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.
Billy Crudup
as Dr. Philip Zimbardo
Michael Angarano
as Christopher Archer
Ezra Miller
as Daniel Culp / Prisoner 8612
Tye Sheridan
as Peter Mitchell / Prisoner 819
Olivia Thirlby
as Dr. Christina Maslach
Nelsan Ellis
as Jesse Fletcher
Moisés Arias
as Anthony Carroll
Nicholas Braun
as Karl Vandy
Gaius Charles
as Paul Vogel
Keir Gilchrist
as John Lovett
Ki Hong Lee
as Gavin Lee / Prisoner 3401
Thomas Mann
as Prisoner 416
