Where to Watch Shaft (1971) Online

Need to watch 'Shaft' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Gordon Parks-directed movie via subscription can be a huge pain, 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 alternatives - along with the availability of 'Shaft' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'Shaft' right now, here are some particulars about the Shaft Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer action flick.

Released July 2nd, 1971, 'Shaft' stars Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min, and received a user score of 64 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 367 well-known users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter."

'Shaft' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, Fandango At Home, Brown Sugar Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, and YouTube .