Martha Marcy May Marlene
You can get away. But you can never escape.
2011 | 101m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Sean Durkin |
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| Writer: | Sean Durkin |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 21, 2011 |
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| Director: | Sean Durkin |
| Writer: | Sean Durkin |
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller |
| Keywords | sibling relationship, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), rape, sexual abuse, paranoia, group sex, cult, patriarchy, polygamy, connecticut, mind control, memory, brainwashing, home invasion, drugged, boundary violations, running away, estranged sister, sexual predator, manipulated woman, drugging someone, frustrated, murderous cult |
| Production Companies | BorderLine Films, This is that |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $3,500,000
Budget: $1,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 04, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Michael Chmiel | Scruffy Man |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Sean Durkin | Writer, Director |
| Danny Bensi | Original Music Composer |
| Jody Lee Lipes | Director of Photography |
| Saunder Jurriaans | Original Music Composer |
| Randi Glass | Casting |
| Susan Shopmaker | Casting |
| Garrett P. Fennelly | Unit Production Manager |
| Zachary Stuart-Pontier | Editor |
| Coll Anderson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor |
| Matt Snedecor | Sound Effects Editor |
| Chad Keith | Production Design |
| Micah Bloomberg | Production Sound Mixer |
| Jessica Kelleher | Makeup & Hair |
| Barbara Jean Kearney | Digital Intermediate |
| Drew Innis | Still Photographer |
| Jonathan Guggenheim | Art Direction |
| David Tabbert | Costume Design |
| Susan Lazarus | Post Production Supervisor |
| Zorinah Juan-Lieber | Script Supervisor |
| Melody C. Roscher | Line Producer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Josh Mond | Producer |
| Patrick Cunningham | Producer |
| Antonio Campos | Producer |
| Ted Hope | Executive Producer |
| Saemi Kim | Executive Producer |
| Andrew Corkin | Co-Producer |
| Brian Zeilinger-Goode | Associate Producer |
| Matt Palmieri | Executive Producer |
| Chris Maybach | Producer |
| Saerom Kim | Executive Producer |
| Alexander Schepsman | Executive Producer |
| Brett Potter | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit Awards | Best Director | Sean Durkin | Nominated |
Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 12 |
| 2024 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 11 |
| 2024 | 6 | 20 | 40 | 13 |
| 2024 | 7 | 22 | 36 | 12 |
| 2024 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 12 |
| 2024 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 8 |
| 2024 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 7 |
| 2024 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 8 |
| 2024 | 12 | 14 | 23 | 9 |
| 2025 | 1 | 16 | 32 | 10 |
| 2025 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 7 | 886 | 886 |