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Lars von Trier

Danish film director and screenwriter (born 1956)

10.35body-of-work score · ranked #78 of 2631 directors · 11 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
April 30, 1956 · Kongens Lyngby
Nationality
Kingdom of Denmark
Work
film director, screenwriter, film producer, cinematographer
Movement
Dogme 95
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Lars von Trier
Siebbi · CC BY 3.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Breaking the WavesMust-See #204

    1996 · Denmark / Sweden / France · drama, romance

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1996 · Kehr's annual top 10 1996 #1 · Ebert's annual top 10 1996 #2

    2.6910 citations
  2. 2
    Dancer in the DarkMust-See #248

    2000 · Denmark / Sweden / Germany · musical, drama

    Palme d'Or winner 2000 · Film Comment year-end poll 2000 #8 · Kehr's annual top 10 2000 #2

    2.434 citations
  3. 3
    Dogville

    2003 · France / Germany / United Kingdom · drama, thriller, mystery

    Hoberman's annual top 10 2004 #2 · Kehr's annual top 10 2004 #2 · Film Comment year-end poll 2004 #9

    1.516 citations
  4. 4
    Melancholia

    2011 · France / Germany / Sweden · sci-fi, drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2011 #3 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #211 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2011 #6

    1.384 citations
  5. 5
    The Five ObstructionsDe fem benspænd

    2003 · Denmark / Switzerland / Belgium · documentary, drama

    Sarris's annual top 10 2004 #1 · Kehr's annual top 10 2004 #9

    0.652 citations
  6. 6
    Antichrist

    2009 · France / Germany / Italy · drama, horror, thriller

    Film Comment year-end poll 2009 #20 · Criterion Collection spine #542

    0.392 citations
  7. 7
    Nymphomaniac

    2013 · France / Denmark / Germany · drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2014 #6

    0.361 citation
  8. 8
    The House That Jack Built

    2018 · Denmark / Sweden / France · thriller, drama, horror

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2018 #8

    0.321 citation
  9. 9
    Europa

    1991 · Switzerland / France / Sweden · drama, thriller, war

    Criterion Collection spine #454 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1992 #9

    0.312 citations
  10. 10
    The Element of CrimeForbrydelsens element

    1984 · Denmark · drama, crime, thriller

    Criterion Collection spine #80

    0.161 citation
  11. 11
    Manderlay

    2005 · Denmark / Sweden / France · drama

    Kehr's annual top 10 2006 #null

    0.141 citation

Complete filmography

All 35 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.