Oz (1997)

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Life's not a word. It's a sentence.

The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.

Released: 1997-07-12
Genres: Crime, Drama
Seasons: 6, 56 episodes
Episode length: 1h 0m
Network: HBO
Status: Ended
TMDB rating: 8.0/10 from 880 votes

Created by Tom Fontana.

Top cast

Lee Tergesen as Tobias Beecher
Harold Perrineau as Augustus Hill
Dean Winters as Ryan O'Reily
Eamonn Walker as Kareem Saïd
Ernie Hudson as Leo Glynn
Terry Kinney as Tim McManus
Rita Moreno as Sister Peter Marie Reimondo
J.K. Simmons as Vernon Schillinger
Kirk Acevedo as Miguel Alvarez
Craig muMs Grant as Poet

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Oz

United States: stream on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max; rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home
United Kingdom: stream on Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV channel, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Basic with Ads
India: stream on JioHotstar
Canada: stream on Crave, Crave Amazon Channel; buy on Apple TV Store
Australia: stream on Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV channel, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Basic with Ads

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