David Lynch

David Lynch Movies and TV Shows

David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, painter, visual artist, musician, and writer. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound design. Indeed, the surreal and in many cases violent elements to his films have earned them the reputation that they "disturb, offend or mystify" their audiences. Moving around various parts of the United States as a child within his middle class family, Lynch went on to study painting in Philadelphia, where he first made the transition to producing short films. Deciding to devote himself more fully to this medium, he moved to Los Angeles, where he produced his first motion picture, the surrealist horror Eraserhead (1977). After Eraserhead became a cult classic on the midnight movie circuit, Lynch was employed to direct The Elephant Man (1980), from which he gained mainstream success. Then being employed by the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, he proceeded to make two films. First, the science-fiction epic Dune (1984), which proved to be a critical and commercial failure, and then a neo-noir crime film, Blue Velvet (1986), which was highly critically acclaimed. Proceeding to create his own television series with Mark Frost, the highly popular murder mystery Twin Peaks (1990–1992), he also created a cinematic prequel, Fire Walk With Me (1992), a road movie, Wild at Heart (1990), and a family film, The Straight Story (1999) in the same period. Turning further towards surrealist filmmaking, three of his following films worked on "dream logic" non-linear narrative structures, Lost Highway (1997), Mulholland Drive (2001) and Inland Empire (2006). Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, for his films The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, and also received a screenplay Academy Award nomination for The Elephant Man. Lynch has twice won France's César Award for Best Foreign Film, as well as the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and a Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement at the Venice Film Festival. The French government awarded him the Legion of Honor, the country's top civilian honor, as a Chevalier in 2002 and then an Officier in 2007, while that same year, The Guardian described Lynch as "the most important director of this era". Allmovie called him "the Renaissance man of modern American filmmaking", whilst the success of his films have led to him being labelled "the first popular Surrealist".

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 1/20/1946 (78 years old)
  • Place of birth: Missoula, Montana, USA
  • nationality: American
  • height: 1.8 m
  • Net worth: $60,000,000
  • twitter: DAVID_LYNCH
  • instagram: davidlynchfoundation
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
The Fabelmans
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 77%
role:
John Ford
2022

Drama

7.5
77%
The Other Me
IMDB 4.2
TMDB 57%
role:
Executive Producer
2022

Drama

Thriller

4.2
57%
Moby Doc
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 66%
role:
Self
2021

Documentary

6.7
66%
2019

Documentary

7.6
68%
Fire
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 64%
role:
Art Designer
Not available
2018

Animation

6.5
64%
Not available
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Ant Head
IMDB 5.1
TMDB 47%
role:
Sound & 1 more
Not available
2018

Horror

Music

5.1
47%
Not available
WHAT DID JACK DO?
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 64%
role:
Music & 8 more
2017

Comedy

Crime

6.4
64%
Lucky
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 73%
role:
Howard
2017

Drama

7.3
73%
2017

Documentary

7.2
70%
Girlfriend's Day
IMDB 5.2
TMDB 48%
role:
Narrator (voice)
2017

Comedy

Drama

5.2
48%
2016

Documentary

6.8
78%
2015

Documentary

Music

8.1
83%
2015

Documentary

5.9
57%
My Beautiful Broken Brain
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 71%
role:
Executive Producer & 1 more
2014

Documentary

7.1
71%
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 74%
role:
Writer & 3 more
Not available
2014

Crime

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

7.6
74%
Not available
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2014

Music

6.5
73%
2013

Documentary

6.1
64%
2012

Documentary

7.4
69%
2012

Documentary

7.6
73%
2012: Time for Change
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 60%
role:
Self
Not available
2010

Documentary

6.9
60%
Not available
2010

Documentary

6.9
71%
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 61%
role:
Executive Producer
Not available
2009

Crime

Drama

Thriller

6.1
61%
Not available
Surveillance
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 59%
role:
Executive Producer
2008

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

6.3
59%
To Each His Own Cinema
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 66%
role:
Director
Not available
2007

Comedy

Drama

6.8
66%
Not available
A Slice of Lynch
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 67%
role:
Not available
2007

Documentary

7.3
67%
Not available
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Lynch (one)
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 59%
role:
Himself
2007

Documentary

6.7
59%
Blue Green
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 66%
role:
Director
Not available
2007
5.7
66%
Not available
More Things That Happened
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 71%
role:
Cinematography
Not available
2007

Drama

Horror

Mystery

7.2
71%
Not available
Boat
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 59%
role:
Writer & 2 more
Not available
2007

Drama

Horror

5.8
59%
Not available
Inland Empire
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 71%
role:
Sound Designer & 6 more
2006

Drama

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.8
71%
Bug Crawls
IMDB 5.3
TMDB 67%
role:
Director
Not available
2004

Horror

5.3
67%
Not available
DumbLand
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 67%
role:
Writer & 2 more
Not available
2002

Animation

Comedy

6.3
67%
Not available
Industrial Soundscape
IMDB 4.8
TMDB 50%
role:
Director
Not available
2002
4.8
50%
Not available
Rabbits
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 68%
role:
Director & 1 more
Not available
2002

Drama

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.9
68%
Not available
Mulholland Drive
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 78%
role:
Writer & 3 more
2001

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

7.9
78%
The Straight Story
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 77%
role:
Sound Designer & 1 more
1999

Drama

8.0
77%
Mulholland Dr.
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 79%
role:
Writer & 2 more
Not available
1999

Drama

Mystery

TV Movie

Thriller

8.2
79%
Not available
Lost Highway
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 76%
role:
Writer & 4 more
1997

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

7.6
76%
1995

Crime

Horror

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.8
65%
Crumb
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 76%
role:
Producer
1994

Documentary

8.0
76%
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 73%
role:
Sound Re-Recording Mixer & 5 more
1992

Drama

Mystery

7.3
73%
Wild at Heart
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 70%
role:
Author & 2 more
Not available
1990

Comedy

Crime

Thriller

7.2
70%
Not available
Twin Peaks
IMDB 8.8
TMDB 83%
role:
Executive Producer & 2 more
1990

Drama

Mystery

8.8
83%
Twin Peaks
TMDB 84%
role:
Writer & 2 more
1990

Crime

Drama

Mystery

TV Movie

84%
Blue Velvet
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 76%
role:
Director & 1 more
1986

Crime

Mystery

Thriller

7.7
76%
Dune
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 62%
role:
Director & 2 more
1984

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.3
62%
The Elephant Man
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 81%
role:
Sound Designer & 3 more
1980

Drama

History

8.2
81%
Eraserhead
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 75%
role:
Sound Effects & 9 more
1977

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.3
75%
The Amputee
IMDB 5.5
TMDB 52%
role:
Writer & 2 more
1974

Drama

5.5
52%
The Grandmother
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 68%
role:
Script & 4 more
1970

Drama

Horror

7.1
68%
The Alphabet
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 66%
role:
Sound & 4 more
1969

Animation

Horror

6.7
66%
Absurd Encounter with Fear
IMDB 5.5
TMDB 54%
role:
Director
Not available
1967

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.5
54%
Not available
Fictitious Anacin Commercial
IMDB 5.4
TMDB 59%
role:
Director
Not available
1967

Comedy

5.4
59%
Not available
Sailing with Bushnell Keeler
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 66%
role:
Camera Operator & 2 more
Not available
1967

Documentary

5.8
66%
Not available
1967

Animation

5.6
56%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving David Lynch are, for example, The Fabelmans, The Other Me and Moby Doc.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, iTunes and Amazon.
The best Anystream ratings are Twin Peaks (8.6), Twin Peaks (8.4) and The Elephant Man (8.2).
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