directed by: Michael Almereyda, year: 2015
actors: Peter Sarsgaard, Winona Ryder

Experimenter is a 2015 biographical drama directed by Michael Almereyda that chronicles psychologist Stanley Milgram and his infamous obedience experiments. Peter Sarsgaard portrays Milgram, whose clinical curiosity drives him to test how far people will go under authority, while Winona Ryder plays his wife Sasha, offering emotional grounding to his obsessive work. The film interweaves stylized reenactments with documentary-style interviews to probe ethics, deception, authority, and the tension between scientific achievement and personal conscience.

Psychological Conditioning, Biographical Drama, Historical Biopic, Psychological Drama