Martha Marcy May Marlene
“You can get away, but you can never escape.”
2011•R•1h 41m•6.6•Released
DramaThriller
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 with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in the cult make peace hard to find. As flashbacks continue to torment her, Martha fails to shake a terrible sense of dread, especially in regard to the cult's manipulative leader.
Director
Sean Durkin
Writer
Sean Durkin
Budget
$1M
Revenue
$4M
Languages
English
Studio
BorderLine Films
Cast
Elizabeth Olsen
Martha
Sarah Paulson
Lucy
Hugh Dancy
Ted
John Hawkes
Patrick
Brady Corbet
Watts
Louisa Krause
Zoe
Christopher Abbott
Max
Maria Dizzia
Katie
Julia Garner
Sarah
Adam David Thompson
Bartender
Allen McCullough
Man in Home #2
Lauren Molina
Cult Member
Louisa Braden Johnson
Cult Member
Tobias Segal
Cult Member
Gregg Burton
Man in Home #1
Production
Company
BorderLine Films
Company
This is that
Producer
Josh Mond
Producer
Antonio Campos
Producer
Patrick Cunningham
Producer
Chris Maybach
Recommended
6.9
Shame
2011
6.3
Snowtown
2011
7
State of Grace
1990
8
Requiem for a Dream
2000
7.7
Mysterious Skin
2005
8.3
The Punisher: One Last Kill
2026
6.2
The Infernal Machine
2022
7.3
Cape Fear
1991
6.1
God Is a Bullet
2023
6
Ken Park
2003
5.9
Hider in the House
1989
6.8
The Cement Garden
1993
6.5
Little Odessa
1994
8.3
American History X
1998
6.5
Crash
1996
6.8
The War Zone
1999
8.4
Se7en
1995
7.2
Hunting Season
2025
7.2
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
1998
5.8
Replicant
2001
Similar Movies
Spinosaurus
0
6.7
A Cotton Moon
2023
6.6
Fear
1996
6.1
Under Suspicion
2000
5.3
The Good Shepherd
2004
5.3
Hanging Up
2000
5.4
Bless the Child
2000
7.9
Raise the Red Lantern
1991
6.3
Hoffa
1992
6.6
Dead Calm
1989
8.3
Perfect Blue
1998
7.4
Happiness
1998
When the Music Ends
2024
10
Redisplacement
2020
6.4
Alan & Naomi
1992
7.3
Deliverance
1972
6.2
Luna Papa
1999
7.3
Port of Freedom
1944
6.7
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
1986
6.8
Bad Times at the El Royale
2018