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Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain

Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain (劇場版モノノ怪 唐傘) is a 2024 anime horror film directed by Kenji Nakamura, first of a trilogy set in Edo Castle's Ōoku, starring Hiroshi Kamiya's Medicine Seller, streamed on Netflix from November 28, 2024.

Mononoke the Movie: The Ashes of Rage

Mononoke the Movie: The Ashes of Rage (劇場版モノノ怪 第二章 火鼠, Hinezumi) is the 2025 second film of the Mononoke theatrical trilogy, directed by Kiyotaka Suzuki under chief director Kenji Nakamura, set in the Ōoku where the Medicine Seller faces the fire-rat mononoke; streamed exclusively on Netflix from August 14, 2025.

Mononoke the Movie: The Curse of the Serpent

Mononoke the Movie: The Curse of the Serpent (劇場版モノノ怪 第三章 蛇神, Hebigami) is a 2026 Japanese anime horror film, the final chapter of the Ōoku trilogy, directed by Tomoaki Koshida with chief director Kenji Nakamura, released in Japan May 29, 2026 and on Netflix worldwide September 29, 2026.

Monsanto (film)

Monsanto (untitled John Lee Hancock Monsanto Film) is an upcoming 2027 Netflix legal drama about the Johnson v. Monsanto Roundup trial, starring Jonathan Bailey, Laura Dern, LaKeith Stanfield, and Greg Kinnear, shot in Bavaria.

Monsieur Aznavour

Monsieur Aznavour is a 2024 French biopic of singer Charles Aznavour, directed by Mehdi Idir and Grand Corps Malade, starring Tahar Rahim, released 23 October 2024, 133 minutes, 2,054,791 French admissions.

Monsieur Hire

Monsieur Hire (1989), Patrice Leconte's adaptation of Georges Simenon's Les Fiançailles de M. Hire, stars Michel Blanc as a voyeuristic tailor suspected of murder and Sandrine Bonnaire as Alice; Cannes competition film.

Monsoon Wedding (मॉनसून वेडिंग)

Monsoon Wedding (मॉनसून वेडिंग) is Mira Nair's 2001 Punjabi-family comedy-drama, written by Sabrina Dhawan, shot in Delhi in 30 days, winner of the 2001 Venice Golden Lion.

Monster (2003 film)

Monster (2003) is Patty Jenkins's debut biographical crime drama about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, starring Charlize Theron (Oscar for Best Actress) and Christina Ricci as Selby Wall; made for about $5 million, it grossed $34.5 million in the US and won major actress awards.

Monster (2022 film)

Monster (മോൺസ്റ്റർ) is a 2022 Malayalam crime thriller directed by Vysakh, written by Udaykrishna, starring Mohanlal as Lucky Singh, his first Sikh role. Released 21 October 2022, it flopped at the box office and was panned by critics.

Monster (몬스터) (2014 film)

Monster (몬스터) is a 2014 South Korean thriller directed by Hwang In-ho, starring Lee Min-ki as serial killer Tae-soo and Kim Go-eun as vengeful Bok-soon; released March 13, 2014, 526,557 admissions, Lotte Entertainment.

Monster House (film)

Monster House is a 2006 American animated horror-comedy film directed by Gil Kenan, in which three children discover a neighbor's house is a living monster.

Monster Hunt (捉妖记)

Monster Hunt (捉妖记) is Raman Hui's 2015 Chinese live-action/CG fantasy comedy about Song Tianyin pregnant with the monster king Huba. Costing 3.5亿 RMB after Kai Ko's reshoot, it grossed 24.28亿, briefly China's all-time box-office champion.

Monster Hunt 2

Monster Hunt 2 (捉妖记2) is a 2018 Chinese-Hong Kong fantasy comedy sequel directed by Raman Hui, starring Tony Leung, Bai Baihe, and Jing Boran; it set a Chinese single-day box office record on Lunar New Year 2018 and grossed $361.7 million worldwide.

Monster Trucks (film)

Monster Trucks is a 2017 American live-action and computer-animated family adventure film directed by Chris Wedge, about a teenage mechanic whose pickup is powered by a subterranean creature.

Monster-in-Law

Monster-in-Law is a 2005 American romantic comedy directed by Robert Luketic and starring Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda, whose return to films after a fifteen-year absence it marks.

Monster's Ball

Monster's Ball is a 2001 American drama directed by Marc Forster, starring Billy Bob Thornton and Halle Berry as a racist death-row guard and an executed prisoner's widow; Berry won the 2002 Best Actress Oscar.

Monsters (2010 film)

Monsters (2010 film) is a 2010 British science-fiction film, a debut for Gareth Edwards, where an American photojournalist escorts his boss's daughter through a quarantined zone in Mexico.

Monsters of Man

Monsters of Man is a 2020 sci-fi action film written, directed, shot and self-financed by Mark Toia, in which four weaponized prototype robots test-deployed in the Golden Triangle kill villagers and hunt six American doctors.

Monsters University

Monsters University, also known as Monsters U, is a 2013 Pixar animated comedy film directed by Dan Scanlon, a prequel to Monsters, Inc. following Mike and Sulley in college.

Monsters vs. Aliens

Monsters vs. Aliens is a 2009 American computer-animated comedy from DreamWorks Animation, directed by Rob Letterman and Conrad Vernon, in which government-held monsters defend Earth from an alien invasion.

Monsters, Inc.

Monsters, Inc. (Monsters, Incorporated) is Pixar's 2001 computer-animated film directed by Pete Docter, in which scarers Sulley and Mike Wazowski hide a human child, Boo; it grossed $579.8 million and won the Best Original Song Oscar.

Monsters, Inc. (franchise)

Monsters, Inc. franchise (Monsters, Inc.; Monsters University; Monsters at Work): Disney-Pixar series set in Monstropolis, where scream power gives way to laughter energy, spanning two films, a Disney+ series, and the Monstropolis theme park land opening 2027.

Monsters: Dark Continent

Monsters: Dark Continent (2014), Tom Green's sequel to Gareth Edwards' Monsters, follows US soldiers in the Middle East fighting insurgents and aliens; released 2015 by RADiUS-TWC, it scored 18% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Montage (filmmaking)

Montage (French for assembly) is film editing as a creative art, especially the Soviet 1920s theory of Eisenstein and Kuleshov in which colliding shots generate new meaning, contrasted with invisible Hollywood continuity editing.

Monte Carlo (2011 film)

Monte Carlo is a 2011 American romantic comedy directed by Thomas Bezucha, starring Selena Gomez as a Texas girl mistaken for a British heiress in Monte Carlo.

Monte Walsh

Monte Walsh (1970) is a Western directed by William A. Fraker, starring Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau, and Jack Palance, adapted from Jack Schaefer's 1963 novel about aging cowboys at the end of the open-range era; remade for television in 2003 with Tom Selleck.

Monterey Pop

Monterey Pop (1968) is D. A. Pennebaker's concert documentary of the June 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival, featuring Hendrix, Joplin, Otis Redding, the Who, and Ravi Shankar; the founding rockumentary, later in the National Film Registry.

Montgomery Blencowe

Montgomery Blencowe, known as Monty Blencowe, is a British film producer and scientist based in Los Angeles, an executive producer on action films including The Prince (2014) and Heist (2015) and a researcher at UCLA.

Montreal, My Beautiful

Montreal, My Beautiful (Montréal, ma belle) is a 2025 Canadian queer drama by Xiaodan He starring Joan Chen as Feng Xia, a 53-year-old Chinese immigrant in Montreal who falls for a younger Québécoise woman, Camille (Charlotte Aubin). Premiered at Festival du nouveau cinéma, released February 13, 2026.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) is a British comedy film directed by Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam, parodying King Arthur's quest for the Grail; funded by Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, filmed in Scotland, and later adapted into Spamalot.