Is The Lords of Discipline scary?

Yes. More frightening than 87% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Lords of Discipline violent?

Yes. More violent than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Lords of Discipline easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Lords of Discipline sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Lords of Discipline end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Lords of Discipline

Name: The Lords of Discipline
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1983
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: David Keith, Robert Prosky, G.D. Spradlin, Barbara Babcock, Michael Biehn

The Institute's Code of Honor: A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal or tolerate those who do. It is a simple code. It is a stern code. It is also a lie.

Directed by Franc Roddam

Produced by Paramount Pictures

1983102 min6.6 / 10

A tense institutional thriller about institutional racism and moral courage, where a cadet must choose between loyalty to his peers and protecting a black student from systematic persecution.

Will arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black student, Pearce, has been accepted, for the first time and Will is asked to keep an eye out for the inevitable racism. The racists come in the form of The Ten, a secret group of the elite students. They want Pearce to leave on his own free will, but are prepared to torture him to make it 'his free will'. Will is forced to help Pearce and he is prepared to risk his own career to do so.

Clusters

Trapped Heroes Fighting Back Revenge Gone Wrong Racism And Social Injustice

Genres

Drama Thriller

Keywords

Racism

Questions people ask

Is The Lords of Discipline scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.
Is The Lords of Discipline violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.
Is The Lords of Discipline easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is The Lords of Discipline sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.
Does The Lords of Discipline end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% 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.

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