Movies like The Master

“The Master (2012) is a United States 2010s folk-horror-inflected psychological drama that stages a contest between personal trauma and charismatic authority. Its central conflict is framed through chiaroscuro composition and close, often handheld camera work, which makes interior rupture visible as spatial and somatic information. Lupani's reading concludes that the film prioritizes formal interrogation of persuasion and identity over plot resolution, turning cinematic technique into the primary vehicle of meaning.”