Where to watch The Professor and the Madman in the United States
The Professor and the Madman (2019) is streaming on Amazon Prime. Also available on Hoopla with a participating library card.
U.S. availability last verified
The Professor and the Madman
Top Pick
Included with subscription on Amazon Prime
HD · Included
About
You can watch The Professor and the Madman (2019) on Hoopla with a participating library card, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
A heavy sense of scholarly obsession permeates every ink-stained page of this nineteenth-century intellectual collision. Two men separated by iron bars and social standing find an unlikely connection through the frantic, singular pursuit of defining the English language.
Trailer
Director
Farhad Safinia
Cast
Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Marsan, Jennifer Ehle, Jeremy Irvine, David O'Hara, Anthony Andrews, Ioan Gruffudd, Stephen Dillane
You might also like
See all →
Best way to watch
9 options ranked by value · 🇺🇸 United States
Free to stream
With a library card
Included with subscription
Last verified 27 days ago
The Professor and the Madman
You can watch The Professor and the Madman (2019) on Hoopla with a participating library card, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
IMDb
7.1/10
RT Critics
41%
Metacritic
Director
Farhad Safinia
Cast
Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Marsan, Jennifer Ehle, Jeremy Irvine, David O'Hara, Anthony Andrews, Ioan Gruffudd, Stephen Dillane
9 options ranked by value · 🇺🇸 United States
More popular movies
Keep browsing: New Releases · Popular Movies · More Free Titles · History · Drama
based on novel or book · professor · lunatic asylum · biography · based on true story · mental patient · dictionary · 19th century
The Professor and the Madman is streaming on Amazon Prime. The Professor and the Madman is streaming on Amazon Prime Video with Ads. Watch The Professor and the Madman on Hoopla with a participating library card. Watch The Professor and the Madman on Kanopy with a participating library card. Watch The Professor and the Madman for free on Fawesome. Rent The Professor and the Madman on Apple TV+. Rent The Professor and the Madman on Fandango At Home. Buy The Professor and the Madman on Apple TV+. Buy The Professor and the Madman on Fandango At Home. We have not verified a current option on Netflix, Hulu, Max, Disney+, Prime Video. Availability last verified September 23, 2026.