The Element of Crime

You investigate a series of murders in a dark city and then a mysterious technique takes hold of you. The director sets a haunting tone.

Streaming availability changes weekly. Check the Where to watch panel above — we re-pull TMDB's JustWatch index every week. If nothing's listed, the film is between licence windows.

Our similarity graph picks 6 films based on shared director, keywords, mood-cluster overlap, and MovieLens user co-rating — niche-biased away from blockbusters. Full list: /like/the-element-of-crime-1984/.

Lars von Trier directed The Element of Crime in 1984. See Lars von Trier's full filmography, where to start with Lars von Trier, or where to go after you've seen everything by Lars von Trier.

The Element of Crime was released in 1984 (DA original-language production), with a runtime of 104 minutes.