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Mulholland Drive

2001 2h 27m
Thriller Drama Mystery
MOVIEVIBE Rating
7.8/10
7,270 reviews
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Mulholland Drive

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

"An actress longing to be a star. A woman searching for herself. Both worlds will collide... on Mulholland Drive."

Top Billed Cast

Naomi Watts
Naomi Watts
Betty Elms / Diane Selwyn
Laura Harring
Laura Harring
Rita / Camilla Rhodes
Justin Theroux
Justin Theroux
Adam
Ann Miller
Ann Miller
Coco
Mark Pellegrino
Mark Pellegrino
Joe
Robert Forster
Robert Forster
Detective McKnight
Dan Hedaya
Dan Hedaya
Vincenzo Castigliane
Angelo Badalamenti
Angelo Badalamenti
Luigi Castigliane

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

F Filipe Manuel Neto Verified TMDB Critic
2022-07-08

**Today, I finally understood this movie… and I was amazed by it.**

I think what happened to me was exactly the same as what happened to most people: when I saw this movie for the first time, years ago, I didn't understand a thing. That went on for a long time: whenever I saw this film, I ended up not understanding it. That ended today, when I saw it with a friend of mine, who also likes cinema and who told me _“you have to keep two things in mind: the first is the non-linear narrative, sometimes with very subtle changes; the second is that most of the film is not real life, it is a dre...

C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic
2023-09-02

A woman involved in a car accident emerges with amnesia and with the help of a would-be starlet they try to get to the bottom of who did what to whom and why. Thereafter it twists and turns like an adder on steroids - but to what end? Sorry, but I just didn't get it. I'd ask what is it really about, but I am not sure I'd believe anyone who actually claimed to know. Is it really about anything tangible at all or is Lynch daring the audience to admit that they are too dense to grasp the "creative concept" here? It is a well put together piece of cinema, and we do get good performances from Naomi...

T TPS33 Verified TMDB Critic
2026-09-01

Wanted to like it and just awful. I know a lot of people love this but wow. Some of the acting/script was porno bad and it wasn't confusing in an interesting way. I like a lot of surreal movies (Kaufman, Kubrick, Gilliam) so everyone told me I'd like Lynch, but so far I don't get it....