Sophie's Choice (1982)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
Between the innocent, the romantic, the sensual, and the unthinkable. There are still some things we have yet to imagine.
Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan's relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan's fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.
- Released: 1982-12-08
- Genres: Drama, Romance, War
- Runtime: 2h 31m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 7.3/10 from 967 votes
Directed by Alan J. Pakula.
Top cast
- Meryl Streep as Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski
- Kevin Kline as Nathan Landau
- Peter MacNicol as Stingo
- Rita Karin as Yetta
- Stephen D. Newman as Larry
- Greta Turken as Leslie Lapidus
- Josh Mostel as Morris Fink
- Marcell Rosenblatt as Astrid Weinstein
- Moishe Rosenfeld as Moishe Rosenblum
- Robin Bartlett as Lillian Grossman
Where to watch Sophie's Choice
- United States: stream on fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel; watch free on The CW, Kanopy, Hoopla, Fawesome, The Roku Channel, Fandango at Home Free, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV, YouTube Free, Xumo Play, Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: stream on ITVX Premium; watch free on ITVX; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
- India: rent on Amazon Video
- Canada: stream on Crave, Starz Amazon Channel, Crave Amazon Channel; watch free on Tubi TV; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
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