Where to Watch Educating Rita Online

Looking to watch 'Educating Rita' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Lewis Gilbert-directed movie via subscription can be difficult, 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 'Educating Rita' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the nitty-gritty of how you can watch 'Educating Rita' right now, here are some particulars about the Acorn Pictures, Columbia Pictures comedy flick.

Released September 21st, 1983, 'Educating Rita' stars Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams, Maureen Lipman The PG movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 46 min, and received a user score of 68 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 174 well-known users.

Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Rita, a witty 26-year-old hairdresser, wants to 'discover' herself, so she joins the Open University where she meets the disillusioned professor of literature, Dr. Frank Bryant. His marriage has failed, his new girlfriend is having an affair with his best friend and he can't get through the day without downing a bottle or two of whisky. What Frank needs is a challenge... and along comes Rita." .