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Hard Eight (film)
Hard Eight (originally Sydney) is Paul Thomas Anderson's 1996 neo-noir feature debut, starring Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Samuel L. Jackson in a Reno gambling drama retitled by Rysher.
Hard Kill
Hard Kill is a 2020 American action thriller directed by Matt Eskandari, starring Bruce Willis as tech CEO Donovan Chalmers and Jesse Metcalfe as mercenary Derek Miller; released on VOD August 25, 2020, it scored 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Hard Rain (film)
Hard Rain is a 1998 action thriller set in flooded Huntingburg, Indiana. It stars Christian Slater and Morgan Freeman as an armored car driver and a thief.
Hard Sun
Hard Sun is a 2018 BBC One and Hulu six-part pre-apocalyptic crime drama by Neil Cross, starring Jim Sturgess and Agyness Deyn as London detectives who uncover proof Earth ends in five years; also a Sunhouse song and a sunscreen brand.
Hard Target
Hard Target (1993) is John Woo's first Hollywood film, an action thriller for Universal adapting Richard Connell's The Most Dangerous Game, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme hunting mercenaries who stalk homeless men in New Orleans; it earned $31.5 million in the US.
Hard Target 2
Hard Target 2 (2016) is a direct-to-video action film directed by Roel Reiné, starring Scott Adkins as MMA fighter Wes Baylor, hunted for sport in Myanmar; a sequel in name only to John Woo's 1993 Hard Target.
Hard to Be a God (2013 film)
Hard to Be a God (Трудно быть богом) is Aleksei German's 2013 Russian black-and-white sci-fi drama, adapted from the Strugatsky novel, set on medieval planet Arkanar; completed posthumously by his son, it earned 95% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 93 Metascore.
Hard to Kill
Hard to Kill is a 1990 American action thriller starring Steven Seagal as a comatose detective who takes revenge on the corrupt cops behind a hit.
Hard Truths
Hard Truths (2024) is a 97-minute British-Spanish comedy-drama by Mike Leigh, reuniting him with Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Pansy) and Michele Austin (Chantelle); premiered at TIFF 2024, released by Bleecker Street, with Jean-Baptiste sweeping the NY, LA, and National Society of Film Critics best-actress prizes.
Hardcastle and McCormick
Hardcastle and McCormick, ABC crime drama 1983–1986 by Stephen J. Cannell and Patrick Hasburgh; Brian Keith's retired judge and ex-con Daniel Hugh Kelly reinvestigate cases dismissed on technicalities; 66 episodes, declining ratings, 19% Tomatometer.
Hardcore (1979 film)
Hardcore (1979) is Paul Schrader's drama starring George C. Scott as a Calvinist Michigan businessman posing as a porn producer to find his missing daughter in Los Angeles; released by Columbia February 9, 1979, co-starring Peter Boyle and Season Hubley.
Hardcore Henry
Hardcore Henry is a 2015 first-person action film by Ilya Naishuller, produced by Timur Bekmambetov, shot on GoPro Hero 3 rigs worn by 12 performers, released April 8, 2016 after winning TIFF's Midnight Madness award.
Hardcore Pawn
Hardcore Pawn: American reality TV series on truTV (2010-2015) set at the Gold family's American Jewelry and Loan pawn shop on 8 Mile Road, Detroit, starring Les, Seth, and Ashley Gold; nine seasons, truTV's record series launch with 2.1 million premiere viewers.
Hardcore pornography
Hardcore pornography, also called hard porn or XXX content, is sexually explicit media explicitly depicting genitalia and penetrative sex with little plot, distinct from softcore; protected in the US unless obscene under Miller v. California, and increasingly subject to age-verification and content laws.
Hardeep Singh Kohli
Hardeep Singh Kohli, Scottish broadcaster, writer and comedian of Punjabi Sikh descent, born 1969; Meet the Magoons creator, Booker Prize 2008 judge, Indian Takeaway author, later facing sexual offence charges he denies.
Hardhome
Hardhome is season 5 episode 8 of Game of Thrones, aired May 31, 2015, directed by Miguel Sapochnik, depicting the Night King's massacre of the Free Folk, Jon Snow's first White Walker kill with Valyrian steel, and one of the show's most acclaimed battle episodes.
Hardware (film)
Hardware is a 1990 British-American science fiction horror film directed by Richard Stanley, in which a disassembled military robot reconstructs itself and hunts a metal sculptress in a post-holocaust future, starring Dylan McDermott and Stacey Travis.
Hardy Bucks
Hardy Bucks: Irish mockumentary comedy series (also The Hardy Bucks) about slackers in fictional Castletown, Co. Mayo; YouTube webisodes that won RTÉ Storyland 2009, ran four RTÉ Two seasons 2010-2018, a 2013 film, and a confirmed 2026 revival.
Hardy Krüger
Hardy Krüger (Eberhard August Franz Ewald Krüger, 1928–2022), German actor and author of Junge Adler, The One That Got Away, Hatari!, Barry Lyndon, and A Bridge Too Far; father of Hardy Krüger Jr., distinct from the writer Hardy Crueger.
Hardy Son & Baker
Hardy Son & Baker is an independent British production company founded in 2012 by actor Tom Hardy and producer Dean Baker, best known for the drama Taboo.
Hareem Farooq (حریم فاروق)
Hareem Farooq (حریم فاروق), born 1989 in Islamabad, is a Pakistani actress, producer, model, and host. Known for theatre start in Pawnay 14 August, Siyaah's Lux Style Awards nomination, Diyar-e-Dil, and co-producing Janaan.
Harem (genre)
The harem genre, known in Japanese as hāremumono, is an anime and manga category where one protagonist is romantically pursued by three or more characters of the opposite sex.
Hari (director)
Hari (Hari Gopalakrishnan Nadar, born 1972, Nazareth, Tamil Nadu) is an Indian Tamil film director of fast-paced masala action films, debut Thamizh (2002), known for Saamy, the Suriya Singam trilogy, Yaanai, and Rathnam (2024).
Hari Nef
Hari Nef (born 1992) is an American actress, model, and writer, the first openly trans woman signed to IMG Models, known for Gittel in Transparent and Doctor Barbie in Barbie (2023).
Hari Shivdasani (हरि शिवदासानी)
Hari Shivdasani (हरि शिवदासानी, 1909–1994) was a Sindhi-born Indian character actor in Hindi cinema from 1935 to the 1980s, father of Babita, uncle of Sadhana, and grandfather of Karisma and Kareena Kapoor.
Harikatha (TV series)
Harikatha (హరికథ), also Harikatha: Sambhavami Yuge Yuge, is a 2024 Telugu mythological crime thriller web series directed by Maggi, starring Rajendra Prasad and Sriram, six episodes on Disney+ Hotstar about murders mimicking Vishnu's avatars near Araku.
Harimurali
Harimurali (ഹരിമുരളി), also known as Appus, was a Malayalam child actor (1998–2026) famous for one scene in Rasikan (2004) with Dileep, and later a VFX artist; distinct from senior Malayalam actor Murali and from Murali Gopy.
Haripriya Isai
Haripriya Isai (Isaipriya, Nandhini) is a Tamil television actress and presenter, known for Priyamanaval, Kanmani, and Ethirneechal on Sun TV, plus films Varunan and Blackmail; distinct from Kannada actress Haripriya.
Hariprriya (ಹರಿಪ್ರಿಯ)
Hariprriya (Kannada: ಹರಿಪ್ರಿಯ), born Shruthi Chandrasena in 1991, is an Indian actress in Kannada cinema whose career turning point was Ugramm (2014); she later married actor Vashishta Simha in January 2023.
Harish Kalyan (ஹரீஷ் கல்யாண்)
Harish Kalyan (ஹரீஷ் கல்யாண்), Tamil actor and playback singer born 1990 in Chennai; debut Sindhu Samaveli (2010), Bigg Boss Tamil 1 finalist, breakthrough Pyaar Prema Kaadhal (2018), hits Parking and Lubber Pandhu, married Narmada Udayakumar.