Until the End of the World
A fugitive couple cross a technologically transformed world while a dream-recording device turns their escape into an intimate quest for connection.
Overview
A thrilling journey through a chaotic world on the brink of collapse.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Dense
- Violence
- Mild
- wistful
- dreamy
- philosophical
- late night cinephile viewing
- road movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly find the film visually ambitious and imaginative, with later responses to the director's cut more favorable than the truncated theatrical release, while noting its diffuse narrative.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Claire and Sam move across multiple countries while pursued by criminals and intelligence agents.
Henry Farber's invention captures and plays back dreams and visions, making subjective experience central to the plot.
The futuristic 1999 setting, dream-recording technology, CIA pursuit, and telepresence concerns place the film within a distinctly European cyberpunk tradition.
Sam's recordings are intended to reach his blind mother, while the film repeatedly explores technology as a substitute for direct perception.
Films like Until the End of the World, and why
The Passenger
shared globe-spanning road movie structure, speculative technology, romantic drift, and wistful atmosphere
Solaris
shared meditative science fiction, telepresence technology, philosophical themes, and melancholic tone
Strange Days
shared cyberpunk futurism, pursuit narrative, paranoia, and technologically mediated identity
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
shared romantic adventure, eccentric international travel, and dreamlike visual imagination
Movie Details
- Director
- Wim Wenders
- Release Date
- 1991-09-12
- Runtime
- 158 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (255)
Cast
- Solveig Dommartin
- William Hurt
- Sam Neill
- Rüdiger Vogler
- Max von Sydow
- Jeanne Moreau
- Ernie Dingo
- Chick Ortega
- Eddy Mitchell
- Chishū Ryū
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Until the End of the World about?
- A fugitive couple cross a technologically transformed world while a dream-recording device turns their escape into an intimate quest for connection.
- What is Until the End of the World like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Until the End of the World as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as dense.
- Is Until the End of the World violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Until the End of the World as mild.
- What did critics think of Until the End of the World?
- Critics broadly find the film visually ambitious and imaginative, with later responses to the director's cut more favorable than the truncated theatrical release, while noting its diffuse narrative.
- Which films are like Until the End of the World?
- Films with a similar feel include The Passenger, Solaris, Strange Days, and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
- How long is Until the End of the World?
- Until the End of the World runs 158 minutes.
- Where can I watch Until the End of the World?
- In United States, Until the End of the World is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
