# After Hours (1985)

> A routine downtown date becomes a delirious overnight survival mission through Soho's paranoid, blackly comic underworld.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/5891

## Facts

- Runtime: 97 min
- Genres: Comedy, Thriller, Drama
- Director: Martin Scorsese
- Cast: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, John Heard, Cheech Marin
- TMDB rating: 7.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088680/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: breakneck
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Mood: frantic, witty, paranoid, late night viewing, dark comedy marathon

## Synopsis

A night in New York City spirals into chaos as one man's date takes a surreal turn.

## Movies like After Hours

- [Jacob's Ladder (1990)](https://ember.film/movie/1610)
- [The King of Comedy (1982)](https://ember.film/movie/222)
- [Permanent Vacation (1981)](https://ember.film/movie/23862)
- [Something Wild (1986)](https://ember.film/movie/6288)
- [Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)](https://ember.film/movie/3968)
- [Stranger Than Paradise (1984)](https://ember.film/movie/373)
- [Into the Night (1985)](https://ember.film/movie/6323)
- [New York Stories (1989)](https://ember.film/movie/4856)
- [200 Cigarettes (1999)](https://ember.film/movie/9095)
- [The Survivors (1983)](https://ember.film/movie/17401)

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