Movie

Lost Highway

1997 · 134 min

A hypnotic, disorienting nightmare that shifts identities and realities, demanding intense focus and leaving a lingering sense of dread.

Tagline: A lost road on the edge of strange...
Overview: A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, tense and bleak. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, obsession, betrayal, guilt
Content: Strong violence, sexual content and language. Mild gore.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
obsession
betrayal
guilt
madness
Places: big city
home
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong