10 Movies That Judge You For Watching

8. Funny Games

Michael Haneke's 1997 psychological thriller would be a one-of-a-kind movie had Haneke not remade it shot-for-shot in 2007 with a Hollywood cast, with both movies following a family that ends up terrorised by two young home invaders.

Haneke generally approaches the vile subject matter with a level of cold detachment that'd make Stanley Kubrick blush, refusing to give audiences the trashy gratification they desire. If you want that, go watch The Strangers or something.

Haneke makes every effort possible to toy with the audience and make both experiences as unpleasant and jarring as possible.

The films open and close with a wilfully ear-assaulting grindcore track, and when one of the family tries to shoot their way to freedom mid-movie, one of the attackers grabs a remote control and literally rewinds the film, allowing him to stop the escape attempt.

If that's not enough, the films conclude without the expected last ditch rescue of the family: instead, the family are killed and the attackers get off scot-free.

But Haneke saves his most scathing indictment of a blood-thirsty audience for the final shot, where one of the boys stares directly into the camera, as if to uncomfortably confront the audience about their expectations for a movie like this.

Naturally, mainstream audiences hated it, which is presumably exactly the response Haneke wanted. Honestly, he's one of the few filmmakers out there who could've pulled off such a damning critique of his own viewers so well.