Directing
David Lynch
- Titles
- 327movies26TV shows
- Career
Active from 1967 to 2025, busiest in 2002 with 30 main titles.
- Directed
- 200titles as director
- Average score
62/100
- Highest rated
Twin Peaks US Pilot89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 59 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Uncanny5.7average 2.5
- Absurdist Humor5.3average 2.0
- Dark Humor4.0average 2.9
- Scare3.6average 2.6
- Psychological6.4average 5.6
- Wonder4.2average 3.4
- Mystery4.8average 4.1
- Melancholy5.2average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.0, average 5.2
- Adrenaline3.2, average 5.1
- Catharsis3.3, average 5.1
- Family Dynamics2.9, average 4.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- David Lynch 12
- Surreal 11
- Cult Classic 10
- Dreamlike 10
- Atmospheric 9
- Visually Striking 8
- Mystery 8
- Psychological Thriller 8
- Short Film 8
- Dream Logic 7
- Experimental Film 6
- Avant-Garde 6
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Angelo BadalamentiActorTwin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, +7 more
Kyle MacLachlanActorTwin Peaks, Dune, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks US Pilot, +4 more
Laura DernActorBlue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Inland Empire, More Things That Happened, Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted, +3 more
Harry Dean StantonActorWild at Heart, Inland Empire, Hotel Room, Lucky, The Short Films of David Lynch, +3 more
Catherine E. CoulsonActorThe Short Films of David Lynch, The Short Films of David Lynch, The Short Films of David Lynch, The Amputee, Eraserhead Stories, +2 more
Jack NanceActorEraserhead, The Short Films of David Lynch, The French as Seen by…, The Cowboy and the Frenchman, The Short Films of David Lynch, +1 more
Sheryl LeeActorTwin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Laura Palmer, Laura Palmer, Laura Palmer, Laura Palmer, +1 more
ChrystabellActorThe Answers to The Questions, Sublime Eternal Love, Chrystabell & David Lynch: Sublime Eternal Love, Chrystabell & David Lynch: The Answers to the Questions, Sublime Eternal Love, +1 more
Mary SweeneyActorMulholland Drive, Lost Highway, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, The Straight Story, Mulholland Dr., +1 more
Duwayne DunhamEditorTwin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks US Pilot, +1 more
Mark FrostWriterTwin Peaks, Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks US Pilot, Twin Peaks, On the Air, +1 more
Mädchen AmickActorTwin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks US Pilot, Twin Peaks, Georgia Coffee: Twin Peaks Commericals
Movies and TV shows
432020s
10 titles · average score 58
Thanks
Director, Camera Operator
Director, Animation
Director
Director
Director
2010s
8 titles · average score 63
63
as Detective
Director, Creative Director
78
as Gordon Cole
Director
58
Director
62
Music, Writer
55
Executive Producer
Director
2000s
12 titles · average score 64
49
Executive Producer
79
Producer, Writer
63
Director
78
as Bucky J, the gaffer (voice)
Camera Operator, Director of Photography
68
Screenplay, Director
33
Editor, Director
Producer, Screenplay
Director
78
Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Director
62
TV show · as Randy / Wife / Sparky (voice)
1990s
9 titles · average score 76
85
Writer, Executive Producer
75
Director
70
Sound Designer, Director
62
as Morgue Receptionist
Director, Writer
65
as Gordon Cole
84
TV show · as Gordon Cole
89
Writer, Executive Producer
as FBI Regional Bureau Chief Gordon Cole
1980s
3 titles · average score 83
86
Executive Producer, Director
81
Director, Writer
80
as Man in the Bowler Hat in the Mob Chasing Merrick (uncredited)
1970s
1 title · average score 81
81
Production Design, Sound Effects