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Lost Highway

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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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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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Kevin Maher The Times (UK) Forget about vampires, zombies and the undead, this is true horror. Rated: 5/5 Dec 16, 2024 Full Review Richard Brody The New Yorker 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. Jul 5, 2022 Full Review Jeremiah Kipp Slant Magazine It's pensive male anxiety, and for some cultural reason it's easier for audiences to accept female hysteria than the insecurities of men. Rated: 3.5/4 Apr 1, 2008 Full Review Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Possibly David Lynch's best blend of a cohesive narrative mixed with otherworldly elements. Rated: 4/5 Sep 12, 2025 Full Review Chance Solem-Pfeifer Willamette Week Evil flows like an invisible current through Lost Highway, one of Lynch’s feel-bad best. Feb 12, 2025 Full Review Noah Berlatsky Everything is Horrible (Substack) 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. Jan 23, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jonny amazing. chilling and artful. beautiful Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/23/25 Full Review Jadan S 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. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/22/25 Full Review Peter I don't know how to rate it. I hated it and loved it at the same. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/22/25 Full Review Benjamin H A highly surrealistic and artistic film from the late great David Lynch that continuously makes you feel like you are in a dream. Lost Highway is an amazingly structured, multilayered and narratively compelling film that does lose some points for having a few segments that didn't do much for me and characters that all in all feel like necessary pieces in a plot rather than independent people. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/19/25 Full Review MaryAnn M. Beautiful work of art great movie Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/19/25 Full Review G M A compelling masterpiece of our deepest, darkest thoughts. Don't expect a satisfactory conclusion as in a traditional movie. It's whatever you want to make of it. See Lynch's beautiful film, 'The Straight Story' for a more emotionally 'grounded' level of story telling. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/14/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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David Lynch

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Bill Pullman

Fred Madison

Patricia Arquette

Renee Madison

Balthazar Getty

Pete Dayton

Robert Blake

Mystery Man

Natasha Gregson Wagner

Sheila

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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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