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Lost Highway

Play trailer Poster for Lost Highway R,  1997,  2h 15m,  Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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70% Tomatometer 63 Reviews 87% Popcornmeter 50,000+ Ratings
From this inventory of imagery, Lynch fashions two separate but intersecting stories, one about a jazz musician (Bill Pullman), tortured by the notion that his wife is having an affair, who suddenly finds himself accused of her murder. The other is a young mechanic (Balthazar Getty) drawn into a web of deceit by a temptress who is cheating on her gangster boyfriend. These two tales are linked by the fact that the women in both are played by the same actress (Patricia Arquette).
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Marking a further escalation in David Lynch's surrealist style, Lost Highway is a foreboding mystery that arguably leads to a dead end, although it is signposted throughout with some of the director's most haunting images yet.

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Kelly Burke Sydney Morning Herald Apr 29, 2026
More mood than matter, Lost Highway is nevertheless worth experiencing. Just don't expect to make sense of it. Go to Full Review
Kevin Maher The Times (UK) Dec 16, 2024
5/5
Forget about vampires, zombies and the undead, this is true horror. Go to Full Review
Richard Brody The New Yorker Jul 5, 2022
Lynch brings the movie’s febrile and violent artifice to life in visual compositions of a poised, painterly authority and interrupts them with quick bursts of hallucinatory frenzy. Go to Full Review
Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Sep 12, 2025
4/5
Possibly David Lynch's best blend of a cohesive narrative mixed with otherworldly elements. Go to Full Review
Chance Solem-Pfeifer Willamette Week Feb 12, 2025
Evil flows like an invisible current through Lost Highway, one of Lynch’s feel-bad best. Go to Full Review
Noah Berlatsky Everything is Horrible (Substack) Jan 23, 2025
Lynch refuses to commit to any clear theme beyond the standard misogynist noir trope that women who have sexual autonomy are evil and maybe deserve to be murdered. Go to Full Review
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Abraham R Mar 18, 2019 Psychologically frightening, highly surreal yet demanding of multiple viewings.Here is evidence that David Lynch is one of the strangest and intellectually bravest filmmakers of all time. See more
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David Lynch

Director

Bill Pullman

Fred Madison

Patricia Arquette

Renee Madison

Balthazar Getty

Pete Dayton

Robert Blake

Mystery Man

Natasha Gregson Wagner

Sheila

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BILL PULLMAN as "Fred Madison." PATRICIA ARQUETTE as "Renee Madison" and BILL PULLMAN as "Fred Madison." "Mystery Man" (ROBERT BLAKE) (l), and "Mr. Eddy" (ROBERT LOGGIA) (r). BILL PULLMAN as "Fred Madison." PATRICIA ARQUETTE as "Renee Madison." "Pete Dayton" (BALTHAZAR GETTY) and "Alice Wakefield" (PATRICIA ARQUETTE). PATRICIA ARQUETTE as "Renee Madison." PATRICIA ARQUETTE as "Alice Wakefield." View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis From this inventory of imagery, Lynch fashions two separate but intersecting stories, one about a jazz musician (Bill Pullman), tortured by the notion that his wife is having an affair, who suddenly finds himself accused of her murder. The other is a young mechanic (Balthazar Getty) drawn into a web of deceit by a temptress who is cheating on her gangster boyfriend. These two tales are linked by the fact that the women in both are played by the same actress (Patricia Arquette).
Director
David Lynch
Producer
Deepak Nayar, Tom Sternberg, Mary Sweeney
Screenwriter
David Lynch, Barry Gifford
Distributor
October Films
Production Co
October Films, Lost Highway Productions, Asymmetrical Productions
Rating
R (Strong Language|Sexual Content|Violence)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 21, 1997, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 13, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$18.0K
Runtime
2h 15m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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