Shaft

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Want to watch 'Shaft' on your TV or mobile device at home? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Gordon Parks-directed movie via subscription can be a challenge, so we here at Moviefone want to help you out.

Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'Shaft' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'Shaft' right now, here are some particulars about the Shaft Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer crime flick.

Released June 25th, 1971, 'Shaft' stars Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min, and received a user score of 65 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 331 experienced users.

Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter."

'Shaft' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Amazon Video, TCM, AMC on Demand, Vudu, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Apple iTunes, and Google Play Movies .

'Shaft' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on July 2nd, 1971
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting June 6th, 2000 - Buy Shaft DVD

Shaft Collection

The Shaft trilogy is composed of action-crime films centered on an African-American police detective named John Shaft, who over the course of the films have altercations with a variety of crime. The films are characterized by their blaxploitation characteristics.