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Dancer in the Dark
Directed by Lars von Trier
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her young son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life becomes increasingly difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings. From TMDB
217 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
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Dancer in the Dark is a 2000 drama crime film, directed by Lars von Trier, starring Björk, Catherine Deneuve and David Morse.
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60 of 217 · most liked firstWe've converted our indoctrination room into a fun movie theater for our guests' kids. Showing this week is the wacky musical "Dancer In The Dark."
neutral · AI labelView post →And I just start dreaming. And it all becomes music. Movie: Dancer in the Dark (2000) Director: Lars von Trier ... another galaxy ... .. daughter... (A sculpture by an unknown artist in the park ...)
neutral · AI labelView post →Catherine Deneuve. One of the most talented & beautiful women in film history. Happy Birthday, 10/22/43. Faves include 64 Umbrellas of Cherbourg 65 Repulsion 67 Young Girls of Rochefort 67 Belle du Jour 70 Donkey Skin 80 Last Metro 83 Hunger 92 Indochine 00 Dancer in the Dark 02 8 Women #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →Catherine Deneuve. One of the most talented & beautiful women in film history. Happy Birthday, 10/22/43. Faves include 64 Umbrellas of Cherbourg 65 Repulsion 67 Young Girls of Rochefort 67 Belle du Jour 70 Donkey Skin 80 Last Metro 83 Hunger 92 Indochine 00 Dancer in the Dark 02 8 Women #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching DANCER IN THE DARK (2000). Director: Lars Von Trier. Bjork, Catherine Deneuve. Musical meets misery in this audacious arthouse hit that won Cannes Palme d'Or for Best Picture, with Bjork taking Best Actress. Rewatch. #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →Four 📽 Faves: Lars von Trier Birthday Edition: 4/30/56 Danish provocateur takes big swings, even if not everything works. Check out The Kingdom 📺 on MUBI. 96 Breaking the Waves 00 Dancer in the Dark 03 Dogville 11 Melancholia Dancer & Dogville floor me! And early films fascinate. #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →Post a movie you love beginning with the letter "D." Dancer in the Dark (2000) Dawn of the Dead (1978) Dead Ringers (1988) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →25 years ago,”Dancer in the Dark” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and ended up winning the Golden Palm and the award for Best Actress for Björk. An extraordinary musical that breaks your soul.
neutral · AI labelView post →Thanks to @imnotcryingpodcast.bsky.social for having me on to talk about a movie that makes me cry: DANCER IN THE DARK. rss.com/podcasts/i-m...
neutral · AI labelView post →I forgot about Dancer in the Dark until I read this and now I'm crying into my breakfast (Gorgeous film, I watched it for class in college and then walked around like a zombie thinking about it for like two weeks)
positive · AI labelView post →Four 📽 Faves: Lars von Trier Birthday Edition: 4/30/1956 Von Trier enthusiast, even if not everything works. Watching The Kingdom 📺 now & just rewatched The Idiots. 96 Breaking the Waves 00 Dancer in the Dark 03 Dogville 11 Melancholia Dancer & Dogville floor me! Others are great. #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →When I was a freshman in college, I took a girl to see…wait for it…this is amazing…no seriously, fall 2000…can you guess? Yes, that’s right! “Dancer in the Dark” We also made the mistake of seeing the movie *before* dinner. When I tell you it was the quietest thai meal I have ever had…😬😬
negative · AI labelView post →God this scene from Sinners. I long for a version of the film that went further, Dancer in the Dark-style, close to full-on musical. I wonder, actually, if that style was ever on the table.
neutral · AI labelView post →You'll be singing along to the catchy tunes of DANCER IN THE DARK, an uplifting movie musical about a determined single mother who'll do anything for her son.
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite film performances from the 2000s. Bjork, Selma Ježková, "Dancer in the Dark" (directed by Lars Von Trier). #movies #films #dancerinthedark #bjork #larsvontrier
neutral · AI labelView post →RIP Udo Kier, stalwart of outlier international cinema. Thanks for, among many others, Mark of the Devil, Flesh for Frankenstein, Blood for Dracula, Suspiria, My Own Private Idaho, Shadow of the Vampire, Dancer in the Dark and The Kingdom. And Swan Song, such a deliciously camp and moving late film.
neutral · AI labelView post →#AwardWinningWomen #MusicChallenge Icelandic Music Awards, Brit Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, Best Actress for Dancer in the Dark (Cannes Film Festival) Björk 🎶 Pagan poetry youtu.be/-OBD-al0cIM?...
neutral · AI labelView post →#MovieMadness #MovieChallenge 8/21 movie that makes me cry Dancer in the Dark (2000) Director: Lars von Trier "these are a few of my favorite things" fucking hell 😭
positive · AI labelView post →May 25, 2000: 53rd Cannes Film Festival: "Dancer in the Dark" directed by Lars von Trier and starring Björk (Best Actress) wins the Palme d'Or.
neutral · AI labelView post →For a second I thought you meant acting, as in movies. (Björk only made one movie, Dancer in the Dark, and she sweated blood for it.)
neutral · AI labelView post →Dancer in the Dark. Beautiful film, glad we watched it. we'd have to be paid probably $5k to watch it again.
neutral · AI labelView post →Now Playing: Selmasongs by Björk (One Little Indian, 2000)! This is the soundtrack to hee movie Dancer in the Dark, which I'm gonna watch right now because Björk is so much fun and this will certainly be a happy fun-time movie.
negative · AI labelView post →#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 14 - A song by an artist who has acted in a movie Bjork in Dancer In The Dark
neutral · AI labelView post →Which film has the bleakest ending? Dancer in the Dark is pretty high up there imo
neutral · AI labelView post →#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 14: A musical artist who has also acted in a film 'Play Dead' - Björk (1993) This track the soundtrack of the 1993 crime drama The Young Americans, starring Harvey Keitel. Björk appears in the movie 'Dancer in the Dark' (2000)
neutral · AI labelView post →#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic Day 14: A musical artist who has also acted in a film Björk Dancer in the Dark - a very sad film youtu.be/53vr9EiOH7g?...
neutral · AI labelView post →#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 14: A musical artist who has also acted in a film Björk-It’s Oh So Quiet Had them rolling in the aisles in that laugh-a-minute gagfest “Dancer in the Dark”. youtu.be/htobTBlCvUU
negative · AI labelView post →#1wordfor1music #MusicChallenge 18 - dancing Björk - In the Musicals (Dancer In The Dark Soundtrack) This movie utterly destroyed me. F you Lars 😄 youtu.be/tkwkYEzKBkU
positive · AI labelView post →Getting to know me through media My all time faves: Game - Super Metroid Movie - Dancer in the Dark (this is NOT a recommendation, unless you want to cry a lot) Show - 30 Rock Album - Homogenic - Björk
positive · AI labelView post →Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand. Gefilte Fish Dancer in the Dark Fields of Gold
neutral · AI labelView post →Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand. 1. [invalid entry] 2. Dancer in the Dark (we loved it but gods no never again) 3. Nine Inch Nails - Closer
neutral · AI labelView post →#AugustMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky Day 23 ~ Execution in a movie 🎬 Dancer in the Dark( 2000)
neutral · AI labelView post →Muh #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday and #FilmSky. I did laugh at the part in “Dancer in the Dark” where Björk bashes a man’s head in with a safety deposit box whilst sobbing. It’s a pretty grim movie but that at least got a belly laugh. Can’t say the same for the ending, though.
neutral · AI labelView post →Dancer in the Dark. beautiful film but the amount of money we would need to be paid to revisit it violates our personal ethics.
positive · AI labelView post →Dancer in the Dark. Great movie but I don’t need to subject myself to that again.
positive · AI labelView post →I got my wisdom teeth out in high school, back when video rental stores still existed. My mouth hurt so I asked my mom to go pick out something that wouldn't make me laugh. She came home with Dancer In The Dark. To her credit, I did not laugh even once at that movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Dancer in the Dark is the best movie we've ever seen that you could not offer us enough money to watch again there's no regret in having seen it but never again. not for a billion dollars.
positive · AI labelView post →Was listening to Vespertine and I remembered Bjork made the saddest movie that nobody watched called Dancer in the Dark. I think I watched it once and cried all the way through and never rewatched it. I should try it again sometime. it’s been 26 years
neutral · AI labelView post →May 25, 2000: 53rd Cannes Film Festival: "Dancer in the Dark" directed by Lars von Trier and starring Björk (Best Actress) wins the Palme d'Or.
neutral · AI labelView post →#rocktober2023 #MusicChallenge breaks your heart Björk - overture - Selmasongs (2000) ((Dancer in the Dark soundtrack)) the movie and the opening score are both heart breaking youtu.be/6w6apA_LbOE?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Get your coat, COME & SEE, hit the road, GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES au revoir, AU HASARD BALTHAZAR , eat shit and die, SÁLO, jump off a bridge, DANCER IN THE DARK, shut the fuck up, SPEAK NO EVIL etc etc. There's a new DARKEST MOVIE EVER MADE in town and it's wearing, uh, a green cape. #doomsday
neutral · AI labelView post →at regal cinemas here, the employees have their favorite movie on their name tags. and this one kid had “Dancer in the Dark.” I told him “amazing movie choice btw” and he was joked back “yeah it’s a lighthearted comedy for the whole family”💀
neutral · AI labelView post →On May 17, 2000, Dancer in the Dark was screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
neutral · AI labelView post →Day 16: A film that makes you cry #moviesky #30dayfilmchallenge #FilmSky #Bjork Dancer in the Dark
neutral · AI labelView post →For like five minutes I used to tell everyone Dancer in the Dark was my favorite film because it killed me but also dear god no
positive · AI labelView post →Ohhhhhh no, I ain’t watching Dancer in the Dark. Incredible movie, and Bjork was Oscar snubbed, but I don’t need that kind of misery in my life, lol. Nice try, @wormsgreenrealm.bsky.social. Great DC essay, though!
positive · AI labelView post →What's the weirdest movie you've ever seen? Dancer in the Dark. A heartrending film with music that didn't connect with me personally but still made me weep.
neutral · AI labelView post →Dancer in the Dark. After the movie ended there was a woman crying hysterically in the bathroom and her friend was trying to console her by saying "It's okay, she got to sing! She got to sing!"
neutral · AI labelView post →Day 23: Execution in a movie #AugustMovieChallenge #filmsky Dancer in the Dark (2000)
neutral · AI labelView post →Dancer in the Dark. I think we ended up at opposite ends of the couch by the end of the movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Name a movie that you saw that was good/excellent but that you can never watch again. Dancer in the Dark. JESUS.
positive · AI labelView post →The movie I've cried the most throughout has to be Dancer in the Dark, not sure I could ever watch it again. Or maybe Grave of the Fireflies, ooft.
positive · AI labelView post →When we finished Dancer in the Dark, I told my partner to never speak to me of that movie again. So I will never watch The Joker based on your comment. Thank you for your service.
positive · AI labelView post →This sounds crazy maybe, but the only comparison I can find for it is the Lars Von Trier movie Dancer in the Dark. I’m telling you it’s a trip. Includes this shot of owner of several original Hopper paintings, Steve Martin.
neutral · AI labelView post →#MovieSky Feel-bad movie marathon progress: Irreversible, Se7en, Requiem For a Dream, Dancer in the Dark, Schindler’s List, The Pianist, No Other Land, Grave of the Fireflies, When the Wind Blows, A Clockwork Orange, The Mist, Oldboy, Come and See.
neutral · AI labelView post →#FavoriteMovie #MovieChallenge 7/11 Favorite Movie with an Uncomfortable moment Dancer in the Dark Director: Lars von Trier (2000) The scene between Selma and Bill is heartbreaking
neutral · AI labelView post →Dancer In The Dark. An amazing film and had me in tears for days... it was heart breaking!
positive · AI labelView post →I'm really not a huge movie person and my taste is... eclectic? In no particular order: * Dancer in the Dark * Mean Girls * White Oleander * Happy Feet * The Prestige
neutral · AI labelView post →Having recently filled my new book shelves after being in storage, I’ve decided to take a photo of an unpacked book a day. Going across my shelves, left to right, unit by unit. Day 18 - French language version of screenplay of ‘Dancer in the Dark’ by Lars von Trier Join me for another each day.
neutral · AI labelView post →#BlueZicos #MusicChallenge 08/05: Film and personal ost Dancer In The Dark - Dancers (Plaid) youtu.be/qSzH4DMo618?...
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