De tiener Ziggy heeft via het internet een groot aantal fans verzameld met behulp van zijn folkrocksongs. Hij wil echter zijn muziek bijschaven om indruk te maken op zijn klasgenote Lila. Zijn moeder Evelyn biedt intussen opvang aan slachtoffers van huiselijk geweld waar ze Angie en haar zoon Kyle ontmoet. Evelyn neemt Kyle onder haar vleugels.
Nee, helaas is When You Finish Saving the World nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Emma Stone | Producer |
| Directing | Jesse Eisenberg | Director |
| Production | Dave McCary | Producer |
| Art | Meredith Lippincott | Production Design |
| Camera | Benjamin Loeb | Director of Photography |
| Production | Angelique Midthunder | Casting |
| Art | Susan Magestro | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Sara Shaw | Editor |
| Art | Alan Lampert | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joshua Marsh | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gretchen Bright | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ann Pala | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Teri Ann Uccan | Hair Department Head |
| Crew | Jennifer DiLullo | Post Production Supervisor |
| Production | Kirk W. Johnson | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | Chelsey Danielsen | Property Master |
| Art | Rachel Manera | Set Decoration Buyer |
| Art | Vanessa Riegel | Graphic Designer |
| Sound | Phillip Bladh | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Rose Bladh | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Robert Fernandez | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Michael Huber | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Emile Mosseri | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Ali Herting | Producer |
| Production | Becky Glupczynski | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Jesse Eisenberg | Screenplay |
| Directing | Mary Kerrigan | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sarah Norris | Set Costumer |
| Sound | Damian Volpe | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Damian Volpe | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Writing | Jesse Eisenberg | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christi Hennessy | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nicole Bridgeford | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Michael Rivera | ADR Recordist |
| Lighting | Andrew Hubbard | Gaffer |
| Camera | Jake Magee | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jeffrey M. Williams | Grip |
| Production | Cherelle Cargill | ADR Voice Casting |
| Production | Julian Petersen | Extras Casting |
| Production | Stacey Rice | Casting Associate |
| Sound | Finn Wolfhard | Songs |
| Costume & Make-Up | Heidi M. Baca | Additional Hairstylist |
