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Ranking His Work

posted 10 years ago by cinefreakdude
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How would you rank his creative output?

My ordering would be:

1. Mulholland Drive
2. Twin Peaks (Not including the season 2 episodes which Lynch neither wrote nor directed)
3. Eraserhead
4. Blue Velvet
5. Wild at Heart
6. Inland Empire
7. Lost Highway
8. The Elephant Man
9. The Straight Story
10. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
11. Rabbits
13. Dumbland
14. Dune

5, 6, 7, & 8 are virtually tied. They're almost equally great and absolutely showcase Lynch's artistic genius.

"Dune" is really his only failure in my opinion.

[–] Gun_Murat_Ilban 9 years ago

1. Mulholland Drive (9,4/10)
2. The Straight Story (8,5/10)
3. The Elephant Man (8/10)
4. Lost Highway (7,2/10)
5. Blue Velvet (6,3/10)
6. Inland Empire (6/10)
7. Eraserhead (6/10)
8. Wild at Heart (5/10)

[–] Moviebuff1 (2835) 5 years ago

Not counting his short films or Twin Peaks...

The Elephant Man
Blue Velvet
Eraserhead
Mulholland Drive
The Straight Story
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Wild at Heart
Inland Empire
Lost Highway
Dune

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Mulholland Dr.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Blue Velvet
Inland Empire
The Elephant Man
Eraserhead
Lost Highway
Dune
Wild at Heart
The Straight Story

[–] rudeboymurray (3289) 5 years ago

Mulholland Dr.
Eraserhead
Blue Velvet
The Elephant Man
The Straight Story
Inland Empire
Dune
Wild at Heart
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

[–] Seperatrix (1308) 2 years ago

As I recall, Lynch did direct three of the episodes in season 2: Episode 8, 9 and 29 (I count the first episode as #8).

1) Mulholland Drive
2) Twin Peaks (now that season 3 is out it is included and it may be cheating but I'm lumping Fire Walk with Me in as well here)
3) Blue Velvet
4) Lost Highway
5) The Straight Story
6) Inland Empire
7) Eraserhead
8) Wild at Heart
9) Miscellaneous shorts
10) and of course . . . . Dune.

Roughly the first half of Dune is really strong but then it begins to taper off from there and fade into oblivion.

[–] Seperatrix (1308) a day ago

Reviewing my list from two years ago it's hard not to declare a tie with 1 - 5.

All five are a 10/10 for me. With the rest not far behind, with the exception of Dune. Though if a version with the cut footage ever gets back into the theatrical release my score would undoubtedly increase.

[–] SkyeRiley (35) 2 days ago

1. Mulholland Drive
2. Blue Velvet
3. The Elephant Man
4. Lost Highway
5. Wild at Heart
6. Eraserhead
7. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
8. Dune

- Skye

[–] phony (231) 2 days ago

1 - All of them
2 -
3 -
4 -
5 -
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -

Thats my list :)

[–] MiguelGordon (537) 2 days ago

phony seems like a very appropriate name

[–] rnmboon (443) 2 days ago

He made a lot of great films but one of his least typical ones may be my favourite: The Straight Story. Genuinely moving at times and very beautiful.

Twin Peaks (both series) and Mulholland Drive are also high on my list. As are Lost Highway and Inland Empire. The Elephant Man is (again) somewhat unusual for Lynch but still amazing and again quite moving. I care a bit less for Blue Velvet but I will still admit that it is a masterpiece. And Dune is a bit of a guilty pleasure for me.