Crime
Secret in Their Eyes
(2015)
Billy Ray (screenplay), Juan José Campanella (film "El secreto de sus ojos"), Eduardo Sacheri (film "El secreto de sus ojos")
1 win & 3 nominations.
2002: Ray Kasten (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Jess Cobb (Julia Roberts) are two investigators in a private police unit led by the DA. When they receive an anonymous tip about a girl raped and killed, they rush to the scene. Ray realizes it is Jess' daughter and the team falls apart due to the grief. In 2015, Ray comes back to LA, and says that after 13 years, he has found a lead and convinces the DA to reopen the case. They find clues and leads unknown to them, and secrets from the past come to light as they start discovering the real, chilling truth. Meanwhile, Jess, dissatisfied with the law, decides to take matters into her own hands and track down the killer, no matter what lengths she has to go to.
Serpico
(1973)
Peter Maas (book), Waldo Salt (screenplay), Norman Wexler (screenplay)
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 9 nominations.
The true story about an honest New York cop who blew the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
Seven Psychopaths
(2012)
Martin McDonagh
3 wins & 21 nominations.
A struggling screenwriter (Colin Farrell) inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his friends (Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell) kidnap a gangster's (Woody Harrelson) beloved Shih Tzu.
Sexy Beast
(2000)
Louis Mellis, David Scinto
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 21 wins & 20 nominations.
Gal, Deedee, Aitch and Jackie, having left behind respective lives of ill-repute, bask in the sun of Spain and in the most essential brand of leisure. A hazy yarn of barbecues, beer and botched hunting expeditions make up their retirements, until a sudden and unforeseen disruption emerges from their past. Enter the childishly violent and hilariously edgy Don Logan. Through a series of side-splitting negotiations and irrevocable acts, retired crook Gal is forced to shake off the rust and accept one last mission, put forth by the menacing Logan, his ex-mentor. A heist of legendary proportion and personal implications, this job should make for one hell of an encore.
Sherlock Holmes
(2009)
Michael Robert Johnson (screenplay), Anthony Peckham (screenplay), Simon Kinberg (screenplay)
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 27 nominations.
After finally catching serial killer and occult "sorcerer" Lord Blackwood, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson can close yet another successful case. But when Blackwood mysteriously returns from the grave and resumes his killing spree, Holmes must take up the hunt once again. Contending with his partner's new fiancée and the dimwitted head of Scotland Yard, the dauntless detective must unravel the clues that will lead him into a twisted web of murder, deceit, and black magic - and the deadly embrace of temptress Irene Adler.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
(2011)
Michele Mulroney, Kieran Mulroney, Arthur Conan Doyle (characters: Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson)
3 wins & 11 nominations.
Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and his longtime trusted associate, Doctor Watson (Jude Law), take on their arch-nemesis, Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris), with the help of Holmes' older brother Mycroft Holmes (Stephen Fry) and a gypsy named Simza (Noomi Rapace).
Shinjuku Triad Society
(1995)
Ichirô Fujita
N/A
Amidst a Chinese and Japanese mafia war, a lawyer for the Chinese mob finds a rift forming between him and his corrupt police office brother.
Shoot 'Em Up
(2007)
Michael Davis
3 nominations.
A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.
Siberia
(2018)
Scott B. Smith (screenplay by), Stephen Hamel (story by), Scott B. Smith (story by)
3 nominations.
An American diamond merchant travels to Russia to sell rare blue diamonds of questionable origin. As the deal begins to collapse he falls into an obsessive relationship with a Russian cafe owner in a small Siberian town. As their passion builds, so does the treacherous world of the diamond trade from which he is unable to extricate himself. Both collide as the American man desperately looks for escape in a world with no exit.
Sicario
(2015)
Taylor Sheridan
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 139 nominations.
When drug violence worsens on the USA Mexico border, the FBI sends an idealistic agent, Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) on a mission to eradicate a drug cartel responsible for a bomb that had killed members of her team.
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
(2018)
Taylor Sheridan
1 win & 8 nominations
In this adventure/drama, CIA agent Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) enlists a mysterious operative to help investigate a Mexican drug cartel that has been smuggling terrorists into the U.S. Things escalate when the daughter of a top kingpin is abducted, forcing Graver and his partner to re-evaluate their mission.
Side Effects
(2013)
Scott Z. Burns
4 nominations.
Emily Taylor, despite being reunited with her husband from prison, becomes severely depressed with emotional episodes and suicide attempts. Her psychiatrist, Jonathan Banks, after conferring with her previous doctor, eventually prescribes an experimental new medication called Ablixa. The plot thickens when the side effects of the drug lead to Emily killing her husband in a "sleepwalking" state. With Emily plea-bargained into mental hospital confinement and Dr. Banks' practice crumbling around him, the case seems closed. However, Dr. Banks cannot accept full responsibility and investigates to clear his name. What follows is a dark quest that threatens to tear what's left of his life apart even as he discovers the diabolical truth of this tragedy.
Sightseers
(2012)
Alice Lowe, Steve Oram, Amy Jump (additional material)
11 wins & 17 nominations.
Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn.
Sin City
(2005)
Frank Miller (graphic novels)
29 wins & 45 nominations.
A film that explores the dark and miserable town, Basin City, and tells the story of three different people, all caught up in violent corruption.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
(2014)
Frank Miller, Frank Miller (graphic novels)
3 wins & 6 nominations.
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
Smokin' Aces
(2006)
Joe Carnahan
4 wins.
When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
(2010)
Olatunde Osunsanmi (screenplay), Olumide Odebunmi (screenplay), Tom Abrams (screenplay), P.J. Pesce (screenplay), Olatunde Osunsanmi (story), Olumide Odebunmi (story), Joe Carnahan (story), Joe Carnahan (characters)
N/A
Walter Weed is an unassuming desk jockey at the FBI when the Bureau uncovers a plot to assassinate him. A team of degenerate, psychotic assassins dispatched by mystery man Hal Leuco to win a huge bounty includes a resourceful beauty who has a unique method of killing her prey, a power-tool wielding psychopath and a deadly master of disguise.
Snatch.
(2000)
Guy Ritchie
4 wins & 6 nominations.
Turkish and his close friend/accomplice Tommy get pulled into the world of match fixing by the notorious Brick Top. Things get complicated when the boxer they had lined up gets badly beaten by Pitt, a 'pikey' ( slang for an Irish Gypsy)- who comes into the equation after Turkish, an unlicensed boxing promoter wants to buy a caravan off the Irish Gypsies. They then try to convince Pitt not only to fight for them, but to lose for them too. Whilst all this is going on, a huge diamond heist takes place, and a fistful of motley characters enter the story, including 'Cousin Avi', 'Boris The Blade', 'Franky Four Fingers' and 'Bullet Tooth Tony'. Things go from bad to worse as it all becomes about the money, the guns, and the damned dog!
Spun
(2002)
Will De Los Santos (screenplay), Creighton Vero (screenplay)
2 nominations.
A drug dealer introduces one of his customers, a 'speed freak', to the man who runs the meth lab. A crazy three-day adventure ensues.
State of Play
(2009)
Matthew Michael Carnahan (screenplay), Tony Gilroy (screenplay), Billy Ray (screenplay), Paul Abbott (television series)
2 wins & 4 nominations.
A petty thief is gunned down in an alley and a Congressman's assistant falls in front of a subway - two seemingly unrelated deaths. But not to wisecracking, brash newspaper reporter Cal McAffrey who spies a conspiracy waiting to be uncovered. With a turbulent past connected to the Congressman and the aid of ambitious young rookie writer Della Frye, Cal begins uprooting clues that lead him to a corporate cover-up full of insiders, informants, and assassins. But as he draws closer to the truth, the relentless journalist must decide if it's worth risking his life and selling his soul to get the ultimate story.