Many of the films of David Lynch, such as Eraserhead (1977), Lost Highway (1997), Mulholland Drive (2001) and Inland Empire (2006), have been considered surrealist. Other directors whose films have been considered surrealist include: Spanish writer, director, playwright, and member of Breton's Surrealist Group, Fernando Arrabal (I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse); Chilean writer and director Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo, The Holy Mountain); and American directors Stephen Sayadian (Dr. Caligari) and Brian Patrick Butler (Friend of the World). Another filmmaker and writer known to create surrealist films is Charlie Kaufman. Some of these films include Being John Malkovich (1999), Synecdoche, New York (2008), Anomalisa (2015) and most recently I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020).
