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High Sierra (film)

High Sierra (1941) is a Raoul Walsh Warner Bros. crime drama starring Humphrey Bogart as Roy "Mad Dog" Earle and Ida Lupino, from W. R. Burnett's novel, scripted with John Huston; a gangster-to-noir landmark remade twice.

High Society (1956 film)

High Society (1956) is an MGM Cole Porter musical remake of The Philadelphia Story, directed by Charles Walters, starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Louis Armstrong, set in Newport, MGM's top 1956 film, Kelly's last movie, and a 2025 National Film Registry selection.

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.

High Strung (2016 film)

High Strung is a 2016 American dance drama directed by Michael Damian, starring Keenan Kampa and Nicholas Galitzine as a ballet student and a subway violinist.

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.

Hildur Guðnadóttir

Hildur Guðnadóttir (born 1982) is an Icelandic cellist, vocalist, and composer of Joker, Chernobyl, and Tár. First female composer to win the Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA in one season; also an Emmy and Grammy winner.

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.

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.

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.

Himani Shivpuri (हिमानी भट्ट शिवपुरी)

Himani Shivpuri (Himani Bhatt Shivpuri, हिमानी भट्ट शिवपुरी), born 1960 in Dehradun, is an Indian character actress of Hindi films and television, an NSD-trained theatre actor, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award winner, and Katori Amma in Happu Ki Ultan Paltan.

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.

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.

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.