Miracle Mile (1988)

Anthony Edwards meets Mare Winningham, the woman of his dreams, at La Brea Tar Pits, but before they can even go on one date, he accidentally intercepts a phone call that indicates nuclear war will be starting within seventy minutes and spends the rest of the film trying to find Mare so they can somehow escape the apocalypse together. I hadn’t gone into this expecting much. Not having heard anything about it, I thought maybe it would just be another forgotten bizarre 80s film similar to my most recent watch of Society. Instead what followed was a pretty solid end of the world scenario that changes tones frequently but never strays far from its blend of romance and apocalyptic drama. It has an unexpected mix of standouts in its cast including Kurt Fuller, Denise Crosby, and a very young Mykelti Williamson, but the pairing of Edwards and Winningham makes for a kooky but surprisingly appealing lead couple that are hard not to root for.