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Monamour

Monamour is a 2005 Italian erotic drama directed by Tinto Brass, starring Anna Jimskaia, Riccardo Marino, Max Parodi, and Nela Lucic, about a neglected wife's affair with a Frenchman during Mantua's Festivaletteratura.

Mondays in the Sun

Mondays in the Sun (Los lunes al sol) is a 2002 Spanish social drama by Fernando León de Aranoa about unemployed shipyard workers in Vigo, starring Javier Bardem; it won the San Sebastián Golden Shell and five Goyas.

Mondo Cane

Mondo Cane (A Dog's World) is a 1962 Italian shockumentary by Jacopetti, Cavara, and Prosperi that named the mondo exploitation-documentary genre, competed at Cannes 1962, and earned an Oscar nomination for its song "More."

Mondo film

Mondo film (shockumentary): exploitation pseudo-documentary genre named after Mondo Cane (1962) by Cavara, Jacopetti, and Prosperi; staged exotic and taboo footage, Africa Addio controversy, and the Italian cannibal-film offshoot.

Money (మనీ) (1993 film)

Money is a 1993 Indian Telugu-language comedy thriller directed by Siva Nageswara Rao, produced by Ram Gopal Varma, and starring J. D. Chakravarthy, Jayasudha, and Brahmanandam.

Money from Home

Money from Home (1953) is a Paramount comedy, the first Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis film in Technicolor and their only 3-D feature, directed by George Marshall from a Damon Runyon story about fixing a horse race.

Money Monster

Money Monster is a 2016 American financial thriller directed by Jodie Foster, starring George Clooney as a TV stock-tip host taken hostage live on air.

Money shot

Money shot: pornographic term for the on-camera male ejaculation, extended in film and media to mean a production's crucial high-impact image; also the title of the 2023 Netflix documentary Money Shot: The Pornhub Story.

Money Talks (1997 film)

Money Talks is a 1997 American action comedy directed by Brett Ratner, starring Chris Tucker as a fugitive hustler and Charlie Sheen as the reporter hiding him.

Money Train

Money Train (1995) is a Joseph Ruben action comedy, also released as Asalto al tren del dinero, starring Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson as transit-cop foster brothers robbing a subway revenue train; it cost $68 million, grossed $77.2 million, and drew copycat-arson controversy.

Moneyball (film)

Moneyball is a 2011 American biographical sports drama directed by Bennett Miller and starring Brad Pitt as Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane, adapted from Michael Lewis's 2003 book.

Moneyboys (金钱男孩MONEYBOYS)

Moneyboys (金錢男孩MONEYBOYS) is a 2021 drama by Chinese-Austrian director C.B. Yi, an Austria-France-Belgium-Taiwan co-production starring Kai Ko as Fei, a gay hustler whose family takes his money but rejects him; it premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard 2021.

Monga (艋舺)

Monga (艋舺) is a 2010 Taiwanese gangster film directed by Doze Niu, set in 1980s Wanhua, Taipei. It earned NT$260 million, won Golden Horse Best Actor for Ethan Ruan, and screened at Berlin's Panorama.

Mongol (film)

Mongol (2007) is a Sergei Bodrov historical epic about Genghis Khan's early life, a Russia-Germany-Kazakhstan-Mongolia co-production starring Tadanobu Asano, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Monica Bedi (ਮੋਨਿਕਾ ਬੇਦੀ)

Monica Bedi (ਮੋਨਿਕਾ ਬੇਦੀ), born 1975 in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, is an Indian actress of Telugu, Hindi, and Punjabi films (Taj Mahal, Jodi No.1), known for her Abu Salem case, Bigg Boss 2, and Saraswatichandra.

Monica Vitti

Monica Vitti (Maria Luisa Ceciarelli, 1931-2022), Italian actress, muse of Antonioni's L'avventura, La notte, L'eclisse, and Red Desert, later star of Italian comedy; five David di Donatello awards, 1995 Venice Golden Lion.

Monica, O My Darling

Monica, O My Darling is a 2022 Hindi neo-noir crime comedy thriller directed by Vasan Bala, adapting Keigo Higashino's novel Burūtasu no Shinzō, released on Netflix on 11 November 2022, starring Rajkummar Rao, Huma Qureshi, and Radhika Apte.

Monika Bacardi

Monika Bacardi (born 1968, Italy), Lady of Bayfield Hall, is a Monaco-based film producer and philanthropist who co-founded AMBI Media Group and ILBE with Andrea Iervolino, produced Ferrari and Lamborghini biopics, and is the widow of Bacardi rum heir Lord Luis Bacardi.

Monique Alexander

Monique Alexander (Monique Alexandra Rock, born 1982, Vallejo, California) is an American adult film performer, Vivid contract star, multi-time AVN Award winner, and 2017 AVN Hall of Fame inductee with mainstream credits including Entourage and Crank: High Voltage.

Monisha Unni (മോനിഷ ഉണ്ണി)

Monisha Unni (മോനിഷ ഉണ്ണി), Malayalam actress (1971–1992), won the National Film Award for Best Actress at 15 for her debut Nakhakshathangal (1986) as Gowri, the youngest recipient; killed in a car accident near Cherthala aged 21.

Monitor (film)

Monitor is a 2026 supernatural horror film and feature debut of Matt Black and Ryan Polly, based on their 2018 short, in which a content moderator's rejected video unleashes a screen-hopping tulpa; it premiered at SXSW and was acquired by Searchlight for April 16, 2027 release.

Monk Comes Down the Mountain (道士下山)

Monk Comes Down the Mountain (道士下山) is Chen Kaige's 2015 wuxia comedy-drama adapted from Xu Haofeng's 2007 novel, following young Taoist He Anxia in 1930s Hangzhou; it earned 390 million yuan in 14 days.

Monkey Business (1931 film)

Monkey Business (1931) is a Marx Brothers comedy, their first original screenplay, directed by Norman Z. McLeod for Paramount, about stowaways on an ocean liner mixed up with rival gangsters.

Monkey Business (1952 film)

Monkey Business (1952) is a Howard Hawks screwball comedy for Twentieth Century-Fox starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, and Marilyn Monroe, in which a chimp's chemical mix in the office water cooler makes adults regress to youth.

Monkey King: Hero Is Back (西游记之大圣归来)

Monkey King: Hero Is Back (西游记之大圣归来) is a 2015 Chinese 3D animated film by Tian Xiaopeng, adapted from Journey to the West; it earned 956 million yuan, then a record for domestic animation, and spurred China's mythology-animation wave.

Monkey Kingdom

Monkey Kingdom is a 2015 Disneynature documentary, also called a True Life Adventure, directed by Mark Linfield and Alastair Fothergill and narrated by Tina Fey. It follows toque macaque Maya and her son Kip at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka; not related to the Monkey King films.

Monkey Man

Monkey Man is a 2024 action thriller, Dev Patel's directorial debut, starring Patel as Kid, an underground fighter avenging his mother's murder. Inspired by Hanuman, saved by Jordan Peele after Netflix dropped it, released by Universal April 5, 2024.

Monkey Quest (film)

Monkey Quest (film) is an animated science fiction action-adventure film, a 2027 Japan–U.S. co-production blending 2D and 3D animation, loosely inspired by Journey to the West.

Monkeybone

Monkeybone is a 2001 American live-action and stop-motion animated fantasy comedy directed by Henry Selick, starring Brendan Fraser and Bridget Fonda, released by 20th Century Fox.

Monogamish (film)

Monogamish (2017) is Tao Ruspoli's documentary on love, sex, and monogamy, made after his divorce from Olivia Wilde, featuring Dan Savage, Esther Perel, and Christopher Ryan; distinct from 2017 shorts and a 2023 film of the same name.