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High Tension

High Tension (Haute tension, aka Switchblade Romance) is a 2003 French-Romanian slasher by Alexandre Aja starring Cécile de France, Maïwenn, and Philippe Nahon; a New French Extremity landmark whose twist reveals Marie as the killer.

High Tide (2024 film)

High Tide (2024) is Marco Calvani's feature directorial debut drama, starring his husband Marco Pigossi as Lourenço, an undocumented Brazilian immigrant in Provincetown who romances Maurice (James Bland). Premiered SXSW 2024; released October 18, 2024 by Strand Realing/LD Entertainment; also with Marisa Tomei and Bill Irwin.

High-Rise (film)

High-Rise (2015) is Ben Wheatley's film adaptation of J.G. Ballard's 1975 novel, scripted by Amy Jump, starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, and Elisabeth Moss; developed for 40 years by producer Jeremy Thomas, premiered at TIFF 2015, released in the UK 18 March 2016.

Higher Learning

Higher Learning (1995) is John Singleton's campus drama, starring Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson, Michael Rapaport, Ice Cube, and Laurence Fishburne at fictional Columbus University, released January 11, 1995 by Columbia Pictures.

Highest 2 Lowest

Highest 2 Lowest is Spike Lee's 2025 crime thriller, a New York reinterpretation of Kurosawa's High and Low, starring Denzel Washington as music mogul David King in a $17.5 million ransom plot; his fifth film with Washington, released by A24 and Apple TV+.

Highlander (film)

Highlander (1986) is a Russell Mulcahy fantasy action film starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, and Clancy Brown about immortal swordsmen fighting for "the Prize"; a box office flop that became a Queen-soundtracked cult classic spawning a franchise and a Henry Cavill reboot.

Highlander (upcoming film)

Highlander (2027) is a fantasy action reboot of the 1986 cult classic, directed by Chad Stahelski and starring Henry Cavill as Connor MacLeod, with Russell Crowe as Ramirez and Dave Bautista as the Kurgan; produced by Amazon MGM's United Artists, filming began February 2026 after an injury delay.

Highlander II: The Quickening

Highlander II: The Quickening (1991), Russell Mulcahy's sequel to Highlander, stars Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Virginia Madsen, and Michael Ironside; its Zeist alien-origin retcon, Argentine shoot, and 0% Rotten Tomatoes score made it a notorious flop, later re-edited as the Renegade Version.

Highlander III: The Sorcerer

Highlander III: The Sorcerer is a 1994 fantasy action film, the third entry in the Highlander franchise. It stars Christopher Lambert and was released in the US in 1995.

Highlander: Endgame

Highlander: Endgame (2000), the fourth Highlander film, directed by Doug Aarniokoski, unites film Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) and TV Duncan MacLeod (Adrian Paul) against Jacob Kell; a critical and box-office failure with a longer Producer's Cut on DVD.

Highlander: The Source

Highlander: The Source (2007), the fifth Highlander film, directed by Brett Leonard, stars Adrian Paul as Duncan MacLeod questing for the origin of Immortality against the Guardian; it premiered on the Sci-Fi Channel and was critically panned.

Highway (2014 Hindi film)

Highway (हाईवे) is a 2014 Hindi road film written and directed by Imtiaz Ali, starring Alia Bhatt as abducted bride Veera and Randeep Hooda as her captor Mahabir; released 21 February 2014, it explores Stockholm syndrome and reshaped Bhatt's career.

Highway to Hell (1991 film)

Highway to Hell (1991) is an Ate de Jong comedy-horror film, also called Autopista al infierno, written by Brian Helgeland, in which Chad Lowe's character rescues his eloping fiancée (Kristy Swanson) from the Hellcop; a 1989 shoot released March 13, 1992, grossing $26,055.

Hijack 1971

Hijack 1971 (하이재킹) is a 2024 South Korean action thriller, Kim Sung-han's directorial debut, starring Ha Jung-woo and Yeo Jin-goo, based on the January 1971 Korean Air F-27 hijack attempt from Sokcho to Seoul.

Hilary and Jackie

Hilary and Jackie (1998) is Anand Tucker's British biographical drama about cellist Jacqueline du Pré and sister Hilary, based on A Genius in the Family; Oscar-nominated for Emily Watson and Rachel Griffiths, controversial for its affair storyline.

Hill of Freedom (자유의 언덕)

Hill of Freedom (자유의 언덕, Jayu-ui eondeok) is Hong Sang-soo's 2014 South Korean romantic comedy-drama, his 16th feature, starring Ryo Kase as Mori, a Japanese man searching Seoul for Kwon (Seo Young-hwa); its undated, shuffled letters scramble the chronology. It competed at Venice Orizzonti and won the Nantes Golden Montgolfier.

Hillside Drive

Hillside Drive is an upcoming Irish coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Lenny Abrahamson, set in 1970s Dublin and scheduled for release in 2027.

Him (2025 film)

Him (2025 film) is an American sports horror film produced by Monkeypaw Productions. It stars Marlon Wayans and Tyriq Withers, and follows a quarterback training with his idol.

Himala

Himala (Miracle) is a 1982 Filipino drama by Ishmael Bernal, written by Ricky Lee, starring Nora Aunor as healer Elsa; it won nine 1982 MMFF awards and was named CNN's Best Asia-Pacific Film of All Time in 2008.

Himatsuri

Himatsuri (火まつり, Fire Festival) is a 1985 Japanese drama directed by Mitsuo Yanagimachi from Kenji Nakagami's first screenplay, about a Kumano lumberjack who kills his family after a storm; shown at Cannes 1985.

Himmatwala (हिम्मतवाला) (1983 film)

Himmatwala (हिम्मतवाला), 1983 Hindi masala film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao, produced by G.A. Seshagiri Rao under Padmalaya; remake of Telugu Ooriki Monagadu; stars Jeetendra and Sridevi; highest-grossing Indian film of 1983.

Himmatwala (हिम्मतवाला) (2013 film)

Himmatwala (हिम्मतवाला), 2013 Hindi action comedy directed by Sajid Khan, starring Ajay Devgn and Tamannaah Bhatia; a reworking of the 1983 Jeetendra film, released 29 March 2013 and a box-office flop.

Hindi Medium (हिंदी मीडियम)

Hindi Medium (हिंदी मीडियम) is a 2017 Hindi comedy-drama directed by Saket Chaudhary, starring Irrfan Khan and Saba Qamar as Delhi parents faking poverty to get their daughter into an elite English-medium school; it earned 69.59 crore and won Irrfan the Filmfare Best Actor Award.

Hindustan Ki Kasam (हिन्दुस्तान की कसम) (1973 film)

Hindustan Ki Kasam (हिन्दुस्तान की कसम), also An Oath on India, is a 1973 Hindi war film by Chetan Anand on Operation Cactus Lily, 1971 Indo-Pak war, starring Raaj Kumar and Priya Rajvansh, music Madan Mohan; distinct from the 1999 film of the same name.

Hindustan Ki Kasam (हिन्दुस्तान की कसम) (1999 film)

Hindustan Ki Kasam (हिन्दुस्तान की कसम), also Swear on India, is a 1999 Hindi action drama directed by Veeru Devgan, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Ajay Devgn as separated twins on opposite sides of an Indo-Pak war; released July 23, 1999, it earned ₹13.96 crore in India.

Hirak Rajar Deshe

Hirak Rajar Deshe (হীরক রাজার দেশে, Kingdom of Diamonds) is Satyajit Ray's 1980 Bengali musical fantasy, second in the Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne series, a rhymed-verse satire of a diamond-hoarding tyrant defeated by Goopy, Bagha, and teacher Udayan Pandit.

Hiroshima mon amour

Hiroshima mon amour (1959) is Alain Resnais's first feature, scripted by Marguerite Duras, about a French actress (Emmanuelle Riva) and a Japanese architect (Eiji Okada) in Hiroshima; a France-Japan New Wave landmark that won FIPRESCI at Cannes 1959.

His House

His House (2020) is Remi Weekes's debut British horror film about a South Sudanese refugee couple, Bol and Rial Majur, haunted in an English asylum house; Sundance premiere, Netflix release, BAFTA-winning debut.

Hisaab Barabar (हिसाब बराबर)

Hisaab Barabar (हिसाब बराबर) is a 2024 Hindi comedy thriller directed by Ashwni Dhir, starring R. Madhavan as a railway ticket checker exposing banker Micky Mehta's fraud; premiered at IFFI 2024, streamed on ZEE5 from 24 January 2025.

Hisss

Hisss (Nagin: The Snake Woman) is a 2010 fantasy-horror film directed by Jennifer Lynch, starring Mallika Sherawat as a shape-shifting naagin seeking revenge when an American captures her mate; Lynch disowned the edited release, which flopped.