When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
Unfortunately the movie Life as a House is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Irwin Winkler | Director |
| Writing | Mark Andrus | Screenplay |
| Production | Rob Cowan | Producer |
| Sound | Mark Isham | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Vilmos Zsigmond | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Julie Monroe | Editor |
| Editing | Gary Burritt | Negative Cutter |
| Editing | Terry Hager | Color Timer |
| Camera | Dick Deats | Key Grip |
| Crew | Gary J. Wayton | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Danny Downey | Stunt Double |
| Production | Brian E. Frankish | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Vincent Lascoumes | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Carla Fry | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Production | Erik Holmberg | Production Executive |
| Production | Jody Levin | Executive In Charge Of Post Production |
| Crew | Jay Vinitsky | Post Production Supervisor |
| Production | Don Tardino | Production Supervisor |
| Art | Ann Harris | Set Designer |
| Art | John Leimanis | Set Designer |
| Art | Louis M. Mann | Set Designer |
| Art | Joseph Musso | Production Illustrator |
| Art | Greg Sanger | Leadman |
| Art | Nicholas Rymond | Leadman |
| Art | Mark W. Brown | Set Dresser |
| Art | Rick Glenn | Set Dresser |
| Art | Alan Baptiste | Set Dresser |
| Camera | Joseph D. Urbanczyk | "A" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Tony Nagy | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Don Duffield | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Chris Squires | "B" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jimmy E. Jensen | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Brian W. Nordheim | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Nick Shuster | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Chris Squires | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Tom Hutchinson | Camera Loader |
| Camera | Merie Weismiller Wallace | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Richard Lightstone | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Gabriel Cubos | Boom Operator |
| Sound | George Flores | Utility Sound |
| Sound | Tony Gray | Utility Sound |
| Crew | Roger C. Johnson | Video Assist Operator |
| Production | Lynell Bangs | Production Accountant |
| Production | Rick Coffee | First Assistant Accountant |
| Production | Sara Tower | Payroll Accountant |
| Production | Karen Ruth Getchell | Production Coordinator |
| Lighting | Colin J. Campbell | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Steven D. Castaneda | Electrician |
| Lighting | Harold Groshon | Electrician |
| Lighting | Christopher Warren | Best Boy Electrician |
| Camera | Jerry C. Deats | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Sean Devine | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Antonio V. Garrido | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Mark Wojciechowski | Grip |
| Art | Ritchie Kremer | Property Master |
| Art | Monica Perez | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Brian Seccombe | Assistant Property Master |
| Editing | F. Paul Benz | Associate Editor |
| Editing | Jennifer Hatton | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Mathew Waters | Sound Supervisor |
| Sound | Thomas Jones | ADR Supervisor |
| Sound | Michael Hertlein | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | David Grant | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Robert Jackson | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Robert Getty | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Jed M. Dodge | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Alan Freedman | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Michael Kamper | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Javier Bennassar | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Michael Mullane | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Carrie Lisonbee | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Lucy Sustar | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Diane Marshall | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Jerry Trent | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Craig Jurkiewicz | Foley Editor |
| Sound | John Ross | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Mathew Waters | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Derek Marcil | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Alec St. John | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Susan Cahill | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Chato Hill | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Art | Bryan Belair | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Kenneth Robertson | Lead Painter |
| Art | Gary DeBortoli | Painter |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bonita DeHaven | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christina Smith | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jo-Anne Smith-Ojeil | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tammy Ashmore | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Virginia G. Hadfield | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Lorenz | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michele Payne | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emma Trenchard | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Elizabeth Still | Key Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tammy Hynes | Set Costumer |
| Production | Robbie Goldstein | Location Manager |
| Crew | Paul Prokop | Production Controller |
| Production | Rebecca Mangieri | Casting Associate |
| Crew | Robbie Knott | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Christy Sumner | Special Effects |
| Crew | Tim Sassoon | Digital Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Vic Heutschy | Unit Publicist |
| Crew | Rhonda Sherman | Studio Teacher |
| Crew | Francie Brown | Dialect Coach |
| Crew | John Starr | Craft Service |
| Crew | Don Tardino | Transportation Coordinator |
| Crew | Timothy P. Ryan | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Cliff Fleming | Pilot |
| Camera | Johnny E. Jensen | Additional Director of Photography |
| Sound | Tom Carlson | Music Editor |
| Crew | James Brown | Transportation Co-Captain |
| Production | Michael De Luca | Executive Producer |
| Production | Brian E. Frankish | Executive Producer |
| Production | Lynn Harris | Executive Producer |
| Production | Irwin Winkler | Producer |
| Art | J. Dennis Washington | Production Design |
| Production | Sarah Halley Finn | Casting |
| Production | Randi Hiller | Casting |
| Art | Thomas T. Taylor | Art Direction |
| Art | Denise Pizzini | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Molly Maginnis | Costume Design |
