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Lost Highway

Lost Highway

1997
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
2h 14m
A jazz musician, tortured by the notion that his wife is having an affair, suddenly finds himself accused of her murder. In a parallel story, a young mechanic is drawn into a web of deceit by a temptress who is cheating on her gangster boyfriend.

Lost Highway

1997
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
2h 14m
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Avg Percentile 65.55% from 5917 total ratings

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Rated 03 Jan 2009
97
99th
I was manipulated by a master of manipulation
Rated 14 Aug 2007
92
98th
No director understands better than Lynch the uncanny strangeness of the fact that cinema is a kind of collective dream, that experience is a kind of cinema, and that the background of our own dreams is our accumulated cinematic experience. Perhaps this movie is the best illustration of that tripartite understanding. A film that can be properly viewed only at high volume in a well-equipped movie theatre. Blu-ray disc is a poor transfer but still the next best option. Re-watched September 2017.
Rated 15 Apr 2012
90
97th
Scary nightmare, sexy neo-noir and mindfucking mystery combined into a brilliant fever dream. Chasing Lynch's carefully placed clues is a fun bonus but, for me, this one is all about the atmosphere. No other filmmaker envokes dread and a sense of foreboding through sound and visuals quite like Lynch.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
85th
Mysterious, beautiful and weird. When it comes to Lynch's more surreal work, many people like to simply get swept away by it and not think too much about what it might mean (even Lynch himself does that, to a certain extent), but to me, trying to figure out what's going on is half the fun. And if hopelessly trying to figure out what the hell is happening on screen sounds like a good time to you, then you can't go wrong with Lost Highway.
Rated 05 Jul 2010
100
97th
There are many aspects to this that will divide viewers, but one of Lynch's most abstract works behind INLAND EMPIRE has been stuck in my head ever since I first watched it. It has continued to compel me with its dark and surreal structure on another viewing, and its now one of David Lynch's best films for me.
Rated 18 Jan 2014
75
72nd
Rollins! Busey! LOGGIA! More nightmarish shenanigans from Lynch, with a lot of shagging chucked into the mix. The soundtrack was pretty odd. Robert Blake was very creepy. Lost Highway is compelling, challenging but (reasonably) comprehensible, and very entertaining; Lynch's grasp of the craft ensures a level of quality control. Like Mulholland Drive, my understanding of the plot, etc, is growing (I think) as time passes - this'll be worth another watch to see what else is revealed. Decent.
Rated 12 Jan 2021
80
77th
The scene with Bill playing saxophone in the club is the dorkiest thing Lynch has ever done. Blake actually going on to kill his wife is the least shocking thing to happen in real life.
Rated 13 Sep 2010
4
70th
Much of Lynch's work can be described as variations on a theme, and while it was mostly Lost Highway's horrific moments I recalled - "We've met before, haven't we?" - I think this could frankly be described as his sexiest film, even moreso than Mulholland Drive. Also possibly his funniest, with Robert Loggia absolutely devouring the screen every second he's on it. And it warms my heart to know Lynch is as fond of This Mortal Coil's "Siren Song" as I am.
Rated 11 Oct 2012
5
93rd
Noir iconography twisted into a vaguely circular horror miasma, so terrifying because it is so unknowable. Like a dream or deja vu, anything might emerge from those darkest spaces of the frame, later impossible to decipher with any logical clarity other than how we feel it might have happened.
Rated 17 Aug 2008
83
77th
Undeniably Lynchian, spinning a fascinating and enthralling web that almost, but never completely, makes sense within its own nightmare logic. Boiling the film down to its essence, I dug it. But I had a few problems with the execution. Pullman is good, but Arquette just does nothing for me, and Getty just seems wrong, like he doesn't quite understand the material. Secondly, I don't want to sound prudish, but do we need that many sex scenes? And the soundtrack is half wonderful and half horrible.
Rated 05 Oct 2008
9
93rd
One of the most confusing and awesome movies ever. Henry Rollins? Fuck yes.
Rated 11 Aug 2009
88
88th
I like it cos it's Lynch doing noir and is genuinely creepy as hell. Also the soundtrack manages to work despite being Rammstein and shit.
Rated 09 Jan 2007
90
88th
That's fucking crazy, man.
Rated 09 Dec 2007
90
97th
Lynch's most underrated film.
Rated 26 Aug 2009
60
32nd
David Lynch can be a frustrating filmmaker at times. He never fails to impress with his talent and style as a director, but this left me feeling empty and disappointed. Unlike some of his other films, there's no depth or meaning to be found beneath the bizarre plot. I kept on wanting for something meaningful to happen between the characters, but all I got was more Lynchian weirdness and (tons of) sex scenes. Still there are some good scenes like the tailgating one, and some fantastic images.
Rated 22 Oct 2009
93
96th
Loved it; the puzzle refered to by user th_mertens is indeed an ellaborate one, but I do not believe it stops at the plot. While you can get bogged down with so much connected symbolism in the soundtrack, effects, script, etc, I believe to really enjoy any Lynch film, one needs to reflect simply on the big picture. This is a film about fate and free will; what horrors and ecstacies can be found at the end of vastly different paths. A good identity crisis or two is essential for Lynchian film.
Rated 09 Jan 2010
91
97th
Robert Blake murdered his wife in real life, incredible.
Rated 05 May 2010
88
81st
I've seen it quite a few times, now, but I'm still noticing details I'd missed before, like how when the uncanny starts to invade the domestic scenes in the beginning of the movie the camera's placed above eyelevel, looking down on Pullman. I'm also struck now by how much closer Inland Empire is to it in style than Mulholland Drive. Underestimated in Lynch's canon.
Rated 04 Jun 2010
9
90th
(2nd viewing) I still consider "Mulholland Dr." to be the more polished version of "Lost Highway", more accessible to the heart the mind, but this is still a pristine noirish Lynchian kaleidoscope, full of mystery and intrigue, and I pretty much love this film.
Rated 23 Apr 2007
6
0th
This film convinced me that David Lynch is simply playing an elaborate hoax on the moviegoing public. It's as though he goes out of his way to make his films as pointlessly bizarre and unsettling as possible, and then unleashes them on an unwitting public, sits back, and chuckles with self-satisfied glee as film studies students and regular cinephiles alike discuss and interpret meaning where none exists. WELL I REFUSE TO PLAY YOUR GAMES DAVID LYNCH
Rated 21 Nov 2018
85
82nd
I'll be upfront with the idea that I'm not sure I picked up everything on my first watch, but even so, Lost Highway was an experience. I think the actors did incredible jobs with their roles, and as my first Lynch film, I can say that I had a great, if not challenging time. Sometimes I need that challenge in my life, and Lost Highway delivered on all fronts.
Rated 21 Feb 2012
9
86th
A nightmarish collage of deepest emotions pieced together by a pale guy short of eye brows.
Rated 12 Nov 2007
90
86th
Lost Highway is one of Lynch's most Lynch-like films, and that's in the most complimentary state possible. From the first segment all the way to the intense and surprisingly cohesive ending, Lost Highway screams out with hilarity, insanity, despairity, and all the other great qualities that make up Lynch's characteristics. The acting is superb but the story and style is truly where it shines. If you're interested in seeing what makes Lynch so great, Lost Highway is a good example.
Rated 08 May 2008
95
95th
Exists halfway between reality and a nightmare. Uneasy erotic scenes and a truly disturbing 'mystery man' chill you to the bone. Deeply unsettling, makes your knees weak and gives you butterflies. Fantastic.
Rated 10 Jun 2008
96
99th
One of Lynch's greatest, like a postmodern-day 'Vertigo', if I can be forgiven for invoking, solely for periodisation purposes ('Vertigo' was already modern-day, after all), a concept that is so very late twentieth century. (No-one can build an academic career anymore organised solely around one's erotic relationship to the word 'postmodernism'.)
Rated 28 Nov 2008
95
98th
Fantastic like the movie Blue Velvet, bizar excited movie, beautiful filmed.
Rated 13 Jul 2019
85
84th
More feverish, primal and sexual than Mulholland Dr. but still very much the same film in many ways. In this case a grief dream/nightmare fuelled by male incompetence and psychogenic fugue.
Rated 30 Jun 2009
92
97th
Compulsively watchable, deliriously creepy and above all beautifully crafted, with some of the very finest and most poetic stretches of Lynch's filmography. Although it most lacks the devastating emotional punch of the similar (and superior) Mulholland Drive, it does sort of make up for that by being so damn beautifully shot and overall more "cinematic" in feel. A wonderful mind-fuck of a film that I can watch endlessly, precisely because it doesn't ever solve its own mysteries.
Rated 23 Sep 2010
69
73rd
I was very confused but also intrigued. I don't like Bill Pullman normally but I kinda did here. I hate Patricia Arquette but she has huge bosoms.
Rated 17 Feb 2007
40
19th
This is not a way to be screwed... For me is bad movie who just have ambition to be bizarre...
Rated 20 Sep 2015
85
89th
Lynch films should come with some background reading.
Rated 13 Mar 2019
50
54th
Instead of guessing what it is supposed to mean, wouldn't it be more productive to look at what the movie actually is? We may discover that the essence of the story is the two most generic noir motives: "a dame to kill for" and "a wrongfully accused", both of which are extremely schematic and underdeveloped. The endless praises yet imply the very debatable claim: that simplistic mediocrity of the plot's comprehensible parts is completely redeemed by the coarse surrealistic sews here and there.
Rated 08 Jul 2012
79
78th
A personality disorder without a personality.
Rated 24 Jun 2011
80
37th
The Mystery Man will be appearing in my nightmares tonight...
Rated 18 May 2007
35
12th
Neat to watch, but there's nothing really special about it.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
83
75th
I'm only giving this an 83 because of its uncanny ability to successfuly confuse whoever watches it. Anything with that kind of track record deserves some credit.
Rated 30 Jul 2012
5
98th
Sexy, funny, scary, exhilarating, if aliens ever ask what it's like to be human...
Rated 14 Aug 2007
20
7th
Just because you can't understand it doesn't mean it's good art.
Rated 30 Jan 2019
60
20th
Top badass moment? Mr. Eddy dealing with the tailgater. As the driver of a speed-limited van that people in cars think it’s their right to overtake, I can relate to his indignant fury. (For information, Range Rover drivers are the worst.) This is a movie about the consequences of losing your satnav, which was made before civilian GPS systems were in widespread use. It also features a character who looks like a cross between Dave Vanian and Dave Greenfield. No cats, chainsaws or decapitations.
Rated 28 Oct 2014
81
59th
Probably Lynch's most fun movie, but not his best.
Rated 21 Aug 2007
80
64th
lynch!!! nunca se sabe con sus peliculas... un jazista que recibe un mensaje en el timbre de su casa donde le dicen que alguien a muerto... un eneredo entre un mafioso, su esposa, y un intercambio de cuerpos.. YA NI SE. JE
Rated 15 Sep 2007
50
22nd
Very Lynchian, but I'm not a fan of Lynch. I liked some of the visuals, Arquette's body included, but the movie didn't impress me overall.
Rated 31 Mar 2011
80
85th
David Lynch is the Devil.
Rated 25 Nov 2007
78
76th
Just like in any other Lynch movie Lost Highway is a giant puzzle. And I'm not talking about the plot, but just every other aspect of it. The acting, the soundtrack, the dialogues, the cinematography, the light-effects, ... everything fits and every single aspect completes the other ones. But while this puzzle is doable, the plot is a big mistery and that's where Lynch lost me in this one. (Mulholland Drive seems to be the improved version of Lost Highway.)
Rated 08 Jun 2016
57
76th
The relentless formalism of INLAND EMPIRE is more to my taste, but this is really good. I expect Robert Blake's "Mystery Man" will visit me again in my nightmares. As with a good portion of Kubrick's filmography, its concern is very much with male anxiety/desire, and all the Lacanian implications that follow, I'm sure, blah blah blah...
Rated 29 Apr 2012
85
82nd
To think that Robert Blake was this creepy before he murdered his wife. Yikes.
Rated 30 Dec 2007
78
55th
I love the creepy atmosphere and Robert Blake's character. I don't like Richard Pryor's borderline exploitation, the shitty nu-metal, or Bill Pullman, really. Probably the most deceptively simple Lynch film, it's really the bridging point between Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive/Inland Empire. Robert Blake is awesome.
Rated 22 Mar 2017
50
24th
A drawn out, impenetrable mess. Is it all symbolic? Is it all just bullshit? Who knows?
Rated 14 Feb 2008
95
99th
Terrfying and sometimes difficult to watch, but full of shimmering tingly bits.
Rated 13 Mar 2008
88
87th
Somehow amidst the nonsensical series of events, Lost Highway is able to sustain a consistent atmosphere of dread and mystery. Though it's not a horror movie, it contains a handful of wonderfully unsettling scenes. The scene where Robert Blake's character talks to Pullman's character on the phone, for example, is one of the creepiest I've seen. Lynch is great at making non-horror films truly scary.
Rated 17 Jul 2019
83
86th
Caught in a mind-bending loop of paranoia, infidelity, and danger, both the characters and the audience are searching for clarity. In typical Lynch fashion, this film defies a simple explanation or interpretation, but excels at creating a nightmarish mood.
Rated 09 Jul 2012
10
2nd
I can't be the only one who thinks this story makes no sense at all. Robert Blake sucked beyond belief!
Rated 23 Aug 2008
100
96th
This film is so fucking brilliant. Wow. I don't get it at all, but it makes perfect sense. I've watched it several times, and I've been stunned every single time...
Rated 06 Oct 2014
92
86th
Bizarre, wilfully obscure exercise by Lynch may have even less genuine subtext or 'meaning' than usual (except Lynch's recurring fascination with identity) -- but repeat viewings firm the logic and construction of the plotline so that on a subconscious level, everything 'fits', even if it still makes little sense. Hypnotic (and oftentimes terrifying) scenes and situations abound, especially whenever a marvellously creepy Blake is on-screen. A genuine one-off, even in the Lynch canon.
Rated 02 Oct 2008
87
90th
One of my favourite Lynch movies. It's a puzzle but it's not that a mystery that you give up trying to solve it.
Rated 15 Dec 2008
80
77th
Rewatched January 2016. Similar to Mulholland Drive it depicts a guilty person having an elaborate fantasy of innocence. Spooky as fuck and its style is stunning, possibly the most audiovisually beautiful of Lynch's work in fact, but something feels inessential and cheesy about it--maybe that Mulholland Drive did it better.
Rated 07 Jan 2009
84
80th
I loved this! More than just wondering exactly what's happening and when it is, you can be caught wondering who is actually who.
Rated 26 Feb 2013
90
91st
What year is this?
Rated 20 Jan 2009
100
95th
my favourite movie of all time
Rated 23 Feb 2011
100
96th
WwWwWwoOoOoOoOwWwWwW
Rated 09 Apr 2009
25
43rd
An exploration of four characters in search of each other that leaves them, and the audience, too often stranded in limbo.
Rated 04 Aug 2024
97
94th
Crazy good. Probably just for Lynch’s most devoted fans, of which I am. I loved getting lost in this movie, and found that the way things wrapped up was insane and satisfying in equal measure. No one, and I mean no one, does atmosphere or makes movies like David freakin’ Lynch. I love the way he writes dialogue. It’s uncomfortable and oddly hilarious. The acting is all great, but Arquette easily steals the scenery. I won’t act like I understand all of it, and maybe that’s the beauty of it.
Rated 24 Oct 2017
82
77th
Lynch somehow conjures a new form of supernatural reality & lets it play out before us in Lost Highway leveraging nineties cool along the way. The film stock cinematography is worth noting as well as the stop start ST that utilizes Rammstein (remember Rammstein?) frequently. I think the true highlights are the intermittent moments of emotional dread captured in an obscure but deafeningly accurate form, using all available film techniques. We've met before haven't we?
Rated 24 May 2009
90
84th
Rammstein Porno Marilyn Manson FTW!
Rated 08 Jun 2009
0
3rd
The first half is just a bunch of old films noirs refilmed second-for-second, like that remake of psycho. The second half is some music videos for Ramstein and Marylin Manson.
Rated 21 Jul 2009
100
93rd
Great!!!
Rated 23 Jul 2009
77
85th
Lynch doing what Lynch does best, messes with your head, and the cast's.
Rated 01 Aug 2009
83
72nd
Lynchian weirdness at its finest.
Rated 27 May 2013
75
46th
A haunting fever-dream that dares you to make sense of it. Suffers from a tiny bit of inconsistent tone (i.e. the wacky angry crime boss straight out of a Tarantino film, and a baffling Richard Pryor cameo), but otherwise reels you into its mad and maddening world.
Rated 23 Feb 2019
60
48th
What works, Lynch did better in better movies. Otherwise, it's bloated, commercial, and borderline hack. Yet somehow confusing and overly weird? ( ilked the weirdness though) Hell, if the dialog didn't seem like it was written by a space alien, I'd think it was a Lynch ripoff. Nacho finest hour, Mr. Lynch.
Rated 24 Jan 2011
45
9th
aldatmak, porno sektörü, yasak iliski, cinayet, beden degistirme, müstehcen, gerilim, gizem (sacmasapan bir film iste mantik aramaya gerek yok.)
Rated 23 Oct 2009
82
53rd
It's delightfully creepy and atmospheric and very disturbing. That's about it though. I felt like killing myself whenever the German 'metal' came on.
Rated 17 Nov 2009
90
57th
It's hard to find another director who does this kind of strange surreal, shockingly vivid images of Americana. Lynch makes the movie seem like we got to step to the side a bit and see what is going on just outside of the typical perspective.
Rated 17 Jan 2017
70
52nd
A film about mirrors and doubles which, predictably, is difficult to understand. This is probably the film people think of when they think of David Lynch. I like when the film turned into a nu-metal music video towards the end with a ton of Rammstein and Marilyn Manson (cue angry Critickers mad at my insinuation that Rammstein and Manson are nu-metal).
Rated 16 Aug 2011
96
92nd
An infinite loop from David Lynch, which will give your brains a stack overflow.
Rated 01 Jul 2017
6
47th
NO idea.
Rated 18 Feb 2020
94
98th
Arquette finally won me over. Possibly the best sex scenes ever here. Aside from their obvious merits, they're also vital to the film. Siren Song blares during Pete and Alice's passionate sex but only briefly, faintly plays during Fred's climax with Renee
Rated 22 Apr 2010
100
88th
MASTERPIECE!
Rated 12 Mar 2012
100
92nd
I think about this movie all the time.
Rated 22 May 2010
8
94th
A sexy, nightmarish film.
Rated 13 Jun 2010
70
51st
Nobody pulls off such a shamelessly atmospheric Double Indemnity rip-off nightmare like Lynch.
Rated 25 Aug 2010
91
93rd
(Un)bearably slow to begin with, and then things happen in their own Lynch way over and over again and the movie continues to get better. The Mystery-Man is such a great creation; he has one scene where he shifts the mood from unknowing dread to laugh-at-of-your seat hilarity. Well, might not be funny for everyone, but I really did laugh out of my seat.
Rated 09 Sep 2010
87
94th
I can't say I understand the movie but I love it all the same. So yeah a typical Lynch movie. Not too fond of the soundtrack though.
Rated 21 Oct 2010
9
91st
On par with 'Mulholland Dr.' but it hardly matters. It's a Lynch film so interpretation can be be pretty much pointless. Creepy, intriguing and just as fulfilling as you'd expect.
Rated 23 Jan 2007
80
53rd
I have no idea what this was all about (and I don't think anyone does), but it is interesting nevertheless.
Rated 12 Aug 2007
89
92nd
Definitely among the best mystery movies ever made. Thick mood, awesome script, great cast.
Rated 29 Mar 2015
77
90th
3.84/5
Rated 06 Jul 2012
72
36th
The transformation, although appropriately surreal, suffers from a stylistic incongruity and a severe lack of vision in execution. The rest of the film has its rare moments of brilliance, although this is mostly offset by it's maudlin obsession with itself that constantly undermines the mystery of the narrative. A lesser Lynch is certainly still an enjoyable experience, but nevertheless remains a glaring contradiction to the exceptional work of the artist.
Rated 12 Nov 2007
85
66th
Wonderful, classic David Lynch. I love Balthazar Getty! Brilliant, beautiful, creepy.
Rated 02 Mar 2008
62
39th
# 766
Rated 15 Aug 2008
70
78th
Something of a cinema nightmare.
Rated 06 Mar 2013
100
96th
watched: 2013, 2015, 2022
Rated 02 Sep 2024
89
71st
great ending, being inside that fucked up mind. better tempo would make it a masterpiece for me, it remains a variation to Mullholand Drive, though, and not so brilliant.
Rated 28 Apr 2024
60
27th
Fred Madison: "I like to remember things my own way."
Rated 28 Oct 2013
28
2nd
The only way this story makes any sense is if it happens inside a dream. And even then, the dialogue is so clumsy it becomes hard to tell what exactly happens, is there some symbolism behind it or not. Pointless nudity doesn't raise its score either.
Rated 03 Aug 2020
50
23rd
Self-indulgent, occasionally boring and entirely nonsensical, "Lost Highway" is a textbook vanity project case. Yes, it's intriguing and has a few engaging scenes and a well-crafted neo-noir atmosphere - oh, and Robert Loggia gives a delicious performance - but for what? It's complex for the sake of being complex, keeps building to faux climaxes, gives you clues that never add up to anything and culminates in a spasm. Which I guess symbolizes Lynch cumming over his own script? Oh, I get it now.
Rated 13 Feb 2010
75
75th
For me, it combined the good elements of Mulholland Drive and Blue Velvet into a movie that I don't understand but like anyway.
Rated 26 Apr 2022
75
56th
It's alright I guess. It didn't live up to the hype for me
Rated 29 Jul 2014
76
58th
Creepy and funny. I'll have to ask the internet what it's about though.
Rated 02 Dec 2012
92
83rd
You get lost at "Lost Highway Motel" .I think you can explain the whole movie as ?

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