20 movies like The Master, ordered by similarity : Young Sherlock Holmes(1985), Crime of Passion(1957), The Fighting Sullivans(1944), ABCD 2(2015), Crimes of the Mind(2014), The Joy Luck Club(1993), Slingshot(2005), Apocalyptic(2014), Sarkar(2005), Sound of My Voice(2011), Tuesday, After Christmas(2010), Pappu Can't Dance Saala(2010) ...
Drama
USA
2012
136 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Philip Seymour Hoffman Amy Adams Laura Dern Jesse Plemons Amy Ferguson Frank Bettag Leonida A. Bautista Ambyr Childers
drifter cult leader wife daughter follower gutsy fascinating tense san francisco coast household cult mentorship friendship postwar america rise temptation 1950s
A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by the Cause and its charismatic leader.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Adventure, Action
USA
1985
109 Minutes
Nicholas Rowe Alan Cox Sophie Ward Anthony Higgins Susan Fleetwood Freddie Jones Nigel Stock
detective friend professor cult leader inventor granddaughter frenetic fascinating amusing suspenseful boarding school pyramid england sherlock holmes murder investigation cult high school friendship discovery mystery
When assorted people start having inexplicable delusions that lead to their deaths, a teenage Sherlock Holmes decides to investigate.
Crime, Drama
USA
1957
84 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Sterling Hayden Raymond Burr Fay Wray Virginia Grey Royal Dano Robert Griffin Dennis Cross
columnist police detective police chief wife reporter friend tense suspenseful brooding gripping san francisco los angeles house newsroom murder ambition marriage investigation infidelity career
Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a dangerous path.
Drama
USA
1944
111 Minutes
Anne Baxter Thomas Mitchell Selena Royle Ward Bond Bobby Driscoll Addison Richards Edward Ryan Trudy Marshall John Campbell James Cardwell John Alvin
brother soldier sister mother father wife emotional tense patriotic iowa household guadalcanal ship world war ii siblings death patriotism great depression u.s. navy rise
The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression and of World War II and their eventual deaths in action in the Pacific theater are ... See full summary »
Musical, Drama
2015
152 Minutes
Prabhu Deva Varun Dhawan Shraddha Kapoor Sushant Pujari Tisca Chopra Lauren Gottlieb Allu Arjun Raghav Juyal Dharmesh Yelande Salman Yusuff Khan
young man young woman friend dancer mentor confident fascinating intense passionate powerful moving india mumbai, india house street stage friendship dance dancing competition fighting
Childhood friends Suresh and Vinnie want to become successful dancers. To fulfill their dreams, they form a dance group with their friends and compete in a hip-hop contest in Las Vegas.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Canada|USA
2014
90 Minutes
Christina Cox Tina Ivlev Paula Trickey Rebekah Kennedy Blanca Blanco Matt Corboy Eric Scott Woods Joe Howard Mandy Levin
woman kidnapped child kidnapper mother cult leader intense disturbing brooding thrilling emotional suspenseful cult headquarters brainwashing cult mother/daughter relationship desperation emotional abuse love rescue underdog
A woman spends five years trying to get her brainwashed daughter back from a cult.
Drama
USA|China
1993
138 Minutes
Rosalind Chao Tamlyn Tomita France Nuyen Vivian Wu Andrew McCarthy Kieu Chinh Tsai Chin Lisa Lu Ming-Na Lauren Tom Chao-Li-Chi
mother grandmother daughter immigrant heartwarming touching emotional china san francisco house family history mother/daughter relationship immigration generational divide cross-cultural romance culture clash growing up sacrifice forbidden love transformation
The life histories of four Asian women and their daughters reflect and guide each other.
Drama
USA
2005
90 Minutes
David Arquette Thora Birch Balthazar Getty Julianna Margulies Joely Fisher Svetlana Metkina Michael Janik Lillo Brancato Jr.
thief best friend housewife daughter teen girl sociopath thrilling sultry tense fairfield, conn. house new york city motel restaurant gas station scam unlikely romance deception mother/daughter relationship friendship
Taylor and Ashley has found the Perfect way to earn money. They seduce rich suburban women and rob them. This all goes well until Taylor falls in love with one of their victims.
Horror, Drama
Australia
2014
84 Minutes
Jane Elizabeth Barry David Macrae Geoff Pinfield Tom McCathie Rachel Torrance Ashleigh Gregory Zoe Imms Janice Paull
reporter cameraman cult leader cult member intense disturbing suspenseful thrilling gory raw australia jungle cult headquarters reporting cult investigation danger death adventure discovery
While investigating the legend of a mysterious group of religious people living in the forest, a local news crew becomes trapped in the grasp of a doomsday cult, who are about to execute their final act of devotion and biblical punishment.
Crime, Drama
India
2005
124 Minutes
gangster son wife daughter-in-law henchman bleak intense suspenseful thrilling emotional moving mumbai, india house bungalow street office police station gangsters family relationships brotherhood
The authority of a man, who runs a parallel government in Mumbai, is challenged. His son rises to face his enemies.
Drama
USA
2011
84 Minutes
Christopher Denham Nicole Vicius Brit Marling Avery Kristen Pohl Davenia McFadden Kandice Stroh Richard Wharton Alvin Lam Christine Meyers Constance Wu Matthew Carey
documentarian filmmaker cult leader follower fascinating disturbing los angeles headquarters documentary filmmaking cult time travel beliefs pursuit transformation 2010s
Two documentary filmmakers attempt to penetrate a cult who worships a woman who claims to be from the future.
Drama
Romania
2010
100 Minutes
Mimi Branescu Maria Popistasu Mirela Oprisor Dragos Bucur Victor Rebengiuc Sasa Paul-Szel
dentist husband wife daughter friend emotional intense somber moving bucharest, romania apartment bedroom dentist's office adultery marital problems family betrayal difficult decision forbidden love temptation
Paul Hanganu loves two women. Adriana his wife and the mother of their daughter, the woman with whom he's shared the thrills of the past ten years, and Raluca the woman who has made him redefine himself. He has to leave one of them before Christmas.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
India
2010
138 Minutes
Vinay Pathak Neha Dhupia Rajat Kapoor Brijendra Kala Sai Gundewar Sanjay Mishra
young man young woman friend neighbor hilarious lighthearted hysterical madcap india city house apartment culture cultural differences culture shock unlikely allies unlikely friendship adventure love quest
One time bickering neighbors are forced to share the same apartment.
Drama
USA
1957
157 Minutes
Lana Turner Hope Lange Arthur Kennedy Lloyd Nolan Lee Philips Terry Moore Russ Tamblyn Betty Field David Nelson Mildred Dunnock Diane Varsi
stranger widow drunk daughter friend doctor melodramatic passionate intense new england small town forest lake courtroom mother/daughter relationship small-town life sex rape friendship trials
A peaceful New England town hides secrets and scandals.
Drama
Canada|UK
1996
100 Minutes
James Spader Holly Hunter Elias Koteas Deborah Kara Unger Rosanna Arquette Peter MacNeill Cheryl Swarts Boyd Banks
filmmaker wife doctor guru cult member prostitute disturbing sultry emotional tense toronto canada bridge road car marriage sexual taboo fetish cult death
After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.
Drama
Hong Kong
1993
92 Minutes
Brigitte Lin Leslie Cheung Francis Ng Elaine Lui Kit Ying Lam
swordsman warrior twin cult leader witch sorcerer striking fiery spectacular thrilling china battlefield lake mountain blacksmith's workshop camp cult war unusual romance supernatural
Cho Yat-Hang, the unwilling successor to the Wu-Tang clan throne and the unsure commander of the clan's forces in a war against an evil cult, falls in forbidden love with Lien Ni-Chang, a killer for the evil cult.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2015
77 Minutes
Michael Paré Lauren Alexandra Gayle James Thomas Johnston Rachel G. Whittle Amy Wickenheiser Brigette Rose John Fallon
widower homeless person mysterious man evil spirit wife daughter creepy dark intense graveyard street house bathroom bedroom kitchen loss grief isolation danger stress
A homeless man (Michael Paré) finds shelter in a lavish and abandoned house. He soon discovers he is not alone and the house will not allow him to leave.
Drama
Germany
1929
96 Minutes
Louise Brooks Fritz Rasp Josef Rovenský Sybille Schmitz Valeska Gert Edith Meinhard
young woman chemist assistant mother director friend dark tense profound germany pharmacy apartment reform school brothel mansion rape prostitution father/daughter relationship friendship redemption
After falling pregnant to a pharmacist and refusing to marry, a young woman is thrown from her home and sent to a strict girls' reform school.
Romance, Drama
USA|Greece
2013
109 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Julie Delpy Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick Jennifer Prior Charlotte Prior Walter Lassally Xenia Kalogeropoulou Ariane Labed
lover greek person daughter friend family member grandmother brooding emotional intense greece car train house beach hotel reminiscence love argument questioning travel
We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.
Drama
USA
2018
110 Minutes
Matt Smith Hannah Murray Suki Waterhouse Annabeth Gish Chace Crawford Merritt Wever Sosie Bacon Bridger Zadina
charles manson murderer graduate student cult leader cult member victim bleak uneasy disheartening chilling intricate fascinating prison office cabin cell cult charles manson murder rehabilitation
The tragic tale of an all-American girl who was transformed into a cold-blooded killer in the summer of 1969.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1940
115 Minutes
Joan Crawford Fredric March Ruth Hussey John Carroll Rita Hayworth Nigel Bruce Bruce Cabot Rose Hobart Rita Quigley Romaine Callender Marjorie Main
wife husband daughter friend lover cool melodramatic docks mansion newport, r.i. train station house self-discovery cult marriage drinking motherhood spirituality quest transformation
Susan Trexel is a wealthy socialite, who while vacationing in Europe undergoes a religious transformation. On her return to America, Susan takes on the task of spreading her new found ... See full summary »