The Experiment

2001 · Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel

Das Experiment is a shocking psycho thriller about the potential for brutality that humans hide. Even more shocking is the fact that it’s based on an actual occurrence — a 1971 psychological experiment at Stanford University that was aborted prematurely when the experimenters lost control.

drama thriller

Cast: Moritz Bleibtreu, Andrea Sawatzki, Christian Berkel, Peter Fieseler, Justus von Dohnányi, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Lars Gärtner, Maren Eggert, Antoine Monot Jr., André Jung

Rating: 7.413/10 from 903 votes