Funny Games
1997 · 109 min · Drama / Horror / Thriller · TMDB 7.3
The short version:Two polite young men hold a family hostage and torment them. Deliberately designed to punish the audience for watching. A child dies.
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Scare profile
Editorial baseline. Add your own report to refine it.
Scary3
Not scaryExtreme
Dread5
RelaxedSuffocating
Jump scares1
NoneConstant
Disturbing5
ForgettableHaunts you
Grim5
Fun ridePunishing
Synopsis
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.
What is in it
Intensity: brief means implied, off-screen or a single moment; heavy means graphic, prolonged or central. Items marked “inferred from keywords” come from TMDB tags and have not been confirmed by a person.
Violence & gore
- Home invasionHeavyeditorial
- TortureHeavyeditorial
- Graphic goreBriefeditorial
Children & pregnancy
- Child harmed or killedHeavyeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- A young boy is shot off screen; the camera lingers on the parents' reaction for a very long time.
Sexual content & violence
- Sex & nudityBriefeditorial
Animals
- Animal harmed or killedModerateeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- The dog is killed with a golf club early on.