The late 1960s famously introduced the idea of ​​the “antihero,” defined as an individual with heroic qualities who is not in the position of an archetypal hero. An example is the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke with Paul Newman. The film is about a prisoner named Luke Jackson who refuses to conform or conform to the rules of the prison. The powerful Captain and the mysterious prison guard, whose silver reflective sunglasses inspired one of the leading prison guards in the popular Stanford Prison Experiment, put his acts of defiance to the test. This article discusses the film Cool Hand Luke and how the prisoners, Luke, and the film's themes relate to the 1ZO3 Social Psychology course focused on conformity, nonconformity, and obedience to authority. In the movie Cool Hand Luke, the other prisoners in prison often exhibited conformist behavior. Their obedience, that is, when the prisoners' behavior conformed to the source's request, often resulted in unfair treatment towards them. An example of this is how one of the prisoners spent a night in the cell even though he clearly didn't want to spend his time there. Additionally, prisoners were part of the bystander effect, which is when the greater the number of bystanders in an emergency, the less likely someone standing to help. This was exemplified when Dragline was beating Luke, and none of the many inmates had done anything about it. One explanation for this event is that because Dragline had power over the prisoners, meaning the ability to influence and control the behavior of others, even against their will, they stood there and didn't help. Furthermore, the inmates consistently obeyed the authority of the prison guards and the prison rules... middle of paper... in the car wash scene in the film, none of the inmates did what they wanted, which was to escape and be with the girl who washed the car. In fact, this was one of the few times Luke himself obeyed authority. Despite being a very popular film in the late 1960s, Cool Hand Luke shows many concepts on the topic of social influence and persuasion, which were discussed in class. Additionally, the film specifically dealt with the themes of conformity, non-conformity, and obedience to authority. These topics were shown throughout the film through characters, scenes, and even the film's larger themes. The topics discussed elicit a peculiar sense of reality due to the fact that they have been included in a film based on reality. The presence of such themes in prisons sheds light on the fact that these themes can also easily be found in other institutions such as schools..