Reindeer Games (2000) poster
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Reindeer Games

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Directed by John Frankenheimer

After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist. From TMDB

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Reindeer Games is a 2000 thriller action crime film, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron and Gary Sinise.

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  • battybutts ➡️ PAWCON @battybutts.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2025

    last copy of this limited edition print from 2024, with added glitter film and in a nice velvet frame :) going in the mff art show ! "Reindeer Games"

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  • Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.socialBluesky · May 31, 2026

    There’s an old How Did This Get Made? about the 2000 Ben Affleck movie Reindeer Games and Jason Manzoukas asked if Ben Affleck was supposed to be a Rudolph figure and the guest goes “well his name in the movie is Rudy” and everyone starts screaming like it was the end of the Sixth Sense

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  • Kadath @kadath.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 24, 2025

    Kay showed me The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus, based on the L. Frank Baum book. Cute movie! I like the more fae/fantasy take on Santa. Bonus: the book is the source of many of the names for my Risky Reindeer Games series! Flossie, Glossie, etc. are all based on that story's version of them 🦌

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  • Billy Jarrett @billyjarrettugh.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 7, 2024

    John Frankenheimer last theatrical film, Reindeer Games. An all timer stupid bozo script that Frankenheimer shoots the absolute fuck out of with a really great cast.

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  • Quentin Baird - Cracked Planet Dev @queuethulu.comBluesky · Dec 2, 2025

    Xmas movie marathon: The Long Kiss Goodnight Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Die Hard 1 & 2 (though 2 isnt fantastic) Her Majestys Secret service (George Lazenby was a mistake as Bond) The Last Boyscout The Tower Batman Returns Reindeer Games Enemy of the State We arent short good xmas movies.

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  • Monica @softtail65.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 20, 2024

    I'm playing today because no one ever says Reindeer Games. It's a great Christmas movie! youtu.be/H52HE4WE4qw?...

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  • Movie Postmortem Podcast @moviepostmortem.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 26, 2025

    Reindeer Games is a Christmas movie. #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

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  • Colin Cunningham @sgtzima.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2025

    On this week’s Christmas episode, we talk about REINDEER GAMES (2000), a hilariously convoluted heist movie movie starring Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron, Gary Sinise and Dennis Farina!

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  • Peter Avellino @peterapeel.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2025

    John Frankenheimer's final theatrical film REINDEER GAMES is 25 today.

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  • Scott Johnson @scottjohnson.zipBluesky · Dec 21, 2024

    On this week's episode of Film Sack, Reindeer Games! After assuming his dead cell-mate's identity to get with the other man's girlfriend, an ex-convict finds himself a reluctant participant in a casino heist. FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: filmsack.com YOUTUBE: youtube.com/scottjohnson

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  • Peter Avellino @peterapeel.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2026

    Happy 26th to John Frankenheimer's final theatrical film REINDEER GAMES.

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  • filmsack.com @filmsack.comBluesky · Dec 22, 2024

    Film Sack 683: Reindeer Games is now available for your holiday pleasure! Get it wherever you get your podcasts -- most are linked here at www.frogpants.com/filmsack And look out for the pow wow safe!

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  • Jillbill @jillbill.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2025

    This movie reminds me of "Reindeer Games." #frightclub

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  • Loopy Logic @giraffeloopy.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 30, 2024

    Because you mentioned the movie "Reindeer Games": youtu.be/TPXKNmlysz4?...

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  • Agent_Karyo @[email protected]Lemmy · Apr 5, 2026

    At first this was I thought this was a case of Amazon executives being a bit more "let eat cake" than Bethesda. But I was curious and the Amazon executive in question seems to be [Peter Friedlander](https://theankler.com/p/why-is-peter-friedlander-taking-so) who recently joined Amazon. In addition to being responsible for scripted series at Netflix for ~5 years, Friedlander was also a junior producer for Road to Perdition (2002), Mission to Mars (2000) and Reindeer Games (2000) back in the…

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  • Mighty Chroma: A Home 🏠 for Physical Media @mightychroma.meBluesky · Jan 29, 2025

    🎬💥 Missed out on our "Reindeer Games" review? This action-packed B-movie is upgraded to 4K Blu-ray with dazzling HDR and Dolby Vision . Revisit the excitement with crystal-clear DTS-HD MA audio and new commentaries by John Frankenheimer! #PhysicalMedia #FilmSky

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  • filmsack.com @filmsack.comBluesky · Dec 18, 2024

    Coming up next on Film Sack-- Reindeer Games! Watch it on Paramount in the States, and find our pre-show discussion here: discord.com/channels/146...

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  • Just Another Film Nerd @anotherfilmnerd.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2024

    But the best Christmas film will always be REINDEER GAMES #TeamPowWowSafe

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  • Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 24, 2026

    Frankenheimer has probably the biggest gulf between his good movies and bad movies of any director, atrocious drop off, he made Seconds which is probably my favorite movie but also ended in Reindeer Games

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  • Just Another Film Nerd @anotherfilmnerd.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 22, 2025

    It’s no John Frankenheimer’s REINDEER GAMES (#teampowwowsafe), but THE ICE HARVEST is a terrific gem of a movie

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  • Dr. Dani Sanchez @analgesicsleepMastodon · Dec 6, 2025

    This week’s #FridayThrillerClub leading lady is Charlize Theron #ReindeerGames #Deception #CharlizeTheron #FilmNoir

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  • Derek Halliday 🇨🇦 @dthalliday.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 15, 2025

    Watching REINDEER GAMES (2000) for the first time. The cast is pretty impressive; a young Ben Affleck and Charlize Theron, and Gary Sinese and Danny Trejo! Charlize Theron looks and ACTS a lot like Britney Murphy in this film. @__@ It's a bit uncanny.

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  • Kristóf @kristof1985.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2025

    Gary Sinise shares many photos in various subreddits, today he brought some behind the scene materials from Reindeer Games. It was John Frankenheimer's last movie.

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  • Austin Shinn @untitleduser.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 29, 2025

    I want to point out how weak the first two months of 2000 were film wise. Like it’s weird how few good movies came out in that time period. Reindeer Games was top 5 for that time for perspective.

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  • Michael Wirth @crankyraconteur.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 23, 2024

    Watched Reindeer Games while I was home and the wife was at work. And man, that movie is just all kinds of good. Just a perfect pre-9/11 action flick. I love it.

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  • smokeyjones.bsky.social @smokeyjones.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 15, 2024

    Too many to list. Reindeer Games is fun. Santa Claus the movie where John Lithgow plays an evil executive is awesome. Die Hard and Die Hard 2: Die Harder also great.(Home Alone for adults) Home Alone & Lost in NY(Die Hard for kids) Batman Returns. Scrooged. So many good ones

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  • Cinematic Panic @cinematicpanic.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 15, 2024

    I watched Reindeer Games, a pretty bad movie with a really stupid script that gave little to the actors to work with. Yet, Gary Sinise found a way to be really good. It's a wasted performance, but one that made the movie watchable. #filmsky

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  • Fairy Princess Esmerelda @raccoon.pizzaBluesky · Dec 7, 2024

    The screen goes dark. "Would you like to play a game?" says a nasally voice. The camera slow tracks backwards, revealing the film's logo, in the style of a flickering neon sign. RUDOLPH 2: REINDEER GAMES This film has not yet been rated.

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  • Just Another Film Nerd @anotherfilmnerd.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2024

    REINDEER GAMES #TeamPowWowSafe will always be the greatest Christmas movie ever

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  • Just Another Film Nerd @anotherfilmnerd.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 23, 2024

    If Bluesky were truly an echo chamber, every single person would join me in agreeing that the best Christmas movie ever is Reindeer Games with Ben Affleck and a cast of truly amazing character actors

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  • Just Another Film Nerd @anotherfilmnerd.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 7, 2023

    Except for Reindeer Games. Which is The One True Christmas Movie. #TeamPowWowSafe

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  • Dr. Dani Sanchez @analgesicsleepMastodon · Dec 6, 2025

    Posters for “Reindeer Games” AKA “Deception” (2000) from The USA, Ukraine, Germany and Spain #FridayThrillerClub #ReindeerGames #Deception #FilmNoir

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  • Michael @sautter.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 23, 2025

    I want my money back! This has nothing to do with the fine film Reindeer Games!! /s

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  • Derek Halliday 🇨🇦 @dthalliday.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 16, 2025

    My Letterboxd review of REINDEER GAMES (2000). Is it good? Not really. Is it BAD? Nah...I had a good time with it! It's the kind of tawdry trash that I like, and it's a good looking flick! Affleck gets flack he doesn't deserve for this...he really did his best with a miscast role.

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  • redhorsejacket @[email protected]Lemmy · Jan 17, 2025

    I would also suggest finding boutique retailer you vibe with. The Criterion Collection is oft cited, but it's not the only game in town. I was looking at what was out there last year and these were a few of the retailers that stood out to me. Kino Lorber: Similar to Criterion in its seniority (started in 77) and art house focus. However, it seems as though their collection has become fairly diverse over time. I saw a 4k of Ben Affleck's Reindeer Games listed next to a Blu-ray of an Italian…

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  • Just Another Film Nerd @anotherfilmnerd.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 10, 2024

    Never retired: REINDEER GAMES is the best Christmas movie. #TeamPowWowSafe

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  • kickbackcartoons.bsky.social @kickbackcartoons.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 26, 2024

    #KICKBACKCARTOONS How bout ...... SCARFACE ( pleny of snow there)😂😅🤣 & a mostly overlooked CHRISTMAS MOVIE with SNOW....."REINDEER GAMES!"

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  • Kevin J. Stone @thekevinjstone.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2024

    A #Christmas film that I starred in made a Black Christmas Movies list on #IMDb, coming in at number 11! Make sure to check out “Reindeer Games” on Peacock/Amazon Prime/Tubi!!!

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  • Just Another Film Nerd @anotherfilmnerd.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2023

    OK with this so long as we still accept Reindeer Games is the *best* Christmas movie. #TeamPowWowSafe

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  • Ho! Ho! Holiday Viewing! @sleepykittypaw.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 30, 2026

    Is Ben Affleck finally making the long-awaited sequel to REINDEER GAMES? Ha, ha, just kidding, but Affleck's Artists Equity production studio did receive a California tax credit for a project called GINGERBREAD MEN. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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  • RandyLittlesMovies @randylittlesmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · May 21, 2026

    My ★★ review of Reindeer Games on @letterboxd: boxd.it/mdFS3

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  • Spaceship Gary- Brought to you by SATAN @spaceshipgary.bsky.socialBluesky · May 15, 2026

    A movie scene I have never seen but will be burnt into my head from being described (due to the How Did This Get Made podcast) is from Reindeer Games when Ben Affleck gives a toilet a little pat on the tank to be like, “good job, toilet!”

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  • VIREN 🏳️‍⚧️♿️ @gardenhos.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 19, 2025

    ok trying this movie Reindeer Games so far starts with a bunch of bloody, dead santas? so then there are reindeer games fr....

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  • Joe @joelastname.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 17, 2025

    watching Reindeer Games ... this movie must take a hell of a downward plunge for people to like it as little as they seem to. I'm about a half hour in and having a wonderful time

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  • Jeremy Herbert @ddayfilms.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 11, 2025

    For @crooked-marquee.bsky.social, I humbly submitted John Frankenheimer's overlooked Dead Bang as his ultimate Christmas movie - sorry, Reindeer Games - even though the only white stuff falling is Neo-Nazi scum. Link below.

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  • Derek Halliday 🇨🇦 @dthalliday.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 25, 2025

    This is apparently John Frankenheimer's last great film (his LAST film being REINDEER GAMES (2001), which is a something of a charming mess). Frankenheimer's an interesting filmmaker...largely considered a Journeyman director, he's had a lot of hits and misses, but is generally quite adept.

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  • Jon Maki @jonpaulmaki.comBluesky · Apr 16, 2025

    "A movie that takes place where you’re from." Lol. LMAO. Closest is probably REINDEER GAMES as it's set in the UP, though pretty far from where I grew up. (I've never actually watched it.)

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  • 🎃👻 Rob for Apples @ Glasgow Fantasycon 👻🎃 @robwillb.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 19, 2025

    "Without saying Reindeer Games, what is your favourite Ben Affleck movie?" 😂

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  • Spam E. McSpam @spamemcspam.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 15, 2024

    I love watching Ben Affleck trying to act. Christmas movie #55 Now watching: Reindeer Games (2000)

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  • Just Another Film Nerd @anotherfilmnerd.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 12, 2024

    Want a great melancholic Christmas movie that’s also a banger of an action film with a cracking sense of humour? Check out REINDEER GAMES, y’all. It’s the complete package #TeamPowWowSafe

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  • TS Garp @tsgarp.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2024

    John Frankenheimer's last film, Reindeer Games, was widely panned, and a box office flop. Watching it now on Paramount+, it's not as awful as all that-Added bonus is chuckling at Gary Sinise's wig every time he's onscreen.

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  • Shaymus @famousshaymus.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 3, 2024

    John asks for Christmas music on the drive to the tower for a Christmas party where the he main villain at one point says “Ho Ho Ho” It’s obviously an action movie but it’s definitely a Christmas action movie. Other examples include Long Kiss Goodnight, Reindeer Games and Gremlins.

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  • Just Another Film Nerd @anotherfilmnerd.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 3, 2024

    I mean, it’s no REINDEER GAMES, but yeah… it’s a pretty damned good Christmas movie #TeamPowWowSafe #TeamNoseGushingWithBloodForSecondPlace

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  • Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 26, 2024

    Oooh, gonna add these to my list. My wife loves Christmas movies and thankfully lets me include any movie set at Christmas time because I don’t love Christmas movies. So, yes, Die Hard, but also The Long Kiss Goodnight and Reindeer Games are on regular rotation at my house.

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  • Dan McQuade @dhm.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 21, 2024

    I like when a Christmas movie is so bad they don’t even release it at Christmas. Reindeer Games came out in February!

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  • Nikolaj Bill @nikolajbill.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 2, 2023

    Reindeer Games is the best Christmas movie.

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  • Democracy Demands Transparency @s3friedman.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 23, 2023

    If you throw-in a casino heart, a fair amount of sex & getting released from prison, you have the makings of a sequel to the movie Reindeer Games. 😊 Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, MSOC.

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  • omacolt.bsky.social @omacolt.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2026

    #Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge Day 2 Movie about a casino or nightclub heist. Reindeer Games (2000)

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  • Double Reel Film Podcast @doublereelpodcast.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 14, 2026

    Out Now: Issue 76 continues with the Remakes Tribunal featuring @defoxauthor.bsky.social , @alanbaylesauthor.bsky.social and a heist film theme. Our Remake on Trial is The Thomas Crown Affair and our Parole Board is for Reindeer Games. 📽️ #filmsky #moviesky www.podbean.com/ea/pb-xffty-...

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  • Derek Halliday 🇨🇦 @dthalliday.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 30, 2026

    Frankenheimer was something of a Journeyman director, taking on whatever project came his way to varying results, sometimes producing masterpieces such as RONIN...and WILD BOMBS like REINDEER GAMES (though I honestly quite like RAINDEER GAMES...it's a fun, CRAZY, film!). PROPHECY is the latter. :P

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