Directed by:
Kyle Patrick AlvarezScreenplay:
Tim TalbottCinematography:
Jas SheltonComposer:
Andrew HewittCast:
Billy Crudup, Michael Angarano, Ezra Miller, Moises Arias, Olivia Thirlby, Callan McAuliffe, Tye Sheridan, Johnny Simmons, Chris Sheffield, Thomas Mann (more)VOD (6)
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What happens when a college psych study goes shockingly wrong? In this tense, psychological thriller based on the notorious true story, Billy Crudup stars as Stanford University professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo, who, in 1971, cast 24 student volunteers as prisoners and guards in a simulated jail to examine the source of abusive behavior in the prison system. The results astonished the world, as participants went from middle-class undergrads to drunk-with-power sadists and submissive victims in just a few days. Winner of two awards at the Sundance Film Festival, including Best Screenplay, and created with the close participation of Dr. Zimbardo himself, 'The Stanford Prison Experiment' is a chilling, edge-of-your-seat thriller about the dark side of power and the effects of imprisonment. (IFC Films)
(more)Cast
![Brett Davern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/942/161942047_2b67d0.jpg)
Brett Davern
USA
Best movies:
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
Love & Mercy (2014)
Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023)
![James Frecheville](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/120/158120361_09687a.jpg)
James Frecheville
Australia
Best movies:
Zátopek (2021)
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
The First Time (2012)
![Miles Heizer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/708/161708662_21833d.jpg)
Miles Heizer
USA
Best movies:
Rudderless (2014)
Love, Simon (2018)
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
![Benedict Samuel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/194/161194174_d481be.jpg)
Benedict Samuel
Australia
Best movies:
The Walk (2015)
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
Childhood's End (2015) (series)
Harrison Thomas
USA
Best movies:
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
600 Miles (2015)
![Jim Klock](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/514/158514125_f2bc5d.jpg)
Jim Klock
Best movies:
Green Book (2018)
Quarry (2016) (series)
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
Jack Foley
Best movies:
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
Man of Steel (2013)
30 Minutes or Less (2011)
Fred Ochs
Best movies:
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
Look (2007)
Danielle Lauder
Best movies:
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
Ride (2014)
James C. Victor
Best movies:
12 Years a Slave (2013)
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
Special Ed (2005)
Kate Butler
USA
Best movies:
Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
Hero (1992)
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
Ross Philips
Best movies:
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
Friends with Benefits (2011)
Rampage (2018)
Albert Malafronte
USA
Best movies:
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
A Million Little Pieces (2018)
Queenpins (2021)