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May 7, 2023 · Chaos reigns. From Melancholia to Dancer in the Dark, this is the definitive ranking of every feature film from controversial director Lars von Trier. Lars von Trier is one of the most outspoken ...
- Jeremy Urquhart
- Feature Writer/Senior List Writer
- “Melancholia” (2011) As Justine in Lars von Trier’s masterful end-of-days drama “Melancholia,” Kirsten Dunst professes, in the face of utter, inexplicable doom, that she “knows things.”
- “Breaking the Waves” (1996) Twenty-five years later, “Breaking the Waves” has lost none of its power, not only as the breakout vehicle for a then-unknown Emily Watson as a martyr in the Scottish Highlands trying to save her paralyzed husband’s life, but also as the film that brought von Trier American attention.
- “Dogville” (2003) “Dogville” went off like a bomb at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, dividing American and international critics’ for Lars von Trier’s three-hour-long screed against class lines in the United States, here situated into Depression-era Colorado.
- “Dancer in the Dark” (2000) “Dancer in the Dark” is a punishing experience enlivened by an all-time performance from Björk who deservedly won Best Actress at Cannes for walking through hell with von Trier, and arriving intact on the other side.
- Dogville (2003) “For passion, originality, and sustained chutzpah,” wrote The Village Voice’s J. Hoberman in an overwhelmingly positive review, “this austere allegory of failed Christian charity and Old Testament payback is von Trier’s strongest movie–a masterpiece, in fact.”
- The Idiots (1998) Von Trier’s first film made in complete compliant with the Dogme 95 Manifesto, The Idiots isn’t an easy viewing experience and is the kind of polarizing project that his fans admire while his detractors utterly abhor.
- The Boss of It All (2006) While even von Trier’s most dirge-like films offer moments of comical interlude, 2006’s The Boss of It All is the only film thus far in his canon that’s an across-the-board comedy, though of course of the pitch dark and satiric variety.
- Europa (1991) The very presence of actor Eddie Constantine in Europa invokes his iconic role of Lemmy Caution from Jean-Luc Godard’s 1965 sci-fi classic Alphaville, and it’s no coincidence.
Rate. 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. 5. The Five Obstructions. 2003 1h 30m Unrated. 7.4 (9.2K) Rate.
May 3, 2021 · 8. Breaking the Waves. Photo Credit: ARTE. A film produced using the rules set by the Dogme 95 manifesto, Breaking the Waves centers around Bess McNeill, a young beautiful Scottish woman equally pure and naïve. To the dismay of everyone she knows, she marries Jan Nyman, an oil rig worker.
- Michael J. Seidlinger
Apr 30, 2021 · Let’s take a look at his growing filmography… Lars von Trier’s best films ranked: 14. The Element of Crime (1984). The first of von Trier’s Europa trilogy is a low budget neo-noir art film surrounding the story of a cop in a dystopian Europe investigating a murderous suspect using controversial methods.
Oct 19, 2022 · Boundary-pushing and provocative, from The Kingdom to Melancholia, here are the best Lars Von Trier movies and shows. The Danish director Lars Von Trier is one of cinema’s most controversial ...
