How to Stream the Oscar-Nominated Bob Dylan Biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ Online

The Academy Award-nominated film A Complete Unknown will be available to stream online ahead of the 97th Oscars.

Starring Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan and Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, the music biopic is currently available for digital pre-order ahead of its Feb. 25 release on premium VOD platforms (PVOD) including Apple TV and Prime Video.

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At a Glance: How to Watch A Complete Unknown Online

• PVOD release date: Feb. 24 at 9 p.m. PT/Feb. 25 at midnight

• Buy or rent online: Apple TV, Prime Video

• Stream on-demand: Disney+ (release date coming soon)

Pre-Order 'A Complete Unknown' on Prime video, $24.99

Directed by James Mangold, A Complete Unknown chronicles the early ’60s Greenwich Village folk scene and the friction caused by Dylan rejecting his acoustic roots. The film is up for eight Oscars, including best picture, best directing, best actor for Chalamet, best supporting actor for Edward Norton (who plays musician Pete Seeger), best supporting actress for Barbaro, best writing, best costume design and best sound. The cast also includes Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo (a renamed version of Dylan’s artist girlfriend Suze Rotolo, seen on the album cover of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan), Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash and Scoot McNairy as Woody Guthrie.

Related: Levi’s Reproduces Bob Dylan’s Wardrobe With Limited-Edition A Complete Unknown Capsule

Watch the official trailer and keep reading for more details on how to watch A Complete Unknown online, including where it will be available to stream on demand and when it’s released on disc.

How to Watch A Complete Unknown Online: Streaming Release Date

A Complete Unknown will be available to buy on digital for $24.99 starting on Feb. 24 at 9 p.m. PT (or midnight on Feb. 25) on premium video-on-demand platforms such as Apple TV, Prime Video and others.

Released by Walt Disney Studios-owned Searchlight Pictures on Christmas Day, the film is expected to stream on demand on Disney+ about three months after its theatrical release. That puts A Complete Unknown’s expected Disney+ premiere date between mid-March and early April.

Get Disney+

A subscription will be required to stream A Complete Unknown on Disney+, which costs $9.99 monthly for the ad-supported Basic plan or $15.99 per month for the ad-free Premium tier. Disney+ includes access to animated and live-action movies, TV series, short films and documentaries from Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Lucasfilm (Star Wars), Marvel, National Geographic and more.

Disney+ subscribers can expand their streaming library with the Disney Duo bundle (Disney+ and Hulu) from $10.99 monthly, the Disney Trio package (Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+) starting at $16.99 per month and the new Disney+, Hulu and Max bundle ($16.99 monthly); learn more at disneyplus.com or hulu.com.

A Complete Unknown DVD, Blu-ray Release Date

Searchlight Pictures will release A Complete Unknown on DVD and Blu-ray on April 1 (preorder details coming soon). Disc bonus features will include the Making of A Complete Unknown with commentary from director James Mangold, the costume design by Arianne Phillips and more.

Shop A Complete Unknown Collabs and More Bob Dylan Merch

A Complete Unknown released an exclusive capsule with Levi’s ($495 to $1,200) that includes a stitch-for-stitch reproduction of the suede jacket and 501 jeans with a belt worn by Dylan on the cover of his Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan album.

Shop the limited-edition Levi’s merch below alongside more finds for Bob Dylan fans, from the singer’s own Nobel Prize-winning autobiography and the best-selling memoir by Suze Rotolo, to exclusive vinyl and children’s books.

Levi's Vintage Clothing 1960s Suede Jacket

$1,200 at Levi's

Levi's Vintage Clothing 1955 Customized 501 Men's Jeans

$495 at Levi's

'Chronicles: Volume One' by Bob Dylan

$9.99 $18.99 47% off

Buy at Amazon

'A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties' by Suze Rotolo

$14.54 $18.00 19% off

Buy at Amazon

'If Not for You' by Bob Dylan and David Walker

$18.01 $19.99 10% off

Buy at Amazon

'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan' Vinyl

$23 at Target

'Blonde on Blonde' by Bob Dylan Vinyl

$23 at Target

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