House of Cards

Series • 2013 - 2018

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This political drama follows the ruthless and manipulative Francis Underwood as he climbs the ranks of power in Washington D.C. The show delves into the dark side of politics and the lengths people will go to maintain control.

Streaming on
- Netflix

Overview

Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex and corruption in modern D.C.

Details
- 🎭
  Drama
- Release
  2013-02-01
- Seasons
  6 (2013 - 2018), 73 episodes
- Network
  Netflix
- Creator
  Beau Willimon
- Directors
  James Foley, Robin Wright, John David Coles, Carl Franklin, Tucker Gates, Tom Shankland, Charles McDougall, Allen Coulter, Jakob Verbruggen, David Fincher, Agnieszka Holland, Joel Schumacher, Daniel Minahan, John Dahl, Kari Skogland, Alex Graves, Alik Sakharov, Jodie Foster, Louise Friedberg
- Original language
  English

Cast

Found on the web

The Guardian

This hardwired venality is what makes this show so watchable.

theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/feb/01/review-house-of-cards-episode-one-netflix

Hollywood Reporter

Kevin Spacey gives a master class in how this is done, his dialogue dripping either with disdain or the calm dismissiveness of a man who already has set damaging events in motion and knows before anyone else the fallout that's about to occur.

hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/house-cards-netflix-tv-review-415589/

The Hollywood Reporter

"House of Cards can be damned entertaining just as it is."

hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/house-cards-tv-review-2-676602/#!

IndieWire

Netflix offered the first two episodes, which were directed by Fincher with a gorgeously premium sheen that the subsequent chapters copy, to press to cover weeks ago, but they felt, to this writer, like the first 20 minutes of a movie.

indiewire.com/criticism/shows/house-of-cards-review-why-david-finchers-first-tv-series-is-tailor-made-for-binge-watching-41465/

Vulture

House of Cards has called it quits with a sixth and final season that zigzags all over the place and ends on a note so abrupt and preposterous...

vulture.com/2018/11/house-of-cards-series-finale-review.html

Rotten Tomatoes

Season five of 'House of Cards' is some of the best we've seen from Netflix's premier Original series.

rottentomatoes.com/tv/house-of-cards/s05/reviews

IMDb

Spacey is what made this show perfect.

imdb.com/title/tt1856010/reviews

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