GREAT DIRECTORS: LARS VON TRIER

by dr-mutallimov | created - 30 Jan 2013 | updated - 01 Jul 2013 | Public

Here all Lars von Trier films and points I give them. Films which I give point RANKED from best to worst.

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1. Melancholia (2011)

R | 135 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

81 Metascore

Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Alexander Skarsgård

Votes: 195,672 | Gross: $3.03M

9/10

2. Antichrist (2009)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

49 Metascore

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.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm

Votes: 136,406 | Gross: $0.40M

8/10

3. Turen til Squashland (1967)

1 min | Animation, Short

A super-sausage saves a bunny in Lars von Trier's directorial debut cardboard animation.

Director: Lars von Trier

Votes: 594

8. En blomst (1971)

7 min | Short

Lars Von Trier. 15 years old. This short film show us where life begins (oxygen). Without trees we couldn't live. The industry is destroying our ecosystem.

Director: Lars von Trier | Star: Ole Benzon

Votes: 322

9. Orchidégartneren (1978)

37 min | Short

A young artist of Jewish descent has shunned his heritage. He has arrived at the realization that he is alone, doubting humanity's willingness to extend help to one another. He has been ... See full summary »

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Lars von Trier, Inger Hvidtfeldt, Karen Oksbjerg, Brigitte Pelissier

Votes: 353

10. Menthe - la bienheureuse (1979)

31 min | Short

Based on the sadomasochistic novel by Dominique Aury, "Story of O", tells the story of a voluntary female submission.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Inger Hvidtfeldt, Annette Linnet, Carl-Henrik Trier, Lars von Trier

Votes: 243

11. Nocturne (I) (1980)

8 min | Short, Drama

A troubled and solitary woman who suffers from an acute light sensitivity summons the strength to escape her persistent trials; however, the fateful morning which is only hours away, still seems so distant and pale. Can she take the step?

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Yvette, Solbjørg Højfeldt, Anne-Lise Gabold, Lars von Trier

Votes: 1,628

12. Den sidste detalje (1981)

31 min | Short

Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison but decide to show him one last good time along the way.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Otto Brandenburg, Torben Zeller, Gitte Pelle, Ib Hansen

Votes: 107

13. Befrielsesbilleder (1982)

57 min | Drama, War

A German officer visits his Danish mistress the days after the occupation of Denmark has ended.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Edward Fleming, Kirsten Olesen

Votes: 711

14. The Element of Crime (1984)

Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

66 Metascore

A cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Michael Elphick, Esmond Knight, Me Me Lai, Jerold Wells

Votes: 11,277

15. Epidemic (1987)

Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Horror

66 Metascore

A director and screenwriter pen a script and, in the process, blur the line between fiction and reality.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Allan De Waal, Ole Ernst, Michael Gelting, Colin Gilder

Votes: 6,096

16. Medea (1988 TV Movie)

76 min | Drama

84 Metascore

Medea is in Corinth with Jason and their two young sons. King Kreon wants to reward Jason for his exploits: he gives the hand of his daughter, Glauce, to Jason as well as the promise of the... See full summary »

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Udo Kier, Kirsten Olesen, Henning Jensen, Solbjørg Højfeldt

Votes: 3,636 | Gross: $0.02M

17. Europa (1991)

R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

69 Metascore

Just after World War II, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politically sensitive with various people trying to use him.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Jean-Marc Barr, Udo Kier, Ernst-Hugo Järegård

Votes: 23,187 | Gross: $1.01M

18. The Kingdom (1994–2022)

TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Doctors at an ultramodern hospital in Denmark become convinced, by way of weird, inexplicable happenings, that the place is haunted.

Stars: Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Kirsten Rolffes, Ghita Nørby, Søren Pilmark

Votes: 20,329 | Gross: $0.09M

19. Breaking the Waves (1996)

R | 159 min | Drama

82 Metascore

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.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr

Votes: 71,516 | Gross: $4.04M

20. The Idiots (1998)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama

48 Metascore

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.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Troels Lyby

Votes: 33,935 | Gross: $0.01M

21. D-Day (2000 TV Movie)

70 min | Crime, Drama

Four people plan to rob a bank on new years eve, where no one will notice because of the celebration.

Directors: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Kristian Levring, Thomas Vinterberg, Lars von Trier | Stars: Nicolaj Kopernikus, Charlotte Sachs Bostrup, Dejan Cukic, Bjarne Henriksen

Votes: 262

22. D-Day: Lise (2000 TV Movie)

70 min | Crime, Drama

We follow Lise on her way to help her partners with a bank robbery.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Charlotte Sachs Bostrup, Dejan Cukic, Nicolaj Kopernikus, Bjarne Henriksen

Votes: 115

23. D-Day: The Finished Film (2001 TV Movie)

65 min | Crime, Drama

Four people plan to rob a bank on new years eve, where no one will notice because of the celebration.

Directors: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Kristian Levring, Thomas Vinterberg, Lars von Trier | Stars: Nicolaj Kopernikus, Charlotte Sachs Bostrup, Dejan Cukic, Bjarne Henriksen

Votes: 229

24. Dancer in the Dark (2000)

R | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Musical

63 Metascore

An Eastern European US immigrant with a love for musicals has to cope with the gradual loss of her vision.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare

Votes: 116,709 | Gross: $4.18M

25. Dogville (2003)

R | 178 min | Crime, Drama

61 Metascore

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.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Lauren Bacall, Harriet Andersson

Votes: 158,532 | Gross: $1.53M

26. The Five Obstructions (2003)

Unrated | 90 min | Documentary

79 Metascore

Filmmaker Lars Von Trier challenges Jørgen Leth, the filmmaker behind The Perfect Human (1967), to remake his classic short under circumstances of increasing constraint.

Directors: Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier | Stars: Claus Nissen, Majken Algren Nielsen, Daniel Hernandez Rodriguez, Jacqueline Arenal

Votes: 9,194 | Gross: $0.09M

27. Dogville: The Pilot (2003 Video)

15 min | Drama, Short

A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace (Nicole Kidman) hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town... See full summary »

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Jens Albinus, Gitte Brandt

Votes: 446

28. Manderlay (2005)

Not Rated | 139 min | Drama

46 Metascore

A story of slavery, set in the southern U.S. in the 1930s.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Bryce Dallas Howard, Isaach De Bankolé, Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe

Votes: 25,162 | Gross: $0.08M

29. The Boss of It All (2006)

Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy

71 Metascore

An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Benedikt Erlingsson

Votes: 12,648 | Gross: $0.05M

30. Dimension 1991-2024 (2010 Video)

27 min | Short, Drama

A poetic gangster story and a thriller about the passage of time. Recorded between 1991 and 1997 but published in 2010. Lars von Trier's long-running project was supposed to premiere in 2024, but the production was stopped.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Jean-Marc Barr, Katrin Cartlidge, Eddie Constantine, Udo Kier

Votes: 151

31. Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)

Not Rated | 117 min | Drama

64 Metascore

A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts her erotic experiences to the man who saved her after a beating.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf

Votes: 131,417 | Gross: $0.79M

32. Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)

Not Rated | 124 min | Drama

60 Metascore

The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adulthood, obsessions and what led to her being in Seligman's care.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Willem Dafoe, Jamie Bell

Votes: 98,089 | Gross: $0.33M



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