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The Map of Tiny Perfect Things

The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021) is an American time-loop teen romance comedy directed by Ian Samuels, written by Lev Grossman from his short story, starring Kathryn Newton and Kyle Allen, streaming on Prime Video since February 12, 2021.

The Map That Leads to You

The Map That Leads to You is a 2025 Prime Video romantic drama directed by Lasse Hallström, adapted from J.P. Monninger's novel, starring Madelyn Cline and KJ Apa as travelers who meet in Europe.

The Marching Band

The Marching Band, also released as My Brother's Band, is a 2024 French comedy-drama by Emmanuel Courcol about reunited brothers, a conductor and an amateur trombone player.

The Marine

The Marine is a 2006 American action film directed by John Bonito, starring wrestler John Cena in his film debut as a Marine rescuing his kidnapped wife.

The Marine (film series)

The Marine is a six-film American action series (2006–2018) from WWE Studios, starting with John Cena as John Triton and continuing direct-to-video with Ted DiBiase and The Miz as Jake Carter.

The Marine 4: Moving Target

The Marine 4: Moving Target (ネバー・サレンダー 肉弾烈戦) is a 2015 WWE Studios direct-to-video action film, fourth in The Marine franchise, starring Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin as Jake Carter protecting whistleblower Olivia Tanis from mercenaries; released April 21, 2015.

The Marine 5: Battleground

The Marine 5: Battleground (2017) is the fifth WWE Studios Marine action film, directed by James Nunn, starring The Miz as EMT Jake Carter fighting a biker gang, with six WWE Superstars including Maryse, Heath Slater, Bo Dallas, Curtis Axel, and Naomi; released direct to DVD and Blu-ray by Sony.

The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro (1920) is a silent adventure film directed by Fred Niblo, starring Douglas Fairbanks as Don Diego Vega/Zorro, adapted from Johnston McCulley's The Curse of Capistrano, released 5 December 1920 by United Artists.

The Marked Woman (2026 film)

The Marked Woman (La desconocida) is a 2026 Spanish Netflix crime thriller directed by Gabe Ibáñez, starring Candela Peña, Ana Rujas, and Pol López, adapted from Rosa Montero and Olivier Truc's 2023 amnesia-and-human-trafficking novel, released June 5, 2026.

The Marksman (2021 film)

The Marksman (2021 film): American action thriller directed by Robert Lorenz, starring Liam Neeson as ex-Marine rancher Jim Hanson escorting migrant boy Miguel (Jacob Perez) from the Arizona border to Chicago; released January 15, 2021, grossed $15.5M US, 38% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Marriage of Maria Braun

The Marriage of Maria Braun (Die Ehe der Maria Braun), Fassbinder's 1979 West German melodrama starring Hanna Schygulla, first of the BRD Trilogy, tracing a woman's postwar rise as an allegory of West Germany's reconstruction.

The Marrying Kind

The Marrying Kind (1952) is a George Cukor comedy-drama, written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, starring Judy Holliday and Aldo Ray as a working-class couple recounting their marriage in divorce-court flashbacks.

The Marsh King's Daughter

The Marsh King's Daughter (2023) is a Neil Burger thriller starring Daisy Ridley and Ben Mendelsohn, adapted from Karen Dionne's 2017 novel about a woman hunting her kidnapper father after his prison escape.

The Marshmallow Experiment

The Marshmallow Experiment is an upcoming coming-of-age sex comedy directed by Richard Goldgewicht, starring Sam McCarthy, Dafne Keen, and Steve Buscemi, shot in Vancouver in 2025.

The Martial Arts Kid

The Martial Arts Kid is a 2015 American family action film directed by Michael Baumgarten, starring Jansen Panettiere, Kathryn Newton, Don Wilson, and Cynthia Rothrock; a bullied Cleveland teen learns martial arts in Cocoa Beach, Florida, funded by a $173,486 Kickstarter.

The Martian (film)

The Martian is a 2015 American science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, in which Matt Damon plays an astronaut stranded on Mars who must survive alone.

The Martini Shot

The Martini Shot (2023) is a Stephen Wallis existential drama starring Matthew Modine as a dying director shooting his final film in Ireland, with John Cleese and Derek Jacobi; also a Kyiv production company and other same-named works.

The Marvels

The Marvels, also known as Captain Marvel 2, is a 2023 Marvel Studios superhero film directed by Nia DaCosta, the 33rd Marvel Cinematic Universe entry and its lowest-grossing film.

The Mask (1994 film)

The Mask (1994) is a New Line Cinema comedy-fantasy directed by Chuck Russell, starring Jim Carrey as Stanley Ipkiss and introducing Cameron Diaz; adapted from a violent Dark Horse comic, it earned Oscar-nominated ILM effects and grossed $351.6 million worldwide.

The Mask of Fu Manchu

The Mask of Fu Manchu is a 1932 MGM pre-Code horror film directed by Charles Brabin, starring Boris Karloff as Sax Rohmer's villain and Myrna Loy as Fah Lo See; notorious for racist stereotypes, profitable in 1932, censored in 1972 and 1992, restored uncut on 2024 Blu-ray.

The Mask of Zorro

The Mask of Zorro is a 1998 American swashbuckler set in 19th-century California, where Antonio Banderas trains a bandit to take up the mask of Zorro.

The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)

The Masque of the Red Death (1964) is Roger Corman's Poe adaptation starring Vincent Price as Prince Prospero, shot in England by Nicolas Roeg, censored in the UK and US, and restored in 4K in 2019.

The Masque of the Red Death (2026 film)

The Masque of the Red Death (2026 film): A24 horror film directed by Charlie Polinger, starring Mikey Madison as twin sisters with Léa Seydoux; also a 50-minute UK film by Nicole Russin-McFarland. Both adapt Poe's 1842 story; the A24 version filmed in Budapest from February 2026.

The Master (2012 film)

The Master is Paul Thomas Anderson's 2012 American drama starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams, loosely inspired by L. Ron Hubbard and early Dianetics; shot on 65mm, it premiered at Venice 2012 and earned three Oscar nominations.

The Master of Disguise

The Master of Disguise is a 2002 American comedy starring Dana Carvey as a waiter who must use his family's gift for disguise to rescue his kidnapped parents.

The Mastermind (film)

The Mastermind (film): 2025 Kelly Reichardt crime drama, also called Mastermind, starring Josh O'Connor as a 1970 Massachusetts art thief; Cannes In Competition premiere, MUBI release, 89% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Match (1999 film)

The Match (1999) is a British sports romantic comedy directed by Mick Davis, starring Max Beesley, Laura Fraser, Richard E. Grant, and Ian Holm, about two Scottish village pubs settling a 100-year-old bet with a football match.

The Match (2026 film)

The Match (El Partido), 2026 documentary by Juan Cabral and Santiago Franco on the 1986 Argentina-England World Cup quarterfinal and Maradona's Hand of God; 91 minutes, Cannes 2026, distinct from the Croatian drama of the same name.

The Matchmaker

The Matchmaker: Thornton Wilder's 1955 Broadway farce about matchmaker Dolly Levi (486 performances), its 1958 Paramount film with Shirley Booth, plus unrelated 1997 Irish and 2010 Israeli films of the same title.

The Mating Game

The Mating Game (1959) is an MGM romantic comedy directed by George Marshall, starring Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall, and Paul Douglas, loosely based on H. E. Bates's novel The Darling Buds of May, about an IRS auditor who falls for a farmer's untaxed daughter.