History of Movies.

David Lynch

13.62body-of-work score · ranked #35 of 1774 directors · 9 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1Mulholland Drive20013.53
  2. 2Wild at Heart19903.00
  3. 3Blue Velvet19861.70
  4. 4The Elephant Man19801.56
  5. 5Eraserhead19770.91
  6. 6Inland Empire20060.79
  7. 7Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me19920.77
  8. 8The Straight Story19990.70
  9. 9Lost Highway19970.66