Where to Watch Rip Van Winkle (1896) Online

Fancy watching 'Rip Van Winkle' in the comfort of your own home? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the William K.L. Dickson-directed movie via subscription can be tricky, so we here at Moviefone want to do the work for you.

We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'Rip Van Winkle' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'Rip Van Winkle' right now, here are some particulars about the American Mutoscope & Biograph flick.

Released August 1st, 1896, 'Rip Van Winkle' stars Joseph Jefferson The movie has a runtime of about 4 min, and received a user score of 41 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 15 top users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "An abridged version of the tale of Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, who wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where he runs into an odd group of small men drinking and playing. He drinks some of their mysterious brew and passes out. When he wakes up under a tree he is astonished to find that 20 years have passed and things are a lot different." .