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The Mummy (franchise)

The Mummy (franchise), Universal Pictures horror-adventure film series begun in 1932 with Boris Karloff as Imhotep; includes the 1940-1955 Kharis cycle, Hammer's 1959-1971 films, the 1999-2008 Brendan Fraser reboot series, the failed 2017 Dark Universe reboot, and The Mummy: The Book of the Dead (2027).

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

The Munsters is a CBS black-and-white sitcom (September 24, 1964 to September 1, 1966) created by Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, starring Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, and Al Lewis as a friendly monster family at 1313 Mockingbird Lane, rival to The Addams Family.

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 Muppet Show

The Muppet Show (1976–1981) is Jim Henson's syndicated puppet variety show, produced for Lew Grade's ATV in Britain after US networks passed. It reached 235 million weekly viewers worldwide and spawned the Muppet films.

The Muppet Show (2026 TV special)

The Muppet Show (2026) is a 32-minute Disney+ and ABC special reviving the Muppets' variety format for the franchise's 50th anniversary, guest-starring Sabrina Carpenter, directed by Alex Timbers, drawing 7.58 million viewers and winning four Emmys.

The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence

The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence is the second Muppet Show pilot, aired on ABC March 19, 1975; a half-hour adult-skewing parody hosted by Nigel around a Seven Deadly Sins pageant, introducing the Swedish Chef, Statler and Waldorf, Sam the Eagle, and the Electric Mayhem.

The Muppets

The Muppets are Jim Henson's puppet troupe, led by Kermit the Frog, spanning Sesame Street, The Muppet Show (1976-1981, 235 million viewers in 106 countries), and Disney films, now owned by Disney.

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."

The Muppets (TV series)

The Muppets (TV series) is ABC's 2015–2016 mockumentary comedy, co-created by Bill Prady and Bob Kushell, set behind the scenes of "Up Late with Miss Piggy"; 17 episodes, mixed reviews, canceled after one season.

The Muppets Take Manhattan

The Muppets Take Manhattan is a 1984 American musical comedy film directed by Frank Oz. It is the third feature in the Muppet series and spawned the Muppet Babies TV series.

The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey

The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey: unsolved December 1996 killing of six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey in Boulder, Colorado; ransom note, bungled crime scene, DNA evidence, and decades of documentaries and dramas.

The Murderers Are Among Us

The Murderers Are Among Us (Die Mörder sind unter uns) is Wolfgang Staudte's 1946 DEFA drama, the first German postwar feature and first Trümmerfilm, starring Hildegard Knef, about guilt and a war criminal in ruined Berlin.

The Murky Stream (탁류)

The Murky Stream (탁류, Takryu) is a 2025 Disney+ Korean historical action drama, its first original period drama: 9 episodes, Sep 26–Oct 17, 2025, directed by Choo Chang-min, written by Chun Sung-il, starring Rowoon, Shin Ye-eun, Park Seo-ham, set on the Gyeonggang River in lawless Joseon.

The Music Box

The Music Box (1932) is a Laurel and Hardy comedy short directed by James Parrott for Hal Roach, in which the duo haul a player piano up 133 Silver Lake steps; it won the first Oscar for Best Comedy Short Subject.

The Music Lovers

The Music Lovers is Ken Russell's 1971 United Artists biopic of Tchaikovsky, starring Richard Chamberlain and Glenda Jackson, scripted by Melvyn Bragg from Beloved Friend, told through opulent musical sequences covering 1875–1881.

The Music Man (1962 film)

The Music Man (1962) is Warner Bros.' film of Meredith Willson's Broadway musical, directed by Morton DaCosta, starring Robert Preston as con man Harold Hill and Shirley Jones; six Oscar nominations, one win.

The Music Room

The Music Room (Jalsaghar, জলসাঘর) is Satyajit Ray's 1958 Bengali drama, his fourth film, adapted from Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay's story about zamindar Biswambhar Roy's ruinous classical music soirées, with music by Vilayat Khan and Begum Akhtar.

The Musical (2026 film)

The Musical (2026) is an American dark comedy directed by Giselle Bonilla, written by Alexander Heller, starring Will Brill, Gillian Jacobs, and Rob Lowe. A middle school theater teacher stages an inappropriate 9/11 student musical for revenge; Sundance 2026 premiere, September 18, 2026 US release.

The Musketeers

The Musketeers (2014-2016) is a BBC One/BBC America period action drama created by Adrian Hodges, loosely adapting Dumas's 1844 novel: d'Artagnan, Athos, Aramis, and Porthos in 17th-century Paris, 30 episodes over three series.

The Mysteries of Laura

The Mysteries of Laura: NBC comedy-drama police procedural (2014-2016) starring Debra Messing, adapted from the Spanish series Los misterios de Laura; canceled after two seasons and 38 episodes.

The Mysterious Cities of Gold (太陽の子エステバン)

The Mysterious Cities of Gold (太陽の子エステバン, Taiyō no Ko Esteban) is a 1982 Japanese-French animated series by Pierrot and DiC, 39 NHK episodes following Esteban, Zia, and Tao seeking seven golden cities of Mu, later revived through a fourth and final season.

The Mysterious Class (남고괴담)

The Mysterious Class (남고괴담, Namgogoedam) is a 2021 South Korean horror-mystery web drama starring K-pop boy band TREASURE, aired in 8 Friday episodes on YouTube from November 12 to December 31, 2021, about a class of 21 students hunting a ghost posing as a classmate.

The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo

The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (La misteriosa mirada del flamenco) is Diego Céspedes' 2025 Chilean-French feature debut: 1982 desert mining town, queer family blamed for a gaze-spread disease, Cannes Un Certain Regard Grand Prix winner and Chile's 2026 Oscar submission.

The Mystery of Moksha Island

The Mystery of Moksha Island is a 2024 Telugu-language thriller web series on Disney+ Hotstar, directed by Anish Yohan Kuruvilla, starring Ashutosh Rana and Priya Anand; eight 26-minute episodes about heirs lured to a private Nicobar island.

The Mystic Nine (老九门)

The Mystic Nine (老九门) is a 2016 Chinese web drama, prequel to The Lost Tomb by Nanpai Sanshu, about nine Changsha tomb-raiding families; 48 episodes, 168 million yuan budget, first web drama over 10 billion views, sequel Jiumen aired 2026.

The Mystic Nine II (九门)

The Mystic Nine II (九门, Jiu Men) is a 2026 Youku Republican-era adventure drama, sequel to The Mystic Nine (2016), directed by Bai Shan, written by Nanpai Sanshu, starring William Chan, Joseph Zeng, and Chen Yao, set in 1935 Changsha around the 401 unit disappearance and the Tower Beyond Worlds.