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Margaret (2011 film)

Margaret (2011) is Kenneth Lonergan's second feature, a New York drama starring Anna Paquin as Lisa Cohen, released in a 150-minute cut after years of disputes, then rescued by critics and issued in a 186-minute extended cut.

Margaret Avery

Margaret Avery (Margaret Jo Avery) is an American actress, Oscar-nominated for playing jazz singer Shug Avery in Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple (1985), in a five-decade screen career.

Margaret Field

Margaret Field (Margaret Joy Morlan, 1922–2011), also credited as Maggie Mahoney, American film and TV actress, Paramount contract player, star of The Man from Planet X (1951); mother of actress Sally Field; died of cancer in Malibu.

Margaret Sixel

Margaret Sixel is a South African-born, Australian film editor, wife of George Miller, who won the 2016 Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Film Editing for Mad Max: Fury Road, her first action film, cut from roughly 470 hours of footage; she also edited Babe: Pig in the City, Happy Feet, Three Thousand Years of Longing, and Furiosa.

Margarita with a Straw

Margarita with a Straw, 2014 Indian drama by Shonali Bose and Nilesh Maniyar, stars Kalki Koechlin as Laila, a woman with cerebral palsy who falls for a blind activist in New York.

Margaux (film)

Margaux (2022) is an American sci-fi horror film directed by Steven C. Miller, starring Madison Pettis and Vanessa Morgan, about a smart house AI that turns deadly; released digitally September 9, 2022 by Paramount.

Margin Call

Margin Call is a 2011 American drama film, J.C. Chandor's debut, following an investment bank's nightlong discovery that its mortgage holdings could bankrupt it during the 2008 crisis.

Margo (actress)

Margo (María Marguerita Guadalupe Teresa Estela Bolado Castilla y O'Donnell, 1917-1985), also Margo Albert, Mexican American dancer and actress of Lost Horizon (1937) and Winterset (1936), blacklisted via Red Channels, later founder of Plaza de la Raza.

Margot at the Wedding

Margot at the Wedding is a 2007 American comedy-drama written and directed by Noah Baumbach, starring Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Jack Black; a Paramount Vantage release about estranged sisters clashing before Pauline's wedding.

Margot Robbie filmography

Margot Robbie filmography: Australian actor and producer born 1990, known for Naomi in The Wolf of Wall Street, Harley Quinn in three DC films, I, Tonya, and starring in and producing Barbie (2023, over $1.4 billion).

María Candelaria

María Candelaria (Xochimilco), Portrait of Maria, is a 1943 Mexican Golden Age drama directed by Emilio Fernández, starring Dolores del Río and Pedro Armendáriz, photographed by Gabriel Figueroa, and the first Latin American film to win Cannes' Palme d'Or (1946).

María Félix

María Félix (María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña, 1914–2002), La Doña and María Bonita, Mexican film star of the Golden Age; debut El Peñón de las Ánimas (1942), 47 films, Enamorada, Río Escondido, Maclovia.

Maria Full of Grace

Maria Full of Grace (María, llena eres de gracia), a 2004 drama by Joshua Marston, stars Catalina Sandino Moreno as a pregnant Colombian teen drug mule; Sundance and Berlin winner, Oscar-nominated lead actress.

Maria Ozawa (小澤マリア)

Maria Ozawa (小澤マリア) is a Japanese model and former adult video actress of mixed Japanese and French-Canadian heritage who later worked in mainstream film and television in Asia.

Marianna Hill

Marianna Hill, born Marianna Schwarzkopf, is an American character actress known for starring roles in High Plains Drifter (1973), El Condor, and the cult horror film Messiah of Evil.

Marica Hase (長谷マルコマリカ)

Marica Hase (長谷真理香) is a Japanese adult film actress and gravure model born in Tokyo in 1981; a former SOD exclusive who moved to Los Angeles in 2012 and became the first Japanese Penthouse Pet of the Month (January 2013) and a two-time cancer survivor.

Marie Antoinette (2006 film)

Marie Antoinette (2006) is Sofia Coppola's Versailles-set drama starring Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman, based on Antonia Fraser's The Journey; booed at Cannes, a box-office disappointment, but winner of Milena Canonero's third Oscar for costumes.

Marie Dressler

Marie Dressler (Leila Marie Koerber, 1868–1934), Canadian-born stage and film comedian; Oscar for Min and Bill (1930), MGM's top Depression-era draw, first film actress on Time's cover.

Marie Windsor

Marie Windsor (Emily Marie Bertelsen, 1919–2000), American actress dubbed Queen of the Bs, known for film noir femme fatale roles in Force of Evil, The Narrow Margin, and Kubrick's The Killing.

Marielle Heller

Marielle Heller (born 1979) is an American director, writer, actor, and producer, also known as Mari. Director of The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and Nightbitch; played Alma Wheatley in The Queen's Gambit.

Marilyn Chambers

Marilyn Chambers (Marilyn Ann Briggs, 1952–2009), American adult film star of Behind the Green Door (1972) and Ivory Snow detergent box model, whose 1973 exposure made her a national scandal figure; also starred in Cronenberg's Rabid.

Marina (2012 film)

Marina (மெரினா) is a 2012 Tamil comedy drama written, directed, and produced by Pandiraj, starring Sivakarthikeyan in his film debut and Oviya, about children selling snacks on Chennai's Marina beach; released 3 February 2012, music by Girishh G.

Mario Bava

Mario Bava (1914-1980), Italian director and cinematographer from Sanremo, pioneer of Italian horror and giallo with Black Sunday (1960), Blood and Black Lace, and A Bay of Blood; father of Lamberto Bava.

Mario Kart World

Mario Kart World (マリオカート ワールド) is Nintendo's kart racer and Switch 2 launch title of June 5, 2025, the ninth mainline Mario Kart. It links about 30 courses across one connected world with Free Roam and Knockout Tour modes, 24-racer fields, and a 50-character roster.

Marion Davies

Marion Davies (Marion Cecilia Douras, 1897-1961), American silent-film star, comedienne, producer, and William Randolph Hearst's longtime companion; star of The Patsy and Show People, later misremembered via Citizen Kane's Susan Alexander.

Marion Ramsey

Marion Ramsey (1947-2021), American actress and singer from Philadelphia, played Officer Laverne Hooks in the Police Academy films; Broadway credits include Hello, Dolly!, and Eubie!.

Marivillin Gopurangal (മറിവില്ലിൻ ഗോപുരങ്ങൾ)

Marivillin Gopurangal (മാരിവില്ലിന് ഗോപുരങ്ങൾ), Rainbow's Castle, is a 2024 Malayalam family drama directed by Arun Bose, starring Indrajith Sukumaran, Shruti Ramachandran, Sarjano Khalid, and Vincy Aloshious, released 10 May 2024 with music by Vidyasagar.

Marjaavaan (मरजावां)

Marjaavaan (मरजावां) is a 2019 Hindi masala action-romance directed by Milap Zaveri, starring Riteish Deshmukh, Sidharth Malhotra, and Tara Sutaria; released 15 November 2019, it earned ₹42.92 crore and drew strongly negative reviews (8% on Rotten Tomatoes).

Mark (2025 film)

Mark (ಮಾರ್ಕ್) is a 2025 Kannada action thriller directed by Vijay Kartikeyaa, starring Kichcha Sudeepa as suspended SP Ajay Markandaya. Released 25 December 2025; streamed on JioHotstar from 23 January 2026 in five languages.

Mark Antony (மார்க் ஆண்டனி) (2023 film)

Mark Antony (மார்க் ஆண்டனி) is a 2023 Tamil sci-fi action comedy directed by Adhik Ravichandran, starring Vishal and S. J. Suryah in dual roles, about a mechanic with a time-travelling telephone; released 15 September 2023.