sun, a visually overwhelming film whose final act divides audiences.
Yes, with reservations. Science fiction fans who value atmosphere and big ideas will find it thrilling, though its tonal lurch in the last act will frustrate some viewers.
★★★★☆
Superman is James Gunn's bright, big-hearted reboot of the Man of Steel, with David Corenswet as a sincere Clark Kent in a crowded but joyful new DC universe.
Yes. It is the most purely likeable DC film in years, ideal for families and superhero fans, though its packed story and busy climax take some shine off.
★★★★☆
Suspicious Partner is a Korean legal rom-com with a serial-killer thriller hidden inside, carried by the playful chemistry of Ji Chang-wook and Nam Ji-hyun.
Yes. It is a charming, often very funny legal romance with real menace underneath. Best for viewers who enjoy tonal swings and can forgive a baggy second half.
★★★★☆
Suspiria is Dario Argento's 1977 horror landmark about an American dancer at a sinister German ballet school, a nightmare built from saturated colour and noise.
Yes. It is essential for horror fans and lovers of bold visual style, provided you can accept a flimsy plot, stilted dubbing and some very graphic violence.
★★★★☆
Suzume is Makoto Shinkai's anime road movie about a teenager sealing magical doors across Japan, a gorgeous fantasy that turns disaster memory into adventure.
Yes. It is a beautiful, moving anime adventure for teenagers and adults alike, even if its romance is thin and its formula will feel familiar to Shinkai regulars.
★★★½☆
Sweet Home is Netflix's Korean creature horror series about residents trapped in a crumbling apartment block. Its first season is superb; the later two sprawl.
Mostly yes. The first season is a nasty, inventive monster siege worth seeing; seasons 2 and 3 widen the world and lose much of the tension, so fans only.
★★★★☆
Sweet Tooth adapts Jeff Lemire's comic into a warm post-apocalyptic fairy tale about a half-deer boy and his gruff protector, lovely if sometimes too soft.
Yes. It is a tender, handsomely made fantasy adventure that works for families and adults alike, as long as you don't expect the comic's darker edge.
★★★½☆
Swimming Pool is François Ozon's teasing psychological thriller, with Charlotte Rampling as a crime writer whose French retreat is disrupted by a reckless young guest.
Yes, with reservations. Fans of slow-burn, ambiguous thrillers and of Charlotte Rampling will be absorbed, but anyone who needs clear answers may find it more tease than payoff.