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Looking to feast your eyes on 'The Celluloid Closet' on your TV or mobile device at home? Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Rob Epstein-directed movie via subscription can be challenging, so we here at Moviefone want to take the pressure off.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'The Celluloid Closet' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'The Celluloid Closet' right now, here are some specifics about the ZDF, ARTE, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, HBO, Telling Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, Film4 Productions history flick.

Released March 15th, 1996, 'The Celluloid Closet' stars Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Susan Sarandon, Gore Vidal The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 42 min, and received a user score of 72 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 100 top users.

Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "What "That's Entertainment" did for movie musicals, "The Celluloid Closet" does for Hollywood homosexuality, as this exuberant, eye-opening movie serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Lily Tomlin narrates as Oscar-winning moviemaker Rob Epstein ("The Times of Harvey Milk" and "Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt") and Jeffrey Friedman assemble fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s. Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Curtis, Harvey Fierstein and Gore Vidal are just a few of the many actors, writers and commentators who provide funny and insightful anecdotes."

'The Celluloid Closet' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Fandango At Home, Apple TV, Amazon Video, YouTube, Microsoft Store, and Google Play Movies .

'The Celluloid Closet' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on March 15th, 1996 - Buy The Celluloid Closet Movie Tickets
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting May 29th, 2001 - Buy The Celluloid Closet DVD