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David Lynch Films ranked

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  • Naomi Watts in Mulholland Drive (2001)

    1. Mulholland Drive

    20012h 27mR87Metascore
    7.9 (408K)
    After a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsNaomi WattsLaura HarringJustin Theroux
  • Isabella Rossellini and Kyle MacLachlan in Blue Velvet (1986)

    2. Blue Velvet

    19862hR75Metascore
    7.7 (232K)
    The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsIsabella RosselliniKyle MacLachlanDennis Hopper
  • Twin Peaks (1990)

    3. Twin Peaks

    1990–199130 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.7 (232K)
    An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.
    CreatorsMark FrostDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanMichael OntkeanMädchen Amick
  • Jack Nance in Eraserhead (1977)

    4. Eraserhead

    19771h 29mNot Rated87Metascore
    7.3 (137K)
    Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newborn mutant child.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsJack NanceCharlotte StewartAllen Joseph
  • Patricia Arquette and Bill Pullman in Lost Highway (1997)

    5. Lost Highway

    19972h 14mR53Metascore
    7.6 (164K)
    Anonymous videotapes presage a musician's murder conviction, and a gangster's girlfriend leads a mechanic astray.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsBill PullmanPatricia ArquetteJohn Roselius
  • John Hurt in The Elephant Man (1980)

    6. The Elephant Man

    19802h 4mPG78Metascore
    8.2 (273K)
    A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsAnthony HopkinsJohn HurtAnne Bancroft
  • Twin Peaks (2017)

    7. Twin Peaks

    201718 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.5 (83K)
    Picks up 25 years after the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town are stunned when their homecoming queen is murdered.
    CreatorsMark FrostDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanSheryl LeeMichael Horse
  • Richard Farnsworth in The Straight Story (1999)

    8. The Straight Story

    19991h 52mG86Metascore
    8.0 (104K)
    Alvin Straight, a 73-year-old, learns that his estranged brother, Lyle is critically ill. Unable to drive, Alvin embarks on a journey from Iowa to Mt. Zion, by riding a lawn mower. Will he succeed?
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsRichard FarnsworthSissy SpacekJane Galloway Heitz
  • Laura Dern in Inland Empire (2006)

    9. Inland Empire

    20063hR73Metascore
    6.8 (66K)
    As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsKarolina GruszkaKrzysztof MajchrzakGrace Zabriskie
  • Sheryl Lee in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

    10. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    19922h 14mR45Metascore
    7.3 (113K)
    Laura Palmer's harrowing final days are chronicled one year after the murder of Teresa Banks, a resident of Twin Peaks' neighboring town.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsSheryl LeeRay WiseMädchen Amick
  • Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern in Wild at Heart (1990)

    11. Wild at Heart

    19902h 5mR52Metascore
    7.2 (108K)
    Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsNicolas CageLaura DernWillem Dafoe
  • Sean Young and Kyle MacLachlan in Dune (1984)

    12. Dune

    19842h 17mPG-1341Metascore
    6.3 (189K)
    A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor's rule.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanVirginia MadsenFrancesca Annis

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