Blue Velvet

Home from college, Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) makes a disturbing discovery: a severed human ear lying in a field. In the mystery that unfolds, by turns terrifying and darkly funny, writer-director David Lynch delves beneath the picturesque surfaces of small-town life. Driven to investigate, Jeffrey grows closer to his fellow amateur sleuth, Sandy Williams (Laura Dern), and their person of interest, lounge singer Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini)—while facing the wrath of Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper), a psychopath determined to keep Dorothy in his grip. With intense performances and hauntingly powerful imagery, Blue Velvet is an unforgettable vision of innocence lost and one of the most influential American films of the late twentieth century.