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Blue Velvet

1986
Suspense/Thriller
Mystery
2h 0m
Set in a small American town, Blue Velvet is a dark, sensuous mystery involving the intertwining lives of four very different individuals. The film's painful realism reminds us that we are not immune to the disturbing events which transpire in Blue Velvet's sleepy community. There is a darker side of life waiting for us all. (De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Inc.)
Directed by:
David Lynch David Lynch
Written by:
David Lynch David Lynch
Starring:
Dean Stockwell Dean Stockwell Brad Dourif Brad Dourif Dennis Hopper Dennis Hopper Isabella Rossellini Isabella Rossellini Kyle MacLachlan Kyle MacLachlan Laura Dern Laura Dern Hope Lange Hope Lange Frances Bay Frances Bay Jack Nance Jack Nance George Dickerson George Dickerson Priscilla Pointer Priscilla Pointer Selden Smith
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Genres:
Suspense/Thriller, Mystery
Country:
USA
Language:
English
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Blue Velvet

1986
Suspense/Thriller
Mystery
2h 0m
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va3hVa3H
Rated 05 Sep 2008
96
82nd
The master of film noir returns. David Lynch's surrealistic direction adds a subconscious layer lying beneath the perfunctory activities of suburbia. A perfect depiction, juxtaposing innocence of the 50s to the everyday depravity found in common life; utilizing over thematically in Mulholland Dr. Also, deadpan humor and subtle sexual innuendos echo the Freudian oedipal complex. And classic Hopper, as Frank Booth embodies the wanton aggression and drive as a self-expression of true masculinity.
Rated 05 Sep 2008
keauKeau
Rated 11 Dec 2006
32
13th
Seen it several times and still left feeling......... "what did I just watch?"
Rated 11 Dec 2006
ol66ol66
Rated 08 Sep 2008
83
90th
Chilling, unnerving and convincing all at the same time, this movie picks up the stone that is small-town America and peers at the creepy-crawlies which run around underneath it. This horror movie is carefully plotted and looks great. Probably Lynch's most accessible effort. Lynch also proves that a good director can get a performance out of anybody (Dennis Hopper is actually good in this, if you can believe that)
Rated 08 Sep 2008
reversereverse
Rated 19 Aug 2012
75
61st
I didn't expect to see this from David Lynch: Blue Velvet is surrealistic and and weird, but it's also coherent and watchable. Also, Dennis Hopper is awesome in this.
Rated 19 Aug 2012
anusanus
Rated 28 Dec 2012
80
77th
this is great Lynch. this is before Lynch jumped the shark and stop making MOVIES in favor of annoying video-collages who nobody in their right mind can honestly understand or enjoy. yes you heard me.
Rated 28 Dec 2012
beardobaldobeardobaldo
Rated 01 Feb 2018
30
6th
David Lynch is great for making high students feel intellectual.
Rated 01 Feb 2018
hedphursthedphurst
Rated 31 Jan 2009
50
36th
I keep trying to like David Lynch films, but I just don't care for them. I appreciate parts of them, and Dennis Hopper is great as a severely disturbed and scary gangster in this movie, but overall, Lynch just doesn't do it for me.
Rated 31 Jan 2009
barnowlBarnowl
Rated 19 Jul 2020
95
73rd
Mommy
Rated 19 Jul 2020
niteswimmingniteswimming
Rated 31 Jan 2009
90
73rd
blew me away
Rated 31 Jan 2009
scribScrib
Rated 08 Jun 2022
80
78th
Tight, disturbing and engrossing. A juxtaposition of innocence & corruption, light & darkness; exploring the hidden nature of an individual, the emotional damage brought by abuse. As our protag discovers the world he lives in, he is disgusted but attracted; compelled to be part of the mystery, but not unaware of the fire he plays with. Naively, he participates with feigned chivalry, driven by a mixture of thrill and insatiable curiosity.
Rated 08 Jun 2022
mehhehmehheh
Rated 25 Jul 2009
65
53rd
Ah, good old David Lynch, artist grandeur. While this movie is clearly better than his previous effort, Dune (n. b., the main pratagonist is once again Kyle MacLachlan), it's still not that fucking great. The biggest draw would probably have to be Dennis Hopper's character and his curse highly-excessive-in-curse-words manner of speaking (music group Mr. Bungle famously used a lot of samples from this movie).
Rated 25 Jul 2009
etc&etc.
Rated 02 Sep 2015
85
29th
A movie that needs--and I mean needs--to be watched more than once, Blue Velvet confuses, frightens and excites the viewer for reasons that are difficult to explain.
Rated 02 Sep 2015
djdiscoDJDisco
Rated 17 Oct 2007
90
50th
David Lynch. What more can I say?
Rated 17 Oct 2007
taumpytearstaumpytears
Rated 07 Aug 2012
99
97th
Too much to say about this one. It is not just a story about the characters-- but the audience, as Kyle MacLachlan serves as our representative in the film. Lynch's 2nd greatest film.
Rated 07 Aug 2012
loofitubeloofitube
Rated 16 Aug 2008
95
99th
Eerie, disturbing, but ultimately - very ultimately - life-affirming. Beautiful imagery, wonderful off-kilter performance by Isabella Rossellini. David Lynch's best work.
Rated 16 Aug 2008
waltermittyWalterMitty
Rated 19 Jun 2021
61
8th
It's just me or every character seems to be written without any logical sense? Every interaction and every decision presented on the screen is dumbly randomly dumb. Not to speak about the terrible lighting. I have the suspect that Lynch isn't just my kind of director. I'm more a Fincher's fellow
Rated 19 Jun 2021
calorenzinicalorenzini
Rated 13 Feb 2012
100
98th
One of my favourite movies, love the music!
Rated 13 Feb 2012
thursday555thursday555
Rated 11 May 2010
84
86th
so disturbing...in a good, heady, psychological way
Rated 11 May 2010
rbloveRBLove
Rated 29 Jan 2012
98
98th
Brilliant. Stunning. Exhilarating. Smart. Tongue in cheek. Dennis hopper's greatest achievement.
Rated 29 Jan 2012
fasteddiefasteddie
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
99th
greatest movie of all time
Rated 14 Aug 2007
buddysystemBuddySystem
Rated 22 Oct 2010
90
90th
Very creepy and uncomfortable, and Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth is a memorably evil character.
Rated 22 Oct 2010
fliersFliers
Rated 12 Mar 2013
85
74th
Not as out there as I expected, but good.
Rated 12 Mar 2013
janicexJanicex
Rated 26 Mar 2010
85
50th
Disturbing, weird and great.
Rated 26 Mar 2010
jakea350Jakea350
Rated 19 Jan 2012
99
97th
Lynch's masterpiece. There's no other director who can combine such a terrifying yet beautiful portrayal of both the loss of innocence and a descent into the seedy underbelly of small town Americana. Truly a spectacular film and one of my personal favorites.
Rated 19 Jan 2012
sfxysfxy
Rated 11 Mar 2021
65
31st
I love David Lynch and this does have some good elements, but this is one of his lesser films imo.
Rated 11 Mar 2021
wongkarwhatWongKarWhat?
Rated 30 Sep 2008
96
98th
Pabst Blue Ribbon!
Rated 30 Sep 2008
sinclairSinclair
Rated 07 Sep 2011
94
98th
Intense with eye-popping colors and terrific performances. Dennis Hopper is terrifying.
Rated 07 Sep 2011
bruntunbruntun
Rated 01 Sep 2012
65
19th
i know liking david lynch is some alternate measure of my iq.. but blue velvet was just... annoying.... some great scenes... but you know.. i just got bored in the end....
Rated 01 Sep 2012
spamcolaspamcola
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
45th
I'm still not sure what the big deal on this movie is. I guess I should be ashamed or something.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
islandgirlIslandGirl
Rated 10 Oct 2021
93
84th
Mommy loves you
Rated 10 Oct 2021
robbytrobbyt
Rated 29 Jan 2023
97
98th
One of the best movies ever made.
Rated 29 Jan 2023
johnnydarkjohnnydark
Rated 17 Dec 2010
100
93rd
Not sure how David Lynch managed to show my deep psychological fears on film...
Rated 17 Dec 2010
themacsaysthemacsays
Rated 11 Feb 2019
75
53rd
C - Typically Lynchian in a lot of ways, though without the surreal extremes. If you'll pardon the term, it's pretty much a straight story. Elements of film noir, as the protagonist starts to look beneath the surface of a seemingly typical town.
Rated 11 Feb 2019
islandatollislandatoll
Rated 14 Aug 2007
88
90th
A mesmerizing and truly frightening film whose power is diluted - only slightly - by an ending that doesn't quite fit. How ironic you think that ending is will determine how you take the entire film. Because if it isn't ironic, then either it verges on the sacharrine or it indulges in deep denial. Then again, what kind of ending could cap a film so bizarre and gleefully discomfitting?
Rated 14 Aug 2007
ccslickerccslicker
Rated 08 Jun 2023
100
89th
College guy returns to his podunk Bible Belt hometown when his dad gets hit with the Havana Syndrome laser. When confronted with the sheer boredom of small town American life again, he concocts a murderous fever dream fantasy, involving a nitrous-addicted dissociative sadomasochist drug dealer alter ego and the cabaret singer he holds as a sex slave after abducting her family, to work through his repressed perversions so that he can tolerate having vanilla intercourse with a high schooler
Rated 08 Jun 2023
prenzlauPrenzlau
Rated 06 Nov 2010
90
90th
The "this is a strange world" is definitely cult. Lynch is great to show the paths our imagination and subconscious can take to give a shape to the most terrifying fantasies. A difficult transition to adulthood and with Shining one of the most terrifying illustration of the figure of the father-Chronos eating his children.
Rated 06 Nov 2010
thereminjamThereminJam
Rated 22 Apr 2012
90
93rd
HEINEKEN?! FUCK THAT SHIT! PABST. BLUE. RIBBON!
Rated 22 Apr 2012
dmsmith72dmsmith72
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
95th
The best modern noir film made. Perfect Hopper performance, so many memorable lines. Dean Stockwell miming to Orbison. The weird way everyone delivers their lines (a Lynch trademark)
Rated 14 Aug 2007
sam_hellSam Hell
Rated 14 Jan 2009
97
85th
Wake up to the darkside of the American dream and wallow in its deep lush shadows.
Rated 14 Jan 2009
fleetfoxfleet_fox
Rated 09 Jan 2009
90
73rd
Even some eighteen years after the release of Blue Velvet its vision remains wildly adamant relative to the stride of other works of contemporary noir. There have been many films about suburban crime, but none as dangerously imposing as this.
Rated 09 Jan 2009
massivaidsmassivaids
Rated 21 Jul 2010
79
35th
The greatest thing about this film is how Lynch takes a such a simple plot, and then throws in a couple little things to make it anything but simple. I mean, a severed ear? This movie stuck in my mind for awhile. I was unable to decide whether or not I was disturbed or entertained. Probably a bit of both. Mostly disturbed, though.
Rated 21 Jul 2010
polemicPolemic
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
98th
Incomparable. One of the few movies I could watch over and over. The leads are excellent, the pace perfect, the cinematography brilliant. Not a "popcorn" movie but when you're in the mood for drama and a look at the human psyche, watch this.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
veeqdeeveeqdee
Rated 25 Jun 2011
35
6th
what??
Rated 25 Jun 2011
beneBene
Rated 05 Aug 2007
77
67th
My least favorite of the newer Lynch...still quite good though
Rated 05 Aug 2007
marciosoaresmarciosoares
Rated 22 Apr 2010
100
88th
MASTERPIECE!
Rated 22 Apr 2010
mittspicksMittsPicks
Rated 29 Nov 2012
65
55th
I feel like maybe an "art house" movie got accidentally cut into this DVD? It was so charming and then Dennis Hopper showed up (LOVED him as King Koopa) and it got different. Afterwards Ann and I had relations.
Rated 29 Nov 2012
fartfart
Rated 18 Aug 2007
87
84th
Great. One of the Great movies. So much subtext that it's ... I don't know. Don't let kyle mclachlan's acting turn you off, as i believe it's intentional to represent boring people.
Rated 18 Aug 2007
ashbyAshby
Rated 08 Nov 2010
80
59th
Blue Velvet is a thrilling myterious movie that makes everybody wonder what the hell is going on. David Lynch is an awesome director and this is certainly not his worst work. Dennis Hopper plays his role as the villian to perfection in this movie and MacLachlan isn't bad either. It took me a while after watching, to understand the underlying themes of the movie, but once you get them, this is an awesome piece of cinema.
Rated 08 Nov 2010
genesiskelGeneSiskel
Rated 01 Jan 2011
88
66th
One powerful, mesmerizing thriller, a masterful exercise in controlling an audience's attention.
Rated 01 Jan 2011
calexicoCalexico
Rated 20 Aug 2018
85
82nd
Brilliant. Great use of music and cars.
Rated 20 Aug 2018
asciiascii
Rated 07 Jan 2022
80
44th
yes
Rated 07 Jan 2022
thebendsthebends
Rated 19 Aug 2017
94
76th
If audiences walk away from this subversive, surreal shocker not fully understanding the story, they might also walk away with a deeper perception of the potential of film storytelling.
Rated 19 Aug 2017
teemukeskteemukesk
Rated 05 Aug 2021
81
62nd
Blue Velvet is a great film that has a surreal mysterious feel to it. Lynch really is his own genre, and no one comes close to these dark and dreamy type of films. Needs a second watch for sure.
Rated 05 Aug 2021
savagelucy42SavageLucy42
Rated 14 Aug 2007
78
43rd
This movie is FUCKED UP and Dennis Hopper gives me nightmares. My DAD reccomended this one.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
dooooooleydooooooley
Rated 23 May 2009
85
57th
the creepiest movie ive ever seen. AWESOME
Rated 23 May 2009
bonyevitchbonyevitch
Rated 30 Dec 2013
100
87th
An awesome, bizarre, indelible, indescribable film.
Rated 30 Dec 2013
emredostemredost
Rated 05 Apr 2009
95
90th
I think this is David Lynch's best
Rated 05 Apr 2009
k177105k177105
Rated 21 Jan 2020
98
97th
A must-read review by Daniel Ross: https://www.academia.edu/12687560/Frank_Booth_Dreamy_Romantic_1997_
Rated 21 Jan 2020
jilliejillie
Rated 19 Jul 2009
100
91st
What can I say, this movie has everything. Funny, strange, scary, thrilling, disturbing and sexy. I had the chance to see this movie on the big screen, which is amazing to me since it came out the year before I was born. I loved it! Seeing it a theatre full of people that loved it too was amazing. Dennis Hopper is amazing and the look on Laura Dern's face when she finds out about Kyle MacLachlan and Dorothy Valance is priceless!
Rated 19 Jul 2009
muaddibmuaddib
Rated 12 Apr 2010
75
51st
David Lynch is easily one of my favourite directors. This is a great example of his ability to be quirky, interesting and entertaining all in one.
Rated 12 Apr 2010
wccarrollwccarroll
Rated 15 Dec 2008
97
99th
First and only Lynch movie I've seen. Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Rated 15 Dec 2008
misterbrewmisterbrew
Rated 16 Aug 2008
65
16th
Whut?
Rated 16 Aug 2008
slugbaitslugbait
Rated 23 Nov 2020
85
93rd
take a 1950's Hardy Boys style mystery and start shooting up with Lynch towards the end of the first act and you get Blue Velvet
Rated 23 Nov 2020
epiphaniusepiphanius
Rated 26 Aug 2012
95
81st
This instant classic allows for all of David Lynch's talents and obsessions. Dennis Hopper never better.
Rated 26 Aug 2012
mechatiggerMechatigger
Rated 31 Aug 2010
71
50th
The surprise cult hit of the eighties. It's a curious film which mixes a potent satire of American mediocrity with the malevolence of film noir. The clincher is Hopper's full-tilt incarnation of town psycho Frank Booth. And even he is upstaged briefly by Stockwell, as "suave" Ben.
Rated 31 Aug 2010
tyrtyr
Rated 14 Aug 2007
91
20th
There is a sort of darkness in the spaces of everyday small town life. In the end there is little resolution found in the over-saturated colours and idyllic picketfenced lawns.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
bcfilmsbcfilms
Rated 11 Jul 2013
90
67th
Pretty Great. Weird, dark, sexual.
Rated 11 Jul 2013
moronmoron
Rated 12 Apr 2009
95
95th
everything filmmaking should be
Rated 12 Apr 2009
gaborgabor
Rated 09 Nov 2008
100
98th
One of the great films of all time
Rated 09 Nov 2008

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