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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.

Horror Story (film)

Horror Story is a 2013 Hindi-language supernatural horror film directed by Ayush Raina and produced by Vikram Bhatt, about seven friends trapped in a haunted, abandoned hotel.

Horse and Woman and Dog (馬と女と犬)

Horse and Woman and Dog (馬と女と犬, Uma to Onna to Inu), aka Poaching Shore, is a 1990 Japanese pink film directed by Hisayasu Satō, written by Yumeno Shirō, about an amnesiac woman on a beach ruled by a sadistic queen; a record Shin Tōhō hit.

Horse Feathers

Horse Feathers is a 1932 Paramount Marx Brothers comedy directed by Norman Z. McLeod, the fourth Marx Brothers film, satirizing college football at Huxley College with the songs "I'm Against It" and "Everyone Says I Love You." Not the Dario Argento film or the Idles album.

Horse Girl

Horse Girl is a 2020 Netflix psychological drama directed by Jeff Baena, co-written with and starring Alison Brie as Sarah, whose dreams and sleepwalking blur reality; inspired by Brie's grandmother's paranoid schizophrenia, premiered at Sundance 2020.

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.

Host (film)

Host (2020) is a British screenlife horror film directed by Rob Savage, also known as the Zoom seance horror. Six friends' lockdown video-call séance summons a demon; shot remotely on iPhones in 12 weeks, it holds 98% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Hostage (2005 film)

Hostage (2005) is a Florent-Emilio Siri action thriller starring Bruce Willis as negotiator Jeff Talley, adapted from Robert Crais's 2001 novel, released by Miramax, grossing about $77.6 million worldwide; distinct from the Greek film Omiros.

Hostages (2025 film)

Hostages (2025) is a British comedy thriller directed and written by Jim Owen, starring Charlotte Ritchie, Tanya Moodie, and Nicholas Asbury as strangers trapped in a London hotel during a terror scare; distinct from iHostage and the Israeli documentary Hostages.

Hostel (2005 film)

Hostel is a 2005 American horror film written and directed by Eli Roth, in which three backpackers touring Europe are lured to a Slovakian hostel and fall into murderous hands.

Hostel: Part II

Hostel: Part II is a 2007 American horror film written and directed by Eli Roth, following three American women in Rome lured to a Slovakian torture ring.

Hostel: Part III

Hostel: Part III (Hostel 3) is a 2011 direct-to-DVD horror film directed by Scott Spiegel, set at a Las Vegas bachelor party, the only Hostel film without Eli Roth.

Hostiles (film)

Hostiles (2017) is an American Western directed by Scott Cooper, starring Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, and Wes Studi, adapted from a Donald Stewart manuscript; filmed in New Mexico, released January 2018, grossing $29.8 million. Distinct from the 2017 horror film Hostile.

Hot Blooded (뜨거운 피)

Hot Blooded (뜨거운 피) is a 2022 South Korean crime drama, Cheon Myeong-kwan's directing debut, adapted from Kim Un-su's 2016 novel; Jung Woo stars as gangster Hee-su in 1993 Busan port town Kuam, released March 23, 2022, 119 minutes, 398,090 admissions.

Hot Frosty

Hot Frosty is a 2024 Netflix holiday rom-com, also called a Christmas snowman romance, directed by Jerry Ciccoritti, starring Lacey Chabert and Dustin Milligan, released November 13, 2024, debuting at No. 1 on Netflix.

Hot Fuzz

Hot Fuzz (2007) is a British action comedy by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg, the second Cornetto Trilogy film after Shaun of the Dead, starring Pegg and Nick Frost as Sandford village police; it grossed $80.6M worldwide and holds 91% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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.

Hot Pursuit (2015 film)

Hot Pursuit (2015 film) is a 2015 American action comedy directed by Anne Fletcher. It stars Reese Witherspoon and Sofía Vergara as a policewoman and a drug boss's widow.

Hot Rod (2007 film)

Hot Rod is a 2007 American comedy film directed by Akiva Schaffer, starring Andy Samberg as a stuntman who stages a jump over 15 buses.

Hot Shots! Part Deux

Hot Shots! Part Deux is a 1993 American parody comedy directed by Jim Abrahams, spoofing the Rambo films with Charlie Sheen as pilot Topper Harley on a rescue mission into Iraq.

Hot Spot (2024 film)

Hot Spot (Hotspot) is a 2024 Tamil anthology film directed by Vignesh Karthick, released 29 March 2024 with an A certificate, streaming from 17 May 2024 on Aha and Prime Video; sequel Hot Spot 2 Much followed in 2026.

Hot Spot (2026 film)

Hot Spot (2026) is a sci-fi thriller by Agnieszka Smoczyńska, written by Robert Bolesto, starring Andrzej Konopka, Noomi Rapace, and Reika Kirishima; a detective probes a murder under a sentient AI called the Head. Focus Features released it August 21, 2026.

Hot Spot 2 Much

Hot Spot 2 Much (ஹாட்ஸ்பாட் 2 மச்) is a 2026 Tamil anthology comedy-drama directed by Vignesh Karthick, a sequel to Hot Spot (2024), starring Priya Bhavani Shankar, released 23 January 2026, certified UA 16+, streaming from 20 February 2026.

Hot Summer Nights (film)

Hot Summer Nights is a 2018 A24 coming-of-age crime drama, Elijah Bynum's directorial debut, starring Timothée Chalamet as a teenager dealing drugs on 1991 Cape Cod; released July 2018, 46% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Hot Tub Time Machine

Hot Tub Time Machine is a 2010 American comedy directed by Steve Pink in which four friends wake up in 1986 after a night in a ski-resort hot tub.

Hot Tub Time Machine 2

Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015), Steve Pink's sequel starring Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, and Clark Duke, sends the trio to 2025 after Lou is shot; John Cusack did not return, and the $14 million comedy flopped with $13 million grossed and 14% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Hot Water (2026 film)

Hot Water (2026) is Ramzi Bashour's debut feature, an American road-movie dramedy starring Lubna Azabal and Daniel Zolghadri as a Lebanese mother and her son driving from Indiana to California; premiered at Sundance January 23, 2026; 97 minutes, English, Arabic, French; distinct from the 2025 Australian documentary and the jet-ski comedy of the same name.

Hot Young Bloods (피끓는 청춘)

Hot Young Bloods (피끓는 청춘, Pikkeulneun Chungchoon) is a 2014 South Korean comedy-romance directed by Lee Yeon-woo, set in 1980s Hongseong, starring Park Bo-young and Lee Jong-suk; 1,676,040 admissions.