Where to Watch Riding the Rails (1997) Online

Want to behold the glory that is 'Riding the Rails' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Lexy Lovell-directed movie via subscription can be confusing, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'Riding the Rails' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'Riding the Rails' right now, here are some particulars about the documentary flick.

Released January 1st, 1997, 'Riding the Rails' stars Richard Thomas The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 12 min, and received a user score of 55 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 9 respected users.

Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Riding the Rails offers a visionary perspective on the presumed romanticism of the road and cautionary legacy of the Great Depression. The filmmakers relay the experiences and painful recollections of these now-elderly survivors of the rails. Forced to travel more by economic necessity than the spirit of adventure, the film's subjects dispel romantic myths of a hobo existence and its corresponding veneer of freedom. Riding the Rails recounts the hoboes' trade secrets for survival and accounts of dank miseries, loneliness, imprisonment, death, and dispossession. Sixty years later, the filmmakers transport their subjects back to the tracks, where the surging impact of sound and movement resuscitates memories of a shattered adolescence and devastating rite of passage."

'Riding the Rails' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Amazon Video .