Lars von Trier: movies and TV shows
Lars von Trier has 167 credits in the archive: 152 films and 15 TV series, from 1964 to 2025. Highest rated: Klovn (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1964 – 2025 · busiest year: 2000 (15 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Being Bo Widerberg | Self | Film | 8.0 | 69 |
| 2022 | Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus | Self / Director / Devil | Film | — | 66 |
| 2020 | The Idiots Who Started The Party | Sig selv | Film | 6.0 | 64 |
| 2020 | Lars von Trier: The Burden From Donald Duck | Lars von Trier | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 2018 | The House That Jack Built | Film | 7.1 | 62 | |
| 2018 | The House That Jack Built | Film | 7.1 | 62 | |
| 2018 | The House That Jack Built | Film | 7.1 | 62 | |
| 2018 | The House That Jack Built | Film | 7.1 | 62 | |
| 2018 | Bergman: A Year in a Life | Self | Film | 7.4 | 62 |
| 2018 | Living the Light: Robby Müller | Self | Film | 6.7 | 62 |
| 2017 | Plankton Salesmen | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 61 |
| 2015 | En invitation fra Lars von Trier | Film | — | 59 | |
| 2014 | Arteholic | Self | Film | 5.0 | 58 |
| 2013 | Nymphomaniac: Vol. II | Film | 6.7 | 57 | |
| 2013 | Nymphomaniac: Vol. II | Film | 6.7 | 57 | |
| 2013 | Nymphomaniac: Vol. I | Film | 6.9 | 57 | |
| 2013 | Nymphomaniac: Vol. I | Film | 6.9 | 57 | |
| 2013 | Colors | Fuck Putas Edition | Film | — | 57 |
| 2013 | Trespassing Bergman | Self | Film | 6.6 | 57 |
| 2012 | A Royal Affair | Film | 7.3 | 56 | |
| 2012 | A Royal Affair | Film | 7.3 | 56 | |
| 2012 | Side by Side | Self | Film | 7.3 | 56 |
| 2011 | Melancholia | Film | 7.2 | 55 | |
| 2011 | Melancholia | Film | 7.2 | 55 | |
| 2011 | The Story of Film: An Odyssey | Self | TV | 7.7 | 55 |
| 2010 | Dimension | Film | 5.5 | 54 | |
| 2010 | Dimension | Film | 5.5 | 54 | |
| 2010 | … But Film Is My Mistress | Self | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 2009 | Antichrist | Film | 6.6 | 53 | |
| 2009 | Antichrist | Film | 6.6 | 53 | |
| 2008 | Ernst-Hugo | Self | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 2007 | The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 | Narrator (voice) | Film | 4.7 | 51 |
| 2007 | The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 | Film | 4.7 | 51 | |
| 2007 | Filmbyen: The New Mecca of Cinema | self | Film | — | 51 |
| 2007 | Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition) | Film | 6.0 | 51 | |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema | The filmmaker (segment "Occupations") | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema | Film | 6.5 | 51 | |
| 2006 | The Boss of It All | Narrator (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 2006 | The Boss of It All | Film | 6.6 | 50 | |
| 2006 | The Boss of It All | Film | 6.6 | 50 | |
| 2006 | Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) | Film | 6.0 | 50 | |
| 2005 | Klovn | Lars von Trier | TV | 8.5 | 49 |
| 2005 | Klovn | TV | 8.5 | 49 | |
| 2005 | Manderlay | Film | 6.9 | 49 | |
| 2005 | Manderlay | Film | 6.9 | 49 | |
| 2005 | Manderlay | Film | 6.9 | 49 | |
| 2005 | Idiotic Filters | Film | — | 49 | |
| 2005 | The Road to Manderlay | Self - director | Film | — | 49 |
| 2005 | Looking Back At The Idiots | Film | — | 49 | |
| 2005 | Dear Wendy | Film | 5.8 | 49 | |
| 2005 | Le court des grands | Film | 8.0 | 49 | |
| 2005 | Tilbageblik på Idioterne | Self - director | Film | — | 49 |
| 2005 | A Conversation with Lars von Trier | Interviewee | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 2005 | All About Anna | Film | 3.7 | 49 | |
| 2004 | Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital | TV | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 2004 | Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital | TV | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 2004 | Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital | TV | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 2004 | Dogville Confessions | Self | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 2004 | Kingdom Hospital | Film | 6.4 | 48 | |
| 2004 | Visions of Europe | Film | 5.2 | 48 | |
| 2004 | The South | Film | 4.4 | 48 | |
| 2003 | Dogville | Film | 7.8 | 47 | |
| 2003 | Dogville | Film | 7.8 | 47 | |
| 2003 | Dogville | Film | 7.8 | 47 | |
| 2003 | Dogville: The Pilot | Film | 6.1 | 47 | |
| 2003 | Dogville: The Pilot | Film | 6.1 | 47 | |
| 2003 | The Purified | Himself | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 2003 | Inside Björk | Self | Film | 8.6 | 47 |
| 2003 | Screaming Men | Film | 6.3 | 47 | |
| 2003 | The Five Obstructions | Self / Obstructor (segment "The Conversations") | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 2003 | The Five Obstructions | Film | 7.0 | 47 | |
| 2003 | The Five Obstructions | Film | 7.0 | 47 | |
| 2003 | The Five Obstructions | Film | 7.0 | 47 | |
| 2003 | Trier, Kidman og Cannes | Self | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 2001 | Wag the Dogma | Film | 10.0 | 45 | |
| 2000 | Dancer in the Dark | Film | 7.8 | 44 | |
| 2000 | Dancer in the Dark | Film | 7.8 | 44 | |
| 2000 | Dancer in the Dark | Film | 7.8 | 44 | |
| 2000 | Dancer in the Dark | Film | 7.8 | 44 | |
| 2000 | The Exhibited | Film | 8.0 | 44 | |
| 2000 | Von Trier's 100 Eyes | Self | Film | 7.4 | 44 |
| 2000 | FreeDogme | himself | Film | 4.0 | 44 |
| 2000 | Italian for Beginners | Film | 6.4 | 44 | |
| 2000 | Playing the Fool | Self | Film | — | 44 |
| 2000 | 100 Cameras: Capturing Lars von Trier's Vision | Film | 7.0 | 44 | |
| 2000 | 100 Cameras: Capturing Lars von Trier's Vision | Film | — | 44 | |
| 2000 | D-Day | Film | 5.6 | 44 | |
| 2000 | Kayaking On The Top Of The World | Film | 5.5 | 44 | |
| 2000 | The Name of This Film Is Dogme95 | Self | Film | 5.0 | 44 |
| 2000 | HotMen CoolBoyz | Film | 2.8 | 44 | |
| 1999 | The Copyist | Self | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1999 | Dogma 95, a Serious Game? | Self | Film | — | 43 |
| 1998 | The Idiots | Interviewer (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1998 | The Idiots | Film | 6.5 | 42 | |
| 1998 | The Idiots | Film | 6.5 | 42 | |
| 1998 | The Idiots | Film | 6.5 | 42 | |
| 1998 | Ironie und Gottessuche - Das Kino des Lars von Trier | Self | Film | — | 42 |
| 1998 | The Humiliated | Film | 6.9 | 42 | |
| 1998 | In Doctor von Trier's Laboratory: Back to the Magic of Cinema | Self | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1998 | The Kingdom II | Self (uncredited) | Film | 7.7 | 42 |
| 1998 | The Kingdom II | Film | 7.7 | 42 | |
| 1998 | The Kingdom II | Film | 7.7 | 42 | |
| 1998 | Lars From 1 - 10 | Film | 7.0 | 42 | |
| 1998 | Constance | Film | 5.3 | 42 | |
| 1997 | Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier | Film | 7.4 | 41 | |
| 1996 | Breaking the Waves | Film | 7.5 | 40 | |
| 1996 | Breaking the Waves | Film | 7.5 | 40 | |
| 1995 | I Am Curious, Film | Self | Film | 4.2 | 39 |
| 1994 | The Kingdom | TV | 7.6 | 38 | |
| 1994 | The Kingdom | TV | 7.6 | 38 | |
| 1994 | The Kingdom | TV | 7.6 | 38 | |
| 1994 | The Kingdom | TV | 7.6 | 38 | |
| 1994 | The Kingdom | TV | 7.6 | 38 | |
| 1994 | The Kingdom | TV | 7.6 | 38 | |
| 1994 | The Kingdom | Self (uncredited) | Film | 7.8 | 38 |
| 1994 | The Kingdom | Film | 7.8 | 38 | |
| 1994 | The Kingdom | Film | 7.8 | 38 | |
| 1993 | Eurotrash | TV | 6.5 | 37 | |
| 1991 | Portrait of Lars von Trier | Himself | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1991 | Europa | Jew | Film | 7.4 | 35 |
| 1991 | Europa | Film | 7.4 | 35 | |
| 1991 | Europa | Film | 7.4 | 35 | |
| 1991 | Europa | Film | 7.4 | 35 | |
| 1991 | The Making of Europa | Self - Director | Film | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1991 | Trier's Element | Himself | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1989 | Medea | Film | 6.5 | 33 | |
| 1989 | Medea | Film | 6.5 | 33 | |
| 1987 | Epidemic | Self / Dr. Mesmer | Film | 5.7 | 31 |
| 1987 | Epidemic | Film | 5.7 | 31 | |
| 1987 | Epidemic | Film | 5.7 | 31 | |
| 1987 | Epidemic | Film | 5.7 | 31 | |
| 1987 | Epidemic | Film | 5.7 | 31 | |
| 1986 | Sauna | Film | 8.0 | 30 | |
| 1984 | The Element of Crime | Schmuck of Ages | Film | 6.4 | 28 |
| 1984 | The Element of Crime | Film | 6.4 | 28 | |
| 1984 | The Element of Crime | Film | 6.4 | 28 | |
| 1984 | Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime | Self - Film Director | Film | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1982 | Images of Liberation | Film | 6.8 | 26 | |
| 1982 | Images of Liberation | Film | 6.8 | 26 | |
| 1980 | Nocturne | Film | 5.7 | 24 | |
| 1980 | Nocturne | Film | 5.7 | 24 | |
| 1980 | Kaptajn Klyde og hans venner vender tilbage | Film | 7.7 | 24 | |
| 1979 | Menthe: The Benefactor | Film | 5.5 | 23 | |
| 1979 | Menthe: The Benefactor | Film | 5.5 | 23 | |
| 1979 | Menthe: The Benefactor | Film | 5.5 | 23 | |
| 1977 | The Orchid Gardener | Victor Morse | Film | 5.3 | 21 |
| 1977 | The Orchid Gardener | Film | 5.3 | 21 | |
| 1977 | The Orchid Gardener | Film | 5.3 | 21 | |
| 1971 | A Flower | Film | 4.7 | 15 | |
| 1970 | Why Try to Escape from That Which You Know You Can't Escape From? Because You Are a Coward | Film | 5.1 | 14 | |
| 1970 | Why Try to Escape from That Which You Know You Can't Escape From? Because You Are a Coward | Film | 5.1 | 14 | |
| 1969 | Clandestine Summer | Lars | TV | 7.5 | 13 |
| 1969 | Goodbye, I'm Kurt | Børge | Film | 6.5 | 13 |
| 1969 | Clandestine Summer | Lars Johansen | Film | — | 13 |
| 1968 | Good Night, Dear | Film | 5.0 | 12 | |
| 1968 | Good Night, Dear | Film | 5.0 | 12 | |
| 1968 | Good Night, Dear | Film | 5.0 | 12 | |
| 1968 | Good Night, Dear | Film | 5.0 | 12 | |
| 1968 | Good Night, Dear | Film | 5.0 | 12 | |
| 1967 | The Trip to Squash Land | Film | 4.8 | 11 | |
| 1964 | Grimme Award | Self | TV | — | 8 |
| After | Film | — | — | ||
| After | Film | — | — | ||
| Descendant - curated by Lars von Trier | Film | — | — | ||
| The Missing Films | Himself | Film | — | — | |
| Nocebo | Film | — | — | ||
| Nocebo | Film | — | — |