Where to Watch The Color Purple (1986)

Thinking about watching 'The Color Purple' on your favorite screen? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Steven Spielberg-directed movie via subscription can be challenging, 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 options - along with the availability of 'The Color Purple' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'The Color Purple' right now, here are some details about the Amblin Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures, The Guber-Peters Company drama flick.

The Color Purple starring Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey has a PG-13 rating, a runtime of about 2 hr 34 min, and a scheduled release date of February 7th, 1986.

It received a user score of 77/100 on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 1,881 respected users.

Need a quick rundown of the movie? Here's the plot: "An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa."

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