Funny Games

About Funny Games

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.

Michael Haneke's Funny Games is a 1997 horror thriller film. Susanne Lothar takes the lead as Anna, Ulrich Mühe as Georg, Arno Frisch as Paul, and Frank Giering as Peter.

At 109 minutes long, it arrived in September 1997. Written by Michael Haneke.

Shelv files it under psychological horror, sadism, voyeurism, and grim. American members can watch it on Criterion Channel, fuboTV, and HBO Max. It scores 7.3 out of 10 from 2,217 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

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