 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 2011, zvakaziviswa kuti Phoenix aizotamba muPaul Thomas Andersons drama firimu The Master, iyo inoteedzera hukama pakati paFreddie Quell Phoenix, a Hondo Yenyika II veteran wehondo achitambura kuti agadzirise munharaunda yepashure pehondo uye Lancaster Dodd Philip Seymour Hoffmann, mutungamiri wesangano rechitendero rinozivikanwa se The Cause. Kuti agadzire hunhu, Phoenix akarasikirwa nehuremu hwakakosha uye akaenda kuna chiremba wemazino kuti abatsire kumanikidza shaya yake kuvhara kune rumwe rutivi; hunhu hwababa vake. Iyi firimu yakatanga kuratidzwa pa2012 Venice Film Festivaluko akakunda Volpi Cup nokuda kwoMutambi Akanakisisa. Iyi firimu yakawana 28 miriyoni chete asi yakatambirwa nekurumbidzwa, pamwe nekuita kwaPhoenix kugamuchira kurumbidzwa kukuru. Peter Travers akaidana kuti kuita kwebasa rake achinyora Kutamba hakusi nani kana kudzika zvakanyanya...Phoenix anopfeka chinzvimbo seganda rechipiri. Haugoni kubvisa maziso ako paari. Kuita kwake saFreddie kwakarondedzerwa se kutsanangura basa naTodd McCarthy we The Hollywood Reporter, uyo akafadzwa kuti Anderson naPhoenix vakabatana vakakwanisa kuvaka basa rakaoma kudaro rakapoteredza chimiro chakadaro. Mumwe mutambi Daniel Day-Lewis akarumbidza pachena anoshamisa Phoenix achigamuchira Screen Actors Guild Award, achikumbira ruregerero nekuti Phoenix anga asina kusarudzwa kuti apiwe mubairo mumwe chete. Pasinei neizvi, Phoenix akagamuchira Academy yake yechitatu, Golden Globe uye BAFTA mazita nokuda kwebasa rake guru. 