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The Reader

Where to Watch The Reader Online

2009Movie"Behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everything you know."

Looking to watch 'The Reader' on your TV or mobile device at home? Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Stephen Daldry-directed movie via subscription can be challenging, so we here at Moviefone want to help you out.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'The Reader' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Reader' right now, here are some finer points about the The Weinstein Company, Mirage Enterprises, Studio Babelsberg romance flick.

Released January 30th, 2009, 'The Reader' stars Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Lena Olin The R movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 4 min, and received a user score of 75 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 3,110 top users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom."

'The Reader' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Britbox Apple TV Channel , IMDB TV Amazon Channel, Apple iTunes, Vudu, VUDU Free, YouTube, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Google Play Movies, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, fuboTV, Tubi TV, Plex, and Plex Channel .

'The Reader' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on January 30th, 2009
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting April 14th, 2009 - Buy The Reader DVD