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The History Boys
The History Boys is Alan Bennett's 2004 National Theatre play, directed by Nicholas Hytner, about eight Yorkshire grammar-school boys coached for Oxbridge; it won three Oliviers and six Tonys and was filmed in 2006 with the original cast.
The History Boys (film)
The History Boys (2006) is a British comedy-drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner from Alan Bennett's adaptation of his National Theatre play, reuniting the original stage cast including Richard Griffiths as Hector; financed by Fox Searchlight, DNA Films, and BBC Films.
The History of a Town
The History of a Town (История одного города) is a satirical 1870 novel by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin about grotesque mayors ruling the fictional town of Glupov.
The History of Chinese Painting and the History of Modern Western Art Washed in a Washing Machine for Two Minutes
Huang Yong Ping's 1987 conceptual installation, also known in Chinese as 《中国绘画史》和《现代绘画简史》在洗衣机里搅拌了两分钟, in which Wang Bomin's History of Chinese Painting and Herbert Read's A Concise History of Modern Painting were washed together for two minutes; the pulp, recreated in 1993, belongs to the Walker Art Center.
The History of Concrete
The History of Concrete is John Wilson's 2026 feature documentary debut, applying a Hallmark movie formula to a film about concrete, the world's second-most used substance; it premiered at Sundance 2026 and was released by Magnolia Pictures.
The History of Henry Esmond
The History of Henry Esmond is an 1852 historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, framed as the autobiography of Colonel Henry Esmond, set in Queen Anne's reign.
The History of Mary Prince
The History of Mary Prince is an 1831 slave narrative dictated by Mary Prince, an enslaved Bermudian woman, and the first account of a Black woman's life published in England.
The History of Middle-earth
The History of Middle-earth is a 12-volume series published between 1983 and 1996, in which Christopher Tolkien collected and analyzed his father J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, tracing how Middle-earth evolved.
The History of Mr. Polly
The History of Mr. Polly (1949) is a British film directed by Anthony Pelissier, produced by and starring John Mills, adapted from H.G. Wells's 1910 novel about a draper's clerk who escapes his marriage and failing shop through arson and a faked death.
The History of Pendennis
The History of Pendennis is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, published in monthly parts from 1848 to 1850, following young Arthur Pendennis through love, university, and literary London.
The History of Polish Literature
The history of Polish literature is the record of writing in Polish from the Middle Ages to the present, shaped by Poland's partitions, occupation, and communist rule.
The History of Pugachev
The History of Pugachev (История Пугачёва) is a historical monograph by Alexander Pushkin on the 1773–1775 peasant war led by Yemelyan Pugachev, published in December 1834.
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia is a philosophical tale by Samuel Johnson, published in 1759, about an Abyssinian prince searching for lasting happiness.
The History of Rus'
The History of Rus' (Історія Русів) is an anonymous late 18th- or early 19th-century Ukrainian treatise narrating Ukrainian history to 1769, centered on the Cossacks and Bohdan Khmelnytsky.
The History of Russian Literature
The History of Russian Literature (История русской литературы) is a four-volume history of Russian writing by Aleksandr Pypin, published in Saint Petersburg from 1898 to 1899.
The History of Sir Charles Grandison
The History of Sir Charles Grandison, commonly called Sir Charles Grandison, is Samuel Richardson's final novel, an epistolary work first published in 1753 and completed in 1754.
The History of Sound
The History of Sound is a 2025 romantic drama directed by Oliver Hermanus, adapted by Ben Shattuck from his short story, starring Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor as 1917 Boston Conservatory musicians who record Maine folk songs; Cannes 2025 competition, MUBI release, Metascore 64.
The History of the Conquest of Syria
The History of the Conquest of Syria (Futuh al-Sham, فتوح الشام) is an Arabic epic-history of the Muslim conquest of Syria, traditionally attributed to al-Waqidi.
The History of the Standard Oil Company
The History of the Standard Oil Company is a two-volume 1904 book by journalist Ida M. Tarbell, first serialized in McClure's Magazine from 1902 to 1904.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling is Henry Fielding's comic novel, first published 28 February 1749, following the foundling Tom Jones through Squire Allworthy's household to marriage with Sophia Western.
The Hitch-Hiker (1953 film)
The Hitch-Hiker (1953) is a 71-minute American film noir directed by Ida Lupino, generally considered the first noir directed by a woman, starring Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, and William Talman, based on the Billy Cook murder spree and added to the National Film Registry in 2000.
The Hitch-Hiker (The Twilight Zone)
The Hitch-Hiker, Twilight Zone season 1 episode 16 (CBS, January 22, 1960), Rod Serling's adaptation of Lucille Fletcher's 1941 Orson Welles radio play, starring Inger Stevens as a dead motorist haunted by Death.
The Hitcher (1986 film)
The Hitcher (1986) is an American road thriller, Robert Harmon's and Eric Red's feature debut, starring Rutger Hauer as hitchhiker-killer John Ryder tormenting driver Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell); released by Tri-Star, later a cult film with a 2003 sequel and 2007 remake.
The Hitcher (2007 film)
The Hitcher is a 2007 American road horror thriller directed by Dave Meyers, a remake of the 1986 film, starring Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, and Zachary Knighton.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (H2G2) is Douglas Adams's comedy science fiction franchise that began as a 1978 BBC Radio 4 series, became a five-book "trilogy" from 1979, and spawned a 1981 BBC TV series, a 1984 game, and the 2005 film; its canceled 2019 Hulu adaptation died in 2026.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a 2005 British-American comic science fiction film directed by Garth Jennings, adapted from Douglas Adams's novel, starring Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel), by Douglas Adams, published 12 October 1979, adapts his 1978 six-episode BBC radio serial into the first of five books, selling about 14 million copies.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series (H2G2), Douglas Adams's BBC Radio 4 science fiction comedy first broadcast 8 March 1978; six "Fits" plus Secondary Phase, stereo Radiophonic Workshop sound, later phases to 2018, spawned the novels and franchise.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a six-episode BBC television series written by Douglas Adams and broadcast in 1981, with Simon Jones as Arthur Dent.
The Hitman's Bodyguard
The Hitman's Bodyguard is a 2017 Lionsgate action comedy directed by Patrick Hughes, starring Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, and Salma Hayek; it opened at $21.6M and spawned a 2021 sequel.