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Lars von Trier

Actor · 86 credits · 38 in highly-rated films

Best known for Dogville (2003)

Frequent collaborators: Thomas Vinterberg, Udo Kier, Kristian Levring, Jean-Marc Barr, Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Best Lars von Trier movies by genre

Movies (50 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Kingdom

    1994 · ★ 7.8 (253 votes)

    Drama, Fantasy, Horror

    1

  2. The Five Obstructions

    2003 · ★ 6.9 (183 votes)

    Documentary

    2

  3. Dogville Confessions

    2004 · ★ 7.0 (28 votes)

    Documentary

    3

  4. Von Trier's 100 Eyes

    2000 · ★ 7.3 (7 votes)

    Documentary

    4

  5. … But Film Is My Mistress

    2010 · ★ 6.3 (11 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier

    1997 · ★ 6.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    6

  7. The Element of Crime

    1984 · ★ 6.4 (223 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Science Fiction

    7

  8. Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime

    1984

    Documentary

    8

  9. The Name of This Film Is Dogme95

    2000 · ★ 3.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    9

  10. Inside Björk

    2003 · ★ 8.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    10

  11. Portrait of Lars von Trier

    1991

    Documentary

    11

  12. The Idiots Who Started The Party

    2020 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. Living the Light: Robby Müller

    2018 · ★ 6.7 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    13

  14. Lars von Trier: The Burden From Donald Duck

    2020 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. A Conversation with Lars von Trier

    2005

    Documentary

    15

  16. The Purified

    2003 · ★ 6.8 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    16

  17. Ernst-Hugo

    2008 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    17

  18. Trier's Element

    1991 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    18

  19. Being Bo Widerberg

    2025 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    19

  20. The Making of Europa

    1991 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    20

  21. Menthe: The Benefactor

    1979 · ★ 5.5 (14 votes)

    Drama

    21

  22. Lars From 1 - 10

    1998 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    22

  23. Arteholic

    2014 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    23

  24. FreeDogme

    2000 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    24

  25. The Copyist

    1999

    25

  26. The Exhibited

    2000

    Documentary

    26

  27. Wag the Dogma

    2001

    Documentary

    27

  28. Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus

    2022

    Documentary

    28

  29. In Doctor von Trier's Laboratory: Back to the Magic of Cinema

    1998

    Documentary

    29

  30. I Am Curious, Film

    1995 · ★ 3.5 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.