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Night on Earth

Five taxis. Five cities. One night.

7.5(1,100)19912h 9m7

A quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.

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Status
Released
Budget
$3.5M
Box office
$2M
Language
French
  • helsinki, finland
  • new york city
  • taxi
  • metropolis
  • paris, france
  • rome, italy
  • heart attack
  • megacity
  • taxi driver
  • german democratic republic
  • pastor
  • passenger

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Jim Jarmusch

Produced in

United States of America, Japan

Gallery

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Videos

Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNew York Film Festival4 Oct 1991
    • Theatrical (limited)RNew York City, New York2 May 1992
    • PhysicalRVHS2 Dec 1992
    • PhysicalRCriterion Blu-ray & DVD9 Apr 2019
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1531 Jul 1992
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM13 Aug 1992
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical+1626 Mar 1992
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical15+29 Apr 1993
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical13 Mar 1992
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalS24 Jan 1992
    • TVS28 Dec 1994
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP18 Dec 1991
    • PhysicalTPDVD3 May 2001
    • Theatrical (limited)TPre-release3 Jul 2019
    • Digital / OTTTP10 May 2020
    • Digital / OTTTPPrime Video10 Jan 2022
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1612 Dec 1991
  • Hong KongHK

    • Theatrical (limited)IIBDead Time: Early Jarmusch22 Jun 2026
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical27 Dec 1992
  • ItalyIT

    • TheatricalT16 Oct 1992

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Night on Earth was released on 12 December 1991.

Audience reviews

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  • F

    Filipe Manuel Neto

    12/13/2023

    4/10

    **In short, cities at night are beautiful, and taxi drivers generally drive poorly.** This film focuses on five short stories that happened at almost the same time and on the same night to five taxi drivers in five cities: Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rome and Helsinki. Directed and written by Jim Jarmusch, it is not a pretentious film, quite the opposite, and does what films should do: entertain us with five goo…

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