Lost Highway

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Lost Highway

R

1997

2h 15m

Mystery & Thriller

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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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Critics Consensus

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.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

Dec 16, 2024

5/5

Forget about vampires, zombies and the undead, this is true horror.

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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.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 12, 2025

4/5

Possibly David Lynch's best blend of a cohesive narrative mixed with otherworldly elements.

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Chance Solem-Pfeifer

Willamette Week

Feb 12, 2025

Evil flows like an invisible current through Lost Highway, one of Lynch’s feel-bad best.

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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.

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Jonny

Mar 23, 2025

amazing. chilling and artful. beautiful

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Jadan S

Mar 22, 2025

This film was the closest experience I've had that was akin to experiencing a dream while fully awake. Make no mistake, you will be lost while watching this. But it is 100% worth the journey.

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Peter

Mar 22, 2025

I don't know how to rate it. I hated it and loved it at the same.

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Meathook C

@MeathookCinema Sep 6, 2026

Very good simmering surreal neo-noir from David Lynch

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Roger K

@RogerKent_Film Jul 4, 2026

To me, this is Lynch at his best! A masterclass in tension building. Any shortcomings you might find, to me, are completely overshadowed by Lynch's strong vision and craft.

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T C

@RT19842617 Jun 27, 2026

I'm a longtime Lynch fan and I have no problem saying that this is one of the two worst movies I have seen by anybody, any time, anywhere. It's a maddeningly nonsensical pastiche of sometimes arresting scenarios, gratuitous images, and utterly unbaked ideas. Hmm, come to think of it, maybe you have to be baked to watch this thing. I wasn't, but I did join in with the theater audience in the last 20 minutes, when we couldn't take it anymore and shouted comical barbs at the screen. Now THAT experience rates 5 stars.

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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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