Full Metal Jacket
1987USA★ 8.14.5 pt match
Tag overlap with The Experiment across multiple dimensions.
The Experiment
Das Experiment
2001GermanyLanguage: deDirected by Oliver Hirschbiegel★ 7.4
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 like a game at the beginning soon turns into bloody seriousness.
Themes and style
Tone
tensebrutalbleakcold and detached
Pacing
escalatingslow build to explosion
Story
survivalunravelingsiege
Emotion
figuring out who you areloss of innocencefeeling powerlessrageguilt
Themes
corrupt institutionsmen and women navigating expectationslife under oppressionclass and money
Feel
exhaustinggut punchdiscussion starteremotionally wrecking
Violence
graphicWhere to watch
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If The Experiment hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
12 Years a Slave
2013USA★ 7.94 pt match
Like The Experiment, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are, feeling powerless, and loss of innocence. Both circle the same ground: class and money, life under oppression, and corrupt institutions. The feel is the same: bleak, brutal, and escalating.
Precious
2009USA★ 7.33 pt match
Both films sit with figuring out who you are, loss of innocence, and feeling powerless. They share the same lens on class and money, men and women navigating expectations, and life under oppression. Both move the same way too, bleak and escalating.
The Last King of Scotland
2006USA★ 7.43 pt match
Like The Experiment, this one is rooted in guilt, figuring out who you are, and feeling powerless. The world both films live in revolves around life under oppression, corrupt institutions, and class and money. The feel is the same: tense, bleak, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
Saving Private Ryan
1998USA★ 8.23 pt match
Tag overlap with The Experiment across multiple dimensions.