List of the best Lars von Trier movies: Dogville(2003), Dancer in the Dark(2000), Breaking the Waves(1996), Europa(1991), Manderlay(2005), Melancholia(2011), The Element of Crime(1984), The House That Jack Built(2018), The Idiots(1998), Antichrist(2009), The Boss of It All(2006), Epidemic(1987) ... ...
Drama
Denmark|Netherlands|Sweden|Germany|UK|France|Finland|Norway|Italy
2003
178 Minutes
Director
Nicole Kidman Harriet Andersson Lauren Bacall Jean-Marc Barr Paul Bettany Blair Brown James Caan Patricia Clarkson Jeremy Davies Ben Gazzara Philip Baker Hall
outcast shopkeeper wife writer child profound dark disturbing gutsy small town dogville outlaws small-town life power struggle violence virtue sacrifice revenge escape 1930s
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town she finds out that their support has a price.
Drama
Denmark|Germany|Netherlands|Italy|UK|France|Sweden|Finland|Iceland|Argentina|Norway|Taiwan|Belgium
2000
140 Minutes
Director
Björk Catherine Deneuve David Morse Peter Stormare Joel Grey Vincent Paterson Cara Seymour Jean-Marc Barr Vladica Kostic Udo Kier Zeljko Ivanek
single mother son neighbor coworker emotional dreamy disturbing small town united states blindness robbery death row music mother/son relationship quest 2000s
An East European girl travels to the United States with her young son, expecting it to be like a Hollywood film.
Drama
Denmark|Sweden|France|Netherlands|Norway|Iceland|Spain|UK
1996
159 Minutes
Director
Emily Watson Stellan Skarsgård Katrin Cartlidge Jean-Marc Barr Adrian Rawlins Sandra Voe Udo Kier Mikkel Gaup Roef Ragas Phil McCall
wife husband lover mother doctor sailor emotional dark scotland small town coast household church infidelity paralysis love sex god accident forbidden love
Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.
Mystery & Thriller
Germany|France|Poland
1991
114 Minutes
Writer
Jean-Marc Barr Barbara Sukowa Udo Kier Ernst-Hugo Järegård Erik Mørk Jørgen Reenberg Eddie Constantine Lars von Trier Vera Gebuhr Baard Owe Claus Flygare
A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.
Drama
Denmark|Sweden|Netherlands|France|Germany|UK|Italy|USA
2005
139 Minutes
Director
Bryce Dallas Howard Isaach De Bankolé Danny Glover Willem Dafoe Michaël Abiteboul Chloë Sevigny Lauren Bacall Udo Kier Jean-Marc Barr Jeremy Davies Llewella Gideon
young woman father gunman master slave elderly man dark melodramatic profound alabama rural community plantation square car house slavery freedom interracial relationship helping others racial issues
A story of slavery, set in the southern U.S. in the 1930s.
Sci-Fi, Drama
Denmark|Sweden|France|Germany
2011
135 Minutes
Director
Kirsten Dunst Charlotte Gainsbourg Alexander Skarsgård Brady Corbet Cameron Spurr Charlotte Rampling Jesper Christensen John Hurt Stellan Skarsgård Udo Kier Kiefer Sutherland
sister bride husband brother-in-law family member friend brooding emotional intense church mansion field forest laboratory cab extinction depression sister relationship stress wedding
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
Sci-Fi
Denmark
1984
100 Minutes
Director
Michael Elphick Esmond Knight Me Me Lai Jerold Wells Ahmed El Shenawi Astrid Henning-Jensen János Herskó Stig Larsson Camilla Overbye Roos Mogens Rukov Leif Magnusson
detective writer prostitute police chief murderer disturbing dreamy bleak dystopia europe city cairo serial murders hypnosis investigation criminology amnesia wretched excess mystery quest
A cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Denmark|France|Sweden|Germany|Belgium|Tunisia
2018
151 Minutes
Director
Matt Dillon Bruno Ganz Uma Thurman Siobhan Fallon Hogan Sofie Gråbøl Riley Keough Jeremy Davies Edward Speleers David Bailie Ji-tae Yu Marijana Jankovic
murder victim serial killer amusing dark frightening torture chamber road evil plot impending doom dysfunction evil murderous rampage good vs. evil 2010s
The story follows Jack, a highly intelligent serial killer, over the course of twelve years, and depicts the murders that really develop his inner madman.
Comedy, Drama
Denmark|France|Netherlands|Germany|Sweden|Italy
1998
115 Minutes
Director
Jens Albinus Anne Louise Hassing Bodil Jørgensen Nikolaj Lie Kaas Troels Lyby Luis Mesonero Louise Mieritz Henrik Prip Knud Romer Jørgensen Trine Michelsen Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis
woman hippie heir intellectual leader profound uneasy playful raw denmark commune restaurant woods factory van conformity confrontation mental impairment communal living friendship
The group of people gather at the house in Copenhagen suburb to break all the limitations and to bring out the "inner idiot" in themselves.
Horror, Drama
Denmark|Germany|France|Sweden|Italy|Poland
2009
109 Minutes
Director
Willem Dafoe Charlotte Gainsbourg Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm
woman husband son disturbing dreamy dark tense family home cabin united states grief sex violence mother/child relationship mental breakdown nature fall transformation 2000s
A grieving couple retreat to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage, but nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
Comedy
USA
2006
98 Minutes
Director
Jens Albinus Peter Gantzler Fridrik Thor Fridriksson Benedikt Erlingsson Iben Hjejle Henrik Prip Mia Lyhne Casper Christensen Louise Mieritz Jean-Marc Barr Sofie Gråbøl
boss actor investor employee hilarious witty office denmark work investing managing information technology lying wretched excess 2000s
In 1984, loser pizza guy Whitey Johnson is run over by a semi truck on live television, making him a local hero. The world watches as Whitey vows to not only walk again but to win his ... See full summary »
Horror
Denmark
1987
106 Minutes
Director
Lars von Trier Niels Vørsel Udo Kier Susanne Ottesen Claes Kastholm Hansen Svend Ali Hamann Gitte Lind Jan Kornum Larsen Cæcilia Holbek Olaf Ussing Ib Hansen
A director and screenwriter pen a script and, in the process, blur the line between fiction and reality.
Documentary
2003
91 Minutes
Director
Jørgen Leth Claus Nissen
filmmaker man woman director jørgen leth lars von trier chilling fascinating suspenseful cuba bombay red-light district brussels, belgium discipline solitude challenge art altering history discovery quest
Mystery & Thriller
Germany|France|Poland
1991
114 Minutes
Writer
Jean-Marc Barr Barbara Sukowa Udo Kier Ernst-Hugo Järegård Erik Mørk Jørgen Reenberg Eddie Constantine Lars von Trier Vera Gebuhr Baard Owe Claus Flygare
A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.
Documentary
2013
107 Minutes
Woody Allen Hynek Pallas Wes Anderson Francis Ford Coppola Wes Craven Robert De Niro Isabella Rossellini Martin Scorsese Ridley Scott Lars von Trier Alejandro González Iñárritu
Sci-Fi
Denmark
1984
100 Minutes
Director
Michael Elphick Esmond Knight Me Me Lai Jerold Wells Ahmed El Shenawi Astrid Henning-Jensen János Herskó Stig Larsson Camilla Overbye Roos Mogens Rukov Leif Magnusson
detective writer prostitute police chief murderer disturbing dreamy bleak dystopia europe city cairo serial murders hypnosis investigation criminology amnesia wretched excess mystery quest
A cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor.