Night on Earth (1991)

Night on Earth is a quietly resonant anthology that follows five taxi rides across one eventful night in Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rome and Helsinki. Each short vignette pairs a cab driver with a passenger and uses their confined, transient setting to reveal small, surprising human stories—funny, sharp, and often poignantly sad. Watching the film you’ll move between cultures and languages, from Hollywood snark to immigrant dislocation, intimate conversations about blindness and identity, a darkly comic bedside monologue, and a bleak but compassionate labor-room discussion in Finland. The tone shifts fluidly between comedy and drama, driven by character-focused dialogue, compact performances, and a nocturnal, observational atmosphere. Expect an intimate, character-driven experience: moments of laughter, awkwardness, tenderness and quiet grief that build empathy for strangers whose lives briefly intersect. It’s less about plot and more about mood and human connection—small revelations that linger after the night ends.

Actors: Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands, Lisanne Falk

Director: Jim Jarmusch

Runtime: 129 min

Genres: Comedy, Drama

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