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Shaft

Where to Watch Shaft (1971) Online

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Looking to feast your eyes on 'Shaft' in the comfort of your own home? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Gordon Parks-directed movie via subscription can be a huge pain, so we here at Moviefone want to do the work for you.

Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'Shaft' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'Shaft' right now, here are some particulars about the Shaft Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer action flick.

Released July 2nd, 1971, 'Shaft' stars Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min, and received a user score of 64 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 367 top users.

You probably already know what the movie's about, but just in case... Here's the plot: "Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter."

'Shaft' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Brown Sugar Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Spectrum On Demand, and YouTube .

'Shaft' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on July 2nd, 1971 - Buy Shaft Movie Tickets
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting June 6th, 2000 - Buy Shaft DVD

Shaft Collection

The Shaft trilogy is composed of action-crime films centered on an African-American police detective named John Shaft, who over the course of the films have altercations with a variety of crime. The films are characterized by their blaxploitation characteristics.