Jørgen Leth
Director · 67 credits · 8 in highly-rated films
Best known for The Five Obstructions (2003)
Frequent collaborators: Ole John, Per Kirkeby
Directed movies (51 total, ranked by score)
1The Five Obstructions
2003 · ★ 6.9 (183 votes)
Documentary
- 2
Interference
1983 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
Drama
3The Perfect Human
1968 · ★ 6.6 (54 votes)
Drama
4A Sunday in Hell
1977 · ★ 6.8 (8 votes)
Documentary
- 5
Aarhus
2005 · ★ 5.2 (4 votes)
Documentary
6Life in Denmark
1972 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)
Documentary
7Frændeløs
1970 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)
8Pelota
1983 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)
Documentary
- 9
Moments of Play
1986 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)
- 10
Dreamers
2002 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)
- 11
I Am Talking To You
2013
Documentary
12Chinese Ping-Pong
1972 · ★ 5.7 (3 votes)
Documentary
- 13
Ophelia's Flowers
1968 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)
- 14
Ra-ra
2008 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)
- 15
Step on Silence
1981 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)
16Notebook from China
1987 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)
Documentary
17Stars and the Water Carriers
1974 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)
Documentary
- 18
Kalule
1979 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)
- 19
Near Heaven, Near Earth
1968 · ★ 5.0 (5 votes)
20The Search
1970 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)
Documentary
21Eddy Merckx in the Vicinity of a Cup of Coffee
1973 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)
TV Movie
22I Walk
2020 · ★ 8.9 (5 votes)
Documentary
- 23
Klaus Rifbjerg
1974 · ★ 5.0 (5 votes)
Documentary
- 24
Dancing Bournonville
1979 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)
- 25
Composer Meets Quartet
1987 · ★ 4.5 (2 votes)
- 26
Michael Laudrup: A Football Player
1993 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)
Documentary
- 27
A Midsummer Night's Play
1979 · ★ 5.0 (2 votes)
28Stop for Bud
1963 · ★ 6.9 (8 votes)
Documentary, Music
2966 Scenes from America
1982 · ★ 5.5 (11 votes)
Documentary
30Music for Black Pigeons
2023 · ★ 6.8 (6 votes)
Documentary
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.