Lost Highway (
1997) | IMDb:
7.6
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
Starring:
Bill Pullman
,
Patricia Arquette
,
Balthazar Getty
,
Robert Blake
,
Natasha Gregson Wagner
,
Richard Pryor
Wild at Heart (
1990) | IMDb:
7.2
Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lovers’ surreal honeymoon short.
Twin Peaks (
1989) | IMDb:
8.9
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for the European VHS market and has an alternate, closed ending.)
Starring:
Kyle MacLachlan
,
Michael Ontkean
,
Mädchen Amick
,
Dana Ashbrook
,
Richard Beymer
,
Lara Flynn Boyle
The Blob (
1988) | IMDb:
6.6
In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.
Colors (
1988) | IMDb:
6.7
A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.
Starring:
Sean Penn
,
Robert Duvall
,
María Conchita Alonso
,
Randy Brooks
,
Grand L. Bush
,
Don Cheadle
Directed by:
Dennis Hopper
Barfly (
1987) | IMDb:
7.1
Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stools. But, they like each other's company—and Barfly captures their giddy, gin-soaked attempts to make a go of life on the skids.
Directed by:
Barbet Schroeder
Blue Velvet (
1986) | IMDb:
7.7
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.
Starring:
Kyle MacLachlan
,
Isabella Rossellini
,
Dennis Hopper
,
Laura Dern
,
Hope Lange
,
Dean Stockwell
Ghoulies (
1985) | IMDb:
4.1
A young man and his girlfriend move into the man's old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a need to control ancient demons.
Starring:
Peter Liapis
,
Lisa Pelikan
,
Michael Des Barres
,
Jack Nance
,
Peter Risch
,
Tamara De Treaux
Johnny Dangerously (
1984) | IMDb:
6.5
An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
Starring:
Michael Keaton
,
Peter Boyle
,
Griffin Dunne
,
Marilu Henner
,
Joe Piscopo
,
Maureen Stapleton
Directed by:
Amy Heckerling
Dune (
1984) | IMDb:
6.3
In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.
Starring:
Kyle MacLachlan
,
Francesca Annis
,
Patrick Stewart
,
Linda Hunt
,
José Ferrer
,
Leonardo Cimino
City Heat (
1984) | IMDb:
5.5
Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye named Mike Murphy. Both Speer and Murphy served on the force together and were once good friends, but are now bitter enemies. When Murphy's partner is slain they team up again to fight the mob.
Directed by:
Richard Benjamin
Produced by:
Fritz Manes