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7.3Two 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.
Released: 1997-09-11109 minDir: Michael HanekeDrama, Horror, ThrillerBox office: $2,506
Cast
- Susanne Lothar as Anna
- Ulrich Mühe as Georg
- Arno Frisch as Paul
- Frank Giering as Peter
- Stefan Clapczynski as Georgie
- Doris Kunstmann as Gerda
Themes
- lake
- sadism
- psychopath
- hostage-taking
- remote control
- sociopath
- breaking the fourth wall
- serial killer
- psychological thriller
- family holiday
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
92,393 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
73%
Metacritic
69/100
- Year
- 1997
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Horror
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 5 wins & 9 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 315125
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- publication date
- 1997-01-01
- title
- Funny Games
- review score
- 73%
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Categories
1990s serial killer films1997 Austrian films1997 crime thriller films1997 drama films1997 films1997 French-language films1997 German-language films1997 independent films1997 multilingual films1997 psychological thriller filmsAustrian crime thriller filmsAustrian drama filmsAustrian independent filmsAustrian multilingual filmsFilms about home invasionFilms about hostage takingsFilms about psychopaths and sociopathsFilms about tortureFilms about vacationingFilms directed by Michael HanekeFilms set in AustriaFilms set in country housesFilms set on lakesObscenity controversies in film