Wild at Heart for me, though I love `em all. "My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have not told you the type of dog which I have. Perhaps you even picture Toto, from The Wizard of Oz. But I warn you, my dog is always with me. WOOF!"
Qualitywise, I think THE ELEPHANT MAN is his best film, although my personal favorite is probably BLUE VELVET--that movie is a classic. I like all of them except DUNE and MULLHOLLAND DR. THE STRAIGHT STORY was a really wonderful movie too.
Blue Velvet followed by Wild at Heart. Dune I hated/was bored by when I was a kid, but I watched it a bit back and it's definitely gotten better with age.
I haven't seen all the movies on that list but so far I'd have to say Blue Velvet. I didn't like any of the others I've seen (Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me, Mulholland Dr., Eraserhead).
Blue Velvet for me. Lynch is one of my faves so iot was hard to pick. Mulholland Dr. was great and I've seen Dune a million times. Good shite.
I went with Blue Velvet. Elephant Man is brilliant, but it's also the least like a Lynch film, it's much more mainstream. I generally don't go into a Lynch film hoping for that.
Just found this poll while searching for a thread on the Elephant Man. My favorite film is still Blue Velvet. Anywho, back to the Elephant Man. I just bought it on DVD and it is my first time seeing it in several years. I'll be damned if it isn't one of the most heart-wrenchingly sad movies I've ever seen. It's not Lynch's best, but it's number 2 on my list of Lynch films and would probably even rank in my top 20.
i'm taking a class on Lynch and Almodovar next semester. and possibly a class on Cronenberg if it gets approved. That's right, envy me. i assume i picked Twin Peaks when i voted, but if not, that's my favorite now.
Having seen them all and loved them all my favorite remains Lost Highway. However, I believe his best works are Eraserhead and Blue Velvet, while Eraserhead (which gets my vote) is less accessible yet more impressive. Which is your #1 all time favorite?
Lynch is my favorite living director, and Blue Velvet is my all-time favorite film. Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead follow, but I personally don't dislike any of his work. My least favorite of his films is Dune, but even that clearly has some merit. His depiction of Baron Harkonnen is fantastic.
Blue Velvet: the first Lynch movie I ever saw and longtime personal favorite. Dennis Hopper, Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dean Stockwell, Laura Dern, and Jack Nance are all superb in their roles! I would probably rank Wild at Heart, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, and Mulholland Drive next.
Overall, I'd say the first season of Twin Peaks was the best thing he's ever done. But, I swear to god, with no irony or sarcasm, "Dune" is the only one of his films that I find myself watching repeatedly. While I do think that his films are gorgeous to look at, and I can see why other people like them so much, I just feel something smug and condescending in most of his stuff. As if he were saying "I am too smart and deep for you to understand. I just dare you to figure this out."
"Wild at Heart" is the top Lynch flick for me. It proves that Nicholas Cage actually could act once upon a time, and I love Willem Dafoe's character. But for sheer "bizarre", I'll go with "Eraserhead".
