Funny Games vs The Ghost
The Ghost has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.6/10 for Funny Games). The Ghost is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 51m. Funny Games is the older of the two (2008 against 2025). Both are horror, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Funny Games
The Ghost| Funny Games | The Ghost | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 51m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Horror, Thriller | Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Michael Haneke | John Farrelly |
| Main cast | Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Naomi Watts, Brady Corbet | Anthony Murphy, Tom Kerrisk, Livvy Hill, Tom Stafford |
Synopsis
Funny Games
When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the tight-knit clan, giving them until the next day to survive.
The Ghost
Amid the barren landscape of post-famine Ireland, a father and daughter struggle to survive the brutal winter as caretakers of a remote mansion, only to be driven to the edge of sanity by the horrors lurking within.
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