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The Stanford Prison Experiment(2015)

They were given 2 weeks. It lasted 6 days.

  • July 17, 2015
  • 2 h 2 min
  • R
  • Thriller, Drama, History
6.8TMDB · 1,012 votes
6.8IMDb
84%Rotten Tomatoes
67/100Metacritic

Directed by: Kyle Patrick Alvarez

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.

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Cast

  • Billy Crudup

    Billy Crudup

    Dr. Philip Zimbardo

  • Michael Angarano

    Michael Angarano

    Christopher Archer

  • Ezra Miller

    Ezra Miller

    Daniel Culp / Prisoner 8612

  • Tye Sheridan

    Tye Sheridan

    Peter Mitchell / Prisoner 819

  • Olivia Thirlby

    Olivia Thirlby

    Dr. Christina Maslach

  • Nelsan Ellis

    Nelsan Ellis

    Jesse Fletcher

  • Moisés Arias

    Moisés Arias

    Anthony Carroll

  • Nicholas Braun

    Nicholas Braun

    Karl Vandy

  • Gaius Charles

    Gaius Charles

    Paul Vogel

  • Keir Gilchrist

    Keir Gilchrist

    John Lovett

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