A Few Good Men runs 138 minutes — 2 hours and 18 minutes — in every version you can legally watch, end credits included. Rob Reiner's 1992 courtroom drama for Columbia Pictures and Castle Rock Entertainment carries an R rating, and the Variety review from December 1992 recorded that same 138-minute figure when the film opened. There is no director's cut, no extended edition, and no post-credits scene to wait for. The only runtime variation you will encounter is a technical artifact of old PAL DVDs, which is explained below alongside what the current 4K release actually gives you.
Table of Contents
- The 138-minute figure, measured two ways
- Why some DVDs say 132 minutes
- What happens during the end credits
- The versions available to buy
- Where to stream or rent it right now
- Frequently Asked Questions
The 138-minute figure, measured two ways
Two independent catalogues agree. Variety's contemporaneous review listed 138 minutes, and the British Film Institute's catalogue entry lists the same running time, with UK cinema screenings carrying a BBFC 15 certificate — so British audiences saw the identical cut, not a trimmed one. For a frame-accurate number, disc measurements are better than catalogue entries.
DVD Compare's page for the 25th Anniversary release clocks the feature at 138:01 across its regional editions and marks every one "no cuts." That 138:01 is the complete feature with end credits attached, because disc timings measure the main feature title from first frame to last. Practically, that means a 2-hour-20-minute block covers the film with a couple of minutes to spare. On a streaming platform with a pre-roll ad, add a little more.
Why some DVDs say 132 minutes
If you own a French or German DVD, the case or the player may report roughly 132 minutes — 132:24, specifically. That is not missing footage. It is PAL speed-up: the European DVD standard runs at 25 frames per second against film's 24, so the whole picture plays about 4 percent fast and the stated runtime shrinks by the same proportion. The arithmetic confirms it.
Reduce 138 minutes by 4 percent and you land almost exactly on 132 and a half. Every frame is present; the film simply finishes sooner and the pitch of the dialogue and Marc Shaiman's score sits a semitone or so high unless the disc was pitch-corrected. DVD Compare's standard-definition page lists all Region 1 and Region 2 DVD editions as uncut, and IMDb's alternate-versions page for the title is empty. For a 1992 studio release with a theatrical R rating, that combination is the strongest available evidence that only one cut was ever assembled.
What happens during the end credits
The closing credits play over "Honor," the final cue on Shaiman's score, which runs 3:48 on the Columbia soundtrack album. That is a reasonable proxy for the length of the crawl itself. No source documents a post-credits scene, a mid-credits tag, or an alternate ending appended to any edition.
The credits are the end of the film. If you are watching with a group and someone insists on staying seated, you can tell them there is nothing coming. Subtract the credits and the dramatic runtime is roughly 134 minutes — useful if you are planning a class screening or a discussion session and need to know when the last line of dialogue lands rather than when the disc stops.
The versions available to buy
The premium physical edition is Sony's 25th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD release. The Digital Bits' review describes a two-disc 4K UHD + Blu-ray + Digital set that arrived Nov 7, 2017 as a Best Buy exclusive before going wide on Nov 25, 2017, presenting the film in 2160p with HDR10 from a native 4K scan of the 35 mm negative, plus a Dolby Atmos track.
Know what you are and are not getting before you upgrade: The upgrade is worth it for the HDR picture and the Atmos remix. It is not worth it for extras, because there are none beyond what the older disc carried.
- The Blu-ray.com spec page lists the release at 138 minutes with English Dolby Atmos over a TrueHD 7.1 core, and "no new supplements."
- High-Def Digest notes that the bundled Blu-ray is the same disc already on the market, so existing Blu-ray owners gain nothing from that half of the package.
- The digital code in the set redeems in HDX only, not 4K — a real limitation if the code is the reason you are buying.
- The listed aspect ratio differs by source: Blu-ray.com's US listing says 2.35:1, while The Digital Bits and AV Forums both describe the disc as the film's 2.39:1 theatrical ratio. That is a cataloguing discrepancy over near-identical numbers, not two different transfers.
Where to stream or rent it right now
As of mid-October 2026 the film is on HBO Max in the United States — Men's Journal reported it inside the service's top 10 on Oct 15, 2026 — and it is not on Netflix. If you do not subscribe, the transactional route is cheap. JustWatch's US listing puts digital rental at about $3.99 and purchase at $6.99 to $7.99 across Amazon Video, Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube and Fandango at Home.
A note on rental quality: the price tiers at those storefronts usually distinguish HD from 4K, and a cheap rental may serve the HD master rather than the HDR transfer described above. Check the badge on the storefront page before paying if the picture quality is what you are after. Streaming rights also rotate, so the HBO Max availability is a snapshot of October 2026, while the disc is permanent.
Frequently Asked Questions
When did A Few Good Men first open in cinemas?
It premiered Dec 9, 1992 in Westwood, Los Angeles and opened wide across the United States on Dec 11, 1992, the release date Box Office Mojo records.
Is there an unrated or extended version?
No. The film carries an R rating from the MPAA, IMDb lists no alternate versions, and DVD Compare marks every DVD and 4K edition as uncut at the same 138-minute length.
Does the 4K disc include a commentary or new features?
Blu-ray.com's listing states the release has no new supplements, and the Blu-ray packaged with it is the previously released disc rather than a new edition.