A director of such distinctive, overpowering vision that he has inspired his own adjective, David Lynch makes films that seem telegraphed straight from his unconscious to the screen. From his early short works—which already display the unsettling surrealist imagery he would unleash in full force in his midnight-movie classic ERASERHEAD—to his brain-warping Hollywood-set masterpiece MULHOLLAND DR., Lynch’s labyrinthine puzzle-boxes turn the American psyche inside out to reveal its deepest, darkest fears and desires.
Directed by David Lynch • 1977 • United States
David Lynch's 1977 debut feature Eraserhead is both a lasting cult sensation and a work of extraordinary craft and beauty. With its mesmerizing black-and-white photography by Frederick Elmes and Herbert Cardwell, evocative sound design, and unforg...
Directed by David Lynch • 1980 • United Kingdom
Starring John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft
David Lynch brings his eye for the uncanny to this sensitive retelling of the life of John Merrick (John Hurt), a Victorian-era British man whose severe facial deformities made him a social out...
Directed by David Lynch • 1992 • United States
In the town of Twin Peaks, everybody has their secrets, but no one more than Laura Palmer. In this prequel to his groundbreaking 1990s television series, David Lynch resurrects the teenager found wrapped in plastic at the beginning of the show, fo...
Directed by David Lynch • 2001 • United States
Starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux
A love story in the city of dreams . . .
Blonde Betty Elms (Naomi Watts) has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia (Laura Harr...
Directed by David Lynch • 1967 •
Six cartoon figures vomit repeatedly.
Directed by David Lynch • 1968 •
This experimental short film presents a sick woman's nightmare involving living representations of the alphabet.
Directed by David Lynch • 1970 •
A boy plants a seed that grows into a grandmother in this experimental short film.
Directed by David Lynch • 1974 • United States
A double amputee attempts to write a letter while her nurse gets in the way.
Directed by David Lynch • 1974 • United States
A double amputee attempts to write a letter while her nurse gets in the way.
Directed by David Lynch • 1995 •
Police discover a naked dead body.
