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Breaking the Waves rating

Breaking the Waves (1996) holds a 7.8 on IMDb from 76.8K votes, 6th among 1996 films.

IMDb

7.8

76.8K votes

Rank in 1996

6th

of 102 films with 25K+ votes

Metascore

82

as of November 19, 2025

Rotten Tomatoes

85%

critics

Lars von Trier's films by IMDb rating

Dogville20038.0
Dancer in the Dark20007.9
Breaking the Waves (this film)19967.8

IMDb rating and votes; the year rank counts 1996 films with 25,000+ votes. Critic scores are Wikidata snapshots, dated. Runtime is IMDb's listed runtime.

Sources: IMDb ratings and credits (as of 2026-10-11), Wikidata (as of 2026-10-11).

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