Blue Velvet

About Blue Velvet

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.

David Lynch's Blue Velvet is a 1986 crime mystery film. The film is filed under drug dealer, nightclub, voyeurism, and cruel.

Isabella Rossellini stars as Dorothy Vallens, Kyle MacLachlan as Jeffrey Beaumont, Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth, and Laura Dern as Sandy Williams. Released in September 1986, it runs 120 minutes.

The screenplay is by David Lynch. It streams on Criterion Channel in the United States.

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Angel Heart, and Trainspotting make useful companions to Blue Velvet, all filed under detective, drugs, and murder. TMDB voters put it at 7.6 out of 10 across 4,013 votes and it carries a R rating.