No LGBTQ+ characters or themes appear in the documentary, which centers on the band's performances and cultural explorations of death without addressing queer identity.

The film contains no portrayal of transgender characters or themes. It documents the band's live performances and cultural reflections on death, as seen in the integration of concert footage with interstitials on Mexican traditions.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Depeche Mode: M is a concert documentary featuring the band's real male members performing as themselves, blending footage with cultural explorations of mortality, without any gender swaps of historical or canonical figures.

Depeche Mode: M is a concert documentary featuring the band members performing as themselves alongside explorations of Mexican death traditions, containing no instances of characters recast across racial lines.