actor

Laura Dern

One visit, reaching 41 films in the collection.

12 Jan 2026

The actor fondly recalls working with David Lynch on I nland Empire , praises the comedic brilliance of Albert Brooks, and mentions Robert Altman and Spike Lee as directors whose films capture “the essence of culture, community, and truth.

	Chose	Director	Year
1	3 Women	Robert Altman	1977
2	McCabe & Mrs. Miller	Robert Altman	1971
3	Tanner ’88	Robert Altman	1988
4	Fanny and Alexanderbox set, 3 films
5	Persona	Ingmar Bergman	1966
6	Diabolique	Henri-Georges Clouzot	1955
7	The Umbrellas of Cherbourg	Jacques Demy	1964
8	Belle de jour	Luis Buñuel	1967
9	The Philadelphia Story	George Cukor	1940
10	David Lynch: The Art Life	Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes, and Olivia Neergaard-Holm	2016
11	Inland Empire	David Lynch	2006
12	Smooth Talk	Joyce Chopra	1985
13	Real Life	Albert Brooks	1979
14	Defending Your Life	Albert Brooks	1991
15	Essential Fellinibox set, 14 films
16	Scorsese Shorts	Martin Scorsese
17	The Awful Truth	Leo McCarey	1937
18	Do the Right Thing	Spike Lee	1989
19	The Night of the Hunter	Charles Laughton	1955
20	The Last Picture Show	Peter Bogdanovich	1971
21	America Lost and Found: The BBS Storybox set, 7 films

Least-picked choice here: David Lynch: The Art Life , taken by nobody else.

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Closest taste

Guests who chose the most of the same things. Anyone filmed alongside Laura Dern is left out, since they picked from one list.

Guest	Shared	Jaccard	In common
Lisa Kudrow	2	0.083	Defending Your Life, The Philadelphia Story
Charlotte Gainsbourg	2	0.080	Belle de jour, The Night of the Hunter
Griffin Dunne	2	0.080	McCabe & Mrs. Miller, The Awful Truth
Jeremy Pope	2	0.080	Do the Right Thing, The Philadelphia Story
Edward Berger	2	0.077	Do the Right Thing, Fanny and Alexander