Lost Highway

Lost Highway

A lost road on the edge of strange...

R 1997 · 134 min · ★ 7.5 (3K) · Drama, Thriller, Mystery

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.

Directed by David Lynch · Written by Barry Gifford

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