Directed by:
Jim JarmuschScreenplay:
Jim JarmuschCinematography:
Frederick ElmesComposer:
Tom WaitsCast:
Gena Rowlands, Winona Ryder, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosie Perez, Richard Boes, Isaach De Bankolé, Béatrice Dalle, Stéphane Boucher (more)Plots(1)
Director Jim Jarmusch's episodic slice-of-life drama follows the adventures of five different cabdrivers in five different cities all over the world. In Los Angeles, a young female driver (Winona Ryder) charms her snooty passenger--an agent (Gena Rowlands) who believes she's found her latest star in the tomboyish cabbie. In New York, a man (Giancarlo Esposito) gets into a taxi only to find that his immigrant driver (Armin Mueller-Stahl) has no idea how to drive. The Paris segment features an angry sightless woman (Beatrice Dalle) who provokes her African driver (Isaach de Bankole). In Rome, Roberto Benigni stars as a hyperactive taxi driver who confesses his odd sexual practices to a clergyman (Paolo Bonacelli) and is shocked when the priest has a heart attack. The film's climactic scene in Helsinki follows a cabdriver who listens to a tragic and poignant tale from one of his three inebriated passengers only to top him with his own, sadder story. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Gena Rowlands](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/426/162426346_ea7ef1.png)
Gena Rowlands
USA
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Night on Earth (1991)
The Notebook (2004)
![Winona Ryder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/414/166414303_e053c5.jpg)
Winona Ryder
USA
Best movies:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Night on Earth (1991)
![Armin Mueller-Stahl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/584/164584378_6ea401.jpg)
Armin Mueller-Stahl
German Empire
Best movies:
The Game (1997)
Night on Earth (1991)
Shine (1996)
![Giancarlo Esposito](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/245/158245407_fcdc01.jpg)
Giancarlo Esposito
Denmark
Best movies:
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Night on Earth (1991)
The Get Down (2016) (series)
![Rosie Perez](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/049/165049849_a68077.jpg)
Rosie Perez
USA
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
All the Invisible Children (2005)
Richard Boes
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Dead Man (1995)
Down by Law (1986)
![Isaach De Bankolé](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274451_7515af.jpg)
Isaach De Bankolé
Ivory Coast
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Casino Royale (2006)
![Béatrice Dalle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/415/168415381_dtnnfh.png)
Béatrice Dalle
France
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Betty Blue (1986)
The Intruder (2004)
![Stéphane Boucher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/520/160520680_a4c92f.png)
Stéphane Boucher
France
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
The Fugitives (1986)
![Roberto Benigni](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/996/163996825_b858ad.png)
Roberto Benigni
Italy
Best movies:
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Night on Earth (1991)
Down by Law (1986)
![Paolo Bonacelli](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/570/158570689_cc8b90.jpg)
Paolo Bonacelli
Italy
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Midnight Express (1978)
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
![Matti Pellonpää](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269131_b215b1.jpg)
Matti Pellonpää
Finland
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
![Kari Väänänen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/380/158380088_21ba6e.jpg)
Kari Väänänen
Finland
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
![Sakari Kuosmanen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/743/158743005_a947b4.jpg)
Sakari Kuosmanen
Finland
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Fallen Leaves (2023)
![Pascal N'Zonzi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/513/163513525_d1b6bb.jpg)
Pascal N'Zonzi
Congo
Best movies:
The Professional (1981)
Night on Earth (1991)
The Three Brothers (1995)
![Emile Abossolo M'bo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/442/160442342_fd19cd.jpg)
Emile Abossolo M'bo
Cameroon
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005)
Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed (1989)
Lisanne Falk
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Heathers (1988)
Teen Lover (1989)
Grigoriy Melikbekyan
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
![Tomi Salmela](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/695/158695786_9b000d.jpg)
Tomi Salmela
Finland
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Purge (2012)
The Winter War (1989)
Noël Kaufmann
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)