Dancer in the Dark

Name: Dancer in the Dark
Duration: 2 h 15 min

2hr 15m

2hr 15m
4.2/5 (57.4K)
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An Eastern European US immigrant with a love for musicals has to cope with the gradual loss of her vision. More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Lars von Trier

Producer:

Vibeke Windeløv

Writer:

Sjón

Release Date:

Sep 22, 2000

Runtime:

2hr 15m

Synopsis

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

Cast

Björk
Catherine Deneuve
David Morse
Peter Stormare
Joel Grey
Cara Seymour
Vladica Kostic
Jean-Marc Barr
Vincent Paterson
Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Letterboxd User Reviews

4.2

RATINGS 11.2K FANS

4.2

May 3, 2015

this is the worst movie ive ever seen

8.0K Likes

Josiah Morgan

Dec 2, 2021

she did tell us to leave before the last song

5.1K Likes

megan

Jun 27, 2018

"It's just so quiet here."

3.4K Likes

Eli Hayes
Jul 16, 2018

"The film would just go on forever. Isn't that lovely?"

2.2K Likes

Josh Lewis

Mar 20, 2019

help

1.6K Likes

Hari Nef

Sep 18, 2018

“Nothing dreadful can ever happen in a musical!”Good one..... I’m gonna go cry in the shower now I have no words oh my god

1.4K Likes

kayla
Apr 2, 2025

in some ways it was a good movie to watch at 5am

1.3K Likes

Karsten

Aug 9, 2017

I understand why there are movies about war. I see purpose in making movies that center on tragedy and misery to make greater thematic declarations about humanity. Several of my favorite films have challenging subject matter or include devastating sequences, but every…

1.2K Likes

Jacob

Jun 27, 2024

I am literally going to kill myself

1.0K Likes

mary

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Abyss liked

Dancer in the Dark

great movie! gonna kill myself now

🔥 😂 😭 6 2Y

Dr. Will Graham loved

Dancer in the Dark

Made me cry 10/10 would never watch again -too sad- ❤️

😭 🔥 👀 4 3Y

Jaye loved

Dancer in the Dark

absolutely loved it. would never watch again.

3 🔥 😂 2 2Y
Saint loved

Dancer in the Dark

deeply devastating, also my favorite movie I think

2 1Y

Kareem disliked

Dancer in the Dark

Bringing an innocent soul into this world, knowing that you won't be able to financially support his basic needs, let alone the million other things, and knwoing that he'll inherit your disease and be blind. As she said in the film "i knew he would have bad eyes like me, but i-

6 2M

nevan loved

Dancer in the Dark

as painful and horrific as it is beautiful and inspiring, an absolutely devastating film that i’ve been incredibly excited to watch; and it does not disappoint. transcends all musicals and tragedies to become something entirely unique and pure; bjork is truly phenomenal. perfect

1Y
sazlianahsam liked

Dancer in the Dark

It’s depressing and painful films, it’s pretty slow but good story. The scripts written really bad nonetheless it’s feels so real (Bjork style). The camera-work is poor too but the effect is melancholic and beguiling, a painful yet relevant reflection of our. Performance 💯

2Y

Landon Kenner loved

Dancer in the Dark

Great cast, brutal watch. The silence in the back half of the movie is DEAFENING and I was left with my hand over my mouth for the majority of the movie. A movie that could only be watched only a handful of times at most. Be prepared to cry. 8.4/10

2Y

Eye Cinc liked

Dancer in the Dark

This movie is not getting easier to watch, on the contrary the story is so hard and unfair. But the voice of Björk is one of the most beautiful voices is the world, only her could sing numbers with such passion and pain.

2M