House of Games

1987 · directed by David Mamet

Rating

80/100

Hit

yes

Prestige lists

Criterion

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.

House of Games (1987), directed by David Mamet, rates 80/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Lindsay Crouse
• Joe Mantegna
• Mike Nussbaum
• Lilia Skala
• J.T. Walsh
• Steven Goldstein
• Jack Wallace
• Ricky Jay
• William H. Macy
• Meshach Taylor

Crew

• Juan Ruiz Anchía — Director of Photography
• Trudy Ship — Editor
• Alaric Jans — Original Music Composer
• David Mamet — Screenplay

More from David Mamet

1. The Winslow Boy (1999) — 78/100
2. Homicide (1991) — 74/100
3. The Spanish Prisoner (1997) — 74/100
4. State and Main (2000) — 71/100
5. Things Change (1988) — 71/100
6. Redbelt (2008) — 67/100

How these numbers work: Methodology