MesmeroWatch list, 0 saved

Movie
Poster for The Martyr

The Martyr

2024 · 30 min

An uncomfortable, intimate plunge into religious fixation, watching quietly as devotion curdles into bodily harm.

Tagline
You shall be perfect. Just as your father in heaven is perfect.
Overview
A young man’s obsession with the half-naked figure of Jesus Christ leads him down a dangerous path of self-harm and masochistic tendencies

Search YouTube for the trailer

In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • faith
  • identity
  • guilt
  • madness
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror4
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

More like this

Titles like The Martyr

Movie

Paradise: Faith

2013

A confrontational, slow-burn study of religious obsession that is uncomfortable and unflinching, with moments of raw emotional intensity.

Dark, bleak, slow-burn · about obsession and faith

Via
  • dark
  • bleak
  • obsession
  • faith
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
109 min
Details In your watch list
Paradise: FaithHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Passion

2024

A slow, suffocating immersion into one man's loneliness and religious fixation, hard to shake off.

Dark, bleak, slow-burn · about obsession and faith

Via
  • dark
  • bleak
  • obsession
  • faith
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Details In your watch list
The PassionHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Lamb

2018

A quiet, uneasy short that weighs conscience against desire, leaving you unsettled long after it ends.

Tense, slow-burn · about faith and identity

Via
  • tense
  • faith
  • identity
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
14 min
Details In your watch list
The LambHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Saint

2023

A slow, unsettling descent into obsession and isolation that leaves an acrid aftertaste.

Dark, bleak, slow-burn · about obsession and faith

Via
  • dark
  • bleak
  • obsession
  • faith
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
86 min
Details In your watch list
The SaintHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Believer

2001

A tense, intellectually charged character study that immerses you in a conflicted mind, leaving you unsettled and thoughtful.

Dark, bleak · about obsession and faith

Via
  • dark
  • bleak
  • obsession
  • faith
Pacing
measured
Attention
demanding
Runtime
98 min
Details In your watch list
The BelieverHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Mary

2005

A slow, brooding plunge into spiritual crisis, where faith and performance blur and the weight of belief presses down on everyone involved.

Dark, tense, slow-burn · about obsession and faith

Via
  • dark
  • tense
  • obsession
  • faith
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
83 min
Details In your watch list
MaryHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Watchdog

2014

A grim, unsettling character study that weighs guilt and violence against fragile faith, unfolding slowly with an undercurrent of dread.

Dark, bleak, slow-burn · about obsession and faith

Via
  • dark
  • bleak
  • obsession
  • faith
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
88 min
Details In your watch list
WatchdogHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Magazine Dreams

2025

A relentless, uncomfortable plunge into obsession and isolation, watching a man's dream curdle into violence and breakdown.

Dark, bleak, slow-burn · about obsession and identity

Via
  • dark
  • bleak
  • obsession
  • identity
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
123 min
Details In your watch list
Magazine DreamsHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Goody

2026

A quiet, emotionally raw character study that immerses you in guilt and ritual, leaving a lingering ache.

Dark, earnest, slow-burn · about faith and identity

Via
  • dark
  • earnest
  • faith
  • identity
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
95 min
Details In your watch list
GoodyHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Last Temptation of Christ

1988

A solemn, hallucinatory spiritual ordeal that feels like a fever dream of doubt and desire, demanding patience and rewarding it with unsettling intimacy.

Dark, earnest, slow-burn · about obsession and faith

Via
  • dark
  • earnest
  • obsession
  • faith
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
164 min
Details In your watch list
The Last Temptation of ChristHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Pure White

2021

A slow, suffocating descent into doubt as a devout man's certainties quietly collapse into moral crisis.

Dark, tense, slow-burn · about faith and identity

Via
  • dark
  • tense
  • faith
  • identity
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
97 min
Details In your watch list
Pure WhiteHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

No Dogs Allowed

2024

A quietly unsettling and morally complex watch that demands patience and empathy as it explores a teenager's hidden struggle.

Dark, tense, slow-burn · about obsession and identity

Via
  • dark
  • tense
  • obsession
  • identity
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
106 min
Details In your watch list
No Dogs AllowedHidden from your suggestions.

Where to watch in the UK

No UK streaming, rental or purchase options are known.

Streaming data from JustWatch.TMDB

Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Alejandro Mathé
Written by
Alejandro Mathé, Jose Alberto Arias Pereira
Starring
Rafa Sambruno, Junior Mbengani, Ana Ruiz, Antonio de los Santos, Alberto Ballesteros, Elena Pla, Adrián López, Marisa Refoyo
Cinematography
Zoe Dumas
Runtime
30 min
Country
Germany
Languages
Spanish

TMDB