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Marauders (2016 film)
Marauders is a 2016 American heist action thriller directed by Steven C. Miller, starring Bruce Willis, Christopher Meloni, Dave Bautista, and Adrian Grenier; shot in Cincinnati, released by Lionsgate Premiere July 1, 2016.
Masquerade Hotel (マスカレード・ホテル)
Masquerade Hotel (マスカレード・ホテル) is a 2019 Japanese mystery film directed by Masayuki Suzuki, adapting Keigo Higashino's first Masquerade novel, starring Takuya Kimura as undercover detective Kosuke Nitta and Masami Nagasawa as clerk Naomi Yamagishi at Hotel Cortesia Tokyo.
Master (2016 film)
Master (마스터, Ma-seu-teo) is a 2016 South Korean crime-action film by Cho Ui-seok starring Lee Byung-hun, Gang Dong-won, and Kim Woo-bin, about a fraud investigation of One Network inspired by the Cho Hee-pal pyramid-scheme case; it drew 7.15 million admissions.
Masterminds (2016 film)
Masterminds is a 2016 American heist comedy directed by Jared Hess and starring Zach Galifianakis and Kristen Wiig, loosely based on the 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery in North Carolina.
Match Fixing (film)
Match Fixing: The Nation At Stake is a 2025 Hindi political thriller directed by Kedaar Gaekwad, based on Col. Kanwar Khatana's book The Game Behind Saffron Terror, starring Vineet Kumar Singh as a framed army officer; released 10 January 2025.
Maya Satya Bhram
Maya Satya Bhram (মায়া সত্য ভ্রম) is a 2026 Bengali psychological thriller directed by Samik Roy Choudhury, following a policeman investigating a mystic after disappearances.
Mea Culpa (2024 film)
Mea Culpa is a 2024 Tyler Perry erotic thriller on Netflix starring Kelly Rowland as attorney Mea Harper defending Trevante Rhodes's Zyair Malloy; released February 23, 2024, it earned 19% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 33 Metascore.
Memoir of a Murderer (살인자의 기억법)
Memoir of a Murderer, also known as Salinjaui gieokbeob, is a 2017 South Korean crime thriller directed by Won Shin-yun, starring Sul Kyung-gu and Kim Nam-gil.
Merry Christmas (2023 film)
Merry Christmas (मेरी क्रिसमस) is a 2023 Indian bilingual mystery thriller by Sriram Raghavan, starring Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi, adapted from Frédéric Dard's Le Monte-charge, shot separately in Hindi and Tamil, released January 12, 2024, and streaming on Netflix.
Message from the King (film)
Message from the King is a 2016 revenge thriller directed by Fabrice Du Welz, starring Chadwick Boseman as Jacob King, a Cape Town man seeking his dead sister's killers in Los Angeles; premiered at TIFF 2016 Vanguard.
Miller's Girl
Miller's Girl is a 2024 Lionsgate erotic thriller, the feature debut of writer-director Jade Halley Bartlett, starring Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman as a student and teacher entangled by a writing assignment; it earned 30% on Rotten Tomatoes and reached No. 2 on Netflix.
Mirage (2018 film)
Mirage (Durante la tormenta) is a 2018 Spanish time-bending thriller by Oriol Paulo, starring Adriana Ugarte as a mother who saves a boy 25 years in the past and loses her daughter; 20 Goya nominations, Netflix release.
Misconduct (film)
Misconduct (2016), originally titled Beyond Deceit, is an American legal thriller directed by Shintaro Shimosawa, starring Josh Duhamel, Anthony Hopkins, and Al Pacino; released by Lionsgate Premiere and critically panned at 7% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Misericordia (2024 film)
Misericordia (Miséricorde) is Alain Guiraudie's 2024 French-Spanish-Portuguese rural thriller: drifter Jérémie kills a baker's son and gains the priest's alibi. Cannes Première, Louis-Delluc winner, 8 César nominations.
Miss Sloane
Miss Sloane is a 2016 political thriller directed by John Madden and starring Jessica Chastain as a ruthless Washington, D.C. lobbyist who defects to campaign for a gun-control bill.
Mojave (film)
Mojave is a 2015 psychological thriller written and directed by William Monahan, starring Garrett Hedlund and Oscar Isaac, premiered at Tribeca, released by A24 in 2016, grossing $8,602 with mixed-to-negative reviews.
Money Monster
Money Monster is a 2016 American financial thriller directed by Jodie Foster, starring George Clooney as a TV stock-tip host taken hostage live on air.
Motel Destino
Motel Destino (2024) is a Brazilian erotic thriller by Karim Aïnouz, a Brazil/France/Germany co-production starring Iago Xavier, Nataly Rocha and Fábio Assunção; it premiered In Competition at Cannes 2024, set at a neon-lit Ceará sex motel.
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie is a 2023 Peacock revival film of the USA series Monk, directed by Randy Zisk and written by Andy Breckman, in which Adrian Monk returns from retirement to investigate his stepdaughter Molly's fiancé's bungee-jumping death.
Mr. Six (老炮儿)
Mr. Six (老炮儿, Fading Wave) is Guan Hu's 2015 Chinese action-drama starring director Feng Xiaogang as an aging Beijing gangster rescuing his kidnapped son; it won him the Golden Horse Best Actor and earned over 900 million RMB.
Murder on the Orient Express (2017 film)
Murder on the Orient Express is a 2017 mystery film directed by Kenneth Branagh, who stars as detective Hercule Poirot, adapted from Agatha Christie's 1934 novel.
Muscle (film)
Muscle (2019) is a British black-and-white psychological thriller by Gerard Johnson, starring Cavan Clerkin and Craig Fairbrass, about a personal trainer taking over a client's life; distinct from the Vin Diesel STX project.
Museo
Museo (Museum), 2018 Mexican crime drama by Alonso Ruizpalacios starring Gael García Bernal and Leonardo Ortizgris; fictionalized account of the 1985 theft of pre-Hispanic artifacts from Mexico City's National Museum of Anthropology; Silver Bear for Best Screenplay, Berlinale 2018.
My Teacher, My Obsession
My Teacher, My Obsession (Dad Crush) is a 2018 American TV drama-thriller directed by Damián Romay, starring Rusty Joiner, Lucy Loken, and Laura Bilgeri, about a student obsessed with her friend's teacher father.
Night Call (film)
Night Call (La nuit se traîne) is a 2024 Belgian-French action thriller, Michiel Blanchart's debut feature, starring Jonathan Feltre as a Brussels locksmith hunted by mob boss Romain Duris over one night amid BLM protests; Rome Jury Grand Prix and Magritte winner.
Night Hunter (2018 film)
Night Hunter (2018), aka Nomis, is David Raymond's debut crime thriller starring Henry Cavill, Ben Kingsley, Alexandra Daddario, and Stanley Tucci; premiered at LA Film Festival 2018, released 2019 by Saban Films, grossing about $1 million with poor reviews.
No Way Up
No Way Up is a 2024 survival thriller film directed by Claudio Fäh, in which plane-crash survivors are trapped on the ocean floor with sharks circling.
Nocturama (2016 film)
Nocturama, originally titled Paris est une fête, is Bertrand Bonello's 2016 French-German-Belgian thriller about young people bombing Paris and hiding overnight in a department store; released 31 August 2016, 130 minutes, starring Finnegan Oldfield.
Once Upon a Time in Venice
Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017) is an American action comedy directed by Mark Cullen, starring Bruce Willis as Venice Beach detective Steve Ford recovering his stolen dog from drug lord Spyder (Jason Momoa), with John Goodman; grossed $855,888 and was poorly reviewed.
Operation Mekong (湄公河行动)
Operation Mekong (湄公河行动), also known as 湄公河大案, is a 2016 Dante Lam action film starring Zhang Hanyu and Eddie Peng, adapted from the 2011 Mekong River massacre of 13 Chinese sailors; it earned 680 million yuan in 11 days and won the Golden Rooster Best Feature Film award.