Cast: Björk

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Björk. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Dancer in the Dark

2000 · Movie · 140 min. · Denmark

Direction Lars von Trier

Cast Björk · Catherine Deneuve · David Morse · Peter Stormare

Synopsis Dancer in the Dark (2000) follows Selma, a Czech immigrant and single mother working in a small American town. Struggling with a degenerative eye condition, she finds solace in her love for musicals and her vivid imagination. Selma saves every...

7.6

47K votes

7.6

47K votes

The Work of Director Chris Cunningham

2003 · Documentary · 83 min. · United States

Direction Chris Cunningham · Lance Bangs

Cast Vanessa Eloy · Kiran Shah · Nikki McInness · Karen Anderson

Synopsis An 84 minute collection of commercials, music videos and other stuff by the influential English video artist and filmmaker Chris Cunningham.

7.6

34 votes

7.6

34 votes

7.1

99 votes

Screaming Masterpiece

2005 · Documentary · 87 min. · Iceland

Direction Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon

Cast Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson · Barði Jóhannsson · Úlfur Eldjárn · Jóhann Jóhannsson

Synopsis A documentary about the bustling Icelandic musical scene. This documentary covers some of Iceland's most talented and well-known musicians.

6.8

46 votes

6.8

46 votes

6.6

56 votes

When Björk Met Attenborough (TV)

2013 · Documentary · 47 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Louise Hooper

Cast Björk · David Attenborough · Andy Cavatorta · Henry Dagg

Synopsis Björk and Sir David Attenborough explore our relationship with music and how it exists in the natural world.

6.6

98 votes

6.6

98 votes

The Northman

2022 · Movie · 136 min. · United States

Direction Robert Eggers

Cast Alexander Skarsgård · Nicole Kidman · Anya Taylor-Joy · Claes Bang

Synopsis A history set in Iceland at the turn of the 10th century that explores how far a Viking prince will go to seek justice for his murdered father.

6.5

20K votes

6.5

20K votes

Arakimentari

2004 · Documentary · 85 min. · United States

Direction Travis Klose

Cast Araki · Nobuyoshi Araki · Björk · Richard Kern

Synopsis A look at the life and work of Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki and his impact on Japanese culture.

6.5

53 votes

6.5

53 votes

The Juniper Tree

1990 · Movie · 78 min. · Iceland

Direction Nietzchka Keene

Cast Björk · Bryndis Petra Bragadóttir · Valdimar Örn Flygenring · Geirlaug Sunna Þormar

Synopsis Margit and her older sister, Katla, flee their homeland in Iceland after their mother is killed for practicing witchcraft. Needing a place to stay, Katla casts a spell over a young farmer named Jóhann which makes him fall in love...

6.4

566 votes

6.4

566 votes

Drawing Restraint 9

2005 · Movie · 135 min. · United States

Direction Matthew Barney

Cast Björk · Mayumi Miyata · Shiro Nomura · Tomoyuki Ogawa

Synopsis The core idea of Drawing Restraint 9 is the relationship between self-imposed resistance and creativity, a theme it symbolically tracks through the construction and transformation of a vast sculpture of liquid Vaseline, called “The Field”, which is molded, poured, bisected...

6.2

153 votes

6.2

153 votes

Ready to Wear

1994 · Movie · 133 min. · United States

Direction Robert Altman

Cast Julia Roberts · Tim Robbins · Sophia Loren · Marcello Mastroianni

Synopsis A fashion show in Paris draws the usual bunch of people; designers, reporters, models, magazine editors, photographers. Lots of unconnected stories which all revolve around this show, and an all-star cast.

4.1

5K votes

4.1

5K votes

Direction Brian Grant · Jim Parsons

Cast Robert Elms · David Mallet · Steve Barron · Andrew Morahan

Synopsis Featuring interviews with iconic bands and artists, such as Guns 'n' Roses, Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, A-Ha, Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams.

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New Life

1983 · Movie · 84 min. · Iceland

Direction Þráinn Bertelsson

Cast Karl Ágúst Úlfsson · Eggert Þorleifsson · Runólfur Dagbjartsson · Eiríkur Sigurgeirsson

Synopsis Two friends working at a restaurant get fired from their jobs and after seeing an advertisement for the fishing industry of the Westman Islands, decide to go there and make some money.

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Coachella

2006 · Documentary · 120 min. · United States

Direction Drew Thomas

Cast Arcade Fire · Beck · Belle and Sebastian · Mos Def

Synopsis The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has been hailed as "the best American festival" by Rolling Stone, "the nation's most respected rock festival' by the L.A. Times, and "probably the best festival in the world" by England's NME.

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Matthew Barney: No Restraint

2006 · Documentary · 72 min. · United States

Direction Alison Chernick

Cast Matthew Barney · Björk

Synopsis How does artist Matthew Barney use 45,000 pounds of petroleum jelly, a factory whaling vessel and traditional Japanese rituals to create his latest art project? Barney plowed the waters off the coast of Nagasaki to film his massive endeavor, Drawing...

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Direction Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir

Cast Björk · Tanya Tagaq · Rahzel · Mike Patton

Synopsis A documentary that follows Björk and the making of her new album "Medúlla." Features the singing/beatboxing talents of Shlomo, Rahzel, Tanya Tagaq, Dokaka, Mike Patton, and Björk herself. Filmed all over the world, "The Inner or Deep Part of a...

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Monk in Pieces

2025 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction David C. Roberts · Billy Shebar

Cast Björk · David Byrne · Meredith Monk

Synopsis The boundary-breaking composer and performer Meredith Monk overcame a hostile critical establishment to become one of the great innovators of her generation. Now, Monk faces mortality: can such singular work be performed without her?

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Broken Glass (TV)

1988 · Movie · 50 min. · Iceland

Direction Kristín Jóhannesdóttir

Cast Björn Baldvinsson · Björk · Pétur Einarsson · Margrét Guðmundsdóttir

Synopsis Glerbrot (Broken Glass) is an all Icelandic TV movie from the 1986, featuring Björk in the leading role as Maria – who is somewhat of a rebel and problem child. Her mother died and her father remarried some awful lady,...

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Inside Björk

2003 · Documentary · 50 min. · United States

Direction Christopher Walker

Cast Björk · Sean Penn · Elton John · Thom Yorke

Synopsis This documentary follows the career of Björk. The film looks at her early musical career with local icelandic bands, her acclaimed stint in The Sugarcubes, and her massive success as a free-spirited solo artist, interviews with friends and contemporaries such...

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Von Trier's 100 øjne

2000 · Documentary · 56 min. · Denmark

Direction Katia Forbert

Cast Lars von Trier · Björk · Caroline Sascha Cogez · Catherine Deneuve

Synopsis A short documentary that explains the process Lars von Trier used to give his film Dancer in the Dark its unusual look.

Not rated

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