Steinbeck Adaptations
This film follows the Joad family as they leave Oklahoma for California.
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Special Agent Dale Cooper arrives in Twin Peaks at 11:30 AM on February 24th to investigate the murder of this girl.
Laura Palmer
Let's Go Crazy, Baby I'm a Star, When Doves Cry
Purple Rain (1984)
This film follows an infamous figure skater played by Margot Robbie.
I, Tonya (2017)
Casablanca (1942)
This 1952 film starring James Dean was based on the Steinbeck novel inspired by the story of Cain and Abel.
East of Eden
Finish the line:
Through the darkness of futures past,
The magician longs to see.
One chants out between two worlds...
Fire Walk With Me
Holding Out for a Hero, Let's Hear It for the Boy, Hurts So Good
Footloose (1984)
Australian actress Alice Lanesbury stars in a DC Comics movie about this hero who has the power to command marine life.
Aquaman (Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, 2023)
"Rosebud"
Citizen Kane (1941)
George and Lenny are the main characters in this film that was adapted in 1939 and 1992.
Of Mice and Men
Name the character played by David Lynch himself on Twin Peaks.
Gordon Cole
Misirlou, You Never Can Tell, Surf Rider
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Other songs in this 2016 film include "Heathens", "Bohemian Rhapsody", and "Super Freak".
Suicide Squad
"He's making violent love to me, mother."
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
What is the event that causes the Joad family to leave Oklahoma?
The Dust Bowl
David Duchovny, Don S. Davis, and Michael Horse are all examples of actors who were both in Twin Peaks and this show following two FBI agents investigating the supernatural.
The X Files
I'll Fly Away, I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow, Keep On the Sunny Side
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
This Australian artist who sang "Padam Padam" stars in the 2018 film Swinging Safari.
Kylie Minogue
"Wherever there's a fight, so hungry people can eat, I'll be there."
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
This 1947 adaptation of a Steinbeck novel centers on a Mexican fisherman who discovers a valuable pearl.
The Pearl
This doppelgänger of Dale Cooper escapes the Black Lodge at the end of Season 2.
Mr. C
I Will Always Love You, I'm Every Woman, I Have Nothing
The Bodyguard (1992)
Australian stuntwoman Yvette Ferguson became the oldest woman to be set on fire on camera in this 2025 installment to this franchise that began in 2000.
Final Destination: Bloodlines
"Since the United States Government declares this man to be Santa Claus, this court will not dispute it. Case dismissed."
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)