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The Gypsy and the Gentleman

The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958) is Joseph Losey's British Regency costume melodrama, starring Melina Mercouri as gold-digging gypsy Belle opposite Keith Michell's Sir Paul Deverill; a Rank Organisation box-office failure Losey disowned, later reappraised as a precursor of The Servant.

The H-Man (美女と液体人間)

The H-Man (美女と液体人間, Bijo to ekitai ningen) is a 1958 Toho tokusatsu sci-fi film directed by Ishirō Honda with effects by Eiji Tsuburaya, about H-bomb radiation turning humans into liquid creatures; first of Toho's Transforming Human series.

The Half of It

The Half of It is a 2020 Netflix romantic comedy-drama written and directed by Alice Wu, starring Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, and Alexxis Lemire. A queer Cyrano-style teen story set in fictional Squahamish, it won the Tribeca Founders Award and a 2021 Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay.

The Hallelujah Trail

The Hallelujah Trail (1965) is a John Sturges Western comedy, from Bill Gulick's novel Hallelujah Train, starring Burt Lancaster and Lee Remick; a whiskey wagon train to Denver is fought over by temperance women, cavalry, and Sioux.

The Hallow

The Hallow (2015) is a UK-Irish folk horror film and Corin Hardy's feature debut, premiering at Sundance 2015. A London family in a remote Irish mill house is attacked by changeling and banshee creatures, realized mainly with practical animatronic effects.

The Hamburg Cell (film)

The Hamburg Cell (2004) is a British TV docudrama directed by Antonia Bird, written by Ronan Bennett, dramatizing the Hamburg al-Qaeda cell behind 9/11, focused on hijacker Ziad Jarrah; premiered at Edinburgh, first 9/11 film adaptation.

The Hand (手) (2004 film)

The Hand (手) is Wong Kar-wai's 2004, 56-minute Hong Kong film about a tailor and a courtesan in 1960s Hong Kong, expanded from his segment of the Eros anthology with Soderbergh and Antonioni, starring Chang Chen and Gong Li.

The Hand of God (film)

The Hand of God (È stata la mano di Dio) is Paolo Sorrentino's 2021 semi-autobiographical Netflix film about teenage Fabietto in 1980s Naples, Maradona, and family tragedy; it won the Venice Silver Lion and was Oscar-nominated.

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992 film)

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is a 1992 American psychological thriller directed by Curtis Hanson, starring Rebecca De Mornay as a nanny seeking revenge.

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (2025 film)

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (2025) is a Hulu psychological thriller remake directed by Michelle Garza Cervera, starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Caitlin Morales and Maika Monroe as nanny Polly Murphy; released October 22, 2025, with mixed reviews (RT 43%, Metacritic 52).

The Handmaid's Tale (film)

The Handmaid's Tale (1990 film), directed by Volker Schlöndorff from Harold Pinter's screenplay of Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel, stars Natasha Richardson as Offred; released 7 March 1990, panned by critics, later overshadowed by the 2017 Hulu series.

The Handmaiden (아가씨)

The Handmaiden (아가씨) is Park Chan-wook's 2016 Korean erotic thriller adapting Sarah Waters's Fingersmith to 1930s Japanese-occupied Korea; Cannes competitor, Vulcain Prize winner, 2018 BAFTA Best Film Not in the English Language, sold to 175 countries.

The Hands in the Trap

The Hands in the Trap (La mano en la trampa) is a 1961 Argentine-Spanish drama by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, starring Elsa Daniel, Francisco Rabal, and Leonardo Favio, based on Beatriz Guido's novel; it won the FIPRESCI prize at Cannes 1961.

The Hanged Woman

The Hanged Woman (La ahorcada) is a 2026 Spanish supernatural horror film by Miguel Ángel Lamata, adapted from Mayte Navales' novel, starring Amaia Salamanca and Eduardo Noriega; distinct from the 1973 José Luis Merino film The Hanging Woman.

The Hanging Garden

The Hanging Garden is Thom Fitzgerald's 1997 Canadian debut feature, a surreal drama in which gay Sweet William returns to rural Nova Scotia after ten years, winning TIFF's People's Choice Award and four Genie Awards.

The Hanging Tree (1959 film)

The Hanging Tree (1959) is a Delmer Daves Western starring Gary Cooper as Doc Frail, based on Dorothy M. Johnson's novelette, filmed near Yakima, Washington; Karl Malden finished directing after Daves fell ill, and the Marty Robbins title song earned an Oscar nomination.

The Hangover

The Hangover is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Todd Phillips, in which groomsmen retrace a forgotten Las Vegas bachelor party to find the missing groom.

The Hangover Part II

The Hangover Part II is a 2011 American comedy sequel directed by Todd Phillips, moving the Hangover series from Las Vegas to Bangkok, starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis.

The Hangover Part III

The Hangover Part III (2013) is Todd Phillips' R-rated comedy closing the Hangover trilogy, starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis. It drops the blackout formula for a darker crime plot, earning 21% on Rotten Tomatoes, a Metascore of 30, and $351 million worldwide.

The Happening (2008 film)

The Happening is a 2008 American apocalyptic thriller written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, starring Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel, in which plants release an airborne neurotoxin.

The Happiest Millionaire

The Happiest Millionaire, 1967 Walt Disney live-action musical comedy directed by Norman Tokar, starring Fred MacMurray, Tommy Steele, and Greer Garson; the last film personally overseen by Walt Disney, with twelve Sherman Brothers songs.

The Happy Prince

The Happy Prince (2018) is Rupert Everett's directorial debut biopic of Oscar Wilde's final years in exile, premiering at Sundance and Berlin, released by Sony Pictures Classics, grossing $464.5K in the US.

The Happytime Murders

The Happytime Murders is a 2018 American comedy film directed by Brian Henson, starring Melissa McCarthy and set in a Los Angeles where puppets and humans coexist.

The Harder They Come

The Harder They Come is Perry Henzell's 1972 Jamaican crime drama starring Jimmy Cliff as singer-turned-outlaw Ivanhoe Martin; its soundtrack popularized reggae worldwide and it was Jamaica's first major commercial film release.

The Harder They Fall (2021 film)

The Harder They Fall is a 2021 Netflix Western directed by Jeymes Samuel, produced by Jay-Z, with Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba and Regina King as fictional stories about real Black Old West figures.

The Harmonium in My Memory (내 마음의 풍금)

The Harmonium in My Memory (내 마음의 풍금, Nae maeumui punggeum) is a 1999 Korean romantic drama, Lee Young-jae's debut, starring Lee Byung-hun, Jeon Do-yeon, and Lee Mi-yeon; set in 1962 Gangwon, adapted from Ha Geum-chan's 'Yeohaksaeng' and later a musical.

The Harvest (2013 film)

The Harvest (2013) is an American psychological thriller directed by John McNaughton, starring Samantha Morton, Michael Shannon, Natasha Calis, and Peter Fonda; premiered at Chicago 2013, released theatrically by IFC Midnight in 2015.

The Hate U Give (film)

The Hate U Give (2018) is George Tillman Jr.'s drama adapted from Angie Thomas's novel, starring Amandla Stenberg as Starr Carter, who witnesses police shoot her friend Khalil; released October 5, 2018, PG-13, 2h 12min.

The Hateful Eight

The Hateful Eight is Quentin Tarantino's 2015 post-Civil War Western, shot in Ultra Panavision 70 (2.76:1) and released as a 70mm roadshow with overture and intermission in 100 theaters, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, and Jennifer Jason Leigh, with an Ennio Morricone score.

The Hating Game

The Hating Game (2021) is an American romantic comedy directed by Peter Hutchings, adapted from Sally Thorne's 2016 debut novel, starring Lucy Hale and Austin Stowell as rival publishing assistants competing for one promotion in Manhattan.