The Best David Lynch Movies To Watch Before His New Film (Maybe) Premieres At Cannes

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Earlier this month, Variety reported that David Lynch, one of the most revered filmmakers in the world, had shot and edited an entire movie in secret that was set to premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Unfortunately, the next day, just as Lynch’s fans started to foam at the mouth at the prospect of a new entry in his filmography arriving in a few short weeks, the director himself came forward to shrug off the Cannes report as “a total rumor.”

Lynch told Entertainment Weekly, “I have no new film coming out. That’s a total rumor. So, there you are. It is not happening. I don’t have a project. I have nothing at Cannes.” Despite the straightforwardness of this denial, some fans are taking Lynch’s comments with a pinch of salt. For months, Andrew Garfield dodged questions and denied rumors about his appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home and it turned out to be an elaborate marketing stunt designed to preserve the surprise. Lynch tends to shroud his projects in mystery and shooting a whole movie in secret while posting daily weather reports on YouTube as a cover would be very on-brand.

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If Lynch did have a secret movie coming out in a few weeks and it leaked to the press, it would make sense to dismiss it as a rumor the following day. It seems unlikely that Lynch was able to pull off a secret movie shoot – especially at the height of a global pandemic – but his fans haven’t given up hope yet. On the off chance that there’s a new David Lynch movie headed to Cannes in May, now is the perfect opportunity to catch up on the director’s best work.

Much like the Coens’ Blood Simple, Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, and Jordan Peele’s Get Out, Lynch’s directorial