List of David Lynch movies

Row #	Title	Image	Description
1	Eraserhead (1977)		Eraserhead is a surreal art-house film set in a dystopian retro-futuristic industrial wasteland of a city. It is about a young man who unexpectedly becomes a father to a mutant bird-like creature, and has a radiator in his apartment that contains a woman who sings on stage. The film is in black and white, and has a style (in terms of acting, dialogue, clothing, décor etc.) that is more like films from the 1930s/1940s.
2	The Elephant Man (1980)		The Elephant Man is based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (but called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man from 19th century London. The film is in black and white, and has a style more like films from the 1940s/1950s.
3	Dune (1984)		Dune is a science fiction film based on the 1965 novel of the same name, written by Frank Herbert. It is set more than 21,000 years in the future, with the known universe being under the rule of an emperor. Within the empire exists the planet of Arrakis, the only source of the spice 'melange'. The spice has a variety of uses, including being vital for intragalactic space travel. The story focuses on Paul Atreides, son of Duke Leto of House Atreides. House Atreides has been granted the right to take over the governing of Arrakis from the rival House Harkonnen. A spice induced prophecy of Paul Atreides taking absolute control over Arrakis, leads to various powerful groups either trying to kill him or protect him.
4	Blue Velvet (1986)		Blue Velvet is about a young man whose discovery of a severed ear, eventually leads him to discover a criminal underworld operating in his home town. The period in which the film is set is ambiguous, with much of it appearing to be set during the 1950s, but with the occasional piece of 1980s technology or other item appearing.
5	Wild at Heart (1990)		Wild at Heart is based on the 1989 novel of the same name, authored by Barry Gifford. It is a road movie about a young North Carolina couple, Sailor and Lula, who go on the run from Lula's domineering mother (and the various criminals sent to kill Sailor).
6	Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)		Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, is a prequel to the TV series Twin Peaks. The first part of the movie is set about a year before the TV series, and follows two FBI agents (who weren't in the TV series) during their investigation of a murder. The second part of the movie is set immediately before the TV series, and covers much of what was implied (but not shown) to have happened during the course of the TV series.
7	Lost Highway (1997)		A surreal movie revolving around two main characters: A saxophonist who is imprisoned for the murder of his wife; and a young mechanic who is found in the saxophonist's prison cell one morning instead of the saxophonist (neither the prison guards nor the mechanic himself knew how he got there, and is then released). The story also involves gangsters, a mysterious pale faced man dressed in black, and a pair of detectives trying to make sense of it all.
8	The Straight Story (1999)		Based on a true story, The Straight Story is about an old man who drives his 5-miles-per-hour tractor 240 miles, from Iowa to Wisconsin, to mend his relationship with his ill brother.
9	Mulholland Drive (2001)		A strange story about an aspiring actress who befriends a woman with amnesia, and a young Hollywood director's dealings with mobsters.
10	Inland Empire (2006)		A dream-like art-house movie that drifts from one bizarre scene to the next. The story focusses mostly on an actress trying to make a comeback. It occasionally features a TV set that plays a laughter-tracked sitcom about a family of nonsense-speaking anthropomorphised rabbits.

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