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5 Jahre Leben (English: 5 Years of Life) is a 2013 German thriller film directed by Stefan Schaller, about the imprisonment of Murat Kurnaz, based on the autobiography autobiography of the same name.

Production
The film was inspired by the events of the Stanford prison experiment in the US. It is based on the novel Black Box by Mario Giordano.

Release
5 Jahre Leben premiered on 23 January 2013 in Berlin at the Max-Ophüls-Festival and was released with a theatrical release in Germany on 23 May 2013. Murat Kurnaz attended the release in a Berlin cinema.