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The Heat (film)

The Heat (2013) is a Paul Feig buddy cop comedy written by Katie Dippold, starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy as mismatched FBI and Boston police partners; it grossed about $230 million worldwide.

The Heavenly Kings (四大天王)

The Heavenly Kings (四大天王) is Daniel Wu's 2006 Hong Kong mockumentary debut about the fake boy band Alive, whose staged single-leak prank angered the press; it won Wu the 26th Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Director.

The Hedge Knight (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms)

"The Hedge Knight" is the January 18, 2026 premiere episode of HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, adapting George R.R. Martin's 1998 Dunk and Egg novella; written by Ira Parker, directed by Owen Harris, 42 minutes.

The Hedgehog

The Hedgehog is a 2024 Chinese comedy-drama directed by Gu Changwei, starring Ge You and Wang Junkai as an eccentric uncle and his stuttering nephew.

The Heidi Chronicles

The Heidi Chronicles is a 1988 comedy-drama by American playwright Wendy Wasserstein that won the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play.

The Heike Story (平家物語)

The Heike Story (平家物語, Heike Monogatari) is an 11-episode 2021–2022 anime by Science SARU and director Naoko Yamada, adapting Hideo Furukawa's modern translation of The Tale of the Heike; first TV series adaptation of the classic, with Aoi Yuki as the future-seeing Biwa.

The Heir to the Throne

The Heir to the Throne (家族榮耀之繼承者, also Family Glory: The Successor) is a 2024 30-episode Youku–Media Asia Hong Kong drama, spin-off of Modern Dynasty, starring Charmaine Sheh, Raymond Lam, Him Law and Gallen Lo in a family succession battle.

The Heiress

The Heiress, also known by its working title Washington Square, is William Wyler's 1949 Paramount drama adapted from Ruth and Augustus Goetz's Broadway play and Henry James's novel, starring Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, and Ralph Richardson; it won four Oscars and entered the National Film Registry in 1996.

The Heirs

The Heirs (상속자들, The Inheritors) is a 2013 SBS Korean teen romance drama written by Kim Eun-sook, starring Lee Min-ho, Park Shin-hye, and Kim Woo-bin in a chaebol heir class drama at Jeguk High School.

The Helicopter Heist (miniseries)

The Helicopter Heist (Helikopterrånet) is a 2024 Swedish Netflix miniseries, 8 episodes, created by Ronnie Sandahl, dramatizing the 2009 Västberga G4S helicopter robbery of 39 million kronor, based on Jonas Bonnier's 2017 novel.

The Help (film)

The Help is a 2011 American drama directed by Tate Taylor from Kathryn Stockett's novel, starring Emma Stone, Viola Davis, and Oscar winner Octavia Spencer; a $200 million sleeper hit later criticized for its white savior framing.

The Helpful Fox Senko-san (世話やきキツネの仙狐さん)

The Helpful Fox Senko-san (Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san) is a Japanese comedy manga by Rimukoro, serialized from 2017, about an 800-year-old fox demigoddess who pampers an exhausted office worker.

The Helpful Gallaghers

The Helpful Gallaghers is Season 3, Episode 4 of the US series Shameless, a 47-minute comedy-drama in which Carl goes to cancer camp, Sheila introduces Jody to toy time, and Jimmy learns his father is gay.

The Herculoids

The Herculoids is a Hanna-Barbera Saturday-morning science-fiction cartoon created and designed by Alex Toth, debuting on CBS September 9, 1967. Zandor, Tara, Dorno, and five creatures defend planet Amzot; revived in Space Stars 1981-1982.

The Herdsman (牧马人)

The Herdsman (牧马人) is a 1982 Shanghai Film Studio drama directed by Xie Jin, adapted from Zhang Xianliang's story 灵与肉, starring Zhu Shimao and Cong Shan; it drew over 130 million admissions, won Hundred Flowers and Golden Rooster awards, and went viral again in 2019.

The Hero (2017 film)

The Hero (2017) is an American drama directed by Brett Haley, starring Sam Elliott as aging Western actor Lee Hayden facing pancreatic cancer; Sundance premiere, The Orchard release, $4.1M box office.

The Hero: Love Story of a Spy

The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (दी हीरो : लव स्टोरी ऑफ़ अ स्पाई) is a 2003 Hindi spy thriller by Anil Sharma starring Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta, and Priyanka Chopra in her debut; an Indian agent stops an ISI nuclear plot, and the big-budget film underperformed.

The Heroes of Telemark

The Heroes of Telemark is a 1965 British war film directed by Anthony Mann, starring Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris, dramatizing the Norwegian Operation Gunnerside sabotage of the Vemork heavy water plant.

The Heroic Legend of Arslan (アルスラーン戦記) (TV series)

Arslan Senki (アルスラーン戦記), The Heroic Legend of Arslan TV anime: two seasons (25 episodes in 2015, 8 in 2016) adapting Hiromu Arakawa's manga of Yoshiki Tanaka's fantasy novels, produced by Liden Films for the MBS/TBS network.

The Heroic Ones (十三太保)

The Heroic Ones (十三太保) is a 1970 Shaw Brothers martial-arts film directed by Chang Cheh with David Chiang and Ti Lung, about Li Keyong's thirteen adopted sons destroyed by Zhu Wen's scheming; it earned HK$1,395,310 in Hong Kong.

The Heroine of the Yangs (穆桂英 (亚视电视剧))

The Heroine of the Yangs (穆桂英) is ATV's 1998 two-part, 60-episode Hong Kong costume drama on the Yang family legends, starring 陳秀雯 as Mu Guiying and 焦恩俊 as 楊宗保, produced by 楊紹鴻, premiering 18 May 1998.

The Hexer (film)

The Hexer (Wiedźmin), 2001 Polish fantasy film by Marek Brodzki adapting Andrzej Sapkowski's witcher stories, starring Michał Żebrowski as Geralt; a condensed cut of the 2002 TV series, poorly received.

The Hidden

The Hidden is a 1987 American science fiction horror film directed by Jack Sholder, following a Los Angeles detective and an FBI agent pursuing a slug-like alien parasite.

The Hidden Blade (隠し剣 鬼の爪)

The Hidden Blade (隠し剣 鬼の爪, Kakushi ken Oni no tsume) is a 2004 Japanese samurai drama by Yoji Yamada, second in his trilogy after The Twilight Samurai, adapted from two Shuhei Fujisawa short stories and starring Masatoshi Nagase and Takako Matsu.

The Hidden Face (film)

The Hidden Face (La cara oculta) is a 2011 Colombian-Spanish psychological thriller by Andrés Baiz about a conductor whose girlfriend vanishes, starring Quim Gutiérrez, Clara Lago, and Martina García; remade in Korea in 2024.

The Hidden Fortress (隠し砦の三悪人)

The Hidden Fortress (隠し砦の三悪人) is Akira Kurosawa's 1958 Toho jidaigeki, his first Tohoscope film, in which Mifune's general escorts a princess and 200 kan of gold through enemy territory; it won 1959 Berlin prizes and inspired Star Wars' C-3PO and R2-D2.

The High Chaparral

The High Chaparral is an NBC Western (1967-1971, 4 seasons) created by Bonanza producer David Dortort, starring Leif Erickson and Linda Cristal as ranch families in 1870s Arizona, filmed at Old Tucson.

The High Fructose Adventures of the Annoying Orange

The High Fructose Adventures of the Annoying Orange is a 2012-2014 Cartoon Network live-action/animated series adapted from Dane Boedigheimer's YouTube hit, set in the grocery store Daneboe's, starring Toby Turner as Nerville, with a 2.1/10 IMDb rating.

The High Note

The High Note is a 2020 American comedy-drama, originally scripted as Covers, directed by Nisha Ganatra and written by Flora Greeson. Dakota Johnson plays aspiring producer Maggie; Tracee Ellis Ross plays singer Grace Davis. Released on VOD May 29, 2020 after its theatrical run was canceled by COVID-19; 70% on Rotten Tomatoes, Metascore 58.

The Highest Stakes

The Highest Stakes (2025, US) is a Tony Dean Smith poker survival thriller starring Seth Green, Kevin Dillon, Charlie Weber, and Dylan Walsh; SP Media Group production, Beverly Hills Film Festival premiere April 13, 2026, digital release April 14, 2026, RT 54/100.