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Looking to feast your eyes on 'Contact' in the comfort of your own home? Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Robert Zemeckis-directed movie via subscription can be challenging, so we here at Moviefone want to do right by you.

We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'Contact' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'Contact' right now, here are some specifics about the South Side Amusement Company, Warner Bros. Pictures drama flick.

Released July 11th, 1997, 'Contact' stars Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt The PG movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 30 min, and received a user score of 74 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 4,273 top users.

Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality."

'Contact' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, and AMC on Demand .

'Contact' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on July 11th, 1997
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting December 30th, 1997 - Buy Contact DVD