The Master (2012)

09/14/2012 (US) • 2h 17m

Drama

Overview

Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.

Top Billed Cast

Joaquin Phoenix

Freddie Quell

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Lancaster Dodd

Amy Adams

Peggy Dodd

Rami Malek

Clark

Laura Dern

Helen Sullivan

Jesse Plemons

Val Dodd

Ambyr Childers

Elizabeth Dodd

Madisen Beaty

Doris Solstad

Kevin J. O'Connor

Bill White

View More

Recommendations

Inherent Vice

65%

Punch-Drunk Love

71%

Magnolia

77%

There Will Be Blood

81%

I'm Still Here

60%

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

71%

Phantom Thread

73%

The Angels' Share

69%

Boogie Nights

76%

Compliance

64%

On the Road

56%

Synecdoche, New York

75%

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

66%

Walk the Line

75%

To Rome with Love

58%

The Boat That Rocked

72%

Seduced and Abandoned

76%

The Soft Skin

71%

My Scientology Movie

66%

Sans Soleil

74%

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$32,000,000.00

Revenue

$28,258,060.00

Keywords

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

sexual obsession

religion

drifter

alcoholic

handjob

post war

cult leader

scientology

religious cult

charismatic leader

right hand man

1940s

past life regression

ambiguous

nude dancing

© All Rights Reserved 2025