Blue Velvet
It's a strange world, isn't it?
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.
- Director
- David Lynch
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Drama
- Worldwide
- $9M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
16 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Blue Velvet actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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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.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Blue Velvet appears in 5 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Horror Movies Ranked #22
Placed at #22 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Horror Movies Ranked #23
Placed at #23 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Detective Movies Ranked #23
Placed at #23 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Mystery Movies Ranked #45
Placed at #45 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 100 Crime Movies Ranked #94
Placed at #94 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Blue Velvet returned 1.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $6M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $9M
- Release date
- Sep 19, 1986
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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