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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is a 2023 American dystopian film directed by Francis Lawrence, the fifth in the Hunger Games series.

The Hunt for Gollum

The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum is an upcoming 2027 fantasy film directed by and starring Andy Serkis as Gollum, produced by Peter Jackson, set between The Hobbit and Fellowship of the Ring, releasing December 17, 2027.

The Huntsman: Winter's War

The Huntsman: Winter's War is a 2016 American fantasy action-adventure film directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, serving as both prequel and sequel to 2012's Snow White and the Huntsman.

The Hurricane (1999 film)

The Hurricane (1999) is Norman Jewison's biographical drama starring Denzel Washington as boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, wrongly imprisoned for a 1966 triple murder; it won Washington a Golden Globe but drew major accuracy disputes.

The Ice Cream Man (2024 film)

The Ice Cream Man (2024) is Robert Moniot's 33-minute narrative short about Jewish Amsterdam ice cream parlor owner Ernst Cahn, targeted by Klaus Barbie; Oscar-shortlisted, Indy Shorts and Naples audience award winner, unrelated to the 1995 or 2026 horror films.

The Idiot (白痴) (1951 film)

The Idiot (白痴, Hakuchi) is Akira Kurosawa's 1951 Shochiku adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, set in postwar Sapporo with Masayuki Mori, Setsuko Hara, and Toshiro Mifune; cut by the studio from 4 hours 25 minutes to the surviving 166 minutes.

The Illusionist (2010 film)

The Illusionist (L'Illusionniste) is a 2010 French-British hand-drawn animated film by Sylvain Chomet, adapted from an unproduced Jacques Tati script, about an aging magician and a Scottish girl; Oscar-nominated, European Film Award winner.

The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game (2014), also known by its source title Alan Turing: The Enigma, is a biographical drama directed by Morten Tyldum starring Benedict Cumberbatch as codebreaker Alan Turing; it won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar and drew criticism for historical inaccuracy.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (film)

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a 2017 HBO television film directed by George C. Wolfe, adapted from Rebecca Skloot's 2010 book, starring Oprah Winfrey as Deborah Lacks, Rose Byrne as Skloot, and Renée Elise Goldsberry as Henrietta Lacks.

The Importance of Being Earnest (1952 film)

The Importance of Being Earnest (1952 film), Anthony Asquith's Technicolor British adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 1895 play, the first English-language film version, starring Michael Redgrave, Edith Evans, Joan Greenwood, and Michael Denison.

The Importance of Being Earnest (2002 film)

The Importance of Being Earnest (2002 film) is a British-American comedy-drama directed by Oliver Parker, which stars Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, and Judi Dench in the adaptation of Wilde's play.

The Imposter (2012 film)

The Imposter (2012) is Bart Layton's British documentary thriller about Frédéric Bourdin, the French conman who impersonated missing Texas teen Nicholas Barclay and fooled his family, told through interviews and reenactments; BAFTA-winning Sundance premiere.

The Incredibles (franchise)

The Incredibles is a Pixar animated superhero film franchise centered on the Parr family of undercover superheroes, written by Brad Bird with films in 2004, 2018, and 2028.

The Indian in the Cupboard (film)

The Indian in the Cupboard (1995), also known by its source novel by Lynne Reid Banks, is a Frank Oz family fantasy film written by Melissa Mathison, starring Hal Scardino and Litefoot, about a magic cupboard that brings toy figures to life; 96 min, PG, Paramount/Columbia.

The Infiltrator (2016 film)

The Infiltrator is a 2016 American biographical crime drama directed by Brad Furman, starring Bryan Cranston as Customs agent Robert Mazur, who posed as money launderer Bob Musella.

The Informant!

The Informant! (2009) is Steven Soderbergh's black comedy starring Matt Damon as ADM whistleblower Mark Whitacre, adapted from Kurt Eichenwald's book, released September 18, 2009, grossing $41.8 million.

The Innocents (1961 film)

The Innocents (1961) is Jack Clayton's British black-and-white CinemaScope ghost film adapting Henry James's The Turn of the Screw, starring Deborah Kerr as governess Miss Giddens, scripted by Truman Capote, photographed by Freddie Francis.

The Insider (film)

The Insider is a 1999 Michael Mann biographical drama, written with Eric Roth from Marie Brenner's Vanity Fair article, starring Al Pacino and Russell Crowe as Lowell Bergman and tobacco whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand in the suppressed 60 Minutes story; it earned seven Oscar nominations.

The Interrupters (2011 film)

The Interrupters (2011) is a Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz documentary, 125 minutes, following CeaseFire violence interrupters Ameena Matthews, Cobe Williams, and Eddie Bocanegra in Chicago; Sundance premiere, Independent Spirit and Emmy winner.

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley is Alex Gibney's 2019 HBO documentary on Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos fraud, featuring Carreyrou, Shultz, and Cheung, without a Holmes interview.

The Invisible Woman (2013 film)

The Invisible Woman (2013) is Ralph Fiennes's second film as director, a biographical drama adapted by Abi Morgan from Claire Tomalin's 1990 biography of Nelly Ternan, Charles Dickens's secret mistress, starring Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Joanna Scanlan.

The Iron Claw (film)

The Iron Claw is a 2023 biographical sports drama written and directed by Sean Durkin and released by A24, about the tragic Von Erich wrestling family of Texas.

The Iron Lady (film)

The Iron Lady is a 2011 British biographical drama directed by Phyllida Lloyd, starring Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher, the only female British prime minister.

The Jane Austen Book Club (film)

The Jane Austen Book Club is a 2007 Sony Pictures Classics romantic comedy-drama directed by Robin Swicord from Karen Joy Fowler's 2004 novel: six Sacramento friends, five women and one man, read Austen's six novels over six months as their love lives parallel the plots; 106 minutes, PG-13, 66% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Japanese Wife

The Japanese Wife: 2008 short story collection by Kunal Basu and 2010 Aparna Sen film about Snehamoy, a Sundarbans teacher married by letters to Miyage, a Japanese pen pal he never meets.

The Jazz Singer (1980 film)

The Jazz Singer (1980) is Richard Fleischer's musical drama remake starring Neil Diamond as cantor's son Jess Robin, with Laurence Olivier and Lucie Arnaz; critically panned (Metascore 37) but its soundtrack yielded three Hot 100 top-ten hits.

The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst

The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst is a 2015 six-part HBO true-crime documentary by Andrew Jarecki on real estate heir Robert Durst, ending with his hot-mic confession and arrest, later continued in The Jinx - Part Two (2024).

The Jolson Story

The Jolson Story (1946) is a Columbia Pictures biographical musical about Al Jolson, starring Larry Parks with Jolson singing the soundtrack; it won two Oscars and spawned Jolson Sings Again.

The Jungle Book (1967 film)

The Jungle Book (1967) is Walt Disney Productions' 78-minute animated musical comedy, directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, loosely adapting Kipling's Mowgli stories. The last film Disney supervised, it was 1967's second-highest-grossing picture and earned an Oscar nomination for "The Bare Necessities."

The Jungle Book 2

The Jungle Book 2, also known as The Jungle Book II, is a 2003 American animated musical film continuing Mowgli's story after Disney's 1967 The Jungle Book.