Where to Watch The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Can’t wait to see 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' on your favorite screen? Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the David Lean-directed movie via subscription can be confusing, so we here at Moviefone want to do the work for you.

Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' right now, here are some particulars about the Horizon Pictures drama flick.

The Bridge on the River Kwai starring William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa has a PG rating, a runtime of about 2 hr 41 min, and a scheduled release date of December 14th, 1957.

It received a user score of 78/100 on TMDb, which put together reviews from 2,217 knowledgeable users.

Want the short version of the plot? Here's the plot: "The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans."

'The Bridge on the River Kwai' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Fandango At Home, Prime Video, Apple TV, Kanopy, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, and Google Play Movies .