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Heaven's Gate (film)

Heaven's Gate (1980) is Michael Cimino's Western epic about the 1892 Johnson County War, starring Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, and Isabelle Huppert; a roughly $36 million United Artists flop pulled after one week, later critically reappraised.

Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults

Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults is a 2020 four-part HBO Max docuseries directed by Clay Tweel about the UFO cult led by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles, whose 39 members died in the 1997 Rancho Santa Fe mass suicide.

Heaven's Lost Property

Heaven's Lost Property (Sora no Otoshimono, そらのおとしもの) is Suu Minazuki's 2007–2014 Monthly Shonen Ace manga, 20 volumes, about Tomoki Sakurai and the Angeloid Ikaros; adapted into two TV anime seasons and two films.

Heavenly Creatures

Heavenly Creatures is Peter Jackson's 1994 New Zealand drama, co-written with Fran Walsh, dramatizing the 1954 Parker-Hulme murder in Christchurch. Starring Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey in film debuts, it won the Venice Silver Lion and earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

Heavenly Delusion

Heavenly Delusion (天国大魔境, Tengoku Dai Makyō) is a seinen sci-fi adventure manga by Masakazu Ishiguro, serialized in Monthly Afternoon since January 25, 2018; first in Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2019, adapted into a 2023 anime, English edition by Denpa.

Heavenly Delusion (TV series)

Heavenly Delusion (Tengoku Daimakyo, 天国大魔境) is a 2023 Production I.G anime adapting Masakazu Ishiguro's manga: 13 episodes, April–June 2023, Disney+ exclusive, directed by Hirotaka Mori; no season 2 announced.

Heavenly Ever After (천국보다 아름다운)

Heavenly Ever After (천국보다 아름다운, More Beautiful than Heaven) is a 2025 JTBC fantasy romance comedy, 12 episodes, starring Kim Hye-ja and Son Suk-ku as a wife who enters Heaven at 80 and her husband as his 30-year-old self; finale rated 8.3%.

Heavenly Forest (ただ、君を愛してる)

Heavenly Forest (ただ、君を愛してる, Tada, Kimi wo Aishiteru) is a 2006 Japanese romance film directed by Shinjo Takehiko, adapted from Ichikawa Takuji's novel Ren'ai Shashin: Mou Hitotsu no Monogatari, starring Tamaki Hiroshi and Miyazaki Aoi as students bonded by photography; released October 28, 2006 by Toei.

Heavenly Homecoming to the Stars

Heavenly Homecoming to the Stars (별들의 고향) is Lee Jang-ho's 1974 debut film, adapted from Choi In-ho's serialized novel, about Gyeong-a, a woman ruined in Seoul; it set a Korean box-office record with about 465,000 admissions.

Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sabre

Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sabre (倚天屠龍記), also The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, is Jin Yong's 1961-1963 wuxia novel, third of the Condor Trilogy, set in the late Yuan dynasty around Zhang Wuji and the two titular weapons, with 8 TV and 10 film adaptations.

Heavier Trip

Heavier Trip (Hevimpi reissu) is a 2024 Finnish comedy, sequel to Heavy Trip, directed by Vidgren and Laatio; metal band Impaled Rektum escapes a Norwegian prison to play Wacken, with a Babymetal cameo.

Heavy (film)

Heavy is James Mangold's 1995 American indie drama debut, starring Pruitt Taylor Vince, Liv Tyler, Shelley Winters, and Debbie Harry, about a shy pizza cook in an upstate New York diner; it won Sundance directing recognition and screened at Cannes.

Heavy Craving

Heavy Craving (大餓, Da e) is a 2019 Taiwanese drama, Hsieh Pei-ju's feature debut, about 30-year-old, 105-kg cook Ying-juan's dieting struggle; it won Taipei Film Festival Best New Talent and the Golden Horse FIPRESCI Prize.

Heavy Metal (film)

Heavy Metal (1981) is a Canadian-American R-rated animated anthology film directed by Gerald Potterton and produced by Ivan Reitman, based on the Heavy Metal magazine (Métal Hurlant), linked by the evil Loc-Nar orb, with a rock soundtrack and cult status.

Heavy Metal 2000

Heavy Metal 2000 (aka Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.²) is a 2000 adult animated sci-fi film, the second based on Heavy Metal magazine, directed by Michael Coldewey and Michel Lemire, starring Julie Strain, Michael Ironside, and Billy Idol; critically panned at 8% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Heavy Traffic

Heavy Traffic (1973) is Ralph Bakshi's second animated feature, produced by Steve Krantz for AIP. It follows 22-year-old cartoonist Michael Corleone in 1970s New York, mixing live action and animation; runtime 77 minutes.

Heavyweights

Heavyweights is a 1995 American family comedy directed by Steven Brill and co-written by Judd Apatow, about overweight boys at Camp Hope whose summer is upended by a fitness fanatic.

Hebah Patel

Hebah Patel is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in Telugu cinema, best known for Kumari 21F (2015) and Odela Railway Station (2022).

Hebbuli (ಹೆಬ್ಬುಲಿ)

Hebbuli (ಹೆಬ್ಬುಲಿ, "huge tiger") is a 2017 Kannada action thriller directed by S. Krishna, starring Sudeep as para commando Ram investigating his IAS-officer brother's death; released 23 February 2017 on 400+ screens, with Amala Paul's Kannada debut and music by Arjun Janya.

Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America

Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America is a 2018 documentary by Ronald Dalton Jr., based on his book series, promoting Black Hebrew Israelite claims that Black Americans are the true Israelites and modern Jews are Khazar imposters; it drew wide attention after Kyrie Irving shared it in 2022.

Heckle and Jeckle

Heckle and Jeckle are Terrytoons' identical talking magpie duo, created by Paul Terry, debuting in The Talking Magpies (1946) with 52 theatrical shorts to 1966, one bird Brooklyn-accented, one British-accented, later TV and comics fixtures.

Hector and the Search for Happiness (film)

Hector and the Search for Happiness is a 2014 comedy-drama directed by Peter Chelsom, in which Simon Pegg plays a disillusioned London psychiatrist traveling the world for happiness.

Hector Barbossa

Hector Barbossa is the fictional pirate captain of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean films, played by Geoffrey Rush; main villain of The Curse of the Black Pearl, later privateer, and Carina's sacrificing father in Dead Men Tell No Tales.

Héctor Elizondo

Héctor Elizondo (born December 22, 1936) is an American character actor, Emmy winner for Chicago Hope and star of Pretty Woman; not the UFO figure Luis Elizondo, a different person.

Hedda (2025 film)

Hedda (2025) is Nia DaCosta's drama adapting Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, set in 1950s England, starring Tessa Thompson, Nina Hoss, and Imogen Poots; premiered at TIFF, released by Amazon MGM October 22, 2025, then Prime Video October 29.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film)

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) is John Cameron Mitchell's film adaptation of his and Stephen Trask's off-Broadway rock musical, about an East German singer with a botched sex change; it won Sundance Audience and Directing Awards.

Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr (Hedwig Kiesler, 1914-2000), Austrian-born Hollywood star of Samson and Delilah, who with George Antheil patented 1942 frequency-hopping torpedo guidance, forerunner of spread-spectrum Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth.

Hee Haw

Hee Haw, an American country music and comedy variety show created by John Aylesworth and Frank Peppiatt, premiered on CBS June 15, 1969, hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark, canceled in the 1971 rural purge, then ran in syndication until 1992 with 585 Nashville-taped episodes.

Heer Express (हीर एक्सप्रेस)

Heer Express (हीर एक्सप्रेस) is a 2025 Hindi family drama directed by Umesh Shukla, marking Divita Juneja's debut as Heer Walia, a Punjabi cook who moves to London to run an Indian restaurant, released 12 September 2025 and streaming on JioHotstar.

Heer Sara

Heer Sara (originally Heer Sara Aur Pondicherry) is a 2026 Hindi road-trip comedy-drama directed by Kartik Chaudhry, starring Patralekhaa Paul and Maanvi Gagroo as two Indore women riding to Pondicherry; released 12 June 2026, CBFC A certificate, later on Prime Video.