Blue Velvet

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Blue Velvet (1986) is available on Hoopla with a participating library card. Also available to stream on Criterion Channel.

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The poster features a man and woman in an intimate embrace against a dark, starry background. The title "Blue Velvet" is elegantly written in white script. The mood is mysterious and suggestive, evoking themes of forbidden love and mystery.

It's a strange world, isn't it?

1986 · Movie · 120 min· Updated Oct 2026
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🌐English
Budget:$6MBox Office:$9MRated:R

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You can watch Blue Velvet (1986) on Hoopla with a participating library card.

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.

This fever dream strips away the picket-fence veneer of Americana to reveal a voyeuristic underworld of sexual obsession and madness. It replaces traditional detective tropes with a surreal, unsettling gaze into the dark impulses lurking just beneath suburban lawns.

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Director

David Lynch

Cast

Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange, Dean Stockwell, George Dickerson, Priscilla Pointer, Frances Bay, Jack Harvey

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Watch Blue Velvet on Hoopla with a participating library card. Watch Blue Velvet on Kanopy with a participating library card. Blue Velvet is streaming on Criterion Channel. Availability last verified October 13, 2026.