Lars von Trier
1) Melancholia
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this beautifully filmed movie about the end of the world, Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire , and brother-in-law John. A planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth and threatening to collide. Meanwhile, tensions are mounting and relationships are fraying as the family deals with their fears.
3) Antichrist
Series
Criterion collection volume 542
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In this graphic psychodrama, a grief-stricken man and woman retreat to a cabin deep in the woods after the accidental death of their infant son, only to find terror and violence at the hands of nature and, ultimately, each other. But this most confrontational work yet from one of contemporary cinema's most controversial artists is no mere provocation. It is a visually sublime, emotionally ravaging journey to the darkest corners of the possessed human...
5) Manderlay
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A young girl traveling across 1930's America with her father, discovers a plantation that doesn't know that slavery has been abolished. Can this well-meaning girl and her lawyer father change the minds and hearts of the plantation owners?
6) Dogville
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Grace arrives in the isolated town of Dogville, on the run from gangsters. The townspeople agree to hide her. However, when outsiders start looking for the fugitive, the locals make demands of Grace in exchange for the risk of harboring her. But Grace has a secret and its a dangerous one. Dogville may regret it ever decided to bare its teeth.
Series
Criterion collection volume 705
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
A quiet woman in Northern Scotland marries an oil rig worker, who becomes paralyzed in an accident.
Publisher
Koch Lorber Films
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Danish
Description
Delve deeper into the realm of the supernatural. Starting with the birth of 'Little Brother', the son of a diabolical murderer, and continuing with Doctor Helmer's plan to turn the staff into zombies, the forces of evil are once again alive and well.
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Bess, a pious, young Scottish woman, prays to God to send her husband, Jan, home from his job on an offshore oil rig. When an accident sends him home paralyzed, she's filled with guilt and submits to his wish that she take on other lovers, convinced that this will aid in his recovery.
10) Europa
Series
Criterion collection volume 454
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Leo Kessler, an American of German descent, visits Germany in 1945. He works as a night conductor on the Zentropa Railway Line, owned by a Nazi sympathizer. Leo attempts to remain neutral to the ongoing purguing of loyalists by the Allied forces, but he falls in love with the railway magnate's daughter.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Director Lars von Trier (Breaking the Waves) delivers a provocative mix of drama and musical theater in this acclaimed movie that won 2000 **Cannes Film Festival** Best Picture and Best Actress honors (for lead actress Björk). Rural factory worker Selma (Björk) is a single mother losing her eyesight from a hereditary disease. To protect her 10-year-old son from the same fate, Selma saves money to get him an operation. At night, Selma escapes into...
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Selma, a factory worker in rural America and single mother, is losing her eyesight from a hereditary disease. Determined to protect her 10-year-old son from the same fate, Selma is saving her money to get him an operation. In the evenings, Selma escapes by rehearsing for a production of The sound of music with her best friend. When a neighbor betrays her trust, Selma's life spirals out of control and the lines between reality and fantasy blur.
15) Medea
Publisher
Facets Video
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
Danish
Description
Medea seeks vengeance against Jason after he betrays her in a search for the golden fleece.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Volume 1: Joe, a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac is found beaten in the gutters. As a kind soul tries to nourish her back to health, Joe reveals her troubled past encounters, through erotic flashbacks of her youth that led her down this road to low self-esteem and self-worth.
Volume 2: The story picks up with Joe's adulthood, where her journey of self-discovery leads to darker complications, near destruction, reconciling her decisions to move on.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Joe, a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac is found beaten in the gutters. As a kind soul tries to nourish her back to health, Joe reveals her troubled past encounters, through erotic flashbacks of her youth that led her down this road to low self-esteem and self-worth.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Danish
Description
When decisions needed to be made at the office, the owner invented a nonexistent company president to hide behind. Now, forced to bring the "Boss" face-to-face with potential purchasers and employees, he hires a failed actor to play the part. Much to everyone's surprise, the unmasked boss plays the ultimate part by becoming a hero.