Blue Velvet · LeviOsa

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Blue Velvet · LeviOsa

Blue Velvet key art

It's a strange world, isn't it?

MysteryThrillerCrime2h

🍅87%

🍅

87%

Tomatometer

🍿

88%

Popcornmeter

7.6

TMDB

Storyline

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

Trailers

9 videos

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Original Trailer

Isabella Rossellini wears BLUE VELVET | MUBI Podcast

Isabella Rossellini wears BLUE VELVET | MUBI Podcast

Wanna Go For a Ride?

Wanna Go For a Ride?

Pest Control Scene

Pest Control Scene

The Detective's Daughter

The Detective's Daughter

Official Trailer

Official Trailer

Details

DirectorDavid Lynch

ReleasedSep 19, 1986

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$6M

Revenue

$8.6M

Parental guideRUS

Studio

DEG

Cast

Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Rossellini

Dorothy Vallens

Kyle MacLachlan

Kyle MacLachlan

Jeffrey Beaumont

Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper

Frank Booth

Laura Dern

Laura Dern

Sandy Williams

Hope Lange

Hope Lange

Mrs. Williams

Dean Stockwell

Dean Stockwell

Ben

George Dickerson

George Dickerson

Detective Williams

Priscilla Pointer

Priscilla Pointer

Mrs. Beaumont

Frances Bay

Frances Bay

Aunt Barbara

Jack Harvey

Mr. Beaumont

Ken Stovitz

Ken Stovitz

Mike

Brad Dourif

Brad Dourif

Raymond

Where to watch(NG)

Stream

Criterion Channel

Rent / Buy

Apple TV Store

Google Play Movies

YouTube

Fandango At Home

Spectrum On Demand

Plex

Reviews

10 reviews · 7 critics · 2 fans

9 fresh · 0 rotten

Critics consensus

“If audiences walk away from this subversive, surreal shocker not fully understanding the story, they might also walk away with a deeper perception of the potential of film storytelling.”

87% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

A

Adam Kempenaar

RTFilmspottingOct 2, 2026

...where David Lynch becomes David Lynch.

T

Terri Minsky

RTNew York Daily NewsSep 18, 2026

It plays like a very sick episode of "Leave it to Beaver."

J

Joe Kane

RTNew York Daily NewsSep 18, 2026

David Lynch's "Blue Velvet" is an imaginative bizarre, consistently unpredictable, blackly funny sleaze nightmare.

J

Josh Larsen

RTLarsenOnFilmSep 28, 2026

A movie that seeped directly from its maker’s consciousness...

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Information

Title

Blue Velvet

Released

Sep 19, 1986

Rated

R

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

2h

Status

Released

Studio

DEG

Under the Silver Lake