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The Man Called Flintstone
The Man Called Flintstone (1966) is Hanna-Barbera's animated spy-spoof feature, also called a Flintstones theatrical film, in which Fred Flintstone doubles for injured agent Rock Slag against Green Goose in Paris and Rome; directed by Hanna and Barbera, released August 3, 1966 by Columbia.
The Man Who Invented Christmas (film)
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017 film), directed by Bharat Nalluri, dramatizes Charles Dickens writing A Christmas Carol in 1843; Dan Stevens and Christopher Plummer star, based on Les Standiford's book.
The Man Who Knew Infinity
The Man Who Knew Infinity is a 2016 biographical drama directed by Matt Brown, starring Dev Patel as Srinivasa Ramanujan and Jeremy Irons as G. H. Hardy, based on Robert Kanigel's 1991 biography.
The Man Who Saved the World
The Man Who Saved the World is a 2014 Danish docudrama by Peter Anthony about Stanislav Petrov, the Soviet officer who judged the 26 September 1983 Oko early-warning alert of five US missiles a false alarm; distinct from PBS and 2025 works of similar titles.
The Man Who Would Be King (film)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975) is John Huston's adventure film adapted from Rudyard Kipling's 1888 short story, starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine as ex-soldiers conquering Kafiristan; developed for over twenty years and nominated for four Academy Awards.
The Man with the Iron Heart (film)
The Man with the Iron Heart (HHhH; Killing Heydrich in Canada) is Cédric Jimenez's 2017 WWII drama starring Jason Clarke and Rosamund Pike, adapted from Laurent Binet's novel about Operation Anthropoid, the 1942 assassination of Reinhard Heydrich.
The Marsh King's Daughter
The Marsh King's Daughter (2023) is a Neil Burger thriller starring Daisy Ridley and Ben Mendelsohn, adapted from Karen Dionne's 2017 novel about a woman hunting her kidnapper father after his prison escape.
The Mask (1994 film)
The Mask (1994) is a New Line Cinema comedy-fantasy directed by Chuck Russell, starring Jim Carrey as Stanley Ipkiss and introducing Cameron Diaz; adapted from a violent Dark Horse comic, it earned Oscar-nominated ILM effects and grossed $351.6 million worldwide.
The Match (2026 film)
The Match (El Partido), 2026 documentary by Juan Cabral and Santiago Franco on the 1986 Argentina-England World Cup quarterfinal and Maradona's Hand of God; 91 minutes, Cannes 2026, distinct from the Croatian drama of the same name.
The Matchmaker
The Matchmaker: Thornton Wilder's 1955 Broadway farce about matchmaker Dolly Levi (486 performances), its 1958 Paramount film with Shirley Booth, plus unrelated 1997 Irish and 2010 Israeli films of the same title.
The Mauritanian
The Mauritanian (2021) is Kevin Macdonald's legal drama based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi's memoir Guantánamo Diary, starring Tahar Rahim, Jodie Foster, Shailene Woodley, and Benedict Cumberbatch, about 14 years of detention without charge.
The Maze Runner (film)
The Maze Runner is a 2014 American science-fiction dystopian thriller directed by Wes Ball, adapted from James Dashner's 2009 young-adult novel and starring Dylan O'Brien.
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (虎の尾を踏む男達)
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (虎の尾を踏む男達) is Akira Kurosawa's 1945 Toho comedy-drama adapting the kabuki Kanjinchō, with Denjirō Ōkōchi as Benkei and comedian Enoken as a comic porter; censored, it was released only in 1952.
The Menendez Brothers (film)
The Menendez Brothers is a 2024 Netflix documentary directed by Alejandro Hartmann featuring audio interviews with Lyle and Erik Menendez about their parents' 1989 murders, trials, and 1996 convictions; it debuted as Netflix's most-watched movie of the week.
The Merchant of Venice (2004 film)
The Merchant of Venice (2004) is Michael Radford's film adaptation of Shakespeare's play, starring Al Pacino as Shylock, Jeremy Irons as Antonio, Joseph Fiennes as Bassanio, and Lynn Collins as Portia; the first English-language feature version, released by Sony Pictures Classics on December 29, 2004.
The Mercy
The Mercy is a 2018 British biographical drama directed by James Marsh, starring Colin Firth as amateur yachtsman Donald Crowhurst and Rachel Weisz as his wife.
The Message (الرسالة) (1976 film)
The Message (الرسالة, Al-Risalah), 1976 epic historical drama by Moustapha Akkad about Muhammad and the birth of Islam, shot in separate English (Anthony Quinn) and Arabic (Abdallah Gheith) versions, with the Prophet never depicted on screen.
The Meteor Man (film)
The Meteor Man (1993) is Robert Townsend's superhero comedy about Washington, D.C. teacher Jefferson Reed, who gains powers from a meteor and fights the Golden Lords gang; it grossed about $8 million and is regarded as the first Black-led superhero feature film.
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 Monkey King (2023 film)
The Monkey King (2023) is a Netflix animated family comedy directed by Anthony Stacchi, executive produced by Stephen Chow, based on Journey to the West, starring Jimmy O. Yang, released August 18, 2023.
The Monkey King (西游记之大闹天宫) (2014 film)
The Monkey King (西游记之大闹天宫) is a 2014 3D fantasy film directed by Cheang Pou-sooi, starring Donnie Yen, Chow Yun-fat, and Aaron Kwok, adapting the first eight chapters of Journey to the West; it earned 10.53亿 RMB in mainland China and spawned a trilogy.
The Monkey King 3 (西游记女儿国)
The Monkey King 3 (西游记女儿国) is Cheang Pou-soi's 2018 Filmko Films fantasy romance comedy, third in his Journey to the West series, starring Aaron Kwok and Zhao Liying.
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is a 2013 urban fantasy film directed by Harald Zwart, starring Lily Collins as a New York teenager descended from demon-hunting Shadowhunters.
The Mosquito Bowl
The Mosquito Bowl was a Christmas Eve 1944 football game between the 4th and 29th Marine Regiments on Guadalcanal, played by 65 former college stars, 15 of whom died at Okinawa; subject of Bissinger's 2022 book and a 2026 Peter Berg Netflix film.
The Most Hated Woman in America
The Most Hated Woman in America is a 2017 Netflix biographical drama directed by Tommy O'Haver, starring Melissa Leo as atheist activist Madalyn Murray O'Hair; it premiered at SXSW and received mixed reviews (RT 40%, Metacritic 41).
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2024 film)
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2024) is the ninth Simpsons Disney+ short: Sideshow Bob (Kelsey Grammer) and Disney villains sing a Halloween parody of the Christmas carol, directed by David Silverman, released October 11, 2024.
The Music Box
The Music Box (1932) is a Laurel and Hardy comedy short directed by James Parrott for Hal Roach, in which the duo haul a player piano up 133 Silver Lake steps; it won the first Oscar for Best Comedy Short Subject.
The Music Lovers
The Music Lovers is Ken Russell's 1971 United Artists biopic of Tchaikovsky, starring Richard Chamberlain and Glenda Jackson, scripted by Melvyn Bragg from Beloved Friend, told through opulent musical sequences covering 1875–1881.
The Music Man (1962 film)
The Music Man (1962) is Warner Bros.' film of Meredith Willson's Broadway musical, directed by Morton DaCosta, starring Robert Preston as con man Harold Hill and Shirley Jones; six Oscar nominations, one win.
The Naked Civil Servant
The Naked Civil Servant is Quentin Crisp's 1968 autobiography and the 1975 Thames Television film adapted from it, directed by Jack Gold with John Hurt's BAFTA-winning portrayal of Crisp, broadcast on ITV on 17 December 1975.