Miracle Mile
A missed date strands a young Los Angeles lover in a rapidly collapsing neighborhood when nuclear annihilation becomes imminent.
Overview
A chance encounter leads to a frantic race against time as love and survival collide in a city on the brink of destruction.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- witty
- romantic
- nightmarish
- late night viewing
- cult film night
What critics said
Critics broadly praise the film's hypnotically nightmarish atmosphere, urgency, and central couple while acknowledging tonal messiness and uneven characterization.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The entire narrative unfolds around Los Angeles's Miracle Mile as panic and violence spread through the neighborhood.
Harry searches for Julie and tries to reunite with her after learning that nuclear war may begin imminently.
The early romantic comedy atmosphere gives way to nightmarish panic, riots, and doomsday urgency.
The threat of a United States–Soviet nuclear exchange is experienced through confused civilians, rumor, and frantic escape attempts.
Films like Miracle Mile, and why
The Night of the Comet
shares a compressed urban apocalypse, escalating panic, dark comedy, and romantic urgency
When the Wind Blows
shares a doomed romance, nuclear-war anxiety, bleak political thriller elements, and end-of-the-world fatalism
The Divide
shares claustrophobic disaster suspense, ordinary people confronting catastrophic news, and mounting social chaos
Dr. Strangelove
shares a darkly comic nuclear nightmare, surreal tonal shifts, and political anxiety about annihilation
Movie Details
- Director
- Steve De Jarnatt
- Release Date
- 1989-05-19
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 (334)
Cast
- Anthony Edwards
- Mare Winningham
- John Agar
- Lou Hancock
- Mykelti Williamson
- Kurt Fuller
- Denise Crosby
- Robert DoQui
- O-Lan Jones
- Claude Earl Jones
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Miracle Mile about?
- A missed date strands a young Los Angeles lover in a rapidly collapsing neighborhood when nuclear annihilation becomes imminent.
- What is Miracle Mile like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Miracle Mile as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Miracle Mile violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Miracle Mile as moderate.
- What did critics think of Miracle Mile?
- Critics broadly praise the film's hypnotically nightmarish atmosphere, urgency, and central couple while acknowledging tonal messiness and uneven characterization.
- Which films are like Miracle Mile?
- Films with a similar feel include The Night of the Comet, When the Wind Blows, The Divide, and Dr. Strangelove.
- How long is Miracle Mile?
- Miracle Mile runs 88 minutes.
- Where can I watch Miracle Mile?
- In United States, Miracle Mile streams on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
