Is The Stanford Prison Experiment scary?

Yes, very. More frightening than 94% 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 Stanford Prison Experiment easy watching?

Barely. Less comforting than 86% 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 Stanford Prison Experiment end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 83% 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 Stanford Prison Experiment 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 Stanford Prison Experiment sad?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Stanford Prison Experiment

Name: The Stanford Prison Experiment
Genre: Thriller, Drama, History
Released: 2015
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Billy Crudup, Michael Angarano, Ezra Miller, Tye Sheridan, Olivia Thirlby

They were given 2 weeks. It lasted 6 days.

Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez

Produced by Abandon Pictures, Coup d'Etat Films

2015122 min6.8 / 10

A tense, intellectually rigorous examination of how ordinary people descend into cruelty when given power, grounded in the infamous 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment.

In 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners or guards, but the proceedings soon get out of hand. Based on a true story.

Clusters

Corrupt Characters in Crime Stories Revenge Gone Wrong Realistic Films About Cruelty Paranoia and Procedure Human Experiments And Transhumanism

Genres

Thriller Drama History

Keywords

Prison Experiment 1970s Based On True Story Prison Brutality Human Experiment

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Questions people ask

Is The Stanford Prison Experiment scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.
Is The Stanford Prison Experiment easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.
Does The Stanford Prison Experiment end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is The Stanford Prison Experiment violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.
Is The Stanford Prison Experiment sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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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