Before starring in the 2001 film directed by Lynch, Watts had starred in 1995’s Tank Girl and 1996’s Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering. Watts noted that due to the lack of big opportunities, she had “planned on going home multiple times” and then got a call from Lynch.

Naomi Watts said on Tuesday that she almost quit acting before David Lynch cast her in Mulholland Drive.

Naomi Watts said she wanted to prioritize her career over her personal life after being told "it'll all be dried up at 40."

Director David Lynch's twisty mystery movie from 2001 has become a streaming hit following the filmmaker's death at 78 earlier this month.

The entertainment industry has already lost several notable figures in 2025. The film world was shaken by the death of “Blue Velvet” and “Twin Peaks” director David Lynch, with tributes to the visionary filmmaker continuing for weeks.

David Lynch was a prolific filmmaker who truly defined his generation and left behind a legacy that will forever be cherished by cinephiles.

I always say, the film is the thing. The film is the thing. You work so hard to get this thing built, all the elements to feel correct, the whole to feel correct, in this beautiful language called cinema.

Which is just one reason why there will never be another David Lynch. A movie like this would have ended most directors' careers, but he made the most surreal independent movie ever, and it endeared him to millions. Who does that? David Lynch, which is why he'll be so incredibly missed.

Here are five key films that defined the expansive career of US director David Lynch, who has recently passed aged 78.

Elevated horror, or art horror, is a subgenre that experiments with atmosphere, psychological character motivations, and philosophical themes instead of focusing on cheap jump-scares and gore. The term “elevated horror” didn't pop up as a term until the 21st century.

In our hyper-rational, technology-mediated 21st century, Lynch’s cinema perforates this tyranny of a totalitarian vision and spurs bewilderment.

David Lynch did not believe in giving viewers all the answers. nstead, his movies, like 'Mulholland Drive', force us to make up our own interpretations.