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After Hours

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In a Manhattan café, word processor Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne) meets and talks literature with Marcy (Rosanna Arquette). Later that night, Paul takes a cab to Marcy's downtown apartment. His $20 bill flying out the window during the ride portends the unexpected night he has. He cannot pay for the ride and finds himself in a series of awkward, surreal and life-threatening situations with a colorful cast of characters. He spends the rest of the night trying to return uptown.
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Bursting with frantic energy and tinged with black humor, After Hours is a masterful -- and often overlooked -- detour in Martin Scorsese's filmography.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian Mar 20, 2024
4/5
It’s a shaggy dog story leading to a punchline, of sorts, but one that feels woozy and illusory; it is not like a nightmare exactly, but a strange dream that’s difficult to shake on waking. Go to Full Review Budd Wilkins Slant Magazine Jul 20, 2023
Martin Scorsese’s After Hours mines urban anxiety to unsettling yet often hilarious effect. Go to Full Review Christy Lemire ChristyLemire.com Apr 9, 2018
3/4
It might not make any sense. It might not even matter. But it's a blast while it lasts, and it brings the most perfect of endings along with the sunrise. Go to Full Review Julian Singleton Cinapse Jul 11, 2025
What truly sets After Hours apart in Scorsese’s filmography is how much the film is defined by its whimsically grim sense of humor. Go to Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Jun 23, 2024
3/4
...an exceedingly (and occasionally excessively) oddball comedy that is, for the most part, completely watchable from start to finish... Go to Full Review Jason Best Movie Talk Mar 24, 2024
After Hours is hallucinatory: lit with the clarity of a nightmare and bursting with such surreal details as a cashier who pirouettes as he takes your check and a crescent of mousetraps guarding the bed of a demented cocktail waitress. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Harrison C @QwopEX 6 days ago Interesting. The story manages to become more and more unhinged until it just isn’t. See more Ben W @Username618 Aug 8, 2026 Seem to remember enjoying, but watched it at school as part of the Film Club. See more Dana A @DanaQ Aug 7, 2026 This film is my #1. See more Josh G @Parsifal83 Aug 1, 2026 Scorsese turns one disastrous night into an irresistibly escalating chain reaction of absurdity and anxiety. The film's manic energy never lets up, creating a darkly comic odyssey that's as meticulously crafted as it is wildly entertaining. See more Jason H @RT50328122 Jun 7, 2026 Wonderfully bizarre. It couldn't be made today; cellphones and debit cards have made almost everything that happens in this movie easy to resolve. See more ste F @stevenfalk May 11, 2026 After Hours is a tiny gem. Low budget, one single crazy night, and somehow Griffin Dunne just keeps getting dragged into worse and worse situations like it’s his full-time job. Scorsese is ridiculously precise with the details too — the dollar flying out of the car, the keys falling, all those little things that make the whole nightmare feel even funnier and more alive. It’s basically an endless loop that sends the poor guy right back to square one, which honestly feels like a pretty solid metaphor for life. Also, go watch it, because it’s Scorsese’s only short film. Haha. See more Read all reviews
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Martin Scorsese

Director

Griffin Dunne

Paul Hackett

Rosanna Arquette

Marcy Franklin

Teri Garr

Julie

Verna Bloom

June

Tommy Chong

Pepe

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Synopsis In a Manhattan café, word processor Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne) meets and talks literature with Marcy (Rosanna Arquette). Later that night, Paul takes a cab to Marcy's downtown apartment. His $20 bill flying out the window during the ride portends the unexpected night he has. He cannot pay for the ride and finds himself in a series of awkward, surreal and life-threatening situations with a colorful cast of characters. He spends the rest of the night trying to return uptown.
Director
Martin Scorsese
Producer
Robert F. Colesberry, Griffin Dunne, Amy Robinson
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
The Geffen Company
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 11, 1985, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 1, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA)
$10.9M
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Mono
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