diff --git a/mem0/vector_stores/s3_vectors.py b/mem0/vector_stores/s3_vectors.py
index 49bd0dab8..da059a409 100644
--- a/mem0/vector_stores/s3_vectors.py
+++ b/mem0/vector_stores/s3_vectors.py
@@ -182,10 +182,6 @@ class S3Vectors(VectorStoreBase):
         return response.get("index", {})
 
     def list(self, filters=None, top_k=None):
-        # Note: list_vectors does not support metadata filtering.
-        if filters:
-            logger.warning("S3 Vectors `list` does not support metadata filtering. Ignoring filters.")
-
         params = {
             "vectorBucketName": self.vector_bucket_name,
             "indexName": self.collection_name,
@@ -200,7 +196,16 @@ class S3Vectors(VectorStoreBase):
         all_vectors = []
         for page in pages:
             all_vectors.extend(page.get("vectors", []))
-        return [self._parse_output(all_vectors)]
+        results = self._parse_output(all_vectors)
+        if filters:
+            results = [
+                result
+                for result in results
+                if result.payload and all(result.payload.get(k) == v for k, v in filters.items())
+            ]
+        if top_k:
+            results = results[:top_k]
+        return [results]
 
     def reset(self):
         logger.warning(f"Resetting index {self.collection_name}...")
diff --git a/tests/vector_stores/test_s3_vectors.py b/tests/vector_stores/test_s3_vectors.py
index e4eda6d50..aaa0e62dc 100644
--- a/tests/vector_stores/test_s3_vectors.py
+++ b/tests/vector_stores/test_s3_vectors.py
@@ -223,3 +223,26 @@ def test_reset(mock_boto_client):
         vectorBucketName=BUCKET_NAME, indexName=INDEX_NAME
     )
     assert mock_boto_client.create_index.call_count == 2
+
+
+def test_list_filters_metadata_client_side(mock_boto_client):
+    """S3 list_vectors does not support metadata filters, so the store filters returned payloads locally."""
+    mock_paginator = mock_boto_client.get_paginator.return_value
+    mock_paginator.paginate.return_value = [
+        {
+            "vectors": [
+                {"key": "id1", "metadata": {"user_id": "alice", "category": "work"}},
+                {"key": "id2", "metadata": {"user_id": "bob", "category": "work"}},
+                {"key": "id3", "metadata": {"user_id": "alice", "category": "home"}},
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+    store = S3Vectors(
+        vector_bucket_name=BUCKET_NAME,
+        collection_name=INDEX_NAME,
+        embedding_model_dims=EMBEDDING_DIMS,
+    )
+
+    [results] = store.list(filters={"user_id": "alice", "category": "work"})
+
+    assert [result.id for result in results] == ["id1"]