Stephen King’s ‘The Long Walk’ Film Now Streaming

One of the many well-known Stephen King adaptations that have been released this year has finally reached homes. For a long time, fans have been awaiting this. King penned his first novella in high school, The Long Walk, albeit it wasn’t his first published work. It received its first big-screen adaptation almost 60 years later. It’s also coming to small screens this autumn.

The Long Walk is a terrifying dystopian movie that is not for the faint of heart. It was directed by Francis Lawrence, who also appropriately directed four of the five Hunger Games films. Here is all the information you need to view it at home if you were unable to see it in theaters.

What is The Long Walk about?

Every year, 100 young men take part in a harsh walk across the nation in the dystopian America depicted in The Long Walk. The sole goal of the grueling walk is to continue moving at a minimum pace of three miles per hour until only one person remains. The soldiers driving beside the men will shoot them if they fall behind, veer off the road, or halt for any reason. The government grants the winner a wish and an untold amount of wealth. But at what price?

Is The Long Walk worth your time?

In a nutshell, Mashable’s Belen Edwards describes The Long Walk as “bleak.” In her review, she states, “After nearly two hours of being engulfed in this series of deaths, you might find yourself pleading, ‘That’s enough!’ Yet, The Long Walk refuses to relent, ensnaring you in an unending nightmare filled with bloodied feet and unraveling minds.”

If you’re in search of something uplifting, you might want to keep searching. This film is not it. Nevertheless, the unyielding tale has garnered a respectable 88 percent critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, along with a commendable audience score of 85 percent. It seems that bleakness has its fans.

How to watch The Long Walk

The Long Walk debuted at home via digital on-demand platforms around a month after its September 12, 2025, theatrical release. Later on, it will also be available for streaming. View the specifics below.

Rent or purchase digitally

On October 21, Lionsgate made The Long Walk available on video-on-demand services like Apple TV and Prime Video. The movie costs $24.99 to buy or $19.99 to rent, and once you start watching it, you have 30 days to finish it.

The following stores offer the movie for sale and rental: