Every David Lynch Film RANKED From Worst To Best

This dark Neo-noir marks Lynch's turn towards more difficult narrative structures, the resulting picture being a certainly challenging yet still intriguing thriller about identity and authenticity.

The initial premise sees musician Fred Madison (Bill Pullman) receiving disconcerting VHS tapes of himself and his wife filmed from inside his house, before his wife is murdered and he is arrested. From there, the nonlinear elements become explicit and doppelgängers abound. Attempting to describe Lost Highway is to somewhat miss the point; the film is designed more as a cinematic experience than as a coherent narrative, though there's certainly enough there for you to piece everything together.

Whilst not as challenging as Inland Empire, Lost Highway will still test the patience of non-Lynch initiates. However, its blend of noir and surrealism makes for a truly fascinating motion picture, one which is at turns horrifying and humorous (a combination one comes to expect from Lynch). The three central performances from Pullman, Patricia Arquette, and Balthazar Getty manage to anchor the film even in its most disquietingly surreal sequences.

A favourite amongst aficionados, Lost Highway is an unforgettable if difficult film from Lynch.