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Max Baer Jr.
Max Baer Jr. (Maximilian Adelbert Baer Jr., born 1937, Oakland, California), American actor, producer, and director; son of heavyweight champion Max Baer; played Jethro Bodine on The Beverly Hillbillies 1962–1971 and made Macon County Line (1974).
Max Casella
Max Casella (Maximilian Deitch), American actor born 1967 in Washington, D.C.; Vinnie Delpino on Doogie Howser, M.D., Benny Fazio on The Sopranos, Timon in Broadway's The Lion King, Armand in Tulsa King.
Max Fleischer
Max Fleischer (1883–1972), American animator and inventor, patented the rotoscope (1917), created Ko-Ko the Clown, Betty Boop, and Popeye, and ran Fleischer Studios, Disney's chief rival before WWII.
Max Julien
Max Julien (Maxwell Julien Banks, 1933–2022), American actor, screenwriter, and producer; starred as Goldie in The Mack (1973), wrote Cleopatra Jones, and co-wrote, produced, and starred in Thomasine & Bushrod.
Max Keeble's Big Move
Max Keeble's Big Move is a 2001 Walt Disney live-action family comedy directed by Tim Hill, starring Alex D. Linz as a bullied seventh grader whose revenge schemes backfire when his family's move to Chicago is canceled.
Max Landis
Max Landis is an American screenwriter, director, and comic book writer best known for the 2012 film Chronicle and for creating Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
Max Steel (film)
Max Steel (2016) is a live-action superhero film directed by Stewart Hendler, based on Mattel's 1999 toy line, starring Ben Winchell and Josh Brener. Released by Open Road Films, it grossed $4.6 million worldwide and holds a 0% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Max Winkler (director)
Max Daniel Winkler (born 1983, Los Angeles), American director, screenwriter, and producer, son of Henry Winkler; directed Ceremony, Flower, Jungleland, and Ryan Murphy series including Grotesquerie and Monster: The Ed Gein Story.
Maximum Overdrive
Maximum Overdrive (1986) is Stephen King's only film as director, an adaptation of his short story "Trucks" in which machines turn homicidal; it flopped critically and commercially but gained a cult following via its AC/DC soundtrack, Who Made Who.
Maximum Risk
Maximum Risk is a 1996 American action thriller directed by Ringo Lam, his Hollywood debut, in which Jean-Claude Van Damme plays twin brothers on opposite sides of the law.
MaXXXine
MaXXXine (2024) is Ti West's slasher film starring Mia Goth as Maxine Minx in 1980s Hollywood, the third and final entry in the X trilogy after X and Pearl, released by A24 on July 5, 2024.
May (film)
May (2002) is Lucky McKee's directorial debut, an independent psychological horror film starring Angela Bettis as a lonely veterinary assistant who assembles a companion from body parts; also known simply as May, it won Sitges awards and became a cult classic.
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.
May the 12th Be with You
May the 12th Be with You is a 2024 Simpsons-Disney+/Star Wars crossover short, released May 10, 2024 on Disney+, directed by David Silverman, starring Marge Simpson with the Disney moms, Darth Vader, and Stewie Griffin.
May the Devil Take You
May the Devil Take You (Sebelum Iblis Menjemput) is Timo Tjahjanto's 2018 Indonesian horror film about a demonic pact; 110 minutes, Netflix, 79% on Rotten Tomatoes, sequel in 2020.
Maya (மாயா) (2015 Tamil film)
Maya (மாயா), earlier titled Night Show, is a 2015 Tamil horror thriller and the directorial debut of Ashwin Saravanan, starring Nayanthara as a single mother haunted after watching a horror film; released 17 September 2015 by Potential Studios.
Maya & Samar
Maya & Samar is a 2025 Canadian-Greek queer romantic drama directed by Anita Doron, written by Tamara Faith Berger, starring Nicolette Pearse and Amanda Babaei Vieira; premiered at Thessaloniki, released in Canada March 20, 2026, noted for its NC-17 rating.
Maya Darpan
Maya Darpan (Mirror of Illusion) is Kumar Shahani's 1972 Hindi debut feature, based on a Nirmal Verma story, a formalist landmark of Indian Parallel Cinema about Taran, a landlord's daughter, that failed in India but was acclaimed at Locarno 1973.
Maya Deren (Элеонора Деренковская)
Maya Deren (Элеонора Деренковская, born Eleanora Derenkowsky, 1917–1961), Ukrainian-born American avant-garde filmmaker, theorist, and ethnographer; maker of Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), first filmmaker Guggenheim fellow, Haiti Vodou researcher.
Maya Memsaab (माया मेमसाब)
Maya Memsaab (माया मेमसाब), also released internationally as Maya, is Ketan Mehta's 1993 Hindi adaptation of Flaubert's Madame Bovary, starring Deepa Sahi, Farooq Shaikh, and Shah Rukh Khan; a National Award-winning box-office flop now streaming on Netflix.
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.
Maya the Bee
Maya the Bee (Die Biene Maja; みつばちマーヤの冒険) is a children's franchise from Waldemar Bonsels' 1912 German novel, famous through the 1975 Japanese anime and later CGI series, three films, and 2025 Studio 100-Animaj joint ownership.
Maya, Give Me a Title
Maya, Give Me a Title (Maya, donne-moi un titre) is Michel Gondry's 2024 French stop-motion film compiled from over fifty paper cut-out shorts made for his daughter Maya, who supplies each title; it won the 2025 Berlinale Crystal Bear.
Mayaanadhi (മായാനദി)
Mayaanadhi (മായാനദി, "Mystic River") is a 2017 Malayalam romantic thriller directed by Aashiq Abu, starring Tovino Thomas and Aishwarya Lekshmi, released 22 December 2017, music by Rex Vijayan.
Mayabazar (మాయాబజార్)
Mayabazar (మాయాబజార్), also Maya Bazaar, is K.V. Reddy's 1957 Telugu-Tamil mythological epic by Vijaya Productions, adapting Sasirekha Parinayam from the Mahabharata, starring NTR, ANR, Savitri, and S.V. Ranga Rao, and the first South Indian film to gross 2 crore.
Mayakkam Enna (மயக்கம் என்ன)
Mayakkam Enna (மயக்கம் என்ன) is a 2011 Tamil drama directed by Selvaraghavan, starring Dhanush as aspiring wildlife photographer Karthik and Richa Gangopadhyay as Yamini; released 25 November 2011 with music by G. V. Prakash Kumar.
Mayasabha – The Hall of Illusion
Mayasabha – The Hall of Illusion is Rahi Anil Barve's 2026 Hindi psychological thriller, his second film after Tumbbad, starring Jaaved Jaaferi as a producer guarding treasure in a decaying Mumbai theatre; distinct from the Telugu Mayasabha series.
Maybe... Maybe Not
Maybe... Maybe Not (Der bewegte Mann) is Sönke Wortmann's 1994 German comedy adapted from Ralf König comics, starring Til Schweiger, Katja Riemann, and Joachim Król; it sold about 6.5 million tickets in Germany.
Mayhem (film)
Mayhem (2017) is an action-horror-comedy directed by Joe Lynch, written by Matias Caruso, starring Steven Yeun and Samara Weaving. An ID7 virus strips a law firm's inhibitions; released Nov 10, 2017 by RLJE Films, 85% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Mayhem! (film)
Mayhem! (original title Farang) is a 2023 French action thriller directed by Xavier Gens, starring Nassim Lyes as an ex-con seeking revenge in Thailand against crime lord Olivier Gourmet; released by IFC Films in the US in January 2024.