After Hours

After Hours

1985 · 97 min · EN · R · 7.5 (1,753 votes)
Dir. Martin Scorsese · Starring Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr · Music Howard Shore

When it's after midnight in New York City, you don't have to look for love, laughter and trouble. They'll all find you!

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Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.

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A dizzying, escalating descent into a nocturnal New York nightmare, this film is a masterclass in urban paranoia and darkly comedic absurdity. It feels like a fever dream, a frantic and anxious journey where every turn brings a new, bizarre obstacle, leaving you both laughing uncomfortably and feeling trapped.

anxioussurrealdarkly comedicclaustrophobicfranticfrenetic80s New York gritsurrealist comedyKafkaesque nightmareneo-noir elementsurban paranoiaalienationthe absurdfate
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