The Idiots
1998
von Trier
Dogme 95 rules demanded authenticity. Von Trier included an unsimulated orgy. If Dogme forbids artificial lighting, why allow artificial sex?
Dogville
2003
Town's cruelty on bare stage. Devastating.
Antichrist
2009
Grief to madness. Genital mutilation. Cannes walkouts.
Melancholia
2011
Depression as literal end of world.
Nymphomaniac Vol. I
2013
Complete sexual history. Unsimulated.
Nymphomaniac Vol. II
Second volume. Even more explicit. Von Trier's most sustained examination of female sexuality and self-destruction.
The House That Jack Built
2018
Serial killer as artist. 100+ walked out at Cannes.
