Where to Watch Shaft Online

Yearning to watch 'Shaft' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the John Singleton-directed movie via subscription can be challenging, 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 options - 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 finer points about the Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, New Deal Productions, Shaft Productions, Munich Film Partners & Company (MFP) GHS Productions thriller flick.

Released June 15th, 2000, 'Shaft' stars Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 39 min, and received a user score of 60 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 1,273 experienced users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness."

'Shaft' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Plex, Apple iTunes, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Vudu, Hoopla, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, fuboTV, and Paramount Plus .