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* ''[[spoiler: TheMachinist]]'': [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga Batman]] cuts off [[{{Scanners}} Darryl Revok's]] arm, but is still easily beaten up by him.
* ''[[spoiler:MadMax]]'': Highway patroller meets a bunch of people in leather killing each other over gasoline.
** ''[[spoiler: MadMax 2: The Road Warrior]]'': Same thing as the above. But in the [[LandDownunder Australian Outback]], more deaths, less gasoline, and one of the leather-wearing people wears assless chaps and has a mohawk.
** ''[[spoiler:MadMax Beyond Thunderdome]]'': Highway patroller goes to a community led by Tina Turner. Later becomes the idol of many kids.
* ''[[spoiler: {{Madagascar}}]]'': Misbehaviour and intervention of paramilitary group causes four friends to get stranded on island full of people who [[EarWorm like to move it, move it]].
** ''[[spoiler: {{Madagascar}}: Escape 2 Africa]]'': Paramilitary group leads the four friends (plus two of the "MOVING!" people) to another wild place. Among the problems they face are... tourists.
** ''[[spoiler: {{Madagascar}} 3: Europe's Most Wanted]]'': Four friends gently strongarm paramilitary group to get them home and all involved get into the circus business while an insanely determined animal control officer is literally after their hides.

* ''[[spoiler: MarsAttacks]]'': Aliens with a cruel sense of humor are thwarted by a Slim Whitman song.

* ''[[spoiler: TheMaskOfZorro]]'': Criminal loses his brother, and after knowing an ex-prisoner tries to seduce his daughter.
** ''[[spoiler: [[TheMaskOfZorro The Legend of Zorro]]]]'': Ex-criminal tries to get his wife back while she is dating a terrorist.
* ''[[spoiler: MasterAndCommander]]'': British and French go around the world and kill each other. The British captain plays a fiddle and his friend cuts himself open with a knife.

** Disaffected, emotionally abused girl discovers psychic powers.
* ''[[spoiler:Film/TheMatrix]]'': Killer robots turn people into batteries, and the only one who can stop them is KeanuReeves.

* ''[[spoiler:{{Megamind}}]]'': A man learns what life is like after overcoming his rival.

* ''[[spoiler: The Midnight Meat Train]]'': Morbid photographer hangs out in subway, stalks former football player. Eventually meets Tony Curran.

* ''[[spoiler: MidnightInParis]]'': Woody Allen's version of ''{{Pleasantville}}'' for adults.
* ''[[spoiler: Midnight Run]]'': Neurotic accountant incurs wrath of the Mob, the FBI and a bounty hunter during cross country trip.
* ''[[spoiler: Million Dollar Baby]]'': Two old guys turn a bankrupt woman into the world's toughest professional female boxer. She loses to a chair. They kill her afterwards.

* ''[[spoiler: MinorityReport]]'': Drowned woman causes man to be chased by Irish officer; trying to avoid him, said man loses his eyes and kidnaps a bald girl.

* ''[[spoiler:TheMonsterSquad]]'': A bunch of foul-mouthed pre-teens hang out with Frankenstein's Monster, fight an old European man and his creepy friends, and discover the Wolfman does, in fact, have nards.
* ''[[spoiler:MonstersVsAliens]]'': After a woman's wedding day is interrupted by a falling meteor, she's drafted by the U.S. military to fight a [[LargeHam hammy]] tentacled alien. She works alongside a boastful fish-man, a half-cockroach MadScientist, a dim but lovable slime heap, and a very large grub.

* ''[[spoiler:{{Moonwalker}}]]'': MichaelJackson turns into a CoolCar, then a HumongousMecha, and then a CoolStarship.

** [[BeverlyHillsNinja Gobei]], [[BillyMadison Veronica Vaughn]], and [[PromNight2008 Uncle Jack Turner]] are helped by [[Film/{{Highlander}} Connor MacLeod]] to win an old man's tournament. Features a guy receiving a GroinAttack after breaking his opponent's sunglasses.

* ''[[spoiler:MouseHunt]]'': Jobless/homeless [[SuperMarioBros Mario and Luigi]] put up with WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry after inheriting [[DuckTales Uncle Scrooge's]] mansion and his magical string factory. Live-action and full of depression, horror, and near-fatal accidents. Rated PG.
* ''[[spoiler:Mothra]]'': A butterfly seeks revenge after her human companions are kidnapped and sold to a circus.

* ''[[spoiler: MrHollandsOpus]]'': The heartwarming story of a neglectful, music-obsessed father and his deaf son.

* ''[[spoiler:Film/{{The Mummy|1999}}]]'': Foreign Legion defector, librarian and greedy man try stopping an undead adulterer from destroying the world.

** [[spoiler: ''Film/TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor'']]: Bickering father and son reconcile as they fight to prevent a dead man's bid to rid the world of freedom. The dead man can turn into [[{{Godzilla}} King Ghidorah]].

** ''[[spoiler:TheMuppetsTakeManhattan]]'': A group of oddball college graduates go to New York to bring their college stage play to Broadway.

* ''[[spoiler: Murder by Numbers]]'': A nerd and a popular guy try to commit the perfect murder. They fail. Miserably. There's enough [[HoYay homoerotic]] [[UnresolvedSexualTension tension]] to make up for it.

* ''[[spoiler: MyBlueHeaven]]'': A troublemaker is under the watch of an FBI agent, who falls in love with a police officer.
* ''[[spoiler: MyCousinVinny]]'': Rookie Brooklyn lawyer goes up against a DeadpanSnarker Alabama judge. Hilarity ensues.
* ''[[spoiler:My Dinner With Andre]]'': Two guys have dinner.
* ''[[spoiler:MysteryMen]]'': A working-class stiff who beats people up with a shovel, a FakeBrit who throws forks around, and a hot-headed jerk accidentally kill their hometown's greatest superhero. They decide to save the day in his stead with the help of an annoying black teenager, a girl who carries her late father's skull around in a bowling bag, and a flatulent Pee-Wee Herman.
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* ''[[spoiler: TheMachinist]]'': [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga Batman]] cuts off [[{{Scanners}} Darryl Revok]]'s arm, but is still easily beaten up by him.

* ''[[spoiler:TheMatrix]]'': Killer robots turn people into batteries, and the only one who can stop them is KeanuReeves.
** ''[[spoiler:TheMatrix Reloaded]]'': Keanu Reeves becomes Superman, humans throw a rave with [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything suspicious dancing]], and a bearded man [[MindScrew confuses audiences]].
** ''[[spoiler:TheMatrix Revolutions]]'': The killer robots' existence is menaced by a man whose previous work include a drag queen and the voice of a sheepdog.

* ''[[spoiler: StephenKing's TheMist]]'': Unusual weather phenomenon and wildlife sightings annoy supermarket patrons.

* ''[[spoiler: Film/TheMask]]'': Wood artifact with Norse mythology back-story turns man into walking {{Looney Tune|s}}.

* ''[[spoiler: TheMachinist]]'': [[TheDarkKnightSaga Batman]] cuts off [[{{Scanners}} Darryl Revok]]'s arm, but is still easily beaten up by him.

* ''[[spoiler:March of the Penguins]]'': [[TheDarkKnightSaga Lucius Fox]] is an ornithologist you never see. Birds raise chicks in the freezer. Family fare with hot bird sex -- and the MoralGuardians love it.

* ''[[spoiler:MeanGirls]]'': A girl raised in Africa by her zoologist parents goes to high school for the first time and learns that American high school isn't all that different from the jungles of Africa.

* ''[[spoiler:MouseHunt]]'': Jobless/homeless [[SuperMarioBros Mario and Luigi]] put up with [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry Tom and Jerry]] after inheriting [[DuckTales Uncle Scrooge's]] mansion and his magical string factory. Live-action and full of depression, horror, and near-fatal accidents. Rated PG.

* ''[[spoiler: MaryPoppins]]'': Children neglected by their workaholic father and political activist mother befriend a busker, participate in magic with their flighty governess, and cause an economic crisis. It's a musical.

* ''[[spoiler: {{Metropolis}}]]'': A classic, highly influential sci-fi about a labor dispute.

* ''[[spoiler:MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail]]'': KingArthur on a '''[[NoBudget low]]''' budget. With many original additions.
* ''[[spoiler: MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian]]'': Guy mistaken for the Messiah joins violent left-wing front, gets a Latin lesson at sword-point, meets a government official with a speech impediment, and dies hearing cheerful song.

* ''[[spoiler:MonstersInc]]'': Two power-plant workers temporarily adopt a poisonous child and foil an inter-dimensional abduction scheme.

* [[spoiler:''{{Mulan}}'']]: A Chinese teen becomes a transvestite and runs away from home for unselfish reasons.

* ''[[spoiler: ModernTimes]]'': A man's job drives him insane, and he has to make a living thereafter.

* ''[[spoiler:{{The Mummy|Trilogy}}]]'': Foreign Legion defector, librarian and greedy man try stopping an undead adulterer from destroying the world.
** ''[[spoiler:[[TheMummyTrilogy The Mummy Returns]]]]'': Undead adulterer is re-brought from the dead so he can get a dog army from a giant arachnid-thing.

** [[spoiler: ''[[TheMummyTrilogy The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor]]'']]: Bickering father and son reconcile as they fight to prevent a dead man's bid to rid the world of freedom. The dead man can turn into [[{{Godzilla}} King Ghidorah]].

* ''[[spoiler: {{Film/M}}]]'': The protagonist kills kids.

** [[spoiler: Men In Black 3]]: Same men travel back and forth throughout time.

** Simultaneously, a mentally retarded guy gets brutally beat up by other boxers.

* ''[[spoiler:MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife]]'': Some fish start to think philosophically. HilarityEnsues.
* ''[[spoiler:{{Film/Moon}}]]'': A Sam's Club is built on the Moon.

* ''[[spoiler:MouseHunt]]'': Jobless/homeless [[SuperMarioBros Mario and Luigi]] put up with [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry Tom and Jerry]] after inheriting [[DuckTales Uncle Scrooge's]] mansion and his magical string factory. Live-action and full of depression, horror, and near-fatal accidents. Rated PG.

** [[BeverlyHillsNinja Gobei]], [[BillyMadison Veronica Vaughn]], and [[PromNight Uncle Jack Turner]] are helped by [[Film/{{Highlander}} Connor MacLeod]] to win an old man's tournament. Features a guy receiving a GroinAttack after breaking his opponent's sunglasses.

* ''[[spoiler:MouseHunt]]'': Jobless/homeless [[SuperMarioBros Mario and Luigi]] put up with [[TomAndJerry Tom and Jerry]] after inheriting [[DuckTales Uncle Scrooge's]] mansion and his magical string factory. Live-action and full of depression, horror, and near-fatal accidents. Rated PG.

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** [[BeverlyHillsNinja Gobei]], [[BillyMadison Veronica Vaughn]], and [[PromNight Uncle Jack Turner]] are helped by [[{{Highlander}} Connor MacLeod]] to win an old man's tournament. Features a guy receiving a GroinAttack after breaking his opponent's sunglasses.

* ''[[spoiler:Film/MortalKombat]]'': [[BeverlyHillsNinja Gobei]], [[BillyMadison Veronica Vaughn]], and [[PromNight Uncle Jack Turner]] are helped by [[{{Highlander}} Connor MacLeod]] to win an old man's tournament. Based on a VideoGame, it also features a guy receiving a GroinAttack after breaking his opponent's sunglasses.

* ''[[spoiler: MarsAttacks]]'': Slim Whitman saves the world from aliens with the Indian Love Call.

* ''[[spoiler:MonstersVsAliens]]'': After a woman's wedding day is interrupted by a falling meteor, she's drafted by the U.S. military to fight a [[LargeHam hammy]] tentacled alien, alongside a boastful fish-man, a half-cockroach MadScientist, a dim but lovable slime heap, and a very large grub.

* ''[[spoiler:{{Film/Moon}}]]'': A Sams Club is built on the Moon.

* ''[[spoiler:MouseHunt]]'': Jobless/homeless [[SuperMarioBros Mario and Luigi]] put up with [[TomAndJerry Tom and Jerry]] after inheriting [[DuckTales Uncle Scrooge's]] mansion and his magical string factory. Live-action and full of depressions, horror, and near-fatal accidents. Rated PG.

* ''[[spoiler:Megamind]]'': A man learns what life is like after overcoming his rival.

* ''[[spoiler:MegaMind]]'': A man learns what life is like after overcoming his rival.

* [[spoiler: ''Film/MenInBlack'']]: Men with {{One Letter Name}}s fight against angry farmers who are actually space bugs.

* ''[[spoiler:{{Memento}}]]'': A forgetful, tattooed man kills another man for something he himself did. This probably isn't the first time.

* [[spoiler: ''Film/MenInBlack'']]: Men with {{One Letter Name}}s fight against space bugs.

* [[spoiler: ''MenInBlack'']]: Men with {{One Letter Name}}s fight against space bugs.

* ''[[spoiler:MeetTheRobinsons]]'': An orphan kid is kidnapped by a kid from the future, meets his relatives, and is then captured by a goofy man with a sentient bowler hat. ''Immense'' TimeyWimeyBall and self-confidence aesops ensue.

* ''[[spoiler: TheMask]]'': Wood artifact with Norse mythology back-story turns man into walking {{Looney Tune|s}}.

** A man has a nervous breakdown, loses several jobs, starves, and is unjustly imprisoned. This is supposed to be a comedy.

** ''[[spoiler: BlackSwan]]'': A woman's job drives her insane. [[MindScrew It's hard to know]] if she lives thereafter.