

The Vast of Night
There's something in the sky.
At the dawn of the space-race, two radio-obsessed teens discover a strange frequency over the airwaves in what becomes the most important night of their lives and in the history of their small town.
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- small town
- new mexico
- basketball
- ufo
- tape recorder
- radio show
- phone call
- 1950s
- telephone switchboard operator
- audio static
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSlamdance Film Festival26 Jan 2019
- Theatrical (limited)Overlook Film Festival1 Jun 2019
- Theatrical (limited)Fantastic Fest20 Sept 2019
- Theatrical (limited)Beyond Fest30 Sept 2019
- Theatrical (limited)PG-1315 May 2020
- Digital / OTTPG-1329 May 2020
United KingdomGB
- PremiereEdinburgh International Film Festival28 Jun 2019
CanadaCA
- Premiere14AToronto International Film Festival12 Sept 2019
BrazilBR
- Digital / OTT1229 May 2020
FranceFR
- Digital / OTT12Prime Video3 Jul 2020
GermanyDE
- Digital / OTT12Amazon Prime29 May 2020
IrelandIE
- Digital / OTT12Amazon Prime29 May 2020
ItalyIT
- PremiereFesta del Cinema di Roma24 Oct 2019
NetherlandsNL
- Digital / OTT141 Jun 2019
SingaporeSG
- Digital / OTTPG13Amazon Prime Video29 May 2020
SpainES
- Digital / OTT12Amazon Prime Video12 Jun 2020
SwedenSE
- Digital / OTT151 Jun 2019
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The Vast of Night was released on 1 June 2019.
Audience reviews
5- S8/10
SierraKiloBravo
6/5/2020
Click here for a video version of this review: https://youtu.be/Sjqv6iKZTwc Growing up watching _The Twilight Zone_, _The X-Files_, and terrifying my childhood self by reading books about UFOs and aliens, its fair to say that I have a bit of a soft spot for a good story about what's in the skies above us. For this reason, the trailer for Amazon's _The Vast of Night_ caught my eye. Here's the official descrip…
- T6/10
tmdb28039023
8/28/2022
The Vast of Night (2020) is a spiritual successor to Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds broadcast. This film understands the power of the spoken word (its heroes are a late night DJ and a phone operator), and puts it to great use to tell a fascinating story that relies more on the viewer’s imagination than on visual effects. This is the rare low-budget ($700,000) sci-fi flick that doesn’t strive to mask its technical…
- F
For_What_It_Be
5/9/2025
A throwback to the radio plays of old. The title is perfect, as it sets the exact mood for viewing. With the modern world getting brighter and more interconnected with satellites filling the sky, true darkness is disappearing. This film takes us back to a time when a few unusual happenings can shift your entire world view, when what we know to be true, just ain't so. Things like this don't get made very o…
- D7/10
deepkino
8/8/2025
Opening with long mid-shots and seemingly unnecessary chatter, the film spends a few minutes delivering a kind of challenge along the lines of “Alright, let’s clear the floor of the kids and make room for real cinephiles—no need for unnecessary expectations!” Then, without almost a single dull moment or idle dialogue, it unfolds into one of the finest examples of contemporary independent cinema. In line with Taran…
- G4/10
Gordon
5/23/2026
So painfully boring. It took over 30 minutes to get to get to any kind of story, up until that point it was nothing but dialogue that didn't really set anything up. I got bored and lost all interest.
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