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David Lynch

David Lynch
Born 20 Jan 1946, in Missoula, Montana

Wise words: "I like to make films because I like to go into another world. I like to get lost in another world. And film to me is a magical medium that makes you dream... allows you to dream in the dark. It's just a fantastic thing, to get lost inside the world of film."



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David Lynch - news / articles


  • Lynch's sadness over boom in home viewing - 24 October 2011
    -David Lynch feels a "vast, ginormous sadness" about film fans choosing home viewing over cinema trips to watch the latest releases.-The Mulholland Drive director has not released a mainstream movie since 2006's Inland Empire and he's worried about how his projects w


  • Stars join Duran Duran for Lynch show in Los Angeles - 25 March 2011
    n for the 80s supergroup's Los Angeles concert on Wednesday night (23Mar11).- -The Mayan Theater show was captured by filmmaker David Lynch and beamed around the world via YouTube.com.- - Frontman Simon Le Bon boasted, "Millions of people around the planet are watch


  • Top movie award for Lynch - 2 October 2010
    -Cult filmmaker David Lynch is to be honoured with the top award at the Cologne Conference Film and TV Festival in Germany on Friday (01Oct10).- -The veteran director, whose credits include Mulholland Drive, Wild at Heart, Eraserhead, and TV show Twin Peaks, will be

David Lynch - what members say


  • Dune
  • Dune review by A customer from Liverpool
    Rated - 5.0 stars He who controls the spice, controls the Universe 20 September 2003
    ..., sister of Paul Muad?Dib. Dune was and is a groundbreaking achievement for David Lynch to accomplish. This film is quite simply science fiction at its best ? dark; ph...   Read customer review
  • The Straight Story
  • The Straight Story review by mort45 from Leeds, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars Strange but simpel tale 16 September 2004
    ...s 300 mile journey nd shows the better side of human nature. Not your usual David Lynch film but interesting and heart felt. Not everyones cup of tea but worth a watch...   Read customer review
  • Blue Velvet
  • Blue Velvet review by from Aberdeen, Scotland
    Rated - 4.0 stars Dark & Brooding, but a bit slow 7 June 2004
    ...d impressed me so much. Don't mistake me - this is a good film. Directed by David Lynch (Twin Peaks) you'd expect a bit of wierdness, which you certainly get. There i...   Read customer review

David Lynch - filmography


  • David Wants to Fly (2010)
    Starring: Ringo Starr,  Paul McCartney,  David Lynch
    Director: David Sieveking
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A sprightly docu about finding your own artistic inspiration, "David Wants to Fly" follows German writer-helmer David Sieveking on his road to enlightenment, a journey that involves David Lynch, various headquarters of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) movement and the icy source of the Ganges. ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 7 members
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  • Great Directors (2009)
    Starring: Bernardo Bertolucci,  Catherine Breillat,  Liliana Cavani
    Director: Angela Ismailos
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    GREAT DIRECTORS, directed by Angela Ismailos, features original, in-depth conversations with nine of the world's greatest living directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 3 members
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  • David Lynch - Dynamic 01 on DVD (2009)
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Two hours of original content previously only available to paid up members online. This 'Best Of' package includes 7 short films plus 3 intervalometer camera experiments. All shorts are written, directed, edited and scored by David Lynch with introductions from David before each item. Also includes ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 124 members
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  • Inland Empire on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Diane Ladd,  William Macy,  Laura Dern
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    With INLAND EMPIRE, David Lynch--creator of such mind-bending works as ERASERHEAD and LOST HIGHWAY--delivers his most avant-garde, abstract, and impenetrable vision yet. A three-hour fever nightmare of a film, INLAND EMPIRE takes the basic structure of Lynch's 2001 masterpiece, MULHOLLAND DRIVE, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 9,086 members
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  • Inland Empire - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Diane Ladd,  William Macy,  Laura Dern
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    With INLAND EMPIRE, David Lynch--creator of such mind-bending works as ERASERHEAD and LOST HIGHWAY--delivers his most avant-garde, abstract, and impenetrable vision yet. A three-hour fever nightmare of a film, INLAND EMPIRE takes the basic structure of Lynch's 2001 masterpiece, MULHOLLAND DRIVE, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 313 members
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  • Lynch on DVD (2006)
    Starring: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    LYNCH (one) is a rare glimpse into the fascinating mind of one of cinema's greatest directors. Footage was gathered over a two year period and documents David Lynch's many creative interests as well as his passion for filmmaking. We ride along with David as he makes his last feature film Inland ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 122 members
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  • Midnight Movies - Deluxe Edition (2 discs) on DVD (2005)
    Starring: John Waters,  David Lynch,  George A Romero
    Director: Stuart Samuels
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Based on the book by Stuart Samuels, MIDNIGHT MOVIES examines the phenomenal success of six films that went on to become cult sensations. While only six films might seem like a rather small piece of a broader picture, each were chosen for the dramatic impact they had and have stood the test of time ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 480 members
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  • Dumbland on DVD (2003)
    Starring: David Lynch
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    DumbLand consists of eight short animated vignettes written, voiced, animated & directed by Lynch himself. Created in the crude style of Lynch's weekly comic strip ‘The Angriest Dog in the WorldÂ’, each instalment finds a husband and father verbally and/or physically pummelling all those who kindle ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 118 members
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  • Mulholland Drive - HD (2001)
    Starring: Justin Theroux,  Naomi Watts,  Laura Harring
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    David Lynch strikes again with this literal nightmare of a motion picture--a brilliant, scathing, hysterical, and haunting ode to Hollywood. In the film, a mysterious dark-haired woman (Laura Elena Harring) emerges from an accident with a purse full of cash and a head full of amnesia. Meanwhile, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 545 members
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  • Mulholland Drive - Blu-ray (2001)
    Starring: Justin Theroux,  Naomi Watts,  Laura Harring
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    David Lynch strikes again with this literal nightmare of a motion picture--a brilliant, scathing, hysterical, and haunting ode to Hollywood. In the film, a mysterious dark-haired woman (Laura Elena Harring) emerges from an accident with a purse full of cash and a head full of amnesia. Meanwhile, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 633 members
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  • Mulholland Drive on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Justin Theroux,  Naomi Watts,  Laura Harring
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    David Lynch strikes again with this literal nightmare of a motion picture--a brilliant, scathing, hysterical, and haunting ode to Hollywood. In the film, a mysterious dark-haired woman (Laura Elena Harring) emerges from an accident with a purse full of cash and a head full of amnesia. Meanwhile, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 22,618 members
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  • The Straight Story on DVD (1999)
    Starring: John Farley,  Jennifer Edwards-Hughes,  Jane Heitz
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    David Lynch's first foray into the land of Disney and G-ratings is a surprisingly gentle, hopeful, and irony-free crowd pleaser. The film tells the true story of Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth), a 73-year-old man who journeys from Laurens, Iowa, to Mt. Zion, Wisconsin, on a John Deere lawn ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 8,525 members
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  • Lost Highway (1997)
    Starring: Bill Pullman,  Patricia Arquette,  Balthazar Getty
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Director David Lynch ups the weird ante with this "psychological fugue." Fred Madison (Bill Pullman) is a jazz saxophonist who is married to the beautiful Renee (a brown-haired Patricia Arquette). After receiving menacing videotapes taken from inside their home, the couple begin to worry. Fred's ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 7,058 members
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  • Lost Highway - Blu-ray (1997)
    Starring: Bill Pullman,  Patricia Arquette,  Balthazar Getty
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Director David Lynch ups the weird ante with this "psychological fugue." Fred Madison (Bill Pullman) is a jazz saxophonist who is married to the beautiful Renee (a brown-haired Patricia Arquette). After receiving menacing videotapes taken from inside their home, the couple begin to worry. Fred's ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 2 members
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  • Nadja (1994)
    Starring: Peter Fonda,  Elina Lowensohn,  David Lynch
    Director: Michael Almereyda
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    This black-and-white fantasy follows the escapades of Dracula's daughter Nadja, who's living a bohemian lifestyle in New York's East Village. Dr. Van Helsing, the famous vampire hunter, has just put an end to the Count's nocturnal activities. So Nadja and her ailing twin brother Edgar are left to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 25 members
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  • Twin Peaks - Fire Walk With Me (1992)
    Starring: Sheryl Lee,  Moira Kelly,  Harry Dean Stanton
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Director David Lynch returns to the Pacific Northwest territory that helped to change the face of television in 1990, making him a household name all across America. A predecessor to that series, FIRE WALK WITH ME recounts the final week in the life of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee), a sparkling ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 7,113 members
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  • Twin Peaks - Series 1 (4 discs) on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Kyle MacLachlan,  Michael Ontkean,  Lara Flynn Boyle
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An eccentric, mystical FBI agent arrives in the small Pacific Northwest town of Twin Peaks to investigate the murder of a young high school girl. Features the first 7 episodes of the cult TV Show, including the original pilot episode and a multitude of bonus features.
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 9,159 members
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  • Wild At Heart (1990)
    Starring: Laura Dern,  Nicolas Cage,  Willem Dafoe
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In adapting Barry Gifford's colorful novel, David Lynch delivers another jolt of adrenaline to unsuspecting viewers everywhere. WILD AT HEART follows the troubled romance of Sailor (Nicolas Cage) and Lula (Laura Dern), two lovers who struggle to remain together even when fate seems intent on ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 9,565 members
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  • Wild At Heart - Blu-ray (1990)
    Starring: Laura Dern,  Nicolas Cage,  Willem Dafoe
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In adapting Barry Gifford's colorful novel, David Lynch delivers another jolt of adrenaline to unsuspecting viewers everywhere. WILD AT HEART follows the troubled romance of Sailor (Nicolas Cage) and Lula (Laura Dern), two lovers who struggle to remain together even when fate seems intent on ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 66 members
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  • Blue Velvet on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Kyle MacLachlan,  Isabella Rossellini,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A deeply shocking and insidiously funny film, David Lynch's offbeat vision uncovers the nasty underside of small-town America. When a young man finds a human ear in a field, he embarks on an investigation into the dark world of a dangerous psychopath, which leads him to a beautiful nightclub singer...read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 17,531 members
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  • Blue Velvet - Blu-ray (1986)
    Starring: Kyle MacLachlan,  Isabella Rossellini,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A deeply shocking and insidiously funny film, David Lynch's offbeat vision uncovers the nasty underside of small-town America. When a young man finds a human ear in a field, he embarks on an investigation into the dark world of a dangerous psychopath, which leads him to a beautiful nightclub singer...read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 5 members
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  • Dune on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Francesca Annis,  Kyle MacLachlan,  Sian Phillips
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    David Lynch wades through dark waters in his adaptation of Frank Herbert's cult science fiction novel. In condensing Herbert's rambling and complex book by eliminating characters and compacting events, Lynch succeeds in rendering the story incomprehensible to those unfamiliar with the novel and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 11,118 members
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  • Dune - Blu-ray (1984)
    Starring: Francesca Annis,  Kyle MacLachlan,  Sian Phillips
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    David Lynch wades through dark waters in his adaptation of Frank Herbert's cult science fiction novel. In condensing Herbert's rambling and complex book by eliminating characters and compacting events, Lynch succeeds in rendering the story incomprehensible to those unfamiliar with the novel and ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 24 members
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  • The Elephant Man - HD (1980)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  John Hurt,  Anne Bancroft
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    David Lynch brings his own dreamlike style to the heartbreaking yet somehow uplifting story of John Merrick (John Hurt), a hideously deformed individual dubbed the Elephant Man during his years in a circus freak show in Victorian England. After suffering for years at the hands of his circus "master,..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 325 members
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  • The Elephant Man - Blu-ray (1980)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  John Hurt,  Anne Bancroft
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    David Lynch brings his own dreamlike style to the heartbreaking yet somehow uplifting story of John Merrick (John Hurt), a hideously deformed individual dubbed the Elephant Man during his years in a circus freak show in Victorian England. After suffering for years at the hands of his circus "master,..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 641 members
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  • The Elephant Man on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  John Hurt,  Anne Bancroft
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    David Lynch brings his own dreamlike style to the heartbreaking yet somehow uplifting story of John Merrick (John Hurt), a hideously deformed individual dubbed the Elephant Man during his years in a circus freak show in Victorian England. After suffering for years at the hands of his circus "master,..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 12,674 members
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  • Eraserhead - Blu-ray (1976)
    Starring: John Nance,  Charlotte Stewart,  Laurel Near
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director David Lynch's feature-film debut is a masterpiece of the macabre and grotesque. Reportedly a reaction to the news that he was about to become a father, Lynch's ERASERHEAD follows a sensitive young man as he struggles to cope with impending parenthood. Henry Spencer (Jack Nance) lives in a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 6 members
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  • Eraserhead (1976)
    Starring: John Nance,  Charlotte Stewart,  Laurel Near
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director David Lynch's feature-film debut is a masterpiece of the macabre and grotesque. Reportedly a reaction to the news that he was about to become a father, Lynch's ERASERHEAD follows a sensitive young man as he struggles to cope with impending parenthood. Henry Spencer (Jack Nance) lives in a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 6,586 members
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  • The Short Films of David Lynch on DVD
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    6 films, all introduced by David Lynch. Set Comprises: Six Men Getting Sick (1967): 1 minutes film projected on sculptured screen. The Alphabet (1968): 16mm 4 minutes The Grandmother (1970): 16mm 34 minutes The Amputee (1973): Video - 2 versions 5 minutes / 4 minutes The Cowboy And The Frenchmam (..read more »
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David Lynch facts

5 most recent films

David Wants to Fly - 2.0 stars
Great Directors - 3.0 stars
David Lynch - Dynamic 01 - 3.0 stars
Inland Empire - 2.5 stars
Inland Empire - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Elephant Man - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Twin Peaks - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
The Elephant Man - HD - 4.0 stars
The Elephant Man - 4.0 stars
Twin Peaks - Fire Walk With Me - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

David Wants to Fly - 2.0 stars
Lost Highway - Blu-ray - 2.0 stars
Nadja - 3.0 stars
Great Directors - 3.0 stars
Eraserhead - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Kyle MacLachlan - 10 times - show films
Harry Dean Stanton - 8 times - show films
Naomi Watts - 7 times - show films
Sherilyn Fenn - 7 times - show films
Laura Dern - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Stuart Samuels - 4 times - show films
Michael Almereyda - 1 times - show films
David Sieveking - 1 times - show films
Angela Ismailos - 1 times - show films