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The Mortuary Assistant (film)

The Mortuary Assistant (film): 2026 American supernatural horror movie directed by Jeremiah Kipp, adapted from Brian Clarke's 2022 game; stars Willa Holland as possessed mortician Rebecca Owens; released February 13, 2026, Shudder March 27, 2026.

The Mortuary Collection

The Mortuary Collection is a 2019 American horror anthology film written and directed by Ryan Spindell, starring Clancy Brown as mortician Montgomery Dark and Caitlin Custer as Sam, released on Shudder October 15, 2020, with a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score.

The Mosquito Bowl

The Mosquito Bowl was a Christmas Eve 1944 football game between the 4th and 29th Marine Regiments on Guadalcanal, played by 65 former college stars, 15 of whom died at Okinawa; subject of Bissinger's 2022 book and a 2026 Peter Berg Netflix film.

The Mosquito Coast (film)

The Mosquito Coast (1986) is Peter Weir's adventure drama adapted by Paul Schrader from Paul Theroux's 1981 novel, starring Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, and River Phoenix as a family seeking utopia in Central America; released November 26, 1986 by Warner Bros.

The Most Beautiful (一番美しく)

The Most Beautiful (一番美しく, Ichiban utsukushiku) is Akira Kurosawa's 1944 second film, a Toho wartime propaganda drama about female volunteer workers at an optics factory, starring Yoko Yaguchi, whom Kurosawa married the next year.

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (2025 film)

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World: 2025 Indonesian Netflix romantic comedy directed by Robert Ronny, starring Reza Rahadian and Sheila Dara Aisha; a playboy stages a dating show to fulfill his father's will, released February 14, 2025, 122 minutes.

The Most Dangerous Game (1932 film)

The Most Dangerous Game (1932) is an RKO adventure-horror film co-directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and Irving Pichel, adapted from Richard Connell's 1924 short story, starring Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, and Leslie Banks as Count Zaroff, and sharing sets and crew with King Kong.

The Most Distant Course (最遥远的距离)

The Most Distant Course (最遙遠的距離) is a 2007 Taiwanese road film, Lin Jing-jie's feature debut, about three lost Taipei residents converging on the east coast; it won Venice Critics' Week Best Film and Golden Horse Best Sound.

The Most Hated Woman in America

The Most Hated Woman in America is a 2017 Netflix biographical drama directed by Tommy O'Haver, starring Melissa Leo as atheist activist Madalyn Murray O'Hair; it premiered at SXSW and received mixed reviews (RT 40%, Metacritic 41).

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2024 film)

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2024) is the ninth Simpsons Disney+ short: Sideshow Bob (Kelsey Grammer) and Disney villains sing a Halloween parody of the Christmas carol, directed by David Silverman, released October 11, 2024.

The Mother (2023 film)

The Mother (2023) is a Netflix action thriller directed by Niki Caro, starring Jennifer Lopez as an assassin protecting the daughter she gave up; released May 12, 2023, it became Netflix's most-watched film of early 2023 with mixed reviews.

The Mother and the Whore

The Mother and the Whore (La Maman et la putain) is Jean Eustache's 1973 French black-and-white drama, about 217 minutes long, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Bernadette Lafont, and Françoise Lebrun in a post-May 1968 Parisian love triangle; it won the 1973 Cannes Grand Prix Spécial du Jury.

The Mothman Prophecies (film)

The Mothman Prophecies (2002 film), directed by Mark Pellington, starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney; supernatural thriller loosely based on John Keel's 1975 book about the Point Pleasant, West Virginia Mothman sightings, released January 25, 2002 by Screen Gems.

The Motive

The Motive (El autor) is a 2017 Spanish-Mexican dark comedy thriller by Manuel Martín Cuenca, adapted from Javier Cercas's novel El móvil, starring Javier Gutiérrez as a failed writer who manipulates his Seville neighbors; FIPRESCI at TIFF 2017 and two Goyas.

The Motorcycle Diaries (film)

The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta), Walter Salles's 2004 Spanish-language road film with Gael García Bernal and Rodrigo de la Serna, dramatizes Che Guevara's 1952 South American journey; it won the BAFTA for Best Film Not in the English Language and an Oscar for 'Al otro lado del río'.

The Mountain Eagle

The Mountain Eagle (Der Bergadler, aka Fear o' God) is Alfred Hitchcock's lost 1926 silent melodrama, a Gainsborough-Emelka co-production shot in Munich and the Tyrol, released 1926-27 and now his only entirely lost feature.

The Mouse That Roared

The Mouse That Roared: 1959 satirical comedy directed by Jack Arnold, adapted from Leonard Wibberley's 1955 novel, starring Peter Sellers in three roles as tiny Grand Fenwick declares war on the US to lose, accidentally wins, and captures the Q-Bomb.

The Mouse Trap (film)

The Mouse Trap (originally Mickey's Mouse Trap) is a 2024 Canadian comedy horror film directed by Jamie Bailey, written by and starring Simon Phillips, about a masked Mickey Mouse killer at an arcade birthday party, released on VOD August 6, 2024.

The Movie Emperor

The Movie Emperor (红毯先生, formerly Red Carpet) is a 2024 Chinese comedy-drama by Ning Hao starring Andy Lau as a Hong Kong star chasing an award by playing a farmer; premiered at TIFF 2023, released in China February 10, 2024.

The Mule (2018 film)

The Mule is a 2018 American crime film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, about an elderly horticulturist who becomes a drug courier for a Mexican cartel.

The Mummy (1932 film)

The Mummy (1932) is Universal's Karl Freund horror film starring Boris Karloff as revived priest Imhotep, aka Ardath Bey, who hunts the reincarnation of his lost love; inspired by the Tutankhamun curse, it launched the Universal mummy franchise.

The Mummy (1959 film)

The Mummy (1959 film) is Hammer Film Productions' Terence Fisher-directed, Technicolor horror remake starring Christopher Lee as Kharis and Peter Cushing as John Banning, the first film under Hammer's 1958 Universal remake-rights deal, released 25 September 1959 in the UK.

The Mummy (1999 film)

The Mummy (1999 film) is an action-adventure film directed by Stephen Sommers. It stars Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz as explorers who resurrect the cursed high priest Imhotep.

The Mummy (2017 film)

The Mummy is a 2017 American action-adventure horror film directed by Alex Kurtzman and starring Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, and Russell Crowe as Nick Morton battles an awakened Egyptian princess in London.

The Mummy Returns

The Mummy Returns (2001) is Stephen Sommers' sequel to The Mummy, starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo, and Dwayne Johnson as the Scorpion King. It grossed about $433 million worldwide and is followed by the 2027 sequel The Mummy: The Book of the Dead.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), third Mummy film directed by Rob Cohen, starring Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, and Maria Bello; set in China, grossed $403 million, scored 13% on Rotten Tomatoes, and was later retconned by the 2028 sequel.

The Munsters (2022 film)

The Munsters (2022) is a Rob Zombie comedy film for Universal 1440, an origin story of Lily (Sheri Moon Zombie) and Herman's (Jeff Daniel Phillips) courtship, released September 27, 2022 on digital, Blu-ray, DVD, and Netflix.

The Muppet Christmas Carol

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), Brian Henson's directorial debut, is the fourth Muppet film and first after Jim Henson's death, with Michael Caine as Scrooge and Gonzo narrating as Dickens.

The Muppet Movie

The Muppet Movie is a 1979 musical comedy road film, the first theatrical feature starring Jim Henson's Muppets, directed by James Frawley and following Kermit the Frog's journey to Hollywood.

The Muppets (2011 film)

The Muppets (2011) is a Disney musical comedy directed by James Bobin, written by Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller, in which Walter, Gary, and Mary reunite the Muppets for a telethon to save their theater from oilman Tex Richman; it won the Best Original Song Oscar for "Man or Muppet."