Funny Games

Funny Games

1997 · 109 min · DE · R · 7.3 (1,620 votes)
Dir. Michael Haneke · Starring Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering, Stefan Clapczynski, Doris Kunstmann

A nightmare.

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Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.

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This film is an exercise in sustained, almost unbearable dread, a meticulously crafted psychological torment that feels both voyeuristic and deeply uncomfortable. It’s a chilling, slow-burn descent into calculated cruelty, forcing viewers to confront uncomfortable questions about power, complicity, and the nature of on-screen violence. Unrelenting and thought-provoking.

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