23 Films by Michael Haneke

In autumn 1990, a young Austrian man attends a party with friends and triggers a horrific massacre. Director Michael Haneke presents this extreme event as a mirror to everyday life and its blunt portrayal of horror. He achieves this by…

A 14-year-old boy is obsessed with violent movies and wants to make his own shocking film to impress his parents. His attempt to do so has devastating and lasting consequences for him and his family. The film explores youthful rebellion,…

Austrian director Michael Haneke presents a disturbing adaptation of Franz Kafka's unfinished novel, 'Das Schloss.' The film follows K, an outsider who mysteriously arrives in a remote village and seeks belonging. His search leads him into the complex bureaucracy of…

Ann, her husband George, and their son Georgie arrive at their vacation house and are visited by two young men who appear polite and friendly. However, with deceptively charming smiles and golf clubs, they begin to terrorize the family, giving…

In 1950s Germany, a German woman and a former French prisoner of war navigate life together. Rather than focusing on the nation's recovery, the woman is primarily concerned with her own private life.

An old tailor reflects on his time as a schoolteacher in a remote Northern German village during the year before World War I, a period marked by a series of unusual occurrences.

Forty acclaimed directors worldwide took on a challenge: make a short film using the original 1895 Lumière Cinematographe, under conditions mirroring the early days of cinema. They faced strict rules: films had to be under 52 seconds, with no synchronized…

Andreas Pum, a former soldier who lost a leg in service, receives a license and an organ grinder after leaving the army. A public disturbance leads to a confrontation with a well-dressed man, resulting in Pum hitting a police officer…

Mozart and Da Ponte's *Così fan tutte* is a darkly funny exploration of love, faithfulness, and deception. The opera questions whether genuine affection can survive the elaborate deceptions the characters inflict upon each other, suggesting that their emotional honesty has…

In a Venice coffee shop, a disillusioned art student encounters the enigmatic Edgar Allan. The student's growing fascination with the older man gradually spirals into intense paranoia.

This film explores the complexities of human connection, depicting situations where individuals struggle to truly communicate, even when words are exchanged. The story examines the ways people fail to connect through silence, inattentiveness, and deliberate avoidance.

During a vacation, a family – a mother, father, and child – meets two dangerous young men. What begins as a relaxing getaway quickly turns into a terrifying ordeal. The antagonists subject the family to cruel games, forcing them to…

This is a story about the complicated feelings that arise when a journalist and a teacher have an affair. It explores the emotional impact of their relationship.

Elisabeth, a fifty-year-old woman, travels to see her father, who lives in the countryside near Klagenfurt. While there, she contemplates her past, specifically her childhood and romantic relationships.

Georges and Anne, an elderly couple in their eighties and retired music teachers, find their strong relationship challenged when Anne suffers a stroke. Their daughter, a musician living overseas with her own family, is distant. The event deeply tests the…

A wealthy French family in Calais experiences a string of problems, remaining largely unaware of the difficult circumstances faced by refugees living nearby.

The film explores the everyday life of a middle-class family. What seems like a typical suburban existence gradually reveals a darker, more complex reality. As the film documents their routines – meals, work, family time, and sleep – a feeling…

A small incident sets off a chain of events that connects five people in Paris. Anne is an actress, and her boyfriend Georges is documenting the war in Kosovo. Georges' brother, Jean, needs the code to access Georges' apartment. Their…

The film follows the interwoven lives of people in Vienna who are unknowingly affected by a senseless Christmas Eve shooting. Told through 71 scenes, the story explores the emotional impact of the tragedy on many different people. The violence shakes…

George, a television host who discusses literature, begins receiving secretly filmed videos of his family, accompanied by unsettling drawings. He doesn't know who is sending them. The videos gradually become more personal, suggesting the sender has a history with George.

Anna and her family arrive at their vacation house to discover it's already occupied. This unexpected encounter marks the start of a difficult journey of understanding.

Erika Kohut, a piano teacher who suppresses her sexuality and lives under the control of her mother, begins to attract the attention of a young man who pursues her romantically.