Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Master

If you loved The Master, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Unbroken: Path to Redemption

Unbroken: Path to Redemption

2018★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Master for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Zamperini returns to California where he wound up marrying Cynthia Applewhite while wrestling with untreated PTSD, suffering constant nightmares, angry, bitter and deeply depressed...

#2
Martha Marcy May Marlene

Martha Marcy May Marlene

2011★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Master for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares wit...

#3
Jacob's Ladder

Jacob's Ladder

1990★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Master for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world ...

#4
Three Christs

Three Christs

2017★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Master for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ....

#5
Cherry

Cherry

2021★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Master for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq—anchored only by his one true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crim...

#6
Scarecrow

Scarecrow

1973★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Master for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh....

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