Wild at Heart

1990 Directed by David Lynch

A wild crazy love story.

Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.

Nicolas Cage Laura Dern Willem Dafoe J.E. Freeman Crispin Glover Diane Ladd Calvin Lockhart Isabella Rossellini Harry Dean Stanton Grace Zabriskie Sherilyn Fenn Glenn Walker Harris Jr. Marvin Kaplan William Morgan Sheppard David Patrick Kelly Freddie Jones John Lurie Jack Nance Pruitt Taylor Vince Gregg Dandridge Frances Bay Sheryl Lee Charlie Spradling Blair Bruce Bever Sally Boyle Peter Bromilow Lisa Ann Cabasa Frank A. Caruso Frank Collison Show All…

Alternative Titles

Sailor et Lula, Wild at Heart - Die Geschichte von Sailor und Lula, 광란의 사랑

thriller crime comedy

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Popular reviews

Review by BRAT ★★★★ 6

not sure why we’re getting that harley quinn & joker spin-off when the ultimate “She Was Fearless and Crazier Than Him. She Was His Queen, And God Help Anyone Who Dared to Disrespect His Queen” love story already exists
Review by maria ★★★★ 13

nicolas cage... the best and the worst actor in the world
Review by Eli Hayes ★★★★★ 12

maybe not the best film ever to win the
Palme, but probably the best jury decision
in the history of the Cannes Film Festival.
Review by ScreeningNotes ★★★★ 10

"Did I ever tell ya that this here jacket represents a symbol of my individuality, and my belief in personal freedom?"
One of David Lynch's central thematic concerns is the way our dreams and fantasies influence our perception of the reality around us. He has explored this most explicitly in Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway, each of which presents us with two entirely different versions of reality. Like in The Wizard of Oz, Lynch shows us (objective) reality and the character's (subjective) vision of it, and the thematic development comes from the contrast between the two. Wild at Heart continues to develop this theme in a slightly different way: by showing what happens when characters get stuck in their fantasy…
Review by Adam Friedland 6

What a blessing from G-d it is to have a girl friend.
Review by katie ★★★★★

"But, I'm wild at heart!"
"If you're truly wild at heart, you'll fight for your dreams."
David Lynch, you brilliant, brilliant fucker. I love you so.
Review by Eli Hayes ★★★★★ 5

Just a few TIDBITS of trivia:
The MPAA told Lynch that the version of Wild at Heart screened at Cannes would receive an X rating in North America unless cuts were made, as the NC-17 was not in effect in 1990, at the time of the film's release. The director was contractually obligated to deliver an R-rated film. He made one change in the scene where a character shoots his own head off with a shotgun. Gun smoke was added to tone down the blood and hide the removal of the character's head from his body. Foreign prints were not affected. The Region 1 DVD and Blu-rays contain the toned-down version of the shotgun scene.
Sherilyn Fenn's accident scene came…
Review by Todd Gaines ★★★★½ 33

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Ghost Rider channels his inner Elvis in this trippy David Lynch tale of an outlaw and his girl who share a wild, forbidden, and erotic love. Locked up. Naked Laura Dern. Motel fucking. Brett after his ride on the Nostromo. Urinal chit-chat. Extreme-dirty-dancing. Snakeskin jackets will get you laid. A post-fuck smoke. Erotic touching. Fuck you parole! Fuckin' Santos. A payphone. Shit and tits. Silver dollars. The best housemaids ever. A tasty cock. Jazzy Jazz. Mr. fuckin' Reindeer. A bOner. Jingle Dell; Santa Smells. Jukebox. Lipstick sunburn. Corpsefucker. Chris fuckin' Isaak. Fire, Fire, Fire. Carnage. Demonic moaning. Fuckin' witches. A rocket scientist. Triple-trailer-park hotness. John fuckin' Lurie's trucker hat. Motherfuckin' Bobby fuckin' badass fuckin' Peru. Knocked-up. The way Nic Cage…
Review by lauren ★★★★ 3

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Review by sophie ★★★★ 3

i had to keep the turning the volume down during the sex scenes because i didn't want my parents to hear it and discover me watching nicolas cage fuck
Review by 👽 Zara 👽 ★★★★★

sheryl lee please appear to me and give my the guidance i need in life
Review by matt lynch ★★★★ 2

"Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable."
"But I still want one."

Recent reviews

Review by Riyad ★★★½

So bad it's good.
The dialogue is hilarious. Willem DaFoe is very interesting here. Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern are great in this.
7/10.
Review by vicky

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

sheryl lee lo dijo en el amor hay que ser valiente !¡
Review by hitchcomediante ★★★★

Didn't know Nicolas Cage touching Laura Dern's breasts while singing Elvis songs in a movie theater was everything I needed in life until now
Review by Alex Daily

terrific but totally ridiculous in the bad way
much like the fake nose he wears in the final scene for some reason
Review by Maddy ★★★½

They were so horny it was crazy
Review by Paras ★

an absolute slog and way too much rape
Review by ejbraceface

That's right
Review by Ally ★★★★

The pairing of David Lynch and Nic Cage was what everyone needed. A brilliantly strange and bizarre story. I enjoyed every minute.

Lula and Sailor are endgame.
Review by Ryan ★★★½

Top 5 Cage performance for sure
Review by SuspirianKnight ★★★½ 1

The soundtrack is Lynch’s fuck mix.
Review by sthefanysk ★★★

i really wish i had liked it better
Review by alice ★★★★½

lula's so me