Yearning to watch 'The Lion King' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Roger Allers-directed movie via subscription can be difficult, so we here at Moviefone want to do right by you.
Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'The Lion King' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Lion King' right now, here are some finer points about the Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation family flick.
Released June 24th, 1994, 'The Lion King' stars Matthew Broderick, Moira Kelly, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella The G movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 29 min, and received a user score of 83 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 18,237 knowledgeable users.
What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Taking inspiration from Shakespeare's Hamlet, a young lion prince grows up in exile after his father is killed by his villainous uncle, and returns years later to reclaim his throne."
'The Lion King' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Vudu, Microsoft Store, Disney Plus, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Google Play Movies, and Amazon Video .
'The Lion King' Release Dates
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The film franchise mainly revolves about a pride of lions who oversee a large swath of African savanna as their «kingdom» known as the Pride Lands, with their leader Simba watching over it as «king». In the original film, Simba was tricked into thinking he killed his father, a guilt ridden lion cub flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King.
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