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10 Best Movies Like The Experiment

If you loved The Experiment, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Stanford Prison Experiment

The Stanford Prison Experiment

2015★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Experiment for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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...

#2
The Experiment

The Experiment

2010★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Experiment for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control....

#3
Monkey Shines

Monkey Shines

1988★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Experiment for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those who ...

#4
Kiss of the Spider Woman

Kiss of the Spider Woman

1985★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Experiment for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molin...

#5
The Dare

The Dare

2019★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Experiment for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A rare family night for Jay takes a brutal twist when he awakens in a basement with three other prisoners. As their vengeful captor runs riot, Jay engages in a twisted battle to so...

#6
Poison

Poison

1991★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Experiment for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A trio of interweaved transgressive tales, telling a bizarre stories of suburban patricide and a miraculous flight from justice, a mad sex experiment which unleashes a disfiguring ...

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