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Blue Velvet
1986
· Movie
· 120 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #844
- IMDb #697
- Google retired #2986
- Rotten Tomatoes #836
- Metacritic #678
- Letterboxd #469
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1337
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #746
- Metacritic Critics #1058
- Metacritic Audience #330
- Criticker #254
- Kinopoisk #1246
- AlloCiné #881
- Trakt #1270
Every rating
69–88
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 69, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 88.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young man discovers a severed human ear in a field behind his home. His investigation into its origin leads him into a dark underworld of crime, violence, and sexual deviance, centered around a mysterious nightclub singer and a psychopathic criminal who holds her family hostage.
Details
- Director
- David Lynch
- Writer
- David Lynch
- Studio
- DEG
- Released
- 19 September 1986
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $6.0M
- Box office
- $8.6M
- Awards
- 13 wins, 9 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (28) →
Awards & nominations
See all 22 →1 major award won · 13 wins from 22 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Independent Spirit Awards 1987 | Best Female Lead | Isabella Rossellini | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1987 | Best Director | David Lynch | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1987 | Best Screenplay | David Lynch | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1987 | Best Supporting Actor | Dennis Hopper | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 1987 | Best Cinematography | Frederick Elmes | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 1987 | Best Female Lead | Laura Dern | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 1987 | Best Director | David Lynch | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 1987 | Best Screenplay | David Lynch | Nominee |
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Independent Spirit Awards
7 nominations, 1 won
| Best Female Lead | Isabella Rossellini | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Frederick Elmes | Nominee |
| Best Director | David Lynch | Nominee |
| Best Feature | Fred C. Caruso | Nominee |
| Best Female Lead | Laura Dern | Nominee |
| Best Male Lead | Dennis Hopper | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | David Lynch | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Screenplay | David Lynch | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Dennis Hopper | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | David Lynch | Nominee |
Boston Society of Film Critics
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Cinematography | Frederick Elmes | Winner |
| Best Director | David Lynch | Winner |
| Best Film | Blue Velvet | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Dennis Hopper | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics Awards
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Cinematography | Frederick Elmes | Winner |
| Best Director | David Lynch | Winner |
| Best Film | Blue Velvet | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Dennis Hopper | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | David Lynch | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Dennis Hopper | Winner |
Montreal World Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Dennis Hopper | Winner |
Sitges Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film | Blue Velvet | Winner |