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Mondo film
Mondo film (shockumentary): exploitation pseudo-documentary genre named after Mondo Cane (1962) by Cavara, Jacopetti, and Prosperi; staged exotic and taboo footage, Africa Addio controversy, and the Italian cannibal-film offshoot.
Moneyball (film)
Moneyball is a 2011 American biographical sports drama directed by Bennett Miller and starring Brad Pitt as Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane, adapted from Michael Lewis's 2003 book.
Mongol (film)
Mongol (2007) is a Sergei Bodrov historical epic about Genghis Khan's early life, a Russia-Germany-Kazakhstan-Mongolia co-production starring Tadanobu Asano, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Monkey King: Hero Is Back (西游记之大圣归来)
Monkey King: Hero Is Back (西游记之大圣归来) is a 2015 Chinese 3D animated film by Tian Xiaopeng, adapted from Journey to the West; it earned 956 million yuan, then a record for domestic animation, and spurred China's mythology-animation wave.
Monkey Kingdom
Monkey Kingdom is a 2015 Disneynature documentary, also called a True Life Adventure, directed by Mark Linfield and Alastair Fothergill and narrated by Tina Fey. It follows toque macaque Maya and her son Kip at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka; not related to the Monkey King films.
Monkey Quest (film)
Monkey Quest (film) is an animated science fiction action-adventure film, a 2027 Japan–U.S. co-production blending 2D and 3D animation, loosely inspired by Journey to the West.
Monkeybone
Monkeybone is a 2001 American live-action and stop-motion animated fantasy comedy directed by Henry Selick, starring Brendan Fraser and Bridget Fonda, released by 20th Century Fox.
Monogamish (film)
Monogamish (2017) is Tao Ruspoli's documentary on love, sex, and monogamy, made after his divorce from Olivia Wilde, featuring Dan Savage, Esther Perel, and Christopher Ryan; distinct from 2017 shorts and a 2023 film of the same name.
Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain
Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain (劇場版モノノ怪 唐傘) is a 2024 anime horror film directed by Kenji Nakamura, first of a trilogy set in Edo Castle's Ōoku, starring Hiroshi Kamiya's Medicine Seller, streamed on Netflix from November 28, 2024.
Mononoke the Movie: The Curse of the Serpent
Mononoke the Movie: The Curse of the Serpent (劇場版モノノ怪 第三章 蛇神, Hebigami) is a 2026 Japanese anime horror film, the final chapter of the Ōoku trilogy, directed by Tomoaki Koshida with chief director Kenji Nakamura, released in Japan May 29, 2026 and on Netflix worldwide September 29, 2026.
Monsieur Aznavour
Monsieur Aznavour is a 2024 French biopic of singer Charles Aznavour, directed by Mehdi Idir and Grand Corps Malade, starring Tahar Rahim, released 23 October 2024, 133 minutes, 2,054,791 French admissions.
Monster (2003 film)
Monster (2003) is Patty Jenkins's debut biographical crime drama about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, starring Charlize Theron (Oscar for Best Actress) and Christina Ricci as Selby Wall; made for about $5 million, it grossed $34.5 million in the US and won major actress awards.
Monster House (film)
Monster House is a 2006 American animated horror-comedy film directed by Gil Kenan, in which three children discover a neighbor's house is a living monster.
Monsters University
Monsters University, also known as Monsters U, is a 2013 Pixar animated comedy film directed by Dan Scanlon, a prequel to Monsters, Inc. following Mike and Sulley in college.
Monsters vs. Aliens
Monsters vs. Aliens is a 2009 American computer-animated comedy from DreamWorks Animation, directed by Rob Letterman and Conrad Vernon, in which government-held monsters defend Earth from an alien invasion.
Monsters, Inc.
Monsters, Inc. (Monsters, Incorporated) is Pixar's 2001 computer-animated film directed by Pete Docter, in which scarers Sulley and Mike Wazowski hide a human child, Boo; it grossed $579.8 million and won the Best Original Song Oscar.
Monsters, Inc. (franchise)
Monsters, Inc. franchise (Monsters, Inc.; Monsters University; Monsters at Work): Disney-Pixar series set in Monstropolis, where scream power gives way to laughter energy, spanning two films, a Disney+ series, and the Monstropolis theme park land opening 2027.
Monterey Pop
Monterey Pop (1968) is D. A. Pennebaker's concert documentary of the June 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival, featuring Hendrix, Joplin, Otis Redding, the Who, and Ravi Shankar; the founding rockumentary, later in the National Film Registry.
Moonage Daydream
Moonage Daydream is Brett Morgen's 2022 documentary on David Bowie, the first film sanctioned by the Bowie estate, built from over five million archival assets with remastered music by Tony Visconti.
Mortadelo y Filemón
Mortadelo y Filemón, Spanish humor comic by Francisco Ibáñez first published 20 January 1958 in Pulgarcito, follows two inept T.I.A. agents; over 150 million issues sold, adapted into films (2003, 2008, 2014) and games.
Moss & Freud
Moss & Freud (2025) is a UK/New Zealand biographical drama by James Lucas starring Ellie Bamber as Kate Moss and Derek Jacobi as Lucian Freud, dramatizing the 2002 Naked Portrait sittings; Moss executive produced, premiere BFI London 2025.
Mother Gothel
Mother Gothel is the central antagonist of Disney's 2010 film Tangled, voiced by Donna Murphy; she kidnaps Rapunzel for her youth-restoring hair. Also the Grimm witch's name and, from 2026, Kathryn Hahn's role in the live-action remake.
Mothering Sunday (film)
Mothering Sunday is a 2021 British romantic drama directed by Eva Husson, adapted by Alice Birch from Graham Swift's 2016 novella. Starring Odessa Young and Josh O'Connor, it premiered at Cannes 2021 and follows a maid's 1924 day off with her lover.
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018), Andy Serkis's directorial debut, is a darker performance-capture adaptation of Kipling's Jungle Book, starring Rohan Chand, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, and Benedict Cumberbatch, released by Netflix after Warner Bros. delayed it to avoid Disney's 2016 remake.
Mr Nobody Against Putin
Mr Nobody Against Putin (2025) is a Danish-Czech documentary by Pavel Talankin and David Borenstein about a Karabash schoolteacher secretly filming militarized Russian education; it won the 2026 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature and was banned in Russia.
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge is James Ivory's 1990 Merchant Ivory drama adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from Evan S. Connell's novels Mrs. Bridge and Mr. Bridge, starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward as a Kansas City couple; Woodward earned an Oscar nomination.
Mr. Bill
Mr. Bill is a Play-Doh clay figure created in 1974 by Walter Williams of New Orleans, first aired on Saturday Night Live on February 28, 1976, tortured in shorts by Mr. Hands and Sluggo; distinct from the electronic musician Mr. Bill.
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
Mr. Bug Goes to Town, aka Hoppity Goes to Town, is a 1941 Fleischer Studios Technicolor animated feature directed by Dave Fleischer about insects in a New York garden; its failure ended the Fleischers' studio.
Mr. Holmes
Mr. Holmes (2015) is a Bill Condon mystery-drama starring Ian McKellen as a 93-year-old retired Sherlock Holmes in 1947 Sussex, adapted from Mitch Cullin's novel A Slight Trick of the Mind, with Laura Linney and Milo Parker.
Mr. Irrelevant: The John Tuggle Story
Mr. Irrelevant: The John Tuggle Story is a 2026 Paramount/Skydance biographical drama about John Tuggle, the 335th and final pick of the 1983 NFL Draft who made the Giants roster, earned special teams honors, and died of cancer in 1986 at age 25; directed by Jonathan Levine, starring David Corenswet, releasing December 25, 2026.