MK Ultra

MK Ultra

Based on a true story

Directed by Joseph Sorrentino

Produced by LB Entertainment

202297 min5.7 / 10

A dark, morally harrowing thriller about a psychiatrist's complicity in unethical government drug experiments, grounded in historical atrocity.

Set during the true and unconscionable Central Intelligence Agency MK ULTRA drug experimentations in the early 1960s. The journey of Ford Strauss, a brilliant psychiatrist, whose moral and scientific boundaries are pushed to the limit as he is recruited to run a subsect of the program in a rural Mississippi Mental Hospital.

Questions people ask

  • Is MK Ultra sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Does MK Ultra end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is MK Ultra scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is MK Ultra easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is MK Ultra violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

23/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity52

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise13

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love13

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like MK Ultra

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as MK Ultra

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like MK Ultra, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like MK Ultra, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like MK Ultra, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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