M
- Ma’ Rosa (Brillante Mendoza, 2016)
- Macaluso Sisters, The (Emma Dante, 2020)
- Macbeth (Justin Kurzel, 2015)
- Made in U.S.A (Jean-Luc Godard, 1966) – Criterion Collection
- Maelstrom (Denis Villeneuve, 2000)
- Magic Mike (Steven Soderbergh, 2012)
- Magnolia (P.T. Anderson, 1999)
- Malmkrog (Cristi Puiu, 2020)
- Maltese Falcon, The (John Huston, 1941)
- Man Escaped, A (Robert Bresson, 1956) – Criterion Collection
- Man of Integrity, A (Mohammad Rasoulof, 2017)
- Man Vanishes, A (Shohei Imamura, 1967)
- Man Without a Past, The (Aki Kaurismaki, 2002)
- Mandabi (Ousmane Sembene, 1968) – Criterion Collection
- Mandi (Shyam Benegal, 1983)
- Manila (Raya Martin & Adolfo Alix Jr., 2009)
- Manila in the Claws of Light (Lino Brocka, 1975) – Criterion Collection
- Mank (David Fincher, 2020)
- Manta Ray (Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, 2018)
- Marius (Alexander Korda, 1931) – Criterion Collection
- Marquise of O, The (Eric Rohmer, 1976)
- Marriage Circle, The (Ernst Lubitsch, 1924)
- Marriage of Maria Braun, The (R.W. Fassbinder, 1979) – Criterion Collection
- Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach, 2019) – Criterion Collection
- Marseille (Angela Schanelec, 2004)
- Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin, 2011)
- Martian, The (Ridley Scott, 2015)
- Martin Eden (Pietro Marcello, 2019)
- Masques (Claude Chabrol, 1987)
- Master, The (P.T. Anderson, 2012)
- Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. (Steve Loveridge, 2018)
- Matchstick Men (Ridley Scott, 2003)
- Matrix, The (Lana & Lilly Wachowski, 1999)
- Matrix Resurrections, The (Lana Wachowski, 2021)
- Matter of Life and Death, A (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1946) – Criterion Collection
- Matthias & Maxime (Xavier Dolan, 2019)
- Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, 1973)
- Mee Pok Man (Eric Khoo, 1995)
- Melancholia (Lars von Trier, 2011)
- Melo (Alain Resnais, 1986)
- Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
- Memoria (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2021)
- Memories of Murder (Bong Joon-ho, 2003) – Criterion Collection
- Memories of Underdevelopment (Tomas Gutierrez Alea, 1968) – Criterion Collection
- Metamorphosis of Birds, The (Catarina Vasconcelos, 2020)
- Metropolitan (Whit Stillman, 1990) – Criterion Collection
- Meyerowitz Stories, The (Noah Baumbach, 2017)
- Miami Vice (Michael Mann, 2006)
- Midsommar (Ari Aster, 2019)
- Millennium Actress (Satoshi Kon, 2001)
- Millennium Mambo (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2001)
- Miller’s Crossing (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1990) – Criterion Collection
- Minari (Lee Issac Chung, 2020)
- Mindanao (Brillante Mendoza, 2019)
- Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, 2002)
- Mirai (Mamoru Hosoda, 2018)
- Mirch Masala (Ketan Mehta, 1987)
- Mirror, The (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975) – Criterion Collection
- Miserables, Les (Ladj Ly, 2019)
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Paul Schrader, 1985) – Criterion Collection
- Missing (Costa-Gavras, 1982) – Criterion Collection
- Missing Picture, The (Rithy Panh, 2013)
- Mission: Impossible (Brian De Palma, 1996)
- Mission: Impossible III (J.J. Abrams, 2006)
- Modern Times (Charles Chaplin, 1936) – Criterion Collection
- Molly’s Game (Aaron Sorkin, 2017)
- Moment of Innocence, A (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1996)
- Moment of Truth, The (Francesco Rosi, 1965) – Criterion Collection
- Moments in a Stolen Dream (Mike De Leon, 1977)
- Mommy (Xavier Dolan, 2014)
- Mon oncle (Jacques Tati, 1958) – Criterion Collection
- Monos (Alejandro Landes, 2019)
- Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (Jacques Tati, 1953) – Criterion Collection
- Monsters, Inc. (Pete Docter, 2001)
- Monsters University (Dan Scanlon, 2013)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Jones & Terry Gilliam, 1975)
- Monty Python’s Life of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979) – Criterion Collection
- Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, 2016)
- Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012) – Criterion Collection
- Mosquito (Joao Nuno Pinto, 2020)
- Mother (Bong Joon-ho, 2009)
- Moulin Rouge (John Huston, 1952)
- Mountains May Depart (Jia Zhangke, 2015)
- Mourning Forest, The (Naomi Kawase, 2007)
- Mr. Bachmann and His Class (Maria Speth, 2021)
- Mr. Jones (Agnieszka Holland, 2019)
- Mr. Klein (Joseph Losey, 1976) – Criterion Collection
- Mudbound (Dee Rees, 2017)
- Mughal-E-Azam (K. Asif, 1960)
- Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, 2001) – Criterion Collection
- Munyurangabo (Lee Issac Chung, 2007)
- Murder! (Alfred Hitchcock, 1930)
- Music (Angela Schanelec, 2023)
- Music Room, The (Satyajit Ray, 1958) – Criterion Collection
- My American Uncle (Alain Resnais, 1980)
- My Blueberry Nights (Wong Kar Wai, 2007)
- My Magic (Eric Khoo, 2008)
- My Neighbors the Yamadas (Isao Takahata, 1999)
- My Octopus Teacher (Pippa Ehrlich & James Reed, 2020)
- My Sister’s Good Fortune (Anglea Schanelec, 1995)
- Mysterious Skin (Gregg Araki, 2004)
- Mystery Train (Jim Jarmusch, 1989) – Criterion Collection
- Mystic River (Clint Eastwood, 2003)
N
- Nainsukh (Amit Dutta, 2010)
- Nanook of the North (Robert Flaherty, 1922) – Criterion Collection
- Napoleon (Abel Gance, 1927)
- Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)
- Neon Bull (Gabriel Mascaro, 2015)
- Neruda (Pablo Larrain, 2016)
- Network (Sidney Lumet, 1976)
- Never Gonna Snow Again (Malgorzata Szumowska & Michal Englert, 2020)
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Eliza Hittman, 2020)
- New Land, The (Jan Troell, 1972) – Criterion Collection
- New Old Play, A (Qiu Jiongjiong, 2021)
- New World, The (Terrence Malick, 2005) – Criterion Collection
- News of the World (Paul Greengrass, 2020)
- Night Comes for Us, The (Timo Tjahjanto, 2018)
- Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013)
- Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch, 1991) – Criterion Collection
- Night Train (Diao Yi’nan, 2007)
- Nights of Cabiria (Federico Fellini, 1957) – Criterion Collection
- Nina Wu (Midi Z, 2019)
- Nine Months (Marta Meszaros, 1976)
- Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch, 1939)
- Nishant (Shyam Benegal, 1975)
- Nitram (Justin Kurzel, 2021)
- Nixon (Oliver Stone, 1995)
- No (Pablo Larrain, 2012)
- No Bears (Jafar Panahi, 2022)
- No Country for Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2007)
- No End (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1985)
- No Home Movie (Chantal Akerman, 2015)
- No Time to Die (Cary Joji Fukunaga, 2021)
- Nocturama (Bertrand Bonello, 2016)
- Nomadland (Chloe Zhao, 2020)
- Non-Fiction (Olivier Assayas, 2018)
- Nope (Jordan Peele, 2022)
- North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
- Northman, The (Robert Eggers, 2022)
- Nostalghia (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1983)
- Not Mine to Love (Uri Zohar, 1967)
- Notturno (Gianfranco Rosi, 2020)
- Novelist’s Film, The (Hong Sang-soo, 2022)
- Nun, The (Jacques Rivette, 1966)
- Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (Lars von Trier, 2013)
- Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (Lars von Trier, 2013)
O
- Ocean Waves (Tomomi Mochizuki, 1993)
- October: Ten Days That Shook the World (Sergei Eisenstein, 1927)
- Oedipus Rex (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1967) – Criterion Collection
- Officer and a Spy, An (Roman Polanski, 2019)
- Official Competition (Mariano Cohn & Gaston Duprat, 2021)
- Offside (Miguel Gaudencio, 2019)
- Oh, Woe Is Me (Jean-Luc Godard, 1993)
- Okja (Bong Joon-ho, 2017) – Criterion Collection
- Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt, 2006) – Criterion Collection
- Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)
- Oldboy (Spike Lee, 2013)
- On the Beach at Night Alone (Hong Sang-soo, 2017)
- On the Rocks (Sofia Coppola, 2020)
- On the Silver Globe (Andrzej Zulawski, 1988)
- Once a Thief (John Woo, 1991)
- Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011)
- Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino, 2019)
- Ondog (Wang Quan’an, 2019)
- One Cut of the Dead (Shin’ichiro Ueda, 2017)
- One-Eyed Jacks (Marlon Brando, 1961) – Criterion Collection
- One from the Heart (Francis Ford Coppola, 1982)
- One Second (Zhang Yimou, 2020)
- One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (Agnes Varda, 1977) – Criterion Collection
- Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch, 2013)
- Only Son, The (Yasujiro Ozu, 1936) – Criterion Collection
- Only Yesterday (Isao Takahata, 1991)
- Orly (Angela Schanelec, 2010)
- Orphanage, The (Shahrbanoo Sadat, 2019)
- Orpheus (Jean Cocteau, 1950) – Criterion Collection
- Osaka Elegy (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1936) – Criterion Collection
- Oslo, August 31st (Joachim Trier, 2011)
- Othello (Orson Welles, 1952) – Criterion Collection
- Other Side of Hope, The (Aki Kaurismaki, 2017) – Criterion Collection
- Other Side of the Wind, The (Orson Welles, 2018)
- Our Beloved Month of August (Miguel Gomes, 2008)
- Our Time Machine (S. Leo Chiang & Sun Yang, 2019)