Where to Watch The Jerk (1979)

Set to enjoy 'The Jerk' on your favorite screen? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Carl Reiner-directed movie via subscription can be difficult, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'The Jerk' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'The Jerk' right now, here are some finer points about the Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society comedy flick.

The Jerk starring Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Mabel King has a R rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 34 min, and a scheduled release date of December 14th, 1979.

It received a user score of 69/100 on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 844 top users.

Thinking about what happens in this film? Here's the plot: "After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love."

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