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Mr. Magoo
Mr. Magoo (J. Quincy Magoo), nearsighted elderly cartoon character created at UPA in 1949, debuting in Ragtime Bear for Columbia; voiced by Jim Backus, two Oscar-winning shorts, 1997 Leslie Nielsen film.
Mrs Brown
Mrs Brown is a 1997 John Madden historical drama starring Judi Dench as Queen Victoria and Billy Connolly as servant John Brown; Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe and BAFTA-winning for Dench.
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022), Anthony Fabian's comedy-drama starring Lesley Manville, adapts Paul Gallico's 1958 novel about a London cleaner pursuing a Dior gown; 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, Oscar-nominated for costume design.
Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film)
Much Ado About Nothing (1993) is Kenneth Branagh's British-American film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, starring Branagh, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington, Michael Keaton, Keanu Reeves, and Kate Beckinsale; shot in Tuscany, it competed at Cannes 1993 and grossed $22.1 million.
Much Ado About Nothing (2012 film)
Much Ado About Nothing (2012 film): Joss Whedon's black-and-white, modern-dress Shakespeare adaptation, shot in 12 days at his Santa Monica home during an Avengers break, starring Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof, released 2013.
Mugaputhagam (முகப்புத்தகம்)
Mugaputhagam (முகப்புத்தகம்), literally "Facebook", is a 2011 Tamil comedy-thriller short film written and directed by Atlee, starring Sivakarthikeyan and Sathish; it went viral on YouTube and launched both careers.
Muhammad: The Messenger of God (محمد رسولالله) (film)
Muhammad: The Messenger of God (محمد رسولالله) is Majid Majidi's 2015 Iranian epic, the first of a planned trilogy, about the Prophet Muhammad's childhood; made for about $40 million, it never shows the prophet's face and drew fatwas, al-Azhar objections, and mixed reviews.
Mulan (1998 film)
Mulan (1998) is Disney's animated musical directed by Barry Cook and Tony Bancroft, based on the Ballad of Mulan; it earned $304 million, scored 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, and was Disney's first Florida-produced feature.
Mulan (2020 film)
Mulan (花木兰) is a 2020 American live-action Disney film directed by Niki Caro, starring Yifei Liu as a woman who joins the army in her father's place.
Mumblecore
Mumblecore, also called the mumblecore movement, is a 2000s American indie film cycle of micro-budget, dialogue-heavy films about twentysomethings, named by sound mixer Eric Masunaga at SXSW 2005, starting with Funny Ha Ha (2002).
Mummies (2023 film)
Mummies (2023 film) is a Spanish computer-animated comedy-adventure film directed by Galo. It follows three mummies who travel to London to recover a stolen ring, earning a Goya nomination.
Murder Mubarak (मर्डर मुबारक)
Murder Mubarak (मर्डर मुबारक), 2024 Hindi Netflix whodunit directed by Homi Adajania, produced by Maddock Films, adapting Anuja Chauhan's Club You to Death; Pankaj Tripathi investigates a gym trainer's murder at Delhi's Royal Delhi Club.
Murderball
Murderball (2005) is a documentary by Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro about quad rugby, following Mark Zupan's Team USA against Joe Soares's Team Canada to the 2004 Athens Paralympics; Sundance Audience Award winner, Oscar-nominated.
Muromachi Outsiders (室町無頼)
Muromachi Outsiders (室町無頼, Muromachi Burai), also titled Samurai Fury, is a 2025 Toei action period film directed by Yu Irie, adapted from Ryosuke Kakine's 2016 novel, starring Yo Oizumi as rōnin rebel Hasuda Hyoe in 1461 Kyoto.
Music by John Williams
Music by John Williams (2024) is a Disney+ feature documentary about composer John Williams, directed by Laurent Bouzereau and produced by Lucasfilm, Amblin, and Imagine; it centers on his Spielberg partnership and career retrospective.
Music of the Heart
Music of the Heart (1999) is a Wes Craven drama starring Meryl Streep as violin teacher Roberta Guaspari of East Harlem, based on the documentary Small Wonders; Metascore 54, Oscar-nominated Streep, $14.9M gross.
Music video
Music video: short film accompanying a recorded song, also called promo clip. Genres performance, narrative, concept, hybrid. Term coined by The Big Bopper in 1959; MTV launched 1981; now dominated by YouTube and Vevo.
Musical film
Musical film (film musicals, movie musicals): films whose plot is structured around music, song, and dance performed by main characters. Emerged with sound cinema 1928-32; spans backstage, jukebox, book, and animated forms; distinct from films with only occasional songs.
Mutafukaz
Mutafukaz (US title MFKZ) is a 2017 Franco-Japanese adult animated sci-fi action film by Guillaume "Run" Renard and Shojiro Nishimi, adapting his Ankama comic; Angelino, half-alien Macho, fights invaders in Dark Meat City.
My All American
My All American is a 2015 American biographical sports drama written and directed by Angelo Pizzo, starring Finn Wittrock as Texas safety Freddie Steinmark and Aaron Eckhart as coach Darrell Royal.
My Butt Has a Fever
My Butt Has a Fever (originally My Butt Hazza Fever) is a 2022 six-minute Bob's Burgers theatrical short directed by Loren Bouchard and Bernard Derriman, released May 6, 2022 at Alamo Drafthouse theaters and premiered on FXX May 27, 2022.
My Cousin Rachel (2017 film)
My Cousin Rachel (2017), Roger Michell's film of du Maurier's 1951 gothic novel, also known as the second screen adaptation after the 1952 de Havilland and Burton film, starring Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin, released June 9, 2017 by Fox Searchlight.
My Fair Lady (film)
My Fair Lady (1964) is George Cukor's Warner Bros. film of the Lerner and Loewe Broadway musical based on Shaw's Pygmalion, starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison, an eight-Oscar Best Picture winner with Marni Nixon dubbing Hepburn's songs.
My Friend Dahmer (film)
My Friend Dahmer (2017) is a biographical drama directed by Marc Meyers, adapted from Derf Backderf's graphic novel about his high school classmate Jeffrey Dahmer, starring Ross Lynch, Alex Wolff, Anne Heche, and Dallas Roberts.
My Hero Academia: You're Next (僕のヒーローアカデミア THE MOVIE ユアネクスト)
My Hero Academia: You're Next (僕のヒーローアカデミア THE MOVIE ユアネクスト) is the fourth My Hero Academia anime film, released August 2, 2024 by Toho, directed by Tensai Okamura at Bones, featuring the villain Dark Might.
My Left Foot
My Left Foot (1989) is Jim Sheridan's biographical drama of Irish writer-painter Christy Brown, who had cerebral palsy and wrote with his left foot; Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker won 1990 Oscars for it.
My Life as a Courgette
Ma vie de courgette (My Life as a Courgette / My Life as a Zucchini) is a 2016 Swiss-French stop-motion animated feature by Claude Barras, scripted by Celine Sciamma from Gilles Paris's novel, an Oscar-nominated, two-Cesar winner about an orphan boy.
My Life as McDull (麦兜故事)
My Life as McDull (麥兜故事) is a 2001 Hong Kong animated feature directed by Toe Yuen, adapted from Brian Tse and Alice Mak's McDull comic; it grossed about HK$14 million and won the 2003 Annecy Grand Prix.
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Legend of Everfree
Legend of Everfree (2016) is the fourth My Little Pony: Equestria Girls animated musical film, directed by Ishi Rudell, set at Camp Everfree where Twilight Sparkle confronts Midnight Sparkle and the girls gain geode powers.
My Little Pony: The Movie (1986 film)
My Little Pony: The Movie (1986) is an American animated musical fantasy by Sunbow, Marvel, and Hasbro, directed by Mike Joens. Witches create the Smooze to ruin Ponyland's Spring Festival; it grossed $5,958,456 and was panned (Metascore 23).