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The Hogan Family

The Hogan Family (originally Valerie, then Valerie's Family) was an American NBC/CBS sitcom, 1986-1991, 110 episodes. Retitled after Valerie Harper was fired in a Lorimar contract dispute and her character was killed off, with Sandy Duncan joining Jason Bateman.

The Holdovers

The Holdovers (2023) is Alexander Payne's comedy-drama, written by David Hemingson, starring Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, and Dominic Sessa at Barton Academy during Christmas 1970; Randolph won the Oscar for supporting actress.

The Hole (1998 film)

The Hole (洞, Dong) is Tsai Ming-liang's 1998 Taiwanese-French musical drama about two neighbors in a quarantined Taipei building at the end of 1999, connected by a hole in the floor, with Grace Chang songs; it won the FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes 1998.

The Hole (2001 film)

The Hole (2001 film) is a British psychological thriller directed by Nick Hamm. It stars Thora Birch, exploring a schoolgirl's conflicting accounts after 18 days in a bunker.

The Hole (2009 film)

The Hole (2009) is a Joe Dante 3D horror film, also called The Hole in 3D, written by Mark L. Smith for Bold Films. Brothers find a basement hole manifesting their fears; it won the first Venice Persol 3-D Award but reached US theaters only in 2012.

The Hole in the Ground (film)

The Hole in the Ground is a 2019 Irish supernatural horror film, Lee Cronin's feature debut co-written with Stephen Shields, starring Seána Kerslake as a mother who fears her son was replaced after vanishing near a sinkhole; Sundance premiere, A24 release.

The Holiday

The Holiday (2006) is a Nancy Meyers romantic comedy starring Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, and Eli Wallach, about two women who swap homes at Christmas; it grossed over $205 million worldwide.

The Hollars

The Hollars is a 2016 American comedy-drama film directed by John Krasinski, his second feature, in which a New York graphic novelist returns to his hometown for his mother's brain tumor.

The Hollow Crown (TV series)

The Hollow Crown is a BBC Two series of filmed Shakespeare history plays: 2012's Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1-2, and Henry V, and 2016's The Wars of the Roses (Henry VI, Richard III), produced by Neal Street for the Cultural Olympiad.

The Holy Boy (film)

The Holy Boy (La valle dei sorrisi) is a 2025 Italian-Slovenian horror drama by Paolo Strippoli about a village whose members shed pain by hugging a teenage boy. Premiered out of competition at Venice 2025; Italian release September 17, 2025.

The Holy Girl

The Holy Girl (La niña santa) is Lucrecia Martel's 2004 Argentine drama, her second feature, competing at Cannes. Sixteen-year-old Amalia, groped by Dr. Jano at a hotel medical conference, treats saving him as a divine vocation.

The Holy Innocents

The Holy Innocents (Los santos inocentes), Mario Camus's 1984 Spanish drama adapted from Miguel Delibes's 1981 novel, depicts an Extremadura peasant family under a feudal landowner; Landa and Rabal shared Cannes 1984 Best Actor.

The Holy Mountain (1926 film)

The Holy Mountain (German: Der heilige Berg) is a 1926 German silent mountain film directed by Arnold Fanck and starring Leni Riefenstahl in her first film role.

The Holy Mountain (1973 film)

The Holy Mountain (La montaña sagrada) is Alejandro Jodorowsky's 1973 Mexican surrealist cult film in which an alchemist leads a Christ-like thief and seven planetary figures up a holy mountain; Cannes scandal, Lennon funding, 32-year rights disappearance, 2007 restoration.

The Homesman

The Homesman: 1988 Glendon Swarthout novel and 2014 Tommy Lee Jones film about Mary Bee Cuddy escorting three women driven mad on the 1850s Nebraska frontier back East to Iowa, a west-to-east anti-Western.

The Honey Pot

The Honey Pot (1967) is Joseph L. Mankiewicz's comedy-mystery, also titled It Comes Up Murder, adapted from Ben Jonson's Volpone via Sterling and Knott, starring Rex Harrison, Susan Hayward, Cliff Robertson, and Maggie Smith.

The Honeymooners

The Honeymooners, also known as the Classic 39, is a 1955-1956 CBS sitcom created by Jackie Gleason about bus driver Ralph Kramden, wife Alice, and neighbors Ed and Trixie Norton, originating as a 1951 DuMont sketch.

The Honorary Consul

The Honorary Consul (US title Beyond the Limit) is John Mackenzie's 1983 film adaptation of Graham Greene's 1973 novel, scripted by Christopher Hampton, starring Michael Caine, Richard Gere, and Bob Hoskins; Greene disowned it, calling Gere completely miscast.

The Honourable Woman

The Honourable Woman (2014) is a BBC2/SundanceTV eight-part miniseries written, directed and produced by Hugo Blick, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal as Baroness Nessa Stein, an Anglo-Israeli businesswoman converting an arms firm to fiber-optic telecoms; Peabody and BAFTA-winning spy thriller.

The Hook Up Plan

The Hook Up Plan (Plan Cœur) is a French Netflix romantic comedy series (2018–2022, 3 seasons, 20 episodes) created by Chris Lang, Noémie Saglio, and Julien Teisseire, about friends secretly hiring an escort for Elsa, played by Zita Hanrot.

The Horror of Dolores Roach

The Horror of Dolores Roach is a 2023 Prime Video horror-comedy series, a Sweeney Todd-inspired tale of a masseuse (Justina Machado) in gentrified Washington Heights, adapted from Aaron Mark's 2015 play Empanada Loca and 2018 Gimlet podcast; cancelled after eight episodes in November 2023.

The Horror Section

The Horror Section is Eli Roth's independent horror media company, founded in 2025 with Media Capital Technologies, fan-owned via a $5 million Republic crowdfunding raise, releasing Jimmy and Stiggs, Ice Cream Man, and Don't Go In That House, Bitch! with Snoop Dogg.

The Horse Soldiers

The Horse Soldiers is John Ford's 1959 Civil War film starring John Wayne, William Holden, and Constance Towers, loosely based on Harold Sinclair's 1956 novel about Grierson's 1863 Mississippi cavalry raid and Newton Station.

The Horse Thief (盗马贼)

The Horse Thief (盗马贼, Dao ma zei) is Tian Zhuangzhuang's 1986 Fifth Generation drama from Xi'an Film Studio: a 1923-set Tibetan-language story of herder Norbu, banished for theft, whose faith collapses; restored in 4K and shown at Cannes Classics 2019.

The Horse Whisperer (film)

The Horse Whisperer (1998) is Robert Redford's drama, as director, producer, and star, adapted from Nicholas Evans's 1995 novel about a Montana trainer healing a traumatized girl and her horse, released May 15, 1998 by Touchstone.

The Horse's Mouth

The Horse's Mouth (1958) is a British comedy directed by Ronald Neame, adapted by Alec Guinness from Joyce Cary's 1944 novel, starring Guinness as painter Gulley Jimson; Oscar-nominated screenplay, Venice Best Actor, paintings by John Bratby.

The Horseman on the Roof

The Horseman on the Roof (Le Hussard sur le toit) is Jean Giono's 1951 adventure novel about Angelo Pardi, an exiled Italian hussar crossing cholera-ravaged Provence in 1832; adapted by Jean-Paul Rappeneau in 1995.

The Hospital

The Hospital is a 1971 American black comedy satire directed by Arthur Hiller, written by Paddy Chayefsky, starring George C. Scott and Diana Rigg; it won the 1972 Oscar for Best Screenplay and the Golden Berlin Bear.

The Host (2006 film)

The Host (괴물, Gwoemul) is Bong Joon-ho's 2006 South Korean monster film in which a US-base chemical dump creates a Han River creature that abducts a snack vendor's daughter; Korea's biggest box office hit at the time with 13 million tickets.

The Host (2013 film)

The Host is a 2013 American science fiction romance film written and directed by Andrew Niccol, based on Stephenie Meyer's 2008 novel and starring Saoirse Ronan.