List of cult films: M

This is a list of cult films organized alphabetically by name. See List of cult films for main list.

Film Year Director Source
M 1931 Fritz Lang [1][2][3][4]
Mac and Me 1988 Stewart Raffill [5]
Macabre 1958 William Castle [1][3]
MacGruber 2010 Jorma Taccone [6]
Machine-Gun Kelly 1958 Roger Corman [3]
The Mack 1973 Michael Campus [2]
Macunaíma 1969 Joaquim Pedro de Andrade [3]
Mad Hot Ballroom 2005 Marilyn Agrelo [3]
Mad Love 1935 Karl Freund [7]
Mad Max 1979 George Miller [8][9][1][2][3]
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior 1981 George Miller [10][11][12][1][4]
The Mad Monster 1942 Sam Newfield [7]
Mädchen in Uniform (Girls in Uniform) 1931 Leontine Sagan [1][3]
Magic Boy 1959 Akira Daikubara and Taiji Yabushita [1]
Magical Mystery Tour 1967 The Beatles and Bernard Knowles [1]
The Magnificent Ambersons 1942 Orson Welles [3]
Maîtresse 1975 Barbet Schroeder [3]
Mala Noche 1986 Gus Van Sant [3]
The Mind Snatchers (also known as The Demon Within and The Happiness Cage) 1972 Bernard Girard [13]
Malcolm X 1992 Spike Lee [3]
The Maltese Falcon 1941 John Huston [8][1][3]
Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed 1989 Coline Serreau [3]
Mamma Mia! 2008 Phyllida Lloyd [3]
Man Bites Dog 1992 Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde [11][14][1][2]
A Man Escaped 1956 Robert Bresson [2]
Man Facing Southeast 1986 Eliseo Subiela [1]
The Man from Planet X 1951 Edgar G. Ulmer [1]
Man Hunt 1941 Fritz Lang [3]
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit 1956 Nunnally Johnson [3]
Man of the West 1958 Anthony Mann [8][1][3][4]
The Man on the Roof 1976 Bo Widerberg [3]
Man on Wire 2008 James Marsh [2][3]
The Man Who Fell to Earth 1976 Nicolas Roeg [15][16][1][2][3]
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 John Ford [1]
The Man Who Wasn't There 2001 Joel Coen [1]
The Man Who Would Be King 1975 John Huston [2][3]
Man with a Movie Camera 1929 Dziga Vertov [3][4]
The Man with the Golden Arm 1955 Otto Preminger [1][3]
The Man with Two Brains 1983 Carl Reiner [4]
The Man Who Turned to Stone 1957 László Kardos [17]
The Manchurian Candidate 1962 John Frankenheimer [2][3][4]
Manhattan 1979 Woody Allen [3]
Manhunter 1986 Michael Mann [9][2][3][4]
Mania (also known as The Flesh and the Fiends) 1960 John Gilling [13]
Maniac 1934 Dwain Esper [1]
Maniac Cop 1988 William Lustig [2]
The Manitou 1978 William Girdler [13]
Manos: The Hands of Fate 1966 Harold P. Warren [11][18][1]
Mansion of the Doomed 1976 Michael Pataki [13]
The Manster 1959 George P. Breakston and Kenneth G. Crane [17]
Marathon Man 1976 John Schlesinger [3]
Marihuana 1936 Dwain Esper [3]
Mariken van Nieumeghen 1974 Joe Stelling [1]
Mark of the Vampire 1935 Tod Browning [7]
El Mariachi 1992 Robert Rodriguez [2][3]
Marnie 1964 Alfred Hitchcock [15][2]
The Marriage of Maria Braun 1976 Rainer Werner Fassbinder [3]
Married Life 2007 Ira Sachs [3]
Mars Attacks! 1996 Tim Burton [6][1]
Martin 1978 George A. Romero [10][1][7][2]
Marty 1955 Delbert Mann [3]
Martyrs 2008 Pascal Laugier [3]
Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore 1996 Sarah Jacobson [5]
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary 1975 Juan López Moctezuma [13]
La maschera del demonio (also known as Black Sunday) 1960 Mario Bava [8][1][7]
M*A*S*H 1970 Robert Altman [3]
The Mask 1961 Julian Roffman [13]
The Masque of the Red Death 1964 Roger Corman [11][3][4]
Massacre at Central High 1976 Rene Daalder [15]
Mata Hari 1931 George Fitzmaurice [3]
Matango 1963 Ishirō Honda [3]
Matilda 1996 Danny DeVito [3]
Matinee 1993 Joe Dante [1][3]
The Matrix 1999 The Wachowskis [1][3]
A Matter of Life and Death 1946 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger [3]
McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1971 Robert Altman [2][3]
Mean Girls 2004 Mark Waters [18]
Mean Streets 1973 Martin Scorsese [1][2][3]
Medea 1969 Pier Paolo Pasolini [1]
Medium Cool 1969 Haskell Wexler [3]
The Medusa Touch 1978 Jack Gold [17]
Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 Vincente Minnelli [1]
Meet the Feebles 1989 Peter Jackson [2][18]
Meet the Parents 2000 Jay Roach [3]
Memento 2000 Christopher Nolan [9][18][1][2][3]
The Men 1950 Fred Zinnemann [3]
Men in Black 1997 Barry Sonnenfeld [1]
Mera Naam Joker 1970 Raj Kapoor [19]
Merci la vie (also known as Thank You, Life) 1991 Bertrand Blier [3]
Mesa of Lost Women 1953 Herbert Tevos and Ron Ormond [17]
Meshes of the Afternoon 1943 Maya Deren and Alexandr Hackenschmied [3]
The Message 1976 Moustapha Akkad [3]
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster 2004 Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky [2]
Metropolis 1927 Fritz Lang [12][1][2][3]
Miami Connection 1987 Richard Park and Y.K. Kim [18]
Midnight Cowboy 1969 John Schlesinger [14][2][3]
Midnight Express 1978 Alan Parker [3]
Midnight Run 1988 Martin Brest [3]
The Mighty 1998 Peter Chelsom [3]
The Mighty Peking Man 1977 Ho Meng-hua [1]
The Milagro Beanfield War 1988 Robert Redford [3]
Mildred Pierce 1945 Michael Curtiz [1][2][3]
Miller's Crossing 1990 The Coen Brothers [1][3]
The Million Eyes of Sumuru 1967 Harry Alan Towers [3]
The Millionairess 1960 Anthony Asquith [3]
Minbo 1992 Juzo Itami [3]
Minnie and Moskowitz 1971 John Cassavetes [3]
Miracle on 34th Street 1947 George Seaton [10][1]
MirrorMask 2005 Dave McKean [2]
Misery 1990 Rob Reiner [3]
The Misfits 1961 John Huston [1]
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 1985 Paul Schrader [2]
The Mission 1986 Roland Joffé [3]
The Missouri Breaks 1976 Arthur Penn [2]
Modern Times 1936 Charlie Chaplin [3]
Modesty Blaise 1966 Joseph Losey [3]
Mommie Dearest 1981 Frank Perry [15][6][1][2]
Mondo Cane 1962 Gualtiero Jacopetti [1]
Mondo Hollywood 1967 Robert Carl Cohen [1]
Mondo Trasho 1969 John Waters [3]
Monkey Business 1931 Norman Z. McLeod [3]
Monsoon Wedding 2001 Mira Nair [3]
Monster from Green Hell 1957 Kenneth G. Crane [17]
The Monster That Challenged the World 1957 Arnold Laven [17]
Monsieur Verdoux 1947 Charlie Chaplin [10]
La Morte Vivante (also known as The Living Dead Girl) 1982 Jean Rollin [7]
The Monster Squad 1987 Fred Dekker [2]
Monte Walsh 1970 William A. Fraker [3]
Monterey Pop 1968 D.A. Pennebaker [1]
Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones [15][11][16][1][3]
Monty Python's Life of Brian (also known as Life of Brian) 1979 Terry Jones [9][1][4]
Moon 2009 Duncan Jones [3]
The Moon and the Sledgehammer 1971 Philip Trevelyan [3]
The Moon in the Gutter 1983 Jean-Jacques Beineix [3]
Moonlighting 1982 Jerzy Skolimowski [3]
More 1969 Barbet Schroeder [1]
Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment 1966 Karel Reisz [15]
Mortal Inheritance 1996 Andy Amenechi [1]
The Most Dangerous Game (also known as The Hounds of Zaroff) 1932 Ernest B. Schoedsack and Irving Pichel [4]
The Most Terrible Time in My Life 1993 Kaizo Hayashi [3]
Motel Hell 1980 Kevin Connor [1]
The Mother 2003 Roger Michell [3]
Mother's Day 1980 Charles Kaufman [13]
Moulin Rouge 1952 John Huston [3]
Moulin Rouge! 2001 Baz Luhrmann [3]
The Movie Orgy 1968 Joe Dante [1]
Mr. India 1987 Shekhar Kapur [3]
Mr. Nice Guy 1997 Sammo Hung [1]
Mr. Reliable 1996 Nadia Tass [3]
Ms .45 (also known as Angel of Vengeance) 1981 Abel Ferrara [15][11][9][18][1][3]
Mudhoney 1965 Russ Meyer [2]
Mughal-e-Azam 1960 K. Asif [3]
Mulholland Drive 2001 David Lynch [3]
Multiple Maniacs 1970 John Waters [14]
Murder a la Mod 1968 Brian De Palma [7]
Murder She Said 1961 George Pollock [3]
Murder, My Sweet (also known as Farewell, My Lovely) 1944 Edward Dmytryk [4]
Muriel's Wedding 1994 P. J. Hogan [3]
The Music Box 1932 James Parrott [3]
The Music Lovers 1971 Ken Russell [3]
Mutual Appreciation 2005 Andrew Bujalski [3]
My Best Fiend 1999 Werner Herzog [1]
My Bloody Valentine 1981 George Mihalka [1]
My Cousin Vinny 1992 Jonathan Lynn [3]
My Darling Clementine 1946 John Ford [15][1]
My Favorite Year 1982 Richard Benjamin [3]
My Life as a Dog 1985 Lasse Hallström [3]
My Life Without Me 2003 Isabel Coixet [3]
My Man Godfrey 1936 Gregory La Cava [3]
My Name Is Bruce 2007 Bruce Campbell [1]
My Name Is Joe 1998 Ken Loach [3]
My Name Is Julia Ross 1945 Joseph H. Lewis [3]
My Name Is Nobody 1973 Tonino Valerii [1][3]
My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Hayao Miyazaki [1][3]
My Own Private Idaho 1991 Gus Van Sant [1][2][3]
My Super Ex-Girlfriend 2006 Ivan Reitman [3]
My Winnipeg 2007 Guy Maddin [3]
Myra Breckinridge 1970 Michael Sarne [1][3]
The Mysterians 1957 Ishirō Honda [17]
Mysterious Island 1961 Cy Endfield [17][dubious – discuss]
Mystery Men 1999 Kinka Usher [2][3]
Mystery Train 1989 Jim Jarmusch [9][4]

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