Anxiety Club vs The Five Obstructions
Anxiety Club has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for The Five Obstructions). Anxiety Club is the shorter watch at 1h 26m compared with 1h 30m. The Five Obstructions is the older of the two (2003 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Anxiety Club | The Five Obstructions | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2003 |
| Length | 1h 26m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Wendy Lobel | Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier |
| Main cast | Marc Maron, Aparna Nancherla, Baron Vaughn, Eva Victor, Mark Normand | Patrick Bauchau, Lars von Trier, Anders Hove, Jørgen Leth, Claus Nissen |
Synopsis
Anxiety Club
ANXIETY CLUB provides a humorous and heartfelt look at our common experience of anxiety through the lens of some of the most brilliant (and anxious) comedians working today.
The Five Obstructions
In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions about their relationship and humanity. Years later, Danish director Lars von Trier made a deal with Leth to remake his film five times, each under a different set of circumstances and with von Trier's strictly prescribed rules. As Leth completes each challenge, von Trier creates…
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