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The Moffatts

The Moffatts: Canadian band of brothers Scott, Clint, Dave, and Bob Moffatt, formed 1990, country start then teen pop with Chapter I: A New Beginning, final album Submodalities (2000), disbanded 2001, reunited 2017 without Dave; huge following in the Philippines.

The Moldy Peaches

The Moldy Peaches: American anti-folk band of Adam Green and Kimya Dawson, formed in Mount Kisco, New York; 2001 Rough Trade debut, "Anyone Else But You" in Juno (2007), 2022 Origin Story compilation.

The Mole (American TV series)

The Mole (American TV series) is a reality competition adapted from Belgium's De Mol, airing on ABC 2001–2008 with hosts Anderson Cooper, Ahmad Rashad, and Jon Kelley, then revived on Netflix in 2022 with Alex Wagner and 2024 with Ari Shapiro; one secret saboteur undermines the prize pot.

The Mole (American TV series) season 7

The Mole season 7, also called The Mole season 2 on Netflix, is the 2024 Malaysian-set second season of the Netflix revival, hosted by Ari Shapiro, won by Michael O'Brien with $154,000; Sean Patrick Bryan was the Mole.

The Mole People

The Mole People (1956) is a Universal-International black-and-white sci-fi horror film, Virgil Vogel's directorial debut, starring John Agar, about archaeologists finding an underground albino Sumerian colony with mole-man slaves; distinct from Toth's 1993 tunnel-dweller book.

The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (土竜の唄 潜入捜査官 REIJI)

The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (Mogura no uta) is a 2013 Takashi Miike action comedy, with Toma Ikuta as fired cop Reiji infiltrating the Sukiya-kai yakuza; it topped Japan's box office and spawned two sequels.

The Mollusk

The Mollusk (1997) is Ween's sixth studio album on Elektra, a nautical prog-psych concept album recorded in a Jersey Shore beach house; known for Ocean Man, its SpongeBob SquarePants influence, and Storm Thorgerson cover art.

The Moment (2026 film)

The Moment (2026) is an A24 mockumentary directed by Aidan Zamiri, starring Charli XCX as a fictionalized version of herself after Brat summer; premiered at Sundance 2026, released January 30, 2026.

The Monastery of Argeș

The Monastery of Argeș (Mănăstirea Argeșului) is a Romanian folk ballad in which the builder Manole walls his wife Ana alive to complete the monastery at Curtea de Argeș.

The Money Game: LSU

The Money Game: LSU is a 2024 six-part Prime Video docuseries, directed by Drea Cooper and produced by Campfire Studios, Axios Entertainment, and Shaquille O'Neal's Jersey Legends, following LSU athletes Olivia Dunne, Angel Reese, Jayden Daniels, Flau'jae Johnson, Alia Armstrong, and Trace Young through the 2023-24 NIL era.

The Money Pit

The Money Pit is a 1986 American comedy directed by Richard Benjamin, starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long as a couple whose bargain country mansion collapses around them.

The Mongoose (film)

The Mongoose (2026) is a Liam Neeson action thriller, Mark Vanselow's directorial debut, about war hero Ryan 'Fang' Flanagan fleeing a murder accusation in a televised cross-country car chase; released October 30, 2026 by Samuel Goldwyn Films, filmed in Victoria, Australia.

The Monk

The Monk (1796) is Matthew Gregory Lewis's Gothic novel about Ambrosio, a Madrid Capuchin friar whose fall into rape, murder, incest, and damnation scandalized England, drew blasphemy charges and expurgation, and reshaped the Gothic genre.

The Monkees

The Monkees: American pop-rock band (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork) cast in 1965-66 for an NBC sitcom; first "manufactured" band, 1966 debut hit #1, played own instruments from 1967's Headquarters.

The Monkees (album)

The Monkees (album): 1966 debut album by the Monkees, also their eponymous first LP on Colgems. 12 songs, 30 minutes; topped the Billboard 200 for 13 weeks, quintuple platinum, driven by "Last Train to Clarksville"; produced by Boyce and Hart with the Candy Store Prophets.

The Monkees (TV series)

The Monkees (TV series): American NBC sitcom about a struggling rock band, 1966–1968, 58 episodes, created by Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider for Screen Gems; won the 1967 Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Program.

The Monkees discography

The Monkees discography covers the studio albums and singles of the American rock band the Monkees, whose debut topped the Billboard chart for 13 weeks in 1966.

The Monkey

The Monkey: Stephen King short story first published in Gallery (1980), collected in Skeleton Crew (1985), about a cymbal-clapping toy that causes deaths; adapted by Osgood Perkins into a 2025 Neon horror comedy with Theo James.

The Monkey (film)

The Monkey (2025) is Osgood Perkins's horror comedy adapting Stephen King's 1980 short story, released by Neon on February 21, 2025. Theo James plays twin brothers stalked by a wind-up toy monkey whose turned key causes gruesome deaths; produced by James Wan, grossing $39.7 million in the US.

The Monkey King (2023 film)

The Monkey King (2023) is a Netflix animated family comedy directed by Anthony Stacchi, executive produced by Stephen Chow, based on Journey to the West, starring Jimmy O. Yang, released August 18, 2023.

The Monkey King (西游记之大闹天宫) (2014 film)

The Monkey King (西游记之大闹天宫) is a 2014 3D fantasy film directed by Cheang Pou-sooi, starring Donnie Yen, Chow Yun-fat, and Aaron Kwok, adapting the first eight chapters of Journey to the West; it earned 10.53亿 RMB in mainland China and spawned a trilogy.

The Monkey King 2 (西游记之孙悟空三打白骨精)

The Monkey King 2 (西游记之孙悟空三打白骨精) is a 2016 3D fantasy action film directed by Soi Cheang, starring Aaron Kwok, Gong Li, and Feng Shaofeng; it adapts the White Bone Demon episode of Journey to the West, grossed 12.01亿元, and won two Hong Kong Film Awards.

The Monkey King 3 (西游记女儿国)

The Monkey King 3 (西游记女儿国) is Cheang Pou-soi's 2018 Filmko Films fantasy romance comedy, third in his Journey to the West series, starring Aaron Kwok and Zhao Liying.

The Monkey's Paw

The Monkey's Paw is W. W. Jacobs's 1902 horror short story, first published in Harper's Monthly and collected in The Lady of the Barge, about a cursed talisman granting three wishes with fatal consequences.

The Monolith Monsters

The Monolith Monsters (1957) is a Universal-International black-and-white sci-fi horror film directed by John Sherwood, from a story by Jack Arnold, in which meteor fragments grow with water, petrify people by draining silicon, and are stopped by salt water.

The Monster (2016 film)

The Monster (2016) is a horror film written and directed by Bryan Bertino, starring Zoe Kazan and Ella Ballentine as a stranded mother and daughter stalked by a creature; released by A24, 81% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Monster (song)

"The Monster" (2013) by Eminem featuring Rihanna, fourth single from The Marshall Mathers LP 2, began as Bebe Rexha's rejected demo, reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 for four weeks, and won the 2015 Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.

The Monster Ball Tour

The Monster Ball Tour, Lady Gaga's second worldwide concert tour (November 2009 to May 2011), supported The Fame Monster and The Fame in theater and arena versions, closing in Mexico City as the highest-grossing debut-artist tour.

The Monster of Florence (2025 miniseries)

The Monster of Florence (Il Mostro) is a 2025 four-episode Netflix Italian true-crime miniseries created by Leonardo Fasoli and Stefano Sollima about the unsolved Il Mostro di Firenze killings of 1968-1985, focusing on the Sardinian trail suspects.

The Monster Squad

The Monster Squad is a 1987 American horror comedy directed by Fred Dekker and co-written with Shane Black, in which kids battle Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman; a box-office flop that became a cult film.