How to watch The Zone of Interest — is it streaming?

If you want to see Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar-winning masterpiece, here’s how to watch The Zone of Interest, including all your streaming options.

The Zone of Interest follows Rudolf Höss and his family, who live next door to Auschwitz during WWII. Rudolf works as a commandant at the concentration camp, and while the film contains challenging material, it’s an important story and one of the best movies of 2023.

Glazer’s new movie came out of nowhere, just in time for the 2024 awards season. While it bagged a Best International Film award at this year’s Oscars, this also meant many of us didn’t get to see it in cinemas.

Luckily, the film is streaming now. Here’s where you can watch The Zone of Interest, or buy it if you are so inclined.

Is The Zone of Interest streaming?

The Zone of Interest is streaming on Max.

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You’ll need a Max free trial or a subscription to watch it there because it’s a paid streaming service. Alternatively, use your digital marketplace of choice to add The Zone of Interest to your online movie collection.

How to watch The Zone of Interest

The Zone of Interest is also available to rent or buy on digital platforms such as Prime Video and Apple TV.

The Zone of Interest Blu-Ray and DVD releases are also expected, as A24 movies rarely skip physical distribution — long live the disc. We’ll keep this space updated when these versions are made available.

Is The Zone of Interest on Netflix?

No, The Zone of Interest isn’t on Netflix and probably won’t be for a long while.

This is particularly true for US subscribers, as Max holds the streaming rights. We’ll be sure to keep you posted if this changes.

Is The Zone of Interest worth watching?

We gave The Zone of Interest five stars in our review, and although it’s an uncomfortable watch, it’s a necessary one.

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Dexerto’s The Zone of Interest review gave Glazer’s approach high praise for the way he “avoids exploiting the horrors of the Holocaust. He rarely moves his camera, with form and composition simple, so there’s no room for sentiment or emotion. Indeed, there are times when these twisted slices of life feel like scenes in a documentary.”

Peter Travers at ABC News agreed: “Hard to watch, but impossible to forget, this masterwork from Jonathan Glazer concerns a Nazi family impervious to the genocide happening just over the wall at Auschwitz. It’s a wake-up call issued from the bowels of hell. We ignore it at our peril.”

The movie is also rated fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

For more, you can find out how to watch all the Oscar-nominated movies from this past year. Or, see what the best TV shows streaming this month are. If you’re into war movies, we’ve also got you covered there, too.

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