Where to Watch The Brother from Another Planet (1984)

Need to watch 'The Brother from Another Planet' in the comfort of your own home? Searching for a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the John Sayles-directed movie via subscription can be tricky, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'The Brother from Another Planet' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'The Brother from Another Planet' right now, here are some finer points about the A-Train Films comedy flick.

Released September 7th, 1984, 'The Brother from Another Planet' stars Joe Morton, Rosanna Carter, Ray Ramirez, Yves Rene The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 49 min, and received a user score of 66 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 88 top users.

Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "An alien slave crash-lands in New York City while being pursued by two Men in Black bounty hunters. His attempt to find a place for himself on Earth parallels that of the immigrant experience."

'The Brother from Another Planet' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Fawesome, Fandor, Philo, Eternal Family, Darkroom, AMC+, The Roku Channel, Mometu, FlixHouse, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Tubi TV, Plex, Amazon Video, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Plex Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, and IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel .