What movies are similar to Mulholland Drive?

Start with films such as Lost Highway, Murder on the Orient Express, The Lady from Shanghai, In a Lonely Place. Each title on this page is chosen to mirror the vibe, themes, and style that make Mulholland Drive memorable, with short explanations to help you pick where to begin.

What should I watch if I liked Mulholland Drive?

Use the ranked list above: it highlights 10 close cousins—similar tension, character dynamics, and storytelling ambition—so you can queue something tonight without endless browsing.

Are there movies with the same vibe as Mulholland Drive?

Yes. The recommendations here lean into overlapping moods and motifs, not just shared genre labels, so you get films that “feel” related in pacing, tone, and emotional payoff.

What should I watch after Mulholland Drive?

Try Lost Highway, Murder on the Orient Express, The Lady from Shanghai—each shares DNA with Mulholland Drive while changing the setting enough to feel fresh.

What genre is Mulholland Drive?

Mulholland Drive (2001) is best described as Thriller, Drama, Mystery. Stores and algorithms use different labels, but that mix is what fans actually recognize on a rewatch.

Is Mulholland Drive worth revisiting?

Viewer scores sit around 7.8/10 on TMDB—high enough that replays are common for people who like this thriller lane.

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Mulholland Drive (2001) works because mulholland Drive works as a thriller movie with a point of view—fans quote moments, but they also argue about what the film is actually saying about power, desire, or survival. The thriller and drama blend is the engine: it lets the film shift registers without feeling like two different movies stitched together. The concrete hook is blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an, and that gives this guide a clear center of gravity. For movies like Mulholland Drive, we prioritized thriller, drama, mystery films that share thriller, drama, mystery, crowd favorite without flattening everything into one broad genre bucket. The strongest matches carry over the viewing mood while giving you a different dramatic engine. The notes under each title call out the exact overlap, so you can choose by mood instead of scrolling posters. These 10 recommendations are ordered to keep the Mulholland Drive feeling intact while still giving you different characters, stakes, and endings.

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1.Lost Highway (1997)
★ 7.5 · Drama · Thriller · Mystery · 2h 14m
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Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway split at the plot: Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an on one side, A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an on the other. thriller,.
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2.Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
★ 7.1 · Drama · Thriller · Mystery · 2h 8m
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In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve is the sharpest reason to queue Murder on the Orient Express after Mulholland Drive: it refracts the same curiosity Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when.
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3.The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
★ 7.4 · Mystery · Crime · Thriller · 1h 27m
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In Mulholland Drive, the spine is Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an; The Lady from Shanghai finds its spine in A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.. thriller, drama, mystery explain why the pairing.
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4.In a Lonely Place (1950)
★ 7.6 · Thriller · Drama · Romance · 1h 33m
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Character pressure in In a Lonely Place accumulates around A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she, echoing how Mulholland Drive tightened the screws with Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets.
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5.Dead Again (1991)
★ 6.4 · Mystery · Thriller · Romance · 1h 47m
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thriller, drama, mystery surface in both films, yet Dead Again keeps the temperature a dark, uncompromising tone, not a tonal echo of Mulholland Drive. Compare In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. against Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie.
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6.Memento (2000)
★ 8.2 · Mystery · Thriller · 1h 53m
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The afterglow from Memento is a tense, propulsive tone: different residue than Mulholland Drive, even when thriller, mystery read familiar. Trace the fork to Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an versus Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife..
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7.Nightcrawler (2014)
★ 7.7 · Crime · Drama · Thriller · 1h 58m
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If Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an is what locked you into Mulholland Drive, Nightcrawler hands you When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. as the next jolt of narrative curiosity. thriller, drama, crime are what make the handoff feel deliberate.
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8.Vertigo (1958)
★ 8.1 · Mystery · Romance · Thriller · 2h 8m
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A 1958 frame changes how A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all lands next to Mulholland Drive (2001) and its Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an. thriller, mystery, romance.
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9.Changeling (2008)
★ 7.6 · Crime · Drama · Mystery · 2h 21m
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Changeling handles Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. with a Crime bias that Mulholland Drive did not foreground in its Thriller read of Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an.
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10.Blue Velvet (1986)
★ 7.6 · Mystery · Thriller · Crime · 2h
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Blue Velvet is pitched a dark, uncompromising tone, which is the first thing you feel beside Mulholland Drive. thriller, mystery, crime still braid the two films, but Blue Velvet leans on The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation where Mulholland Drive.
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Across these recommendations, you will see recurring fingerprints from Mulholland Drive: thriller, mystery, drama, crime, plus a tense through-line that keeps scenes charged even when the plots diverge. The emotional appeal is consistent—films that ask for attention, then reward it with momentum, specificity, and a clear point of view. As a viewing experience, the list is built to feel like a guided night at the movies: enough variety to stay surprising, enough overlap to feel intentional, and pacing that respects how Mulholland Drive trained you to watch. If you want the same satisfaction you felt during Mulholland Drive—that mix of craft, stakes, and atmosphere—these picks are meant to land in the same neighborhood without repeating the same story.

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What movies are similar to Mulholland Drive?: Start with films such as Lost Highway, Murder on the Orient Express, The Lady from Shanghai, In a Lonely Place. Each title on this page is chosen to mirror the vibe, themes, and style that make Mulholland Drive memorable, with short explanations to help you pick where to begin.
What should I watch if I liked Mulholland Drive?: Use the ranked list above: it highlights 10 close cousins—similar tension, character dynamics, and storytelling ambition—so you can queue something tonight without endless browsing.
Are there movies with the same vibe as Mulholland Drive?: Yes. The recommendations here lean into overlapping moods and motifs, not just shared genre labels, so you get films that “feel” related in pacing, tone, and emotional payoff.
What should I watch after Mulholland Drive?: Try Lost Highway, Murder on the Orient Express, The Lady from Shanghai—each shares DNA with Mulholland Drive while changing the setting enough to feel fresh.
What genre is Mulholland Drive?: Mulholland Drive (2001) is best described as Thriller, Drama, Mystery. Stores and algorithms use different labels, but that mix is what fans actually recognize on a rewatch.
Is Mulholland Drive worth revisiting?: Viewer scores sit around 7.8/10 on TMDB—high enough that replays are common for people who like this thriller lane.

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1.Lost Highway (1997)

2.Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

3.The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

4.In a Lonely Place (1950)

5.Dead Again (1991)

6.Memento (2000)

7.Nightcrawler (2014)

8.Vertigo (1958)

9.Changeling (2008)

10.Blue Velvet (1986)

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