Where to Watch The River Online

Looking to watch 'The River' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Mark Rydell-directed movie via subscription can be difficult, 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 'The River' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The River' right now, here are some finer points about the Universal Pictures drama flick.

Released December 1st, 1984, 'The River' stars Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, Billy Green Bush The PG movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 2 min, and received a user score of 63 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 124 knowledgeable users.

Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property."

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