List of the best David Lynch movies: The Elephant Man(1980), The Straight Story(1999), Mulholland Dr.(2001), Blue Velvet(1986), Lost Highway(1997), Eraserhead(1977), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me(1992), Wild at Heart(1990), Inland Empire(2006), David Wants to Fly(2010), Dune(1984), Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction(2012) ... ...
Biography, Drama
USA|UK
1980
125 Minutes
Director
John Hurt Anthony Hopkins Anne Bancroft John Gielgud Wendy Hiller Freddie Jones Michael Elphick Hannah Gordon Helen Ryan John Standing Dexter Fletcher
man doctor wife actress inspiring profound uplifting london john merrick class distinctions discrimination disfigurement transformation discovery 1880s
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.
Drama
France|UK|USA
1999
111 Minutes
Director
Richard Farnsworth Sissy Spacek Jane Galloway Heitz Everett McGill Jennifer Edwards-Hughes Barbara Robertson John Farley John Lordan Harry Dean Stanton
old man brother farmer widower calm touching emotional heartwarming positive midwest countryside aging siblings reconciliation adventure discovery underdog 1990s
An old man makes a long journey by lawnmower to mend his relationship with an ill brother.
Mystery & Thriller
France|USA
2001
146 Minutes
Director
Justin Theroux Naomi Watts Laura Harring Ann Miller Dan Hedaya Mark Pellegrino Brian Beacock Robert Forster Katharine Towne Lee Grant Michael J. Anderson
actress director mafia boss celebrity lesbian detective dark suspenseful intricate los angeles street nightclub amnesia car crash conspiracy mental illness suicide murder mystery transformation
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1986
120 Minutes
Director
Kyle MacLachlan Isabella Rossellini Dennis Hopper Laura Dern Hope Lange Dean Stockwell Priscilla Pointer Frances Bay
lounge singer girlfriend student psychopath drug addict dark creepy disturbing car abandoned building lounge apartment field suburbia desire vice blackmail drugs corruption sex
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.
Drama
France|USA
1997
135 Minutes
Director
Bill Pullman Patricia Arquette Balthazar Getty Robert Blake Natasha Gregson Wagner Richard Pryor Michael Massee Jack Nance Jack Kehler Henry Rollins Gene Ross
musician wife stranger manager young man eerie fascinating creative los angeles nightclub house party prison desert murder split personality affair dark secrets metamorphosis quest
Anonymous videotapes presage a musician's murder conviction, and a gangster's girlfriend leads a mechanic astray.
Horror
USA
1977
90 Minutes
Director
Jack Nance Charlotte Stewart Allen Joseph Jeanne Bates Judith Roberts Laurel Near Jack Fisk Jean Lange
man girlfriend baby neighbor grandmother mutant dark disturbing apartment city parenthood mutation isolation industrial landscapes mental breakdown pollution discovery temptation unknown era
Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Crime, Drama
France|USA
1992
135 Minutes
Director
Kyle MacLachlan Sheryl Lee Moira Kelly David Bowie Chris Isaak Harry Dean Stanton Dana Ashbrook Kiefer Sutherland Peggy Lipton James Marshall Grace Zabriskie
fbi agent teen girl rebel drug dealer father partner dreamy shocking chilling powerful small town government building high school bar washington state dreamworld murder investigation dreams disappearance troubled youth
Laura Palmer's harrowing final days are chronicled one year after the murder of Teresa Banks, a resident of Twin Peaks' neighboring town.
Drama
USA
1990
125 Minutes
Director
Nicolas Cage Laura Dern Diane Ladd Willem Dafoe Isabella Rossellini Harry Dean Stanton Crispin Glover Grace Zabriskie J.E. Freeman W. Morgan Sheppard
convict girlfriend mother private investigator police officer hit man brutal dark gritty nightclub prison north carolina texas hotel car self-defense prison freedom rebellion road trip
Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.
Mystery & Thriller
France|Poland|USA
2006
179 Minutes
Director
Laura Dern Jeremy Irons Harry Dean Stanton Justin Theroux Terryn Westbrook Julia Ormond Peter J. Lucas Grace Zabriskie Ian Abercrombie Diane Ladd William H. Macy
actress actor director prostitute neighbor phantom creepy unrestrained creative movie set los angeles street apartment backstage murder filmmaking psychology hypnosis curse escape
As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.
Documentary
Germany|Austria|Switzerland
2010
96 Minutes
David Sieveking walks on David Lynchs path into the world of transcendental meditation (TM). He comes across the founder of this worldwide movement, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, to whom the Beatles already pilgrimed.
Sci-Fi
USA|Mexico
1984
137 Minutes
Director
Kyle MacLachlan Sting Francesca Annis Leonardo Cimino Brad Dourif Jose Ferrer Linda Hunt Freddie Jones Richard Jordan Virginia Madsen Silvana Mangano
duke emperor messiah villain fascinating intricate profound arrakis outer space space travel drug trade battle mining rebellion rivalry quest future
A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis when they assassinate his father and free their desert world from the emperor's rule.
Documentary, Biography
USA|Switzerland
2012
77 Minutes
Harry Dean Stanton David Lynch Sam Shepard Kris Kristofferson Wim Wenders Deborah Harry
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction is a mesmerizing, impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films and his own ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
88 Minutes
Howard
Harry Dean Stanton David Lynch Ron Livingston Ed Begley Jr. Tom Skerritt Beth Grant James Darren Barry Shabaka Henley Yvonne Huff Hugo Armstrong Bertila Damas
old man veteran intense emotional inspiring heartwarming melodramatic charming village house bar death old age disease loneliness routine discovery quest metamorphosis love
Lucky follows the spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off the map desert town.