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Major Saab (मेजर साब)
Major Saab (मेजर साब), 1998 Hindi action film by Tinnu Anand for ABCL, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Sonali Bendre; released 26 June 1998 after an NDA portrayal dispute; semi-hit grossing ₹13.10 crore nett in India.
Major Sundarrajan
Major Sundarrajan (மேஜர் சுந்தரராஜன்), born Srinivasan Sundarrajan (1935–2003), Tamil actor-director; took his "Major" prefix from K. Balachander's Major Chandrakanth (1966); acted in 800+ Tamil films, notably Apoorva Raagangal and Swati Mutyam.
Makdee (मकड़ी)
Makdee (मकड़ी), also Makdee: Web of the Witch, is a 2002 Hindi children's fantasy-horror film, Vishal Bhardwaj's directorial debut, starring Shabana Azmi as a witch and Shweta Basu Prasad as twins Chunni and Munni; it won a National Film Award for Best Child Actor.
Make Mine Music
Make Mine Music is a 1946 Walt Disney animated package film of ten musical shorts, working title Swing Street, Disney's pop-music answer to Fantasia, featuring Nelson Eddy, Benny Goodman, and the Andrews Sisters, and never theatrically reissued.
Making Love
Making Love is a 1982 American drama directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson, and Harry Hamlin, about a married doctor confronting his attraction to men.
Making Mr. Right
Making Mr. Right is a 1987 Orion Pictures sci-fi romantic comedy directed by Susan Seidelman, starring John Malkovich as scientist Jeff Peters and his android Ulysses, with Ann Magnuson as PR expert Frankie Stone; released 10 April 1987, 98 minutes, PG-13.
Makoto Shinkai's Disaster Trilogy
Makoto Shinkai's Disaster Trilogy: Your Name (2016), Weathering with You (2019), and Suzume (2022). Three loosely linked anime films on disasters, referencing the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, resilience, gender, and sekai-kei subversion.
Mala Sinha (माला सिन्हा)
Mala Sinha (माला सिन्हा), born Alda Sinha (1936-2023), was an Indian actress in Hindi, Bengali, and Nepali cinema; star of Pyaasa, Dhool Ka Phool, Anpadh, and Gumrah, and 2018 Filmfare Lifetime Achievement honoree.
Malaal (film)
Malaal (मलाल) is a 2019 Hindi romantic drama directed by Mangesh Hadawale, a remake of 7G Rainbow Colony, starring debutants Meezaan Jafri and Sharmin Segal; produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, it flopped at the box office.
Maladolescenza
Maladolescenza (Spielen wir Liebe, Playing with Love) is a 1977 Italian–West German drama by Pier Giuseppe Murgia starring Martin Loeb, Lara Wendel, and Eva Ionesco; notorious for underage nudity, it was cut, banned, and outlawed in Germany since 2006 under §184b StGB.
Malaika Arora (मलाइका अरोड़ा)
Malaika Arora (मलाइका अरोड़ा), also Malaika Arora Khan, is an Indian model, VJ, dancer, actress, and producer famous for the songs Chaiyya Chaiyya (Dil Se, 1998) and Munni Badnaam Hui (Dabangg, 2010), her MTV India VJ start, marriage to and 2017 divorce from Arbaaz Khan, and reality-show judging.
Malaikkallan (மலைக்கள்ளன்)
Malaikkallan (மலைக்கள்ளன்) is a 1954 Tamil adventure film directed by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu and starring M. G. Ramachandran, the first Tamil film to win a National Film Award.
Malaikottai Vaaliban
Malaikottai Vaaliban (മലൈക്കോട്ടൈ വാലിബൻ), 2024 Malayalam action drama directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery, starring Mohanlal as an undefeated wandering warrior; released January 25, 2024, earned Rs. 29.85 crore worldwide against a roughly Rs. 60 crore budget.
Malamaal Weekly
Malamaal Weekly is a 2006 Hindi comedy film directed by Priyadarshan, about a lottery seller keeping a dead customer's jackpot while neighbors scheme to claim it.
Malang (मलंग) (film)
Malang (मलंग) is a 2020 Hindi action thriller directed by Mohit Suri, starring Aditya Roy Kapur, Disha Patani, Anil Kapoor, and Kunal Kemmu; released 7 February 2020, set in Goa, later on Netflix.
Malapilla (మాలపిల్ల)
Malapilla (మాలపిల్ల), also Mala Pilla, is a 1938 Telugu social drama directed by Gudavalli Ramabrahmam, the first Telugu film on intercaste love and untouchability, released 25 September 1938, starring Kanchanamala, a landmark of Gandhian reformist cinema.
Malashri (ಮಾಲಶ್ರೀ)
Malashri (ಮಾಲಶ್ರೀ), born Sri Durga in 1973, is a Kannada film actress, the Kanasina Rani of 1990s Sandalwood, lead debut Nanjundi Kalyana (1989), Filmfare Best Actress 1991, later the Action Queen with Chamundi and Kannadada Kiran Bedi.
Malavika Avinash
Malavika Avinash (ಮಾಳವಿಕಾ ಅವಿನಾಶ್, born 1976, Bangalore) is an Indian actress, lawyer, and politician; BJP Karnataka spokesperson since 2014, known for Mayamruga, K.G.F films, and Kaithi.
Malavika Mohanan
Malavika Mohanan (born 1993, Kannur, Kerala) is an Indian actress, daughter of cinematographer K. U. Mohanan, known for Pattam Pole (2013), Beyond the Clouds (2017), Petta (2019), Master (2021), Thangalaan (2024), and Telugu debut The Raja Saab (2026).
Malavika Wales
Malavika Wales (മാളവിക വെയിൽസ്) is an Indian actress and classical dancer from Thrissur, Kerala, known for Malarvaadi Arts Club (2010), Ponnambili as Ponnu, Nandini, Manjil Virinja Poovu as Anjana, and Pushpa: The Rise.
Malayalam cinema
Malayalam cinema (മലയാള സിനിമ, Mollywood), Kerala's Malayalam-language film industry, began with Vigathakumaran (1928); known for realistic, content-driven films, its biggest hit is Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra (2025).
Malayalee from India (മലയാളി ഫ്രം ഇന്ത്യ)
Malayalee from India (മലയാളി ഫ്രം ഇന്ത്യ) is a 2024 Malayalam comedy-drama directed by Dijo Jose Antony, starring Nivin Pauly as Aalparambil Gopi, released 1 May 2024, 158 minutes, Magic Frames, SonyLIV streaming.
Malayankunju
Malayankunju (മലയൻകുഞ്ഞ്), 2022 Malayalam survival thriller directed by Sajimon Prabhakar, written and shot by Mahesh Narayanan, produced by Fazil, starring Fahadh Faasil as an electrician trapped underground by a landslide, with A.R. Rahman's music.
Malcolm & Marie
Malcolm & Marie is Sam Levinson's 2021 black-and-white Netflix drama starring Zendaya and John David Washington as a couple arguing after a film premiere; shot in two weeks during the pandemic at Carmel's Caterpillar House.
Malcolm D. Lee
Malcolm D. Lee (born 1970), American director and Spike Lee's cousin; directed The Best Man, Girls Trip, Night School, Space Jam: A New Legacy; runs Blackmaled Productions.
Malcolm X (1992 film)
Malcolm X (1992) is Spike Lee's 201-minute biographical drama starring Denzel Washington, adapted from The Autobiography of Malcolm X; famous for its budget battles, Rodney King opening, Oscar nominations, and 2010 National Film Registry induction.
Maldoror (film)
Maldoror (Le Dossier Maldoror) is Fabrice du Welz's 2024 Belgian-French crime thriller, premiered out of competition at Venice, loosely based on the Marc Dutroux case, starring Anthony Bajon as gendarme Paul Chartier.
Male and Female
Male and Female (1919) is Cecil B. DeMille's silent drama adapted from Barrie's The Admirable Crichton, starring Thomas Meighan and Gloria Swanson, famous for its Babylon sequence and class-reversal shipwreck plot.
Male gaze
The male gaze, coined by Laura Mulvey in "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" (1975), is the feminist film-theory concept that Hollywood cinema constructs women as visual objects for a male viewer, via camera, character, and spectator looks.
Maleficent
Maleficent is Disney's horned "Mistress of All Evil," the villain of the 1959 animated Sleeping Beauty voiced by Eleanor Audley, and the protagonist of the 2014 live-action film starring Angelina Jolie, which grossed over $700 million internationally and spawned a 2019 sequel.