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David Lynch Movies Ranked: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
David Lynch directed 13 films in our catalog, from 1967 to 2001. Top of the list is The Elephant Man ('1980), at 8.2 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.1. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, 7.3 on IMDb against 46 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Elephant Man '1980 | Drama | 8.2 | 91% | 78 | 8.1 | David Lynch |
| 2 | Blue Velvet '1986 | Mystery / Thriller / Crime | 7.7 | 87% | 75 | 7.6 | David Lynch |
| 3 | Mulholland Drive '2001 | Thriller / Drama / Mystery | 7.9 | 83% | 87 | 7.8 | David Lynch |
| 4 | The Straight Story '1999 | Drama | 8.0 | 95% | 86 | 7.7 | David Lynch |
| 5 | Lost Highway '1997 | Drama / Thriller / Mystery | 7.6 | 70% | 53 | 7.6 | David Lynch |
| 6 | Eraserhead '1977 | Horror / Sci-Fi | 7.2 | 87% | 87 | 7.3 | David Lynch |
| 7 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me '1992 | Drama / Mystery / Horror | 7.3 | 67% | 46 | 7.4 | David Lynch |
| 8 | The Grandmother '1970 | Animation / Horror | 7.1 | - | - | 6.6 | David Lynch |
| 9 | Wild at Heart '1990 | Crime / Thriller / Romance | 7.2 | 66% | 52 | 7.0 | David Lynch |
| 10 | The Alphabet '1969 | Animation / Horror | 6.7 | - | - | 6.4 | David Lynch |
| 11 | The Amputee '1974 | Drama / Comedy | 5.5 | - | - | 5.1 | David Lynch |
| 12 | Six Men Getting Sick '1967 | Animation | 5.6 | - | - | 5.5 | David Lynch |
| 13 | Dune '1984 | Action / Sci-Fi | 6.2 | 36% | 41 | 6.2 | David Lynch |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.