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House of Games (1987) — Stream on MGM+ · CriticCrunch

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House of Games

Movie1987·102 min

House of Games

Directed by David Mamet

Crime Thriller Drama

A crime thriller film directed by David Mamet.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 43%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

6.8/10

365 ratings

About House of Games

A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Stylized, Tense
Story Tags: ambition hubris, obsession, betrayal, medicine science, urban, strangers forced together, con artist trickster, femme fatale, con deception, cat and mouse, slow burn reveal, white collar crime

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Details

Director: David Mamet
Language: English

Cast

Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Mike Nussbaum

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How House of Games Ranks

All movies

Top 43%

1980s movies

Top 45%

Crime movies

Top 41%

1980s Crime movies

Top 44%

★David Mamet films#1 of 8

David Mamet's highest-rated film in our catalog.

the vibe

House of Games Vibe

What it feels like

measureddarkintenselayeredseriouspersonalhaunting

stylized

tense

What it's about

con deceptioncat & mouseslow-burn revealambition hubrisobsessionbetrayalcon artistfemme fatalestrangers forced togethermedicine sciencewhite-collar crimeurban

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

stylizedstyled