Michael Hanekehas made a name for himself as a brilliantly talented filmmaker who quite simply does not like happiness.

On a purely objective assessment, you’d probably conclude they’re equally good.

They’re both stomach-churning.

Michael Haneke Movies

They’re both grim.

They both largelysucceed in making viewers regret watching them.

4’Amour' (2012)

Few films capture the hardships of growing old as unflinchingly as 2012’sAmour.

Happy End - 2017

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Haneke released the film the year he turned 70.

3’Cache' (2005)

2005’sCacheshowed the world what a Michael Haneke thriller looks like.

Undoubtedly, he keeps things gripping throughout, even though much of the film is low-key and very grounded.

Brady Corbet and Michael Pitt sitting on the couch dressed in white in 2007’s ‘Funny Games’

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71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance - 1994

Time of the Wolf - 2003

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Benny’s Video - 1992

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Code Unknown - 2000

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Erika and Walter about to kiss in The Piano Teacher

A young man sitting next to a child with a bedsheet cover over the face in Funny Games (1997)

Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva in ‘Amour’

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Cache - 2005

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