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Where to Watch The Final Countdown(1980)
“Trapped outside the boundaries of time and space... 102 aircraft... 6,000 men... all missing.”
Looking for where to watch The Final Countdown? You can currently find The Final Countdown online through Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, and Philo. Availability changes often, so we separate subscription, free, rental, and purchase options below.
During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The Final Countdown (1980), directed by Don Taylor, is a war film and is available to stream on 22 services in the US. It doesn't yet have widely-aggregated ratings. Released in 1980, it's a 1980s war that continues to find new audiences through streaming.
The film stars Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, and Katharine Ross. At 103 minutes, it's easy to fit into a single evening. It fits comfortably into a single sitting without feeling rushed.
If you're looking to watch The Final Countdown online, the best option is Amazon Prime Video for subscribers, and it's also included with fuboTV, Philo, Night Flight Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, and Cineverse Amazon Channel, so subscribers to any of those services can watch without an additional rental. Prefer not to add another subscription? You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple iTunes, and Google Play Movies.
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- No — The Final Countdown isn't streaming on Netflix. It's currently available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Night Flight Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel.
- The Final Countdown is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Night Flight Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel in the US.
- Yes — The Final Countdown is currently streaming on Prime Video in the US.
- Yes — The Final Countdown is available to stream for free (with ads) on Kanopy, Darkroom, Fawesome, The Roku Channel, Fandango at Home Free, Pluto TV, Cineverse, Midnight Pulp, Mometu, Tubi, and it's also included with Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Night Flight Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel.
- The Final Countdown runs 1h 43m (103 minutes total).
- Critic ratings for The Final Countdown aren't available yet.
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