
April 30, 1956 · 70 years old
Lars von Trier (born Lars Trier; 30 April 1956) is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own films have taken a variety of different approaches. He is known for his female-centric parables and his exploration of controversial sub…

Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.

A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town she finds out that their support has a price.

A grieving couple retreat to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage, but nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts her erotic experiences to the man who saved her after a beating.

An Eastern European US immigrant with a love for musicals has to cope with the gradual loss of her vision.

The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adulthood, obsessions and what led to her being in Seligman's care.

In five episodes, failed architect and vicious sociopath Jack recounts his elaborately orchestrated murders -- each, as he views them, a towering work of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer in the Pacific Northwest.

Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.

A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.

The group of people gather at the house in Copenhagen suburb to break all the limitations and to bring out the "inner idiot" in themselves.

A story of slavery, set in the southern U.S. in the 1930s.

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.

The documentary investigates the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation.

An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander.

A cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor.

Filmmaker Lars Von Trier challenges Jørgen Leth, the filmmaker behind The Perfect Human (1967), to remake his classic short under circumstances of increasing constraint.

A director and screenwriter pen a script and, in the process, blur the line between fiction and reality.

A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feelings about Cinema.

An anthology film is a collection of short film projects by different directors for a common aim. Usually they are unified by a common theme - in this case, the European Union.

Guided by Liv Ullmann and with commentaries from a number of prominent filmmakers for whom Bergman is and remains an important influence - such as Woody Allen, Olivier Assayas, Bernardo Bertolucci, Arnaud Desplechin, John Sayles, ...