Where to Watch Lightning Over Water (1980) Online

Fancy watching 'Lightning Over Water' on your TV or mobile device at home? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Nicholas Ray-directed movie via subscription can be confusing, so we here at Moviefone want to do right by you.

We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'Lightning Over Water' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'Lightning Over Water' right now, here are some particulars about the Basis-Film-Verleih GmbH documentary flick.

Released October 1st, 1980, 'Lightning Over Water' stars Wim Wenders, Nicholas Ray, Susan Ray, Tom Farrell The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min, and received a user score of 68 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 26 top users.

Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Director 'Nicholas Ray' is eager to complete a final film before his imminent death from cancer. Wim Wenders is working on his own film Hammett (1983) in Hollywood, but flies to New York to help Ray realize his final wish. Ray's original intent is to make a fiction film about a dying painter who sails to China to find a cure for his disease. He and Wenders discuss this idea, but it is obviously unrealistic given Ray's state of health."

'Lightning Over Water' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Criterion Channel .