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Blue Velvet 1986

Directed by David Lynch

All-time standing

#50 of 4,399

In the top 1% of movies

By scope

1980s #4 of 379 Top 1% 1986 #1 of 32 Top 3%

Ballots (67)

All time 55

Rolling Stone

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #1
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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph

  • Published 2018
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  • Ranked #14
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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2013
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  • Ranked #15
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Variety

Variety

  • Published 2022
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  • Ranked #20
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Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #59
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Revista Bula

Revista Bula

  • Published 2023
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  • Ranked #78
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Sight & Sound

Sight & Sound

  • Published 2022
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  • Ranked #84
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The Cinematheque

The Cinematheque

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #87
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Radio Times

Radio Times

  • Published 2006
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  • Ranked #89
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Toronto International Film Festival

Toronto International Film Festival

  • Published 2009
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  • Ranked #92
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Esquire

  • Published 2020
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  • Ranked #94
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Halliwell's

Halliwell's

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #272
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2025
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2024
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2021
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2020
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2019
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  • Included, unranked
Empire

Empire

  • Published 2017
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2016
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Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider

  • Published 2016
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Kino Muzeum

Kino Muzeum

  • Published 2015
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2015
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Complex

  • Published 2013
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The Telegraph

The Telegraph

  • Published 2013
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Filmspotting

Filmspotting

  • Published 2012
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HitFix

HitFix

  • Published 2012
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Newsday

Newsday

  • Published 2012
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Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine

  • Published 2012
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USC School of Cinematic Arts

USC School of Cinematic Arts

  • Published 2012
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Mark Cousins

Mark Cousins

  • Published 2011
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  • Included, unranked
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Philadelphia Weekly

Philadelphia Weekly

  • Published 2011
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Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2010
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Film-Magazine (Iran)

Film-Magazine (Iran)

  • Published 2009
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  • Included, unranked
The Independent

The Independent

  • Published 2009
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Cinema (Greece)

Cinema (Greece)

  • Published 2008
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David Thomson

David Thomson

  • Published 2008
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Cineaste

Cineaste

  • Published 2007
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Steadycam

Steadycam

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked

The Guardian

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked
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Film Comment

Film Comment

  • Published 2006
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Jim Emerson

Jim Emerson

  • Published 2006
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Village Voice

  • Published 2006
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2005
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The New York Times

The New York Times

  • Published 2004
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Salon

Salon

  • Published 2002
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2002
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Premiere

Premiere

  • Published 2001
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2001
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Premiere

Premiere

  • Published 1998
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San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Chronicle

  • Published 1997
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BBC

BBC

  • Published 1995
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El Mundo

El Mundo

  • Published 1995
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Movieline

Movieline

  • Published 1995
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Dirigido Por

Dirigido Por

  • Published 1992
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Channel 4

Channel 4

  • Year not recorded
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Decade 12

1983-2008

Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2008
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  • Ranked #4
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1980s

Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #3
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Rolling Stone

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #4
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IndieWire

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #12
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #15
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Paste Magazine

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #23
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Forbes

Forbes

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #37
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Cinemanía

Cinemanía

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked
Les Inrockuptibles

Les Inrockuptibles

  • Published 1989
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The Cinematheque

The Cinematheque

  • Published 1989
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  • Included, unranked

Time

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked
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Time Out

Time Out

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked
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