Where to watch Blue Velvet in the United States
Blue Velvet (1986) is available on Hoopla with a participating library card. Also available to stream on Criterion Channel.
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Blue Velvet
It's a strange world, isn't it?
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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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Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange, Dean Stockwell, George Dickerson, Priscilla Pointer, Frances Bay, Jack Harvey
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Blue Velvet
It's a strange world, isn't it?
You can watch Blue Velvet (1986) on Hoopla with a participating library card.
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7.6/10
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91%
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RT Audience
88%
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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 19, 2026.