The Experiment

20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation. A journalist senses a story behind the ad and smuggles himself in among the test subjects. They are randomly divided into prisoners and guards. What seems l...

Runtime

2h

Director

Oliver Hirschbiegel

Cast

Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Berkel, Justus von Dohnányi

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

Runtime

2h 31m

Director

Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast

Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory

Part drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge.

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross

Cast

Riz Ahmed, Farhad Harun, Waqar Siddiqui

A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.

Runtime

1h 43m

Director

John Maybury

Cast

Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Kris Kristofferson

A man awakens in a car wreck at the bottom of a steep cliff. He can't remember who he is or how he got there, but a report over the radio fills in some of the blanks, as it describes a violent bank robbery and names a perpetrator who happens to be sitting dead in the back seat.

Runtime

1h 26m

Director

Michael Greenspan

Cast

Adrien Brody, Caroline Dhavernas, Ryan Robbins