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Mars Needs Moms

Mars Needs Moms (2011) is a Disney/ImageMovers performance-capture animated film directed by Simon Wells, based on Berkeley Breathed's book, about Milo rescuing his mother from Martians; it grossed $21.4 million domestically and ended the ImageMovers partnership.

Marsha Garces Williams

Marsha Garces Williams (born 1956), American producer, ex-wife of Robin Williams; president of Blue Wolf Productions and producer of Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Patch Adams, Jakob the Liar; Emmy-nominated for Robin Williams: Live on Broadway.

Marshall (film)

Marshall (film) is a 2017 American biographical legal drama directed by Reginald Hudlin. It stars Chadwick Boseman as Thurgood Marshall, who defends a black chauffeur in Connecticut.

Marshall Bell

Marshall Bell (Archibald Marshall Bell, born 1942), American character actor from Tulsa, Oklahoma; film debut Birdy (1984); known for George/Kuato in Total Recall, Stand by Me, Starship Troopers; husband of designer Milena Canonero.

Marshland

Marshland (La isla mínima) is a 2014 Spanish thriller by Alberto Rodríguez set in 1980 in the Guadalquivir marshes, where two opposed Madrid detectives hunt a killer; it won ten Goya Awards.

Marshmallow (film)

Marshmallow (2025) is an American horror-science fiction film, Daniel DelPurgatorio's feature debut, written by Andy Greskoviak. A 12-year-old camper finds a campfire tale of "The Doctor" is real; premiered at Panic Fest 2025, released theatrically April 11, 2025.

Martha Fiennes

Martha Fiennes (born 1965) is a British film director and digital artist, sister of Ralph and Joseph Fiennes. Directed Onegin (1999, Tokyo Best Director) and Chromophobia (2005, Cannes closer), then generative AI artworks Nativity and Yugen.

Martha Higareda

Martha Higareda (Martha Elba Higareda Cervantes), Mexican actress, writer, and producer born 1983 in Villahermosa; broke out with Amar te duele, starred in No Manches Frida and Altered Carbon, wrote and produced Fuga de reinas (2023).

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) is Sean Durkin's debut psychological thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen as a woman fleeing a cult led by John Hawkes' Patrick, released by Fox Searchlight, a Cannes Un Certain Regard and Sundance award-winning film.

Martha Vickers

Martha Vickers (Martha MacVicar, 1925–1971), American model and actress, best known as Carmen Sternwood in The Big Sleep (1946); Chandler said she outshone Bacall; married Mickey Rooney 1949–1952; retired at 35, died of esophageal cancer.

Martial arts film

Martial arts film: a genre of choreographed combat cinema originating in 1920s Shanghai wuxia pian, developed in Hong Kong through Wong Fei-hung films, Shaw Brothers, King Hu, Chang Cheh, and Bruce Lee's kung fu boom, and globalized by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Martial Club

Martial Club (武館, aka Instructors of Death) is a 1981 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Lau Kar-leung, starring Gordon Liu as young Wong Fei-hung in a Guangzhou martial arts school rivalry, famous for its prop-free alleyway duel.

Martín

Martín, released as Martín (Hache), is a 1997 Spain-Argentina drama by Adolfo Aristarain about an Argentine film director in Madrid and his son Hache, who comes to live with him after a drug overdose. It won Havana's top prizes and acting awards for Luppi, Roth, and Poncela.

Martin (1977 film)

Martin (1977) is George A. Romero's vampire film starring John Amplas as a young man who believes he is a vampire, made in Braddock, Pennsylvania, and revived by a 2023 4K restoration.

Martin Kenzie

Martin Kenzie (1956–2012), British cinematographer and camera technician; BSC member; from The Shining and Return of the Jedi camera crews to second-unit DP on The King's Speech and DP on Game of Thrones.

Martin Scorsese filmography

Filmography of Martin Scorsese (born 1942), American director: debut Who's That Knocking at My Door, Mean Streets, Taxi Driver (Palme d'Or 1976), Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Departed, Killers of the Flower Moon, plus documentaries, producing credits, and What Happens at Night in production.

Marty (film)

Marty (1955 film), Delbert Mann's adaptation of Paddy Chayefsky's teleplay, stars Ernest Borgnine as a lonely Bronx butcher who meets Betsy Blair's schoolteacher; it won the first Palme d'Or and four Oscars including Best Picture.

Marty Supreme

Marty Supreme is a 2025 A24 sports comedy-drama directed by Josh Safdie, starring Timothée Chalamet as 1950s table tennis hustler Marty Mauser, loosely based on Marty Reisman; nine Oscar nominations, $70M budget, A24's biggest domestic hit.

Martyrs (2008 film)

Martyrs is a 2008 French-language horror film by Pascal Laugier, released 3 September 2008, starring Mylène Jampanoï and Morjana Alaoui; a New French Extremity cult film about a cult torturing women, remade in 2015.

Martyrs (2015 film)

Martyrs (2015) is the American remake of Pascal Laugier's 2008 French horror film, directed by the Goetz Brothers, starring Troian Bellisario and Bailey Noble, produced with Blumhouse, and critically panned at 9% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Marudhanayagam

Marudhanayagam (மருதநாயகம்) is Kamal Haasan's unfinished Tamil historical epic about 18th-century warrior Muhammad Yusuf Khan, launched in 1997 with Queen Elizabeth II attending and shelved after its British investor withdrew.

Marutha (2025 film)

Marutha (Maarutha, ಮಾರುತ) is a 2025 Kannada action thriller directed by S Narayan, his 51st film, starring Duniya Vijay, Shreyas Manju, and Brinda Acharya; released 21 November 2025, about social media exploitation of women.

Marvel Animated Features

Marvel Animated Features: eight direct-to-video animated Marvel films (2006–2011) from the Marvel–Lionsgate deal, including Ultimate Avengers, Doctor Strange, Hulk Vs, and Planet Hulk.

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU): Marvel Studios' shared superhero film and TV franchise begun with Iron Man (2008), organized into Phases and the Infinity and Multiverse Sagas, the highest-grossing film series with over $22 billion earned.

Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One

MCU Phase One (2008–2012), also called the Avengers Initiative: six Marvel Studios films from Iron Man to The Avengers that founded the shared universe, grossed $3.8 billion, and ended with the first Avengers crossover.

Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Six

MCU Phase Six, the final phase of the Multiverse Saga announced at Comic-Con 2022, runs from The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) to Avengers: Secret Wars (2027), with Doctor Doom replacing Kang as central villain.

Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two

Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two is the 2013–2015 MCU slate of six films, from Iron Man 3 to Ant-Man, which grossed about $5.2 billion worldwide and introduced the Guardians of the Galaxy and more Infinity Stones.

Marvel One-Shots

Marvel One-Shots: Marvel Studios' short-film series (2011–2014) released as MCU home video extras, from The Consultant through All Hail the King, later grouped with the Team Thor shorts on Disney+.

Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors

Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors is a 2018 Marvel Animation TV movie (80 min) premiering September 30, 2018 on Disney Channel and Disney XD, uniting Ms. Marvel, Squirrel Girl, Quake, Patriot, America Chavez, and Inferno against Hala's militants, directed by Alfred Gimeno and written by Mairghread Scott.

Marvellous

Marvellous is a 2014 BBC Two biographical drama film, also called the Neil Baldwin film, directed by Julian Farino and written by Peter Bowker, starring Toby Jones as Stoke City kit man Neil Baldwin; it won two 2015 BAFTAs.