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The Mis-Education of the Negro
The Mis-Education of the Negro is a 1933 book by historian Carter G. Woodson arguing that American schools taught Black students to despise their own people.
The Misanthrope
The Misanthrope (Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux) is a five-act comedy in verse by Molière, first performed at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris in 1666.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (film)
The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a 2018 drama directed by Desiree Akhavan, adapted from Emily M. Danforth's 2012 YA novel, starring Chloë Grace Moretz as a teen sent to the God's Promise conversion therapy center in 1993; it won Sundance's 2018 U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize.
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998, Ruffhouse/Columbia) is Lauryn Hill's debut and only solo studio album, blending hip-hop, R&B, neo-soul, and reggae. It won five Grammys including the first hip-hop Album of the Year, topped the Billboard 200, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2024.
The Miserable Mill
The Miserable Mill (2000) is book four of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, in which the Baudelaire orphans labor at the Lucky Smells Lumbermill in Paltryville and face Count Olaf's hypnosis plot with Dr. Georgina Orwell.
The Miserly Knight
The Miserly Knight (Скупой рыцарь) is a one-act verse tragedy by Alexander Pushkin, first of the 1830 Little Tragedies, about a baron whose hoarded gold destroys his bond with his son.
The Misery Index (TV series)
The Misery Index (TBS, 2019-2022) was a comedy game show hosted by Jameela Jamil, adapted from the card game Sh*t Happens, in which contestants and the Impractical Jokers quartet ranked miserable real-life events 1-100 for a $30,000 prize across three seasons.
The Misfit of Demon King Academy (魔王学院の不適合者)
The Misfit of Demon King Academy (魔王学院の不適合者) is a Japanese fantasy light novel by Shu, illustrated by Yoshinori Shizuma, Dengeki Bunko, 2018. Demon King Anos Voldigoad reincarnates after 2,000 years, is branded a Misfit, and attends Demon King Academy; adapted into manga and a SILVER LINK. anime (2020, 2023–2024).
The Misfits (1961 film)
The Misfits (1961) is John Huston's Nevada desert drama, written by Arthur Miller, starring Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, and Montgomery Clift; the final completed film of Monroe and Gable, a box-office disappointment that later became regarded as a classic.
The Misfits (2021 film)
The Misfits (2021) is a Renny Harlin heist action film starring Pierce Brosnan, Tim Roth, and Nick Cannon, shot in Abu Dhabi and Dubai in 2019. An Al Jazeera investigation found its script was reworked during the Qatar blockade to depict Qatar as a terrorist state; critics gave it 17% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Misfortune of Fakhraddin
The Misfortune of Fakhraddin (Müsibəti-Fəxrəddin) is an 1896 tragedy by the Azerbaijani playwright Najaf bey Vazirov and the first work in the tragedy genre in Azerbaijani literature.
The Missing (2003 film)
The Missing (2003 film): Ron Howard's American Western thriller starring Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones, based on Thomas Eidson's novel The Last Ride; distinct from Lee Kang-sheng's Taiwanese film Bu jian of the same year.
The Missing (British TV series)
The Missing is a British anthology crime drama (2014–2016) created by Harry and Jack Williams for BBC One and Starz, starring James Nesbitt, Frances O'Connor, and Tchéky Karyo as detective Julien Baptiste, about missing children across two time frames; it spawned the spin-off Baptiste.
The Missing Gun (寻枪)
The Missing Gun (寻枪) is Lu Chuan's 2002 feature debut, adapted from Fan Yiping's 《寻枪记》, starring Jiang Wen as policeman Ma Shan, who hunts his lost pistol with three bullets in a Guizhou-dialect neo-noir shown at Venice.
The Missing Master Chef
The Missing Master Chef (消失的厨神) is a 2024 Chinese 65-episode vertical short drama by Chongqing Malt Culture about champion chef Fang Chenxing; its NetShort English dub topped overseas charts and won a Busan Asian Short Drama Award.
The Mission (1986 film)
The Mission is a 1986 Roland Joffé film, scripted by Robert Bolt, about Jesuits defending a Guaraní mission after the 1750 Treaty of Madrid; it won the 1986 Palme d'Or and seven Oscar nominations.
The Mission (1999 film)
The Mission (鎗火, Qiang huo) is Johnnie To's 1999 Hong Kong triad film about five gunmen guarding a boss, shot in 19 days on a 2.5 million budget, winner of 2000 Golden Horse and Hong Kong Film Awards best director honors.
The Mission (band)
The Mission, also The Mission UK, is an English gothic rock band formed in Leeds in 1986 by ex-Sisters of Mercy members Wayne Hussey and Craig Adams; debut God's Own Medicine reached UK No. 14 and Children reached No. 2.
The Missionary
The Missionary is a 1982 British comedy, also called The Missionary Position, directed by Richard Loncraine and written by Michael Palin, who stars as Rev. Charles Fortescue, a missionary assigned to London prostitutes, with Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard, and Denholm Elliott; a HandMade Films production.
The Missouri Breaks
The Missouri Breaks is Arthur Penn's 1976 Western starring Marlon Brando as regulator Robert E. Lee Clayton and Jack Nicholson as rustler Tom Logan, written by Thomas McGuane; a failure on release, later a cult favorite, named for Montana's Missouri Breaks badlands.
The Mist (film)
The Mist (2007) is Frank Darabont's horror film adapting Stephen King's 1980 novella, starring Thomas Jane and Marcia Gay Harden; townspeople trapped in a grocery store by a creature-filled mist, famous for its devastating ending.
The Mist (novella)
The Mist, Stephen King's 1980 horror novella first published in Dark Forces and collected in Skeleton Crew, follows David Drayton and townspeople trapped in a Maine supermarket by a monster-filled mist; adapted as a 2007 Frank Darabont film, a 2017 Spike series, and an upcoming Mike Flanagan Warner Bros. film.
The Mist (TV series)
The Mist (TV series), 2017 American horror drama created by Christian Torpe from Stephen King's novella, aired 10 episodes on Spike; cancelled after one season with 0.14 rating and 462,000 viewers.
The Mistress of the Inn
The Mistress of the Inn (La locandiera) is a three-act prose comedy by Carlo Goldoni, first performed in Venice in 1753 and centered on the innkeeper Mirandolina.
The Misty Poetry Anthology
The Misty Poetry Anthology (朦胧诗选) is a 1985 Chinese poetry anthology that collected 25 Misty Poets, including Bei Dao and Shu Ting, and became the movement's most influential anthology.
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
The Mitchells vs. the Machines (formerly Connected) is Sony Pictures Animation's 2021 Oscar-nominated animated comedy, directed by Mike Rianda, released on Netflix April 30, 2021, about a family facing a robot uprising led by PAL.
The Moaning of Life
The Moaning of Life is a Sky One comedy travel documentary (2013-2015, 2 series, 11 episodes) in which Karl Pilkington travels alone, without Gervais and Merchant, exploring marriage, happiness, kids, vocation, and death across world cultures.
The Mod Squad
The Mod Squad: American ABC police drama (1968-1973, five seasons, 123 episodes) about Pete, Linc, and Julie, young undercover cops, one white, one black, one blonde; created by Aaron Spelling, Bud Ruskin, and Sammy Hess; later a poorly received 1999 film.
The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers, also Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers, were a Boston protopunk garage-rock band formed in 1970, whose 1976 demo-derived debut album bridged the Velvet Underground and punk; members later joined the Cars and Talking Heads.
The Modern Review
The Modern Review was an English-language monthly journal founded by Ramananda Chatterjee in Allahabad in January 1907 and edited by him until his death in 1943, running until 1995.