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Love (2024 film)
Love (Kjærlighet) is a 2024 Norwegian drama by Dag Johan Haugerud, part of his Sex Dreams Love trilogy, about a doctor and a nurse exploring intimacy outside conventional relationships; it competed at Venice 2024.
Loveable (film)
Loveable (Elskling) is a 2024 Norwegian drama, Lilja Ingolfsdottir's debut feature, starring Helga Guren and Oddgeir Thune; it won five awards at Karlovy Vary 2024 and four Amanda Awards including Best Film.
Maestro (2023 film)
Maestro (2023) is Bradley Cooper's biographical drama about conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and his marriage to Felicia Montealegre, starring Cooper and Carey Mulligan, produced with Spielberg and Scorsese, premiered at Venice, released by Netflix, and nominated for seven Academy Awards.
Magazine Dreams
Magazine Dreams is Elijah Bynum's 2023 Sundance drama starring Jonathan Majors as bodybuilder Killian Maddox; delayed by Majors' 2023 assault conviction, released by Briarcliff in March 2025.
Mai (2024 film)
Mai (2024) is a Vietnamese romantic drama directed by Trấn Thành, starring Phương Anh Đào and Tuấn Trần. Released 10 February 2024 for Tết, it grossed 552 billion VND, becoming the highest-grossing Vietnamese film at the time, and streamed on Netflix from May 2024.
Manas (film)
Manas (2024) is Marianna Brennand's Brazilian-Portuguese fiction debut about 13-year-old Tielle on Marajó Island, Amazon, facing sexual exploitation; Venice Giornate degli Autori winner, Goya-nominated, starring Jamilli Correa.
Mary (2024 film)
Mary (2024) is a Netflix biblical epic directed by D.J. Caruso, starring Noa Cohen, Ido Tako, and Anthony Hopkins as Herod, retelling the Nativity from Mary's perspective, drawing on the Protoevangelium of James, released December 6, 2024.
Matt and Mara
Matt and Mara is a 2024 Canadian drama by Kazik Radwanski, 80 minutes, starring Deragh Campbell and Matt Johnson as old friends whose reunion strains Mara's marriage; premiered at Berlinale Encounters, released by Cinema Guild.
May December
May December is Todd Haynes's 2023 Netflix drama starring Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, and Charles Melton, loosely inspired by the Mary Kay Letourneau scandal, about an actress researching a tabloid-scarred couple; Cannes Palme d'Or nominee and Oscar-nominated screenplay.
McVeigh (film)
McVeigh (2024) is a psychological thriller directed by Mike Ott, starring Alfie Allen as Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, with Brett Gelman as Terry Nichols; premiered at Tribeca, released March 21, 2025.
Millers in Marriage
Millers in Marriage is a 2025 Edward Burns drama about three middle-aged New York siblings, Eve, Maggie, and Andy, facing marital strain. Premiered at TIFF 2024, released February 21, 2025 by Republic Pictures; 53% on Rotten Tomatoes, Metascore 49.
My Melbourne
My Melbourne (2024) is an Indo-Australian anthology feature by Onir, Rima Das, Imtiaz Ali, and Kabir Khan: four true-story segments, Nandini, Jules, Emma, Setara, on sexuality, gender, disability, and race, premiering at IFFM and released March 2025.
My Name Is Loh Kiwan
My Name Is Loh Kiwan (로기완), a 2024 South Korean Netflix drama directed by Kim Hee-jin, starring Song Joong-ki and Choi Sung-eun, adapted from Cho Hae-jin's novel I Met Loh Kiwan, about a North Korean defector seeking refugee status in Belgium.
Never Say Never (八角笼中) (2023 film)
Never Say Never (八角笼中) is Wang Baoqiang's 2023 Chinese sports drama about the Enbo Fight club's Liangshan boys; it earned RMB 2.207 billion, a Chinese preview-gross record, and Changchun Festival awards.
Nyad
Nyad (2023) is a Netflix biographical drama, the narrative debut of directors Vasarhelyi and Chin, starring Annette Bening as swimmer Diana Nyad and Jodie Foster as Bonnie Stoll, dramatizing her 2013 Cuba-to-Florida swim and its ratification controversy.
The Hedgehog
The Hedgehog is a 2024 Chinese comedy-drama directed by Gu Changwei, starring Ge You and Wang Junkai as an eccentric uncle and his stuttering nephew.
The Knife (2024 film)
The Knife (2024) is Nnamdi Asomugha's directorial debut thriller, co-written with Mark Duplass, starring Asomugha, Melissa Leo, and Aja Naomi King; a Black family faces a detective's interrogation after a stranger is found unconscious in their kitchen. Tribeca 2024 winner, released August 15, 2025.
The Last Dance (破·地狱) (2024 film)
The Last Dance (破·地獄) is a 2024 Hong Kong drama by Anselm Chan starring Dayo Wong and Michael Hui as funeral partners; highest-grossing Chinese-language film in Hong Kong history and Hong Kong's Oscar submission.
The Last Showgirl
The Last Showgirl is a 2024 drama directed by Gia Coppola, starring Pamela Anderson as Shelly, a Vegas showgirl whose 30-year revue Le Razzle Dazzle closes; with Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista, Billie Lourd; San Sebastián Special Jury Award winner.
The Lost Holliday
The Lost Holliday is a 2024 American drama directed by, co-written by, and starring Jussie Smollett with Vivica A. Fox; a mother planning her estranged son's funeral discovers his husband. Premiered at ABFF June 14, 2024; limited AMC release September 27, 2024.
The Luckiest Man in America
The Luckiest Man in America is a 2024 drama directed by Samir Oliveros, starring Paul Walter Hauser as Michael Larson, who won over $110,000 on Press Your Luck in 1984; released by IFC Films in April 2025.
The Marching Band
The Marching Band, also released as My Brother's Band, is a 2024 French comedy-drama by Emmanuel Courcol about reunited brothers, a conductor and an amateur trombone player.
The Martini Shot
The Martini Shot (2023) is a Stephen Wallis existential drama starring Matthew Modine as a dying director shooting his final film in Ireland, with John Cleese and Derek Jacobi; also a Kyiv production company and other same-named works.