Mulholland Drive

Aspiring actress Betty Elms arrives in Los Angeles and finds an amnesiac woman hiding in her aunt's apartment after surviving a car crash on Mulholland Drive. Calling herself Rita, the woman follows clues with Betty through money, a blue key, and the name Diane Selwyn.

Sunlit auditions, dark corridors, espresso, blue objects, recorded music, Club Silencio, and Angelo Badalamenti's score shift the film between promise and dread—Naomi Watts's performance changes register with astonishing rigor.