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High Speed! Free! Starting Days (映画 ハイ☆スピード!-Free! Starting Days-)

High Speed! Free! Starting Days (映画 ハイ☆スピード!-Free! Starting Days-) is a 2015 Kyoto Animation anime film directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto, adapting Kōji Ōji's light novel as a junior-high prequel to the Free! TV anime, released 5 December 2015 by Shochiku.

Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party

Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party is a 2016 Dinesh D'Souza and Bruce Schooley political documentary attacking Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party; it grossed $13.1 million but scored 4% on Rotten Tomatoes and won the Razzie for Worst Picture.

Hillbilly Elegy (film)

Hillbilly Elegy (2020) is Ron Howard's Netflix drama adapted from J.D. Vance's memoir, starring Amy Adams, Glenn Close, and Gabriel Basso; panned by critics (24% on Rotten Tomatoes) yet Oscar-nominated and a 2024 streaming hit.

Himizu (ヒミズ)

Himizu (ヒミズ) is a 2011 Japanese drama by Sion Sono adapting Minoru Furuya's manga, starring Shota Sometani and Fumi Nikaido as teenagers in post-3.11 Japan; both won Venice's Marcello Mastroianni Award.

His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday: 1940 Howard Hawks screwball comedy for Columbia, starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell; a gender-flipped remake of the 1928 play The Front Page, famous for overlapping dialogue and US public-domain status since 1967.

Hitchcock (film)

Hitchcock (2012) is a biographical drama directed by Sacha Gervasi, starring Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren, dramatizing Alfred Hitchcock's making of Psycho (1960) and his marriage to Alma Reville; Fox Searchlight release, 98 minutes, Metascore 55.

Hoffa (film)

Hoffa (1992) is a Danny DeVito-directed, David Mamet-written biopic starring Jack Nicholson as Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa, told through fictional aide Bobby Ciaro; released by Fox on December 25, 1992, it cost about $50 million, earned Oscar nominations for cinematography and makeup, and flopped at the box office.

Holmes & Watson

Holmes & Watson is a 2018 American comedy film starring Will Ferrell as Sherlock Holmes and John C. Reilly as Dr. Watson, directed by Etan Cohen.

Hols: Prince of the Sun

Hols: Prince of the Sun (太陽の王子 ホルスの大冒険, Little Norse Prince Valiant) is Toei Animation's 1968, 82-minute feature, Isao Takahata's directorial debut with Hayao Miyazaki on scene design, about a boy, the Sword of the Sun, and the demon Grunwald.

Home (2015 film)

Home (2015) is a DreamWorks Animation 3D animated sci-fi comedy directed by Tim Johnson, adapted from Adam Rex's The True Meaning of Smekday, starring the voices of Rihanna, Jim Parsons, Steve Martin, and Jennifer Lopez; it grossed $386 million worldwide.

Home on the Range (2004 film)

Home on the Range (2004) is Disney's hand-drawn animated Western musical comedy, also developed as Sweating Bullets, about three cows saving the Patch of Heaven farm by capturing Alameda Slim for a $750 reward; it was Disney's last 2D theatrical feature.

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story is a 2003 Lifetime TV movie directed by Peter Levin, starring Thora Birch as Liz Murray, a homeless Bronx teen who won a New York Times scholarship to Harvard; Emmy-nominated, aired April 7, 2003.

Honeyland

Honeyland (Медена земја) is a 2019 North Macedonian documentary by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov about Hatidze Muratova, Europe's last female wild beekeeper; it won three Sundance prizes and became the first film Oscar-nominated for both Best Documentary Feature and Best International Feature.

Hoodwinked!

Hoodwinked! (2005) is an independent American CGI animated comedy retelling Little Red Riding Hood as a Rashomon-style detective story. Directed by Cory Edwards, animated in Manila for about $8 million, it grossed about $110 million worldwide.

Hook (film)

Hook is a 1991 American fantasy film directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Robin Williams as a grown-up Peter Pan who returns to Neverland to rescue his children from Captain Hook.

Hoop Dreams

Hoop Dreams (1994) is Steve James's Kartemquin documentary following Chicago teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee for five years as they chase NBA dreams; Sundance Audience Award winner, Oscar-snubbed, National Film Registry inductee.

Hoot (film)

Hoot is a 2006 American family comedy, also called Hoot the movie, adapted from Carl Hiaasen's 2002 Newbery Honor novel. Directed by Wil Shriner, produced by Frank Marshall and Jimmy Buffett, it earned 26% on Rotten Tomatoes and $8.1 million.

Hop (film)

Hop is a 2011 American live-action/animated Easter comedy directed by Tim Hill for Illumination and Universal Pictures, following the Easter Bunny's teenage son E.B., who runs away to Hollywood to become a drummer.

Hoppers (film)

Hoppers is a 2026 Disney-Pixar animated comedy directed by Daniel Chong, in which Mabel (Piper Curda) hops her mind into a robotic beaver to save Beaverton Glade; it opened March 6, 2026 to $88 million globally.

Horror film

Horror film: a fiction film genre designed to elicit fear, from Méliès's 1896 The House of the Devil through Universal monsters, slashers, and today's low-budget box-office leaders; also called art-horror in Carroll's philosophy.

Horton Hears a Who! (film)

Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! is a 2008 Blue Sky Studios CG animated film for 20th Century Fox, directed by Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino, with Jim Carrey as Horton and Steve Carell as the Mayor, adapted from Seuss's 1954 book.

Horus, Prince of the Sun

Horus, Prince of the Sun (太陽の王子 ホルスの大冒険, Little Norse Prince Valiant) is Toei Animation's 1968, 82-minute feature, Isao Takahata's directorial debut with Miyazaki on scene design, based on Fukazawa Kazuo's Ainu-tradition puppet play, later reevaluated as Toei's masterpiece.

Hot Girls Wanted

Hot Girls Wanted (2015) is a Sundance documentary by Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus, produced by Rashida Jones, following five 18- and 19-year-old women in Florida's amateur porn industry; released on Netflix May 29, 2015.

Hot Milk (film)

Hot Milk (2025) is Rebecca Lenkiewicz's directorial debut, a UK-Greece drama adapting Deborah Levy's 2016 novel, starring Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw, and Vicky Krieps; it premiered in Berlinale Competition and scored 39% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Hotel Rwanda

Hotel Rwanda is Terry George's 2004 drama starring Don Cheadle as Paul Rusesabagina, the Hôtel des Mille Collines manager who sheltered 1,268 refugees during the 1994 Rwandan genocide; Oscar-nominated, critically acclaimed, and historically disputed.

House of Usher

House of Usher, aka The Fall of the House of Usher, is Roger Corman's 1960 AIP horror film starring Vincent Price, the first of his eight Poe adaptations, shot in 15 days for $270,000 and grossing $2 million.

How Green Was My Valley (film)

How Green Was My Valley (1941) is John Ford's black-and-white 20th Century-Fox drama adapted from Richard Llewellyn's 1939 novel about the Welsh Morgan mining family, shot on a Malibu backlot, and the Best Picture Oscar winner that beat Citizen Kane with five Academy Awards.

How I Live Now (film)

How I Live Now (Maintenant c'est ma vie) is Kevin Macdonald's 2013 film adapting Meg Rosoff's 2004 YA novel, starring Saoirse Ronan as American teen Daisy surviving war in England with George MacKay, Tom Holland, and Harley Bird; Magnolia Pictures released it to mixed reviews.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special) is the 1966 Chuck Jones CBS animated special adapting Dr. Seuss's 1957 book, narrated and voiced by Boris Karloff, first aired December 18, 1966, and televised every holiday season since.

How to Make Gravy (film)

How to Make Gravy is a 2024 Australian Christmas drama film adapted from Paul Kelly's 1996 song, directed by Nick Waterman, co-written with Megan Washington, starring Daniel Henshall and Hugo Weaving, and released as Binge's first original feature film on 1 December 2024.