The Master (2012)

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.

Genres: Drama

What to watch after The Master

• Phantom Thread (2017) — Same feel: complex, dramatic
• Zero Dark Thirty (2012) — Same feel: complex, thought-provoking
• Punch-Drunk Love (2002) — Paul Thomas Anderson directed both
• Inherent Vice (2014) — Paul Thomas Anderson directed both
• The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) — Same feel: complex, dramatic
• Hitchcock (2012) — Same feel: complex, dramatic