Movie
The Handmaid's Tale
1990R1h 48m6.1 / 10
A haunting tale of sexuality in a country gone wrong.
In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.
Availability
Not streaming in United States
The Handmaid's Tale opened in theaters March 9, 1990. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.
Available now in United States
What to watch instead
These movies are available now and closely match The Handmaid's Tale.
More about The Handmaid's Tale
Cast
Natasha RichardsonKate
Faye DunawaySerena Joy
Aidan QuinnNick
Elizabeth McGovernMoira
Victoria TennantAunt Lydia
Robert DuvallCommander
Blanche BakerOfglen
Traci LindOfwarren / JanineCredits
- Directed by
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Written by
- Harold Pinter, Margaret Atwood
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $13M
- Box office
- $5M
Production
- Cinecom Entertainment Group
- Cinetudes Films
Neue Bioskop FilmGermany
Themes
based on novel or bookcanadadystopiaescapefeministfutureimpregnationmisogyny