| M'esperaràs? | Carles Alberola Ortiz | comedy film | Spain |
| M'Liss | Oscar A. C. Lund | — | — |
| M. and Mme Adelman | Nicolas Bedos | romance film, drama film, comedy film | France |
| M. Butterfly | David Cronenberg | romance film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film, spy film | United States |
| M3GAN | Gerard Johnstone | comedy horror film, horror film, thriller film, science fiction film | United States |
| Ma bonne étoile | Anne Fassio | drama film | France |
| Ma famille t'adore déjà ! | Jérôme Commandeur | comedy film | France, Belgium |
| Ma vie en rose | Alain Berliner | transgender film, drama film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film | France, United Kingdom, Belgium |
| Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me | Harold D. Schuster | — | — |
| Ma'shooghe | Reza Safaei | — | Iran |
| Maa | — | — | India |
| Maalaala Mo Kaya: The Movie | Olivia Lamasan | — | Philippines |
| Maanagaram | Lokesh Kanagaraj | thriller film | India |
| Maaran | Abhishek Jain | crime thriller film, thriller film | India |
| Maaret – tunturien tyttö | Valentin Vaala | — | Finland |
| Maari 2 | Balaji Mohan | action film | India |
| Maasilamani | R. N. R. Manohar | action film | India |
 Macao | Nicholas Ray, Josef von Sternberg | romance film, drama film, film noir | United States |
| Macbeth | Roman Polanski | drama film | United Kingdom, United States, Australia |
| Macbeth | Justin Kurzel | drama film, medieval film, war film, biographical film | France, United Kingdom |
| Maciste on Vacation | Luigi Romano Borgnetto | — | — |
| Maciste Super Man-Trilogy | Carlo Campogalliani | — | — |
| Mack & Rita | Katie Aselton | comedy film | United States |
| Mack the Knife | Menahem Golan | drama film, musical film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Maclovia | Emilio Fernández | — | — |
| Macross: Do You Remember Love? | Noboru Ishiguro, Shōji Kawamori | mecha | Japan |
| Mad Detective | Johnnie To, Wai Ka-fai | comedy film | Hong Kong |
| Mad Fate | Soi Cheang | mystery film, action film, thriller film, crime film | Hong Kong |
| Mad Max: Fury Road | George Miller | post-apocalyptic film, action film, dystopian film, adventure film, science fiction film | United States, Australia |
| Mad Monkey Kung Fu | Lau Kar-leung | martial arts film, comedy film, action film | Hong Kong |
| Mad Sea | Renato Castellani | comedy drama | France, Italy |
| Madagascar | Fernando Pérez | drama film | Cuba |
| Madame Butterfly | Frédéric Mitterrand | drama film, musical film | France, Germany |
 Madame Du Barry | J. Gordon Edwards | — | — |
| Madame Freedom | — | romance film, erotic film | South Korea |
| Madame Wants No Children | Alexander Korda | — | — |
 Madame X | David Lowell Rich | drama film | United States |
 Madame X | Lionel Barrymore | — | — |
| Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn | Masayuki Kojima | mystery film, fantasy film, adventure film | Japan |
| Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight | Masayuki Kojima | mystery film, fantasy film, adventure film | Japan |
| Made in Britain | Alan John Clarke | coming-of-age film, teen film, drama film, crime film | United Kingdom |
| Madea's Destination Wedding | Tyler Perry | comedy film | United States |
| Madea's Family Reunion | Tyler Perry | romance film, comedy drama | United States |
| Madea's Witness Protection | Eugene Levy | comedy film | United States |
| Mademoiselle | Tony Richardson | romance film, drama film | France, United Kingdom |
 Mademoiselle Fifi | Robert Wise | drama film, war film | United States |
 Mademoiselle Midnight | Robert Z. Leonard | — | — |
| Mademoiselle Pas-Chic | Gennaro Righelli | — | — |
| Madhouse | Jim Clark | mystery film, horror film, slasher film, crime film | United Kingdom, United States |
 Madicken på Junibacken | Göran Graffman | family film, children's film, comedy drama | Sweden |
| Madison Avenue | H. Bruce Humberstone | romance film | United States |
| Madness of the Heart | Charles Bennett | — | — |
| Madrigal | Fernando Pérez | drama film | Cuba |
| Maelstrom | Denis Villeneuve | drama film | Canada |
| Maestro | Léa Fazer | comedy drama | France |
| Maestro | Manfred Vainokivi | documentary film | Estonia |
| Mafia Docks | Andrea Marfori | drama film, crime film | Italy |
| Magadheera | S. S. Rajamouli | romance film, fantasy film, action film, melodrama, musical film | India |
| Magalir Mattum | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao | comedy film | India |
| Maggie | Henry Hobson | drama film, post-apocalyptic film, horror film, dystopian film, zombie film | United States |
| Magic Eye | Kujtim Çashku | drama film | Albania |
| Magic grain | Fyodor Filippov | — | — |
| Magic Lizard | Sompote Sands | comedy film | Thailand |
| Magic Matterhorn | Anka Schmid | documentary film | Switzerland |
| Magic Mike XXL | Gregory Jacobs | drama film, comedy film, sexploitation film, comedy drama | United States |
| Magic Silver | Roar Uthaug, Katarina Launing | children's film, Christmas film | Norway |
| Magic Tree House | Hiroshi Nishikiori | fantasy film, children's film | Japan |
| Magnificent Butcher | Sammo Hung, Yuen Woo-ping | martial arts film, action film | Hong Kong |
| Magnificent Wanderers | Chang Cheh | — | Hong Kong |
| Magnolia | Paul Thomas Anderson | drama film | United States |
| Magnum Force | Ted Post | action film, crime thriller film | United States |
| Mahabharat | Kamaleshwar Mukherjee | — | India |
| Mahakavi Kshetrayya | Adurthi Subba Rao, C. S. Rao | biographical film | India |
| Mahallada duv-duv gap | Shuhrat Abbosov | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Mai Ratima | Yoo Ji-tae | romance film, drama film | South Korea |
| Maid Happy | Mansfield Markham | musical film | United Kingdom |
| Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre | Jean Delannoy | thriller film, crime film | France, Italy |
| Maigret in Society | Pascal Bonitzer | police film, crime film | France, Belgium |
| Maija löytää sävelen | Matti Kassila | romantic comedy | Finland |
| Mailman Mueller | John Reinhardt | — | — |
| Maine Pyar Kiya | Sooraj R. Barjatya | romance film, teen film | India |
| Maixabel | Icíar Bollaín | drama film | Spain |
| Majeraye Parvin | Mehdi Besharatian | — | Iran |
| Majnu | Virinchi Varma | — | India |
| Major | — | drama film, action film, biographical film | India |
| Major Payne | Nick Castle | action comedy film | United States |
| Mak P 100 | Antonio Bido | romance film | Italy |
| Makar Nechay | — | — | Soviet Union |
| Makar-sledopyt | — | adventure film | Soviet Union |
| Makarov | Vladimir Khotinenko | drama film, thriller film | Russia |
| Make a Wish | Kurt Neumann | comedy film, musical film | United States |
| Make Believe Ballroom | Joseph Santley | — | — |
| Make Mine Mink | Robert Asher | comedy film | United Kingdom |
 Make Your Own Damn Movie! | Lloyd Kaufman | documentary film | United States |
| Maker of Men | Edward Sedgwick | American football film, drama film | United States |
| Making Up! | Katja von Garnier | comedy film | Germany |
| Maksimka | Vladimir Braun | — | — |
| Malam Jumat the Movie | Hadrah Daeng Ratu | horror film, thriller film | Indonesia |
| Malambo | Milan Dor | drama film | Austria |
| Male Sorority Director | Zhang Huizhong | comedy drama | People's Republic of China |
| Maleficent | Robert Stromberg | romance film, teen film, drama film, family film, fantasy film, action film, cinematic fairy tale, romantic drama, adventure film, dark fantasy | United States |
| Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Joachim Rønning | drama film, family film, fantasy film, action film, melodrama, cinematic fairy tale, adventure film | United States |
| Malice in Wonderland | Simon Fellows | fantasy film, crime film | United Kingdom |
| Malignant | James Wan | horror film, thriller film | United States |
| Mall Girls | Katarzyna Rosłaniec | drama film | Poland |
| Malls R Us | Helene Klodawsky | documentary film | France, Canada |
 Malombra | Mario Soldati | — | — |
| Malou's Christmas | Claus Bjerre | family film, Christmas film | Denmark |
| Malyavkin and company | Yury Kuzmenko | comedy film, children's film | Soviet Union |
| Mama Don't Cry | Maksim Pezhemsky | mystery film, comedy film, crime film | Russia |
| Mama Drama | Seyi Babatope | drama film | Nigeria |
| Mama Loves Papa | Norman Z. McLeod | — | — |
| Mamacruz | Patricia Ortega | comedy drama | Spain, Venezuela |
| Mame | Gene Saks | musical film | United States |
| Man About Town | Mark Sandrich | romantic comedy film, musical film | United States |
| Man and a Junior | Tiina Lymi | drama film, comedy film | Finland |
 Man and Wife | Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Mario Monicelli | comedy film, anthology film | Italy |
| Man Follows the Sun | Mikhail Kalik | children's film | Soviet Union |
| Man Friday | Jack Gold | drama film, adventure film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Man ham gerye kardam | Samuel Khachikian | romance film, drama film | Iran |
| Man in Outer Space | Oldřich Lipský | comedy film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy | Czechoslovakia |
| Man in the River | Eugen York | drama film, crime film | Germany |
 Man of a Thousand Faces | Joseph Pevney | drama film, biographical film | United States |
| Man of Aran | Robert J. Flaherty | documentary film | United Kingdom |
| Man of Conquest | George Nicholls, Jr. | romance film, Western film, biographical film | United States |
| Man of God | Reza Safaei | — | Iran |
| Man of Iron | Hsueh-Li Pao, Chang Cheh | martial arts film, drama film, action film | British Hong Kong |
| Man of Iron | Andrzej Wajda | drama film, historical film | Poland |
| Man of the East | Enzo Barboni | comedy film, Spaghetti Western | France, Yugoslavia, Italy |
 Man of the Forest | Henry Hathaway | — | — |
| Man of the House | Stephen Herek | comedy film, action film, crime film | United States |
 Man of the West | Anthony Mann | Western film | United States |
| Man on a Ledge | Asger Leth | drama film, action film, crime thriller film, heist film, crime film | United States |
| Man Who Causes a Storm | Umetsugu Inoue | — | — |
 Man with a Movie Camera | Dziga Vertov | — | — |
| Man with an Accordion | Nikolay Dostal | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Man Without a Name | Gustav Ucicky | drama film | Germany |
 Man Without a Star | King Vidor | Western film | United States |
 Man-Proof | Richard Thorpe | romantic comedy | United States |
 Management | Stephen Belber | romantic comedy film, drama film | United States |
| Manaivikku Mariyadhai | V. C. Guhanathan | comedy drama | India |
| Manal Kayiru | Visu | comedy drama | India |
| Manal Kayiru 2 | — | comedy film | India |
| Manam | Vikram Kumar | family film, comedy film | India |
| Manasantha Nuvve | V. N. Aditya | romance film | India |
| Manasuku Nachindi | Manjula Ghattamaneni | — | India |
| Manborg | Steven Kostanski | science fiction film | Canada |
 Manchester by the Sea | Kenneth Lonergan | drama film | United States |
| Manchu Boxer | Wu Ma | action film | Hong Kong |
| Mandalay | Michael Curtiz | drama film | United States |
| Manderlay | Lars von Trier | art film, drama film | France, United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands |
| Mandrake the Magician | Norman Deming, Sam Nelson | fantasy film | United States |
| Mandroid | Jack Ersgard | action film, science fiction film | United States |
| Mangamma | T. V. Chandran | — | India |
 Mange ta soupe | Mathieu Amalric | comedy drama | France |
 Manhattan Cocktail | Dorothy Arzner | — | — |
| Manhattan Heartbeat | David Burton | drama film | United States |
 Manhattan Melodrama | W. S. Van Dyke | — | — |
| Manifesto | Julian Rosefeldt | drama film, anthology film | Germany, Australia |
| Manjal Mahimai | Adurthi Subba Rao | drama film | India |
| Manmarziyaan | Anurag Kashyap | romance film | India |
| Mannenharten 2 | Mark de Cloe | romantic comedy | Netherlands |
| Mano rubata | Alberto Lattuada | — | France, Italy |
 Manodrome | John Trengove | drama film, thriller film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Manpower | Raoul Walsh | drama film, crime film | United States |
| Mansion of the Living Dead | Jesús Franco | horror film, sexploitation film, zombie film | Spain |
| Manson Family Movies | John Aes-Nihil | horror film, found footage film | United States |
| Manthiri Kumari | Ellis R. Dungan | drama film | India |
| Manuela's Loves | Geneviève Lefebvre | romance film, drama film, female buddy film | France |
| Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms | Mari Okada | war film | Japan |
| Mara West | — | — | — |
| Marco, the Invented Truth | Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi | drama film, thriller film, biographical film | Spain |
| Mard-e hezar labkhand | Siamak Yasemi | — | Iran |
| Mard-e-rouz | Musa Afshar | drama film | Iran |
| Mardaani 2 | — | crime film | India |
| Marenco | Nils R. Müller | drama film | Norway |
 Margaret of Cortona | Mario Bonnard | drama film | Italy |
| Margot at the Wedding | Noah Baumbach | drama film, comedy film | United States |
| Maria Ilona | Géza von Bolváry | drama film | Germany |
 Maria Rosa | Cecil B. DeMille | — | — |
| Maria Solinha | Ignacio Vilar | drama film | Spain |
 Maria Theresia | Robert Dornhelm | drama television series, historical television series, biographical film | Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria |
| Maria Wern – Ett tidigare Liv | — | thriller film, crime film | Sweden |
| Maria Wern – Plats 89 | — | thriller film, crime film | Sweden |
| Maria Wern – Vinna eller försvinna | — | thriller film, crime film | Sweden |
| Maria, Mirabela | Natalia Bodiul, Ion Popescu-Gopo | fantasy film, comedy film, children's film, live-action/animated film, musical film | Soviet Union, Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, Romania, Socialist Republic of Romania |
| Mariage mixte | Alexandre Arcady | comedy film | France |
| Marianne | Egil Holmsen | — | Sweden |
| Marie Antoinette | Sofia Coppola | drama film, biographical film | France, Japan, United States |
| Marie from the Bay of Angels | Manuel Pradal | drama film | France |
| Marie-Francine | Valérie Lemercier | comedy film | France |
| Marigolds in Flower | Sergey Snezhkin | drama film | Russia |
| Marina | Stijn Coninx | biographical film, musical film | Belgium, Netherlands |
| Marina | Alekos Sakellarios | musical film | Greece |
| Mariska: Desires of Submission | Hervé Bodilis | romance film, pornographic film | France |
| Marjaavaan | Milap Zaveri | pornographic film | India |
 Marked Woman | Michael Curtiz, Lloyd Bacon | drama film, crime film | United States |
| Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts | Mouly Surya | drama film | Indonesia |
| Marma Veeran | T. R. Raghunath | — | — |
| Marriage | Khesya Lokshina | — | — |
| Marriage in Transit | Roy William Neill | — | — |
| Married Bachelor | Vladimir Rogovoy | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Married Flirts | Robert G. Vignola | — | — |
| Married Love | Alexander Butler | — | — |
| Married to It | Arthur Hiller | drama film, comedy film | United States |
| Married Woman Jump! | Daisuke Yamanouchi | pink film | Japan |
| Married Woman's Wetland Disturbed by the Tip of the Tongue | — | pink film | Japan |
| Marrowbone | Sergio G. Sánchez | drama film, horror film, thriller film | Spain |
| Marry a Stranger | — | romance film, drama film | United States |
| Marry Me | Kat Coiro | drama film, musical film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Marry Me Again | Frank Tashlin | comedy film | United States |
| Marrying the Mafia | Jeong Yong-gi | — | South Korea |
| Mars | Pavel Klushantsev | speculative fiction film, popular science film, science fiction film | Soviet Union |
| Mars Met Venus (Part Cewe) | Hadrah Daeng Ratu | drama film, comedy film | Indonesia |
| Mars Met Venus (Part Cowo) | Hadrah Daeng Ratu | romance film | Indonesia |
| Marshal's childhood | Nicolai Lebedev | — | — |
| Martha Marcy May Marlene | Sean Durkin | mystery film, drama film, thriller film | United States |
| Martha's Vindication | Chester M. Franklin | — | — |
| Martian Child | Menno Meyjes | drama film, comedy film | United States |
| Martian Land | Scott Wheeler | action film, LGBTQ-related film, science fiction film | United States |
| Martin Andersen Nexøs sidste rejse | Jørgen Roos | documentary film | Denmark |
| Martin in the Clouds | Branko Bauer | comedy film | Yugoslavia |
| Martin's Day | Alan Gibson | drama film, road movie | Canada |
| Marupakkam | K. S. Sethumadhavan | drama film | India |
| Marupuram | Viji Thampi | — | India |
| Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors | Eric Radomski, Alfred Gimeno | action film, speculative fiction film, pop music, animated film with LGBT character(s) | United States |
| Mary Jane's Pa | William P.S. Earle | — | — |
 Mary of Scotland | John Ford | drama film, biographical film | United States |
| Mary Poppins | Robert Stevenson | family film, fantasy film, comedy film, live-action/animated film, musical film | United States |
| María de mi corazón | Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | drama film, comedy film | Mexico |
| María Luisa Bemberg: El eco de mi voz | Alejandro Maci | documentary film | Argentina |
| Masaan | Neeraj Ghaywan | romance film, drama film | France, India |
| Mascotte | Leo Lasko | — | — |
| Masha and the beasts | Mikhail Yuzovsky | cinematic fairy tale, children's film | Russia |
| Masha and the Sea | Oleksandr Daruha | melodrama, detective film | Russia, Ukraine |
| Masikip sa Dibdib | Joyce Bernal | — | Philippines |
| Mask of the Avenger | Phil Karlson | — | — |
| Masked and Anonymous | Larry Charles | drama film, musical film | United Kingdom, United States |
 Maskerade | Willi Forst | — | — |
| Masood Saida and Saadan | Brahim Chkiri | comedy film, action comedy film, adventure film | Morocco |
 Maspalomas | Jose Mari Goenaga, Aitor Arregi | drama film, LGBTQ-related film | Spain |
| Masque of the Red Death | Larry Brand | horror film | United States |
| Masquerade | Bob Swaim | mystery film | United States |
 Masquerade | Sergei Gerasimov | drama film, historical film | Soviet Union |
| Mass | Raghava Lawrence | action film | India |
| Mass Effect: Paragon Lost | Atsushi Takeuchi | action film, science fiction film | Japan, United States |
| Massacre In Nanjing | Luo Guanqun | drama film, historical film | People's Republic of China |
| Mast Challay Aamcha | — | — | — |
| Master and Man | John Harlow | — | — |
| Master Jefferson Green | Dell Henderson | — | — |
 Master of the Daily Life | Aleksandr Ptushko | — | — |
| Master of the World | William Witney | science fiction film | United States |
| Mat Kilau: The Rise of a Warrior | Syamsul Yusof | historical film, action film, biographical film | Malaysia |
 Mata Hari | George Fitzmaurice | — | — |
| Matagari tenshi: Hoteri no tôgenkyô | Tetsuya Takehora | pink film | Japan |
| Mater dolorosa | Mario Caserini | — | — |
| Matrimonio alle Bahamas | Claudio Risi | comedy film | Italy |
| Matros soshyol na bereg | Lev Danilov, Grigori Aronov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Matters of the Heart | Christina Rosendahl | drama film | Denmark |
| Matti: Hell is for Heroes | Aleksi Mäkelä | biographical sports film, drama film | Finland |
| Maurice | James Ivory | drama film, historical film, LGBTQ-related film | United Kingdom, Australia |
| Maverick | Richard Donner | comedy film, Western film | United States |
 Mavka: The Forest Song | Oleh Malamuzh, Oleksandra Ruban, Yevheniy Yermak | family film, fantasy film, comedy film, speculative fiction film, adventure film, musical film | Ukraine |
| Mawaali | Kovelamudi Bapayya | — | India |
| Max | Menno Meyjes | drama film | United Kingdom, Canada, Hungary |
| Max Dugan Returns | Herbert Ross | drama film, comedy drama | United States |
| Max Keeble's Big Move | Tim Hill | comedy film, crime film | United States |
| Max Should Wear Braces | Max Linder | — | — |
| Max Steel: Countdown | Sean Sullivan | action film | United States |
| Max the Magician | Max Linder | — | — |
| Max the Pickpocket | Imo Moszkowicz | comedy film | Germany |
| Max, professeur de tango | Max Linder | — | — |
| May I Speak with the Enemy? | Alexis Morante | comedy drama | Spain, Portugal |
| Maya | Ashwin Saravanan, Md. Hafizur Rahman | horror film | India |
| Maya Stoneface | Lars Berg | family film | Norway |
| Mayar Badhon | Swapan Saha | — | India |
| Maybe Baby | Ben Elton, Hugh Laurie | comedy drama, romantic comedy | United Kingdom |
| Mayuri | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao | biographical film, musical film | India |
| Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials | Wes Ball | mystery film, drama film, post-apocalyptic film, fantasy film, action film, dystopian film | United States |
| Mazinger Z vs. The Great General of Darkness | Nobutaka Nishizawa | mecha, science fiction film | Japan |
| Mağlup Edilemeyenler | Atıf Yılmaz | adventure film | Turkey |
| McCabe & Mrs. Miller | Robert Altman | drama film, Western film | United States |
| McQ | John Sturges | drama film, action film, crime film | United States |
| Me and My Pal | Thomas Bentley | — | — |
| Me and You and Everyone We Know | Miranda July | comedy drama, romantic comedy | United Kingdom, United States |
| Me Tira da Mira | — | — | Brazil |
| Me Too | Aleksei Balabanov | Fantastic Realism, cinematic fairy tale, pritcha, road movie | Russia |
| Me Without You | Sandra Goldbacher | coming-of-age film, drama film, comedy film, female buddy film | United Kingdom |
| Me, Natalie | Fred Coe | coming-of-age film, drama film, comedy drama | United States |
| Mean Girls | Mark Waters | teen film, romantic comedy film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film | United States |
| Mean Girls 2 | Melanie Mayron | comedy television program | United States |
| Meanders | Mircea Saucan | psychological novel | Romania |
| Mecca I'm Coming | Jeihan Angga | comedy drama | Indonesia |
| Mechenyi atom | Igor Gostev | spy film | Soviet Union |
| Mediterraneo | Gabriele Salvatores | drama film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film, war film | Italy |
| Medium | Jacek Koprowicz | horror film | Poland |
| Mees Kees op de planken | Barbara Bredero | children's film | Netherlands |
| Meet Baluyev! | Viktor Komissarzhevsky | drama film | Soviet Union |
 Meet Joe Black | Martin Brest | romance film, drama film, fantasy film | United States |
| Meet Miss Bobby Socks | Glenn Tryon | — | — |
| Meet the Parents | Jay Roach | romantic comedy film, comedy film | United States |
| Meeting Evil | Chris Fisher | mystery film, drama film, thriller film, psychological thriller, crime film | United States |
| Meeting of Classmates | Valentyn Shpakov | comedy film | Ukraine |
| Meeting with the past | Siko Dolidze | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Mefie-toi de l'eau qui dort | Jacques Deschamps | drama film, comedy drama | France |
| Mega Mindy Versus ROX | Matthias Temmermans | family film | Belgium |
| Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | Brian Trenchard-Smith | mystery film, thriller film | United States |
| Mehandi Circus | — | action film | India |
| Mehdi in Black and Hot Mini Pants | Nezam Fatemi | drama film, comedy film | Iran |
| Meidän poikamme ilmassa - me maassa | Erkki Karu | propaganda film | Finland |
| Mein Fleisch und Blut | Michael Ramsauer | thriller film | Austria |
| Melba | Lewis Milestone | — | — |
| Melchior The Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter | Elmo Nüganen | historical film, thriller film, crime film | Estonia |
| Melikşah | Esmail Koushan | historical film | Turkey, Iran |
| Melodies of America | Eduardo Morera | — | — |
| Melody | Ward Kimball, Charles August Nichols | musical film | United States |
| Melody in May | Ben Holmes | — | — |
| Melody of the Heart | Hanns Schwarz | — | — |
| Melody Ranch | Joseph Santley | Western film | United States |
| Melting Heart Cake | Benoît Chieux | children's film | France |
| Melting Millions | Otis Turner | — | — |
| Melvin and Howard | Jonathan Demme | drama film, comedy film | United States |
| Memories of Me | Henry Winkler | comedy film, comedy drama | United States |
| Memphis Cathouse Blues | — | pornographic film | United States |
| Men | Edmond Keosayan | opera, comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Men Behind the Sun | Mou Tun-fei | exploitation film, horror film | People's Republic of China |
| Men Can't Be Raped | Jörn Donner | drama film | Finland, Sweden |
| Men Don't Leave | Paul Brickman | coming-of-age film, comedy drama | United States |
 Men in Black II | Barry Sonnenfeld | comedy film, action film, science fiction film, buddy cop film | United States |
| Men in Her Life | William Beaudine | drama film | United States |
 Men Never Come Back | Othman Naciri | drama film, thriller film | Morocco |
| Men of Two Worlds | Thorold Dickinson | — | — |
| Men vs. Women | Fausto Brizzi | comedy film | Italy |
 Men Who Have Made Love to Me | Arthur Berthelet | — | — |
| Men Without Names | Ralph Murphy | crime film | United States |
| Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis | Rosa von Praunheim | LGBTQ-related film, documentary film | Germany |
| Men, Women & Children | Jason Reitman | drama film, comedy film | United States |
| Menage all'italiana | Franco Indovina | comedy film | Italy |
| Mendadak Kaya | Anggy Umbara | comedy film | Indonesia |
| Meno male che ci sei | Luis Prieto | drama film | Italy |
| Mensaje en una botella | Gabriel Nesci | comedy drama | Argentina |
| Menschen im Hotel | Gottfried Reinhardt | drama film | France, Germany |
| Menunggu Bunda | Richard Oh | drama film | Indonesia |
 Menzogna | Ubaldo Maria Del Colle | drama film | Italy |
| Merah Itu Cinta | Rako Prijanto | drama film | Indonesia |
| Mercato | Tristan Séguéla | sport film, comedy drama | France |
| Merci Patron ! | François Ruffin | documentary film | France |
| Mercy | Timur Bekmambetov | thriller film, science fiction film | United States |
| Mere Dad Ki Maruti | Ashima Chibber | comedy film | India |
| Merely Mary Ann | John G. Adolfi | — | — |
| Merrily We Live | Norman Z. McLeod | melodrama, romantic comedy | United States |
| Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons | Toka McBaror | drama film, comedy film, action film, comedy drama | Nigeria |
| Merry Riana: Mimpi Sejuta Dolar | — | drama film, comedy drama | Indonesia |
| Mersal | Atlee | action film | India |
| Messalina | Joe D'Amato | drama film, historical film, pornographic film | Italy |
| Messalina, Imperial Orgasm | Joe D'Amato | pornographic film, erotic film | Italy |
| Messi | Álex de la Iglesia | sport film, association football film, biographical film, documentary film | Spain |
| Metal: A Headbanger's Journey | Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen | music documentary film | Canada |
| Metamorphoses | — | monster film, fantasy anime and manga, fantasy film, musical film | Japan, United States |
| Metamorphosis | George Eastman | horror film | United States, Italy |
| Meteo | András Mész | drama film | Hungary |
| Metro | Thomas Carter | drama film, action film, heist film, buddy cop film | United States |
| Metroland | Philip Saville | comedy drama | France, United Kingdom |
| Metropia | Tarik Saleh | mystery film, drama film, thriller, animated film, dystopian film, drama fiction, thriller film, speculative fiction film, science fiction film | Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark |
| Metropolitan Andrey | Oles Yanchuk | biographical film | Ukraine |
| Mexicali Rose | George Sherman | — | — |
| Mexican Diplomats | Levon Kalantar, Amasi Martirosyan | — | Soviet Union |
 Mexican Spitfire | Leslie Goodwins | — | — |
| Mexican Spitfire Out West | Leslie Goodwins | comedy film | United States |
 Meyer from Berlin | Ernst Lubitsch | — | — |
| Mia and the White Lion | Gilles de Maistre | drama film, family film, adventure film | France, Germany, South Africa |
 Miami Vice | — | drama film, action film, buddy cop film, crime film | United States |
| Micchaku mankai: asoko de kutsurogu | — | pink film | Japan |
| Michael | Antoine Fuqua | drama film, biographical film, musical film | United States |
| Michael | Carl Theodor Dreyer | — | — |
 Michael Kohlhaas | Arnaud des Pallières | drama film, historical film, political film | France, Germany |
| Michael O'Halloran | Karl Brown | drama film | United States |
| Miche | Jean de Marguenat | drama film | France |
| Michurin | Oleksandr Dovzhenko | drama film, biographical film | Soviet Union |
| Mickey's House of Villains | Jamie Mitchell, Rick Schneider, Tony Craig | crossover fiction | United States |
| Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse | Tony Craig | family film, crossover fiction, Christmas film | United States |
| Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas | Jun Falkenstein, Toby Shelton, Alex Mann, Alex Mann, Bradley Raymond | Christmas film | United States |
 Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers | Donovan Cook | fantasy film, comedy film, musical play, adventure film, musical film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Mickybo and Me | Terry Loane | drama film, comedy drama | United Kingdom |
| Microbe & Gasoline | Michel Gondry | comedy film, buddy film | France |
| Midnight in Paris | Woody Allen | magic realist film, time-travel film, romantic comedy film, fantasy film, science fiction film | Spain, United States |
| Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Clint Eastwood | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, neo-noir, Christmas film, crime film | United States |
| Midnight Killer | Lamberto Bava | thriller film | Italy |
| Midnight Madness | Michael Nankin | teen film, comedy film, treasure hunt film | United States |
| Midnight Madonna | James Flood | drama film | United States |
| Midnight Mystery | George B. Seitz | — | — |
| Midnight's Children | Deepa Mehta | drama film | United Kingdom |
 Midshipman Easy | Carol Reed | — | — |
| Midsummer Night Dance | Pupi Avati | comedy film | Italy |
| Midvinterduell | Lars Molin | drama film | Sweden |
| Midwinter Night's Dream | Goran Paskaljević | drama film | Monaco, Spain, Serbia and Montenegro |
| Mighty Lak a Goat | Bert Glazer | comedy film | United States |
| Migrants | Valeriy Priyomykhov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Mijn Franse tante Gazeuse | Joram Lürsen, Ben Sombogaart | drama film, children's film | Netherlands |
| Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates | Jake Szymanski | romance film, comedy film, adventure film | United States |
| Mike Bassett: England Manager | Steve Barron | association football film | United Kingdom |
| Mikey | Dennis Dimster | horror film, thriller film | United States |
| Mikhaylo Lomonosov | Aleksandr Ivanov | — | — |
| Miklukho-Maklai | Aleksandr Razumny | — | — |
| Mil Cretins | Ventura Pons | comedy film | Spain |
| Mile End Kicks | Chandler Levack | romantic comedy film | Canada |
| Mile-a-Minute Kendall | William Desmond Taylor | — | — |
| Miles of Fire | Samson Samsonov | — | — |
| MILF | Scott Wheeler | comedy film, sex comedy | United States |
 Mille chilometri al minuto | Mario Mattoli | comedy film | Italy |
 Million Dollar Mermaid | Mervyn LeRoy | aqua-musical, drama film, biographical film | United States |
| Million Dollar Mystery | Richard Fleischer | treasure hunt film | United States |
| Million Dollar Ransom | Murray Roth | drama film | United States |
| Millionaires Express | Sammo Hung | martial arts film, comedy film, action film | Hong Kong |
| Millions | Carlo Vanzina | drama film | Italy |
| Milly & Mamet | Ernest Prakasa | romance film, drama film, comedy film | Indonesia |
| Mima | Philomène Esposito | drama film | France |
| Mimic | Guillermo del Toro | science fiction horror film, monster film, horror film, thriller film, science fiction film | United States |
| Min kones ferie | John Hilbard | romance film, comedy film | Denmark |
 Mince alors! | Charlotte de Turckheim | comedy film | France |
| Mindwarp | Steve Barnett | post-apocalyptic film, horror film, science fiction film | United States |
| Mine Own Executioner | Anthony Kimmins | — | — |
| Minecraft: The Story of Mojang | Paul Owens | documentary film | United States |
| Mini-Moni the Movie: Okashi na Daibōken! | Shinji Higuchi | children's film | Japan |
| Minions & Monsters | Pierre Coffin | monster film, comedy film | United States |
 Ministry of Fear | Fritz Lang | film noir, spy film | United States |
| Minä ja mieheni morsian | Valentin Vaala | romantic comedy | Finland |
| Miracle | Gavin O'Connor | ice hockey film, drama film, biographical film | United States |
| Miracle in Cell No. 7 | Lee Hwan-kyung | drama film, comedy film, trial film, prison film | South Korea |
| Miracle in Memphis: Elvis Gratton 2 | Pierre Falardeau | comedy film | Canada |
| Miracle in Soho | Julian Amyes | — | — |
| Miracle in the Land of Oblivion | Natalya Motuzko | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Miroir | Raymond Lamy | drama film, crime film | France |
| Miroslava | Alejandro Pelayo | biographical film | Mexico |
| Mirror for a Hero | Vladimir Khotinenko | drama film, fantasy film, science fiction film | Soviet Union |
| Mirrors | Alexandre Aja | splatter film | Germany, Romania, United States |
| Miscreants | Rob Zicari | fantasy film, pornographic film, crime film | United States |
 Miserable at Middle Age | Sang Hu | — | People's Republic of China |
 Miss Ambition | Henry Houry | — | — |
| Miss and Mrs. Sweden | Göran Gentele | comedy film | Sweden |
| Miss Call | Ravi Kinagi | — | India |
| Miss Innocence | Harry F. Millarde | — | — |
| Miss Marx | Susanna Nicchiarelli | drama film, biographical film | Belgium, Italy |
| Miss Pinkerton | Lloyd Bacon | mystery film, comedy film, crime film | United States |
| Miss Susie Slagle's | John Berry | drama film | United States |
| Miss You like Crazy | Cathy Garcia-Sampana | romance film | Philippines |
| Missing in Action 2: The Beginning | Lance Hool | action film, war film | United States |
| Mission Pays Basque | Ludovic Bernard | comedy film | France |
| Mission Possible | — | comedy film, action film | South Korea |
| Mission: Impossible | Brian De Palma | action film, spy film, thriller film, heist film | United Kingdom, Czech Republic, United States |
| Mission: Impossible III | J. J. Abrams | action film, spy film, thriller film, adventure film | United States |
 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | Christopher McQuarrie | action film, spy film | United States |
 Mississippi | Wesley Ruggles, A. Edward Sutherland | musical film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Mississippi Rhythm | Derwin Abrahams | — | — |
| Mister 880 | Edmund Goulding | comedy film, crime film | United States |
| Mister Cory | Blake Edwards | drama film | United States |
| Mister Iks | Yuly Khmelnitsky | — | — |
| Mister Quilp | Michael Tuchner | musical film | United Kingdom |
| Mister Scarface | Fernando Di Leo | poliziotteschi | Germany, Italy |
| Mister Ten Per Cent | Peter Graham Scott | comedy film | United Kingdom |
| Mister Twister at the Pitch | Aniëlle Webster | — | Netherlands |
 Misunderstood | Luigi Comencini | drama film | Italy |
| Mitchaku shidô: Oshieteageru | — | pink film | Japan |
| Mithunam | Priyadarshan | comedy drama | India |
| Mitran Da Naa Chalda | Pankaj Batra | — | India |
| Mitrudu | A. Mahadev | — | India |
| Mixed Up | Charlie Chaplin | — | — |
| Moabite Notebook | Leonid Kvinikhidze | drama film, war film, biographical film | Soviet Union |
| Moana | Chris Williams, Don Hall, John Musker, Ron Clements | comedy film, action film, adventure film, musical film, comedy drama | United States |
 Moana | Robert J. Flaherty | — | — |
 Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack | Yoshiyuki Tomino | mecha, military science fiction | Japan |
 Moby Dick | Lloyd Bacon | drama film | United States |
| Mocro Maffia: Taxi | Nasrdin Dchar | crime film | Netherlands |
| Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1 | Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Yoshiyuki Momose, Akihiko Yamashita | family film, fantasy film, adventure film, anthology film | Japan |
| Moglie e marito | Simone Godano | comedy film | Italy |
| Mohabbatein | Aditya Chopra | coming-of-age film, romance film, drama film, musical film | India |
| Mohawk | Ted Geoghegan | action film, thriller film | United States |
| Mohenjo Daro | Ashutosh Gowariker | romance film, drama film, action film | India |
| Moja Angelika | Stanisław Kuźnik | drama film | Poland |
| Mojazat | Mehdi Fakhimzadeh | — | Iran |
| Mojin: The Lost Legend | Wu Ershan | drama film | People's Republic of China |
| Mokalik | Kunle Afolayan | comedy film | Nigeria |
| Molester Train: Mischievous Wives | Takahisa Zeze | pink film | Japan |
| Molester's Train: Melody of Wriggling Fingers | Tetsuya Takehora | pornographic film | Japan |
| Moll Flanders | Pen Densham | romance film, drama film | United States |
| Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism | — | fantasy film | United Kingdom |
| Moloch | Nico van den Brink | horror film | Netherlands |
| Molodye | Nikolay Moskalenko | melodrama | Soviet Union |
| Mom Has a New Boyfriend | — | drama film, romantic comedy | South Korea |
| Momo | Johannes Schaaf | drama film, fantasy film | Germany, Italy |
| Mon Amie Victoria | Jean-Paul Civeyrac | drama film | France |
| Mon frère | Julien Abraham | drama film | France |
| Mon Je Bojhena | — | romantic drama film | Bangladesh |
| Mona | Ināra Kolmane | mystery film, drama film, fantasy film | Iceland, Latvia |
| Mona and the Time of Burning Love | Mikko Niskanen | drama film | Finland |
| Mona Lisa | Neil Jordan | romance film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film, crime film | United Kingdom, Australia |
| Mondo | Tony Gatlif | drama film, documentary film | France |
| Money for Nothing | Ramón Menéndez | comedy film | United States |
| Money from Home | George Marshall | comedy film | United States |
| Money Is Not Everything | Juliusz Machulski | comedy film | Poland |
| Money Isn't Everything | Edward Sloman | — | — |
| Money Talks | Brett Ratner | comedy film, action film, buddy film, crime film | United States |
| Mongol | Sergei Bodrov | drama film, historical film, war film, biographical film | Russia, Germany, Kazakhstan |
| Monidło | Antoni Krauze | fiction film | Poland |
| Monkey Shines | George A. Romero | science fiction horror film, comedy horror film, natural horror film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, thriller film, science fiction film, psychological drama film+1 | United States |
| Monkeys, Go Home! | Andrew V. McLaglen | comedy film | United States |
| Monmon hôjin: Barikyari otoko kui | Masanori Kudō | pink film | Japan |
| Monologue | Ilya Averbakh | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Monopoly (The Bank of Luck) | — | comedy film | Egypt |
| Monsieur Lecoq | Maurice Tourneur | — | — |
| Monsoon | Hong Khaou | drama film, LGBTQ-related film | United Kingdom, Vietnam |
| Monster | Eric Forsberg | monster film, found footage film, disaster film | United States |
| Monster High: Boo York, Boo York | William Lau | fantasy film | United States |
| Monsters | Gareth Edwards | drama film, monster film, adventure film, science fiction film | United Kingdom |
| Monsters, Inc. | Pete Docter, Lee Unkrich, David Silverman | monster film, fantasy film, comedy film, children's film, buddy film | United States |
| Monsters: Dark Continent | Tom Green | monster film, thriller film, science fiction film | United Kingdom |
| Monstrum | Jong-ho Huh | action film, horror film | South Korea |
| Monte Carlo | Norbert ter Hall | drama film | Netherlands |
| Monte Carlo | Christy Cabanne | — | — |
| Monte Carlo Madness | Hanns Schwarz | — | — |
| Montreal Main | Frank Vitale | LGBTQ-related film | Canada |
| Monty Python’s Life of Brian | Terry Jones | comedy film, parody film, religious satire | United Kingdom |
 Moon 44 | Roland Emmerich | cyberpunk, action film, dystopian film, thriller film, adventure film, science fiction film, prison film | Germany, United States |
| Moon Crash | — | drama film, science fiction film, disaster film | United States |
| Moon in the Gutter | Jean-Jacques Beineix | drama film, crime film | France |
| Moon Rainbow | Andrey Yermash | drama film, science fiction film | Soviet Union |
| Moon Zero Two | Roy Ward Baker | dystopian film, adventure film, science fiction film | United Kingdom |
| Moonrise Kingdom | Wes Anderson | teen film, drama film, tragicomedy, comedy drama, romantic comedy | United States |
| Moonwalkers | Antoine Bardou-Jacquet | comedy film | France, United States |
 Morals for Men | Bernard H. Hyman | — | — |
| Moran of the Marines | Frank R. Strayer | — | — |
 Mordbrännaren | Charlotte Brändström | thriller film, crime film | Sweden |
 More | Barbet Schroeder | drama film | France, Germany, United States, Luxembourg |
 More Deadly Than The Male | Robert G. Vignola | — | — |
| More Than a Game | Kristopher Belman | basketball film, documentary film | United States |
| More Than Blue | Won Tae-yeon | romance film | South Korea |
| Morgh-e-Hamsayeh | Mahmoud Koushan | comedy film | Iran |
| Moride Hagh | Nezam Fatemi | drama film | Iran |
| Mormor og de åtte ungene i byen | Espen Thorstenson | family film, children's film | Norway |
| Mormor og de åtte ungene i skogen | Espen Thorstenson | family film, children's film | Norway |
| Morning Glory | Roger Michell | drama film, comedy film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Morons from Outer Space | Mike Hodges | science fiction film, science fiction comedy | United Kingdom |
| Morran & Tobias – Som en skänk från ovan | Mats Lindberg | comedy film | Sweden |
| Mort subite d'un homme-théâtre | Jean-Claude Coulbois | — | Canada |
| Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible | Javier Fesser | comedy film | Spain |
| Mortal Kombat: Federation of Martial Arts | John Medlen | fantasy film, action film | United States |
| Mortal Thoughts | Alan Rudolph | mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film | United States |
| Mortdecai | David Koepp | comedy film, heist film | United States |
| Mortel Transfert | Jean-Jacques Beineix | thriller film | France, Germany |
| Mortuary | Tobe Hooper | horror film, zombie film | United States |
| Mosagaallaku Mosagaadu | — | black comedy film | India |
| Moscow Nights | Anthony Asquith | — | — |
| Moscow Vacation | Alla Surikova | romantic comedy film | Russia |
| Mosinu | — | — | Nigeria |
| Moskal-Charivnyk | Nikolay Zaseev-Rudenko | comedy film, vaudeville | Ukraine |
| Mosquito Squadron | Boris Sagal | war film | United Kingdom |
| Moss Rose | Gregory Ratoff | mystery film, film noir | United States |
| Mossad | Alon Gur Arye | action film, parody film | Israel |
| Most Dangerous Man Alive | Allan Dwan | science fiction film, crime film | United States |
| Mosul | Matthew Michael Carnahan | action film | United States, Iraq |
| Mot harliga Tider | Kjell Jerselius | comedy film, romantic comedy | Sweden |
| Motel 303 | — | pink film | Japan |
| Motel Cactus | — | romance film | South Korea |
| Mother | Bong Joon-ho | mystery film, drama film | South Korea |
| Mother and stepmother | Leonid Pchyolkin | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Mother Anoush | Ara Vahuni | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Mother India | Mehboob Khan | drama film | India |
| Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness | Phil Jutzi | — | — |
| Mother of the Bride | Mark Waters | romantic comedy film | United States |
| Mother of the Human | Leonid Golovnia | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Mother Wanted | Anssi Mänttäri | comedy film, children's film, musical film | Finland |
| Mother! | Darren Aronofsky | mystery film, drama film, horror film, thriller film | United States |
| Mother, I Love You | Dariush Kooshan | — | Iran |
| Mother-To-Be | Anne Claire Poirier | — | Canada |
| Mothers | Lee Dong-eun | drama film | South Korea |
| Mothers, Daughters, Dresses | Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen | documentary film | Latvia |
| Mothers’ Instinct | Benoît Delhomme | psychological thriller film | United States |
 Moths | Lawrence Marston | — | — |
| Motivsuche | Dietmar Hochmuth | — | East Germany |
| Mouchette | Robert Bresson | drama film | France |
| Moulin Rouge | Ewald André Dupont | — | — |
| Mountainhead | Jesse Armstrong | drama film, satirical film | United States |
| Mountainous March | Stepan Kevorkov | — | Soviet Union |
| Mountains | Monica Sorelle | fiction film | United States |
| Mournful Unconcern | Alexander Sokurov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Mourning Becomes Electra | Dudley Nichols | — | — |
| Mourning Wife | — | pink film, pornographic film | Japan |
| Mouse Hunt | Gore Verbinski | family film, fantasy film, comedy film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Mouse Trouble | Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | family film, comedy film | United States |
| Move Over, Darling | Michael Gordon | romantic comedy film, comedy of remarriage | United States |
| Move the Grave | — | drama film | South Korea |
| MoveOnAja | — | romance film, drama film, comedy film, comedy drama | Indonesia |
 Movie Crazy | Harold Lloyd, Clyde Bruckman | romantic comedy | United States |
| Moy pervyy drug | Yakov Bazelyan | family film | Soviet Union |
| Mozaffar | — | comedy film | Iran |
| Mo~tto! Ojamajo Doremi: Secret of the Frog Stone | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | — | Japan |
| Mr Hayhill and the Lion Wind Vane | Matti Grönberg, Pekka Karjalainen | comedy film, children's film | Finland |
| Mr. Baseball | Fred Schepisi | sport film, comedy film | United States |
| Mr. Bean's Holiday | Steve Bendelack | family film, comedy film, slapstick, road movie | France, United Kingdom, Germany, United States |
 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House | H. C. Potter | comedy film | United States |