Funny Games

1997 Directed by Michael Haneke

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.

Ulrich Mühe Susanne Lothar Arno Frisch Frank Giering Stefan Clapczynski Doris Kunstmann Christoph Bantzer Wolfgang Glück Susanne Meneghel Monika Zallinger

Alternative Titles

Violência Gratuita, Horas de terror, 퍼니 게임, Забавные игры, Funny Games - Juegos divertidos

thriller horror drama

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Review by katie ★★★★½ 1

*dog appears*
me - "please god no"
Review by Jay ★★★★ 5

funny games but instead of paul and peter asking for eggs its the safdie brothers
Review by Karsten Runquist ★★★★½ 18

Paul looks and lowkey acts exactly like Alex Honnold which only helps my argument that Alex could kill a person and feel nothing. Like did you see the way he talked about his girlfriend in Free Solo? Sheesh. Anyways this was fucking great!
Review by eve 🐁 3

not funny didn’t laugh
Review by Aaron ★★★★★ 31

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

“Why are you doing this to us?” “Why not?”
Oh God, Mother. Blood. Blood.
And so Norman will clean up, as he has done before. The efficiency of his cleansing is the product of repetition. Ritualistic anger followed by ritualistic ablution. He packs Marion’s body, wrapped carefully in the dislodged shower curtain, in the trunk of her car. Everything must go, including the bulky newspaper on the nightstand—this was a crime of passion, not profit.
On to the swamp, which must by now be getting crowded. Shift to neutral, give a slight push, and watch your problems swallowed up by the façade of domestic tranquility. What a good son.
But wait. The car has stopped sinking. It can’t remain exposed,…
Review by Coolnilk ★★★★ 4

Making for one of the more remarkable home invasions films out there that is still quite effective to this day, Michael Haneke's original Funny Games is a truly twisted and meticulously grim piece of work that in addition carries some sharp commentary on the way that viewers enjoy brutality in media forms of any nature.
With this particular notion at hand here, it undoubtedly makes Funny Games all the more chilling and not as funny as the title would suggest, as it subverts expectations across the board for what could've been a relatively conventional home invasion horror-thriller.
In all, Funny Games is a very much admirably-crafted film that does the home invasion angle just right by being both clever and unrelenting all at the same time, though it could've been entirely brilliant if it was condensed by just a bit as some leading parts do drag out slightly.
Review by Larry ★★★★ 13

It all started with the eggs.... Oh god, the egg scene. How painfully awkward. How painfully ominous. How painfully nerve wracking.
Note to self: If a young blonde man with a Hitler youth haircut comes into my home wearing white gloves asking to borrow eggs, lock all the doors and windows. Or get the hell out while you still can.
Last night was my first viewing of the original German version of Funny Games and this morning, I'm still having trouble putting into words what I just saw. The plot is simple enough. A family of three is held hostage by two young men as they are forced to play their sick "game." This setup is already ripe for loads…
Review by Emily Housel ★★★★½ 1

i’ve gotta say, the brunette bad guy has really nice legs like damn
Review by kayla ★★★★ 4

The music at the beginning, randomly in the middle, and at the end sounds like what a headache would sound like if it were made into a song
Review by hollie amanda ★★★★½

has michael haneke ever experienced a positive emotion in his life
Review by CinemaClown ★★★★ 6

Mercilessly playing with the audience's expectations by giving them their fair share of hope but only to snatch it all away at every available opportunity, and making a critical statement against the violence in media & its desensitising effect on modern society, Funny Games is an entirely different level of brutality unleashed by Michael Haneke on the filmgoing crowd and is one psychological horror that cuts real deep.
The story of Funny Games follows a wealthy Austrian family that arrives at its lake house to enjoy their vacation. But their visit soon turns into a nightmare when two young men, whom they first spotted at their next-door neighbours, takes the family hostage in their own house & torture them for their own…
Review by 👽 Zara 👽 ★★★★

god i wish that smug fuck would stop talking to me

Recent reviews

Review by ca¡t ★★★

a girl that broke my heart recommended this to me. the film was good but the girl sucks so 3 stars.
Review by baldur

ok
Review by jude

Watched on the Criterion Channel.
Review by Jan Schmieder ★★★★½

I was never controlled more by a film than that.
I know I felt exactly like Haneke wanted me to feel when watching this.
The best thing is that I watched it with my sister and my mother.
My mother could just barely watch this movie. She was so angry and terrified bc she hates violence, while me and my sister are a little bit more used to violence in film. My mother would have stopped watching it as soon as it gets violent, if she was watching alone. BUT, she finished the movie and hates it now bc of the violence, which means that she is exactly the person Haneke would be proud of.
If you hate the movie…
Review by deniz ★★★★

WHAT THE FUCK👏👏👏 it was so annoying.. Rlly in love
Review by Gasp56 ★★★★

« Funny Games » de Michael Haneke (1997)
Funny Games a un scénario extrêmement simple. On suit une famille bourgeoise (deux parents et un jeune garçon) qui se rend dans leur maison de vacances, proche d’un lac. A peine arrivés et en pleins préparatifs d’installation, ils sont interrompus par deux jeunes adultes venus leur demander de l’aide. Le comportement de ces derniers devient peu à peu suspicieux puis tout déraille.
Funny Games est un film expérimental, il cherche à questionner le spectateur sur son rapport à la violence dans les films, dans les médias. La réalisation est extrêmement simpliste, dans un huis clos. Sans bande originale pendant la grande majorité du film, l’ambiance y est lourde. Les silences sont longs et en…
Review by Daniel Peterson

HBO Max
Review by SUJIN_ ★★★★★

미하엘 하네케는 미쳤다.
Review by imogen ★★★★½

is that enough?

horror at its most brutal and unforgiving, yet horror with so much purpose. barely a single jump scare in sight and directed with such a deliberately slow crawl, haneke has proven to be master of confronting his viewer and subverting every expectation of genre. an absolute masterwork of suspense and confrontation, I’ll truly never watch a horror movie in the same way again.
Review by Lukas_U ★★★½

Personen mit österreichischem Dialekt waren mir noch nie geheuer.
Review by esracakir ★★★★

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Şiddete inanılmaz farklı bir bakış açısı sunmuş film. Toplum olarak vahşeti, şiddeti benimser olmuşuz. Bana biraz "Cinayet Süsü" filmindeki mesajı hissettirdi izlerken. Kadına soyun dediğinde kadının vücudu gözükmüyordu, ya da tecavüz olayı da olmuyordu, çocuğun ölmesinin detayı görülmüyordu. Ama seyirci bunu bekliyordu. Şiddet gösterilmese de şiddetti oysa. Özellikle kadının ağzı kapalıyken, ağzını dilsizlerin vahşeti keyifli olmaz gibi bir sözle açması çok güzeldi. Film biraz alaycı yaklaştı seyirciye, tamamen Hollywood klasiklerine göndermeler vardı. Yani, müthişti.
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Review by Domenico L. ★★★★½

Un horror-thriller basato su un'escalation di violenza e disagio che coinvolge in prima persona lo spettatore; lo scopo del regista è, infatti, proprio quello di "parlare" direttamente a chi si approccia alla visione, con la rottura della quarta parete, soprattutto, e con la consapevolezza che hanno i due aguzzini di trovarsi in un gioco, appunto (memorabile la scena del telecomando).
L'introduzione è già emblematica di tutto il film: così come la musica classica, che ascolta la famiglia in auto, viene bruscamente - e in modo beffardo - interrotta da un brano hardcore, allo stesso modo i due sadici ragazzi si impongono nel quieto vivere della famiglia appena trasferitasi.