Cinematography: David Lynch

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by David Lynch. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


The Grandmother

1970 · Movie · 34 min. · United States

Direction David Lynch

Cast Richard White · Dorothy McGinnis · Virginia Maitland · Robert Chadwick

Plot A young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother. Short, surreal, and David Lynch's third film.

6.6

1K votes

6.6

1K votes

Inland Empire

2006 · Movie · 176 min. · United States

Direction David Lynch

Cast Laura Dern · Justin Theroux · Harry Dean Stanton · Grace Zabriskie

Plot An actress's (Laura Dern) perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star (Justin Theroux) in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was...

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6.4

12K votes

6.4

12K votes

More Things That Happened

2007 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction David Lynch

Cast Karolina Gruszka · Peter J. Lucas · William Maier · Krzysztof Majchrzak

Plot "More things that happened" is Lynch’s title for 75 minutes of deleted scenes from his film "Inland Empire", edited into a single piece, a kind of extended appendix. The new...

6.2

343 votes

6.2

343 votes

The Alphabet (S)

1968 · Movie · 4 min. · United States

Direction David Lynch

Cast Peggy Lynch

Plot Against a backdrop of bizarre shapes and textures, a small organic figure gives birth to the letters of the alphabet while a mixture of children's voices and an operatic tune...

5.6

2K votes

5.6

2K votes

Premonition Following an Evil Deed (S)

1995 · Movie · 1 min. · United States

Direction David Lynch

Cast Michele Carlyle · Jeffe Alperi · Stan Lothridge · Russ Pearlman

Plot A short film about the events following a murder.

5.2

304 votes

5.2

304 votes

Darkened Room (S)

2002 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction David Lynch

Cast Jordan Ladd · Etsuko Shikata · Cerina Vincent

Plot In the first half of the film, a Japanese woman tells us that her friend next door is sad. In the second half, a blonde woman sits on a sofa...

5.0

608 votes

5.0

608 votes

The 3 Rs (S)

2011 · Movie · 1 min. · United States

Direction David Lynch

Cast Mindy Ramaker

Plot A short where Lynch' great and abysmal cosmos is compacted in a short sequence of images and sounds in a very unsettling way.

4.4

662 votes

4.4

662 votes

Idem Paris (S)

2012 · Documentary · 7 min. · United States

Direction David Lynch

Plot Hervé Chandès from the Fondation Cartier brought me over to Idem and introduced me to Patrice Forest. I see this incredible place, and I get the opportunity to work there....

4.2

404 votes

4.2

404 votes

Boat (S)

2007 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction David Lynch

Cast David Lynch

4.2

537 votes

4.2

537 votes

Blue Green (S)

2007 · Movie · 3 min. · United States

Direction David Lynch

Plot Blue Green is a surreal, ambient short "film" capturing the mood and the lone tone of a giant industrial setting. True to the Lynchian form, psychological feel takes precedence over...

4.0

262 votes

4.0

262 votes

Absurd Encounter with Fear (S)

1967 · Movie · 2 min. · United States

Direction David Lynch

Cast Jack Fisk · Peggy Lynch

4.0

629 votes

4.0

629 votes

Sailing with Bushnell Keeler (S)

1967 · Documentary · 3 min. · United States

3.8

110 votes

3.8

110 votes

Ant Head (S)

2018 · Documentary · 13 min. · United States

Direction David Lynch

Plot Titled Ant Head, it has been vividly described by the man as “a short video featuring my friends the ants along with cheese, etc.” That “etc.” includes, somewhat unsurprisingly, a...

3.6

182 votes

3.6

182 votes

The Pig Walks (S)

2002 · Movie · 2 min. · United States

Direction David Lynch

Plot No one knows what has been going on behind the closed doors of the city's macabre and noisome abattoir.

3.5

21 votes

3.5

21 votes

Fictitious Anacin Commercial (S)

1967 · Movie · 1 min. · United States

Direction David Lynch

3.5

388 votes

3.5

388 votes

Out Yonder - Neighbor Boy (S)

2008 · Movie · 10 min. · United States

3.1

209 votes

3.1

209 votes

Ballerina (S)

2007 · Movie · 12 min. · United States

Direction David Lynch

Plot David Lynch turns this digital video of a ballerina into an impressionistic exercise.

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Ball of Bees (S)

2002 · Documentary · 6 min. · United States

Direction David Lynch

Plot An incessant buzzing noise catches the attention of the indefatigable American filmmaker, David Lynch, who, without delay, starts filming one of the most extraordinary defensive moves in nature: the mighty...

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Dead Mouse with Ants (S)

2002 · Documentary · 5 min. · United States

Direction David Lynch

Plot Life, death, and everything in between.

Not rated

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Lamp

2003 · Documentary · 31 min. · United States

Direction David Lynch

Cast David Lynch

Plot Filmmaker David Lynch goes through the process of creating a unique lamp.

Not rated

Not rated